Bone, er, bouquet thrown to watchdogs
Oct. 12 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
A bouquet – the Rural Watchdogs award – to Olivenhain activists for keeping a sharp eye on the “how” as well as the “what” of an 8.4-acre mixed-use development at the corner of Rancho Santa Fe Road and Encinitas Boulevard.
To be sure, this deal is nowhere near done. Accretive Capital Partners, led by Randy Goodson and Simon Malk, must run the planning gamut before obtaining city approvals.
More Logan Jenkins Columns
Oct. 9 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Connection missed for would-be train rider: On the last day of September, Kate Callen mailed a letter to Ed Gallo, the Escondido councilman who doubles as board chairman of the North County Transit District.
Oct. 6 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Afraid of the dark? Not if you're SDG&E: Talk about a game-changer on the grid. When the threat of fire reaches bright red, SDG&E will launch a pre-emptive retreat from the backcountry.
Oct. 5 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Proposed landfill seen at standstill over water: Chances are, you've sort of had it with Gregory Canyon, the Fallbrook-area dump in the gummed-up works for 20 years.
Oct. 2 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Ringside view of a mayoral matchup: Yesterday morning, I exited state Route 78 and drove north on El Camino Real toward KOCT, Oceanside's TV station.
Sept. 29 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Carlsbad council candidate keeps on truckin': “Here's an economics exam and a loyalty oath,” Glenn R. Bernard, Carlsbad council candidate, said at the conclusion of a forum last week.
Sept. 28 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Pro-growth gets boost from council in Vista: A bouquet – the Big Dreams Big Works award – to the Vista City Council for tamping down, and then transcending, past public opposition to (almost) doubling down on redevelopment, the big weapon in a city's pro-growth arsenal.
Sept. 25 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Hooters ad brings in profit, problems: Before we peruse the half-page high-school newspaper ad featuring that features a Hooters Girl with pom-poms, let's stipulate to this:
Sept. 22 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Democrats really do exist in Rancho Santa Fe: Driving to the maiden meeting of the Rancho Santa Fe Democratic Club, the radio was tuned to Roger Hedgecock.
Sept. 21 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Road name makeover for Vista is long due: It's going to cost Vista something in the neighborhood of 200 grand to right an old street crime.
Sept. 18 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Encinitas hopefuls all over the map: Encinitas' schizoid civic personality is split five ways. With three multi-term incumbents and seven worthy challengers running for three City Council seats, the election movie should be called “The Five Faces of Eden: Leucadia, Cardiff, Olivenhain, and New and Old Encinitas.”
Sept. 15 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Poway schools again embroiled in culture war: As God (the all-purpose brand, not an exclusive One) is my witness, I have nothing against Brad Johnson as a teacher.
Sept. 14 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Decision in Stryker case seems Solomonic: As compromises go, this one strikes me as Solomonic. It's not painless – what is in criminal cases? – but it's fair.
Sept. 11 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
A chance to make history in Escondido: On paper, Escondido's City Council election is all over but the shouting. Incumbents Ed Gallo and Sam Abed, the odd but politically effective couple, proudly claim the mantle of “quality-of-life” conservatism as they run toward re-election.
Sept. 8 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Palin model known to North County women: I think I've met Sarah Palin. Many times. Not in person, mind you.
Sept. 7 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
It's not so 'MiraCozy' this time as 3 board incumbents face foes: What gloom and doom? MiraCosta College is independently wealthy, justly proud of its classroom prowess and looking to grow.
Sept. 4 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Bilbray better run, not walk, this time: The general election begins one, not two, months from now. For early-bird mail-in voters, balloting starts Oct. 6, almost a full month before the polls close and the nation holds its breath as the results from old and new battleground states – Ohio and Michigan; Colorado and Virginia – come in.
Sept. 1 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Labor Day has wobbly history in San Diego: This Labor Day, San Diego's 117th annual work stoppage, the politically traded stock of labor appears to be ticking up as the economy dives into recession.
Aug. 31 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Snail-mail strategy is roadblock for public: A brick – the Wrong Write Stuff award – to the U.S. Department of Commerce for wasting stamps and killing trees by forcing prospective speakers at a Sept. 22 hearing in Del Mar to mail in their requests to speak.
Aug. 28 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Neglect squeezing life out of city park: I've worked out of Escondido for more than 20 years and, to be brutally honest, Grape Day Park has been a lovely eyesore the whole time.
Aug. 25 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Native son has bright idea for Coronado bridge: Almost 41 years ago, nine months after construction had begun on the San Diego-Coronado Bridge, Patrick McInerney was born in the Coronado Hospital, a short walk from the bridge's foot.
Aug. 24 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Solution to pot smoke at concerts: lame bands: Stoners at Del Mar; nudists at San Onofre. Do they have de facto rights to party?
Aug. 21 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Candidate wears her difference with pride: On Nov. 4, Evan Delaney Rodgers, who turns 19 on Sunday, will cast an official ballot for the first time in her life.
Aug. 18 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
High-volume discord's 'domestic violence' label: As a reader hired to ride herd on North County, I was drawn to a stray headline last week: “Oceanside has highest domestic violence rate.”
Aug. 17 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
One town's sense of civic duty in a coma: A brick – the Civic Sleeping Sickness award – to the citizens of Solana Beach for failing to inspire so much as one – one – challenger to run against the three City Council incumbents seeking re-election in November.
