Online Stores Based in Encinitas

Do you know of any online stores that are based out of Encinitas? Email me and I will put together a list.


Update: I started the list on the right hand menu. Please send in more suggestions.

Hall Property Lawsuit

Here we go. It doesn't take Carnac the Magnificent to predict this coming. Petco Park took less trouble to build. Maybe the city should threaten to pull the park and build it in Chula Vista.

Carnac: When hell freezes over?

Ed: Ha, ha. When hell freezes over, Carnac.

Carnac: When will the Hall Property park be built.

Ed: (falls off chairs laughing).

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to all of Encinitas!

Failing Businesses

The businesses are failing fast in New Encinitas. Linens & Things is closing soon. Filippi's short run ended recently. Shoe Pavilion was open for about a week. Circuit City is closing a bunch of stores. Who's next?
Update: The Patio Source is having a going out of business sale.

Sign on the front door of Filippi's.

Ponto Settlement

The big item on tomorrow's City Council agenda is the approval of the settlement with Carlsbad over the Ponto development. Not sure what to make of this. Splitting the costs seems reasonable enough but how is Encinitas going to pay for it? The NC Times says that we will get the money from "developer fees" and "traffic impact fees." Why does the settlement only cover the improvements on La Costa from 101 to Vulcan? That is only about 30 feet of roadway. What about the rest of La Costa?

Big Brother Strikes in Oceanside

The Oceanside Police Department has made it much easier to track people, or recover stolen vehicles, depending on you who trust.  Their cruisers have a device that can read license plates as they drive by.  But don't worry, they won't use it improperly because there are "rules" that apply.  Sgt. Ken Gow says there is no reason to be concerned.  Mr. Gow, when the DHS comes calling with a list of plates to monitor and no warrant, are you going to put your job on the line and tell them it is against the rules.  I don't think so.  The President of the Unites States has rules also and look how well they were followed.

2008 Election Results

I was not surprised that Barack Obama won, but I was a bit surprised by the margin. I thought he would win the popular vote by more than 53% to 46%. Although I did not vote for him, I am not disappointed that he won. The final nail in the coffin of racism.
The big news here was that the 3 incumbents kept their seats on the Encinitas city council. I was quite alarmed to see Maggie Houlihan get the most votes with 10,245, almost 2,000 more than second place finisher Jerome Stocks. James Bond rounded out the show with 7,981 votes. Bond's decision to reenter the race was probably for naught as Doug Long finished fourth and would have kept the status quo on the council if Bond was not running. Collier was fifth and Bob Nanninga finished a disappointing sixth. Brandenburg, Sheffo and Seldon were the also-rans. 1,928 idiots voted for Betsy Aceti. So the council remains unchanged until Barth and Dalager come up for election.
The sand tax passed by a huge margin. You have to love taxation without representation.
Of the state propositions I cared about, they all went against me. The 1A rail money pit passed. The state also decided to elect a black man president but tell gays they aren't welcome...in the very same election. Nice.
Sidebar: Did anyone notice the NC Times and UT sites were butt slow yesterday? Slow web sites that can't handle traffic spikes are so 90's. Get with it guys.

Four More Years! Four More Years!

Free Coffee at Starbucks

Some people have the luxury of hanging out at Starbucks all day waiting for the press to show up.  My wife happened to be one of the them.

Election Day

In case you didn't know, tomorrow is Election Day. Go vote. I already voted by taking my mail-in ballot to the county registrar.