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VOL. 26, NO. 43
NOV. 9, 2012
Election
2012
Roberts appears the winner for Supervisor seat
Props K, L pass; new faces for Council
By Bianca Kaplanek
COAST CITIES — Three candidates, including an incumbent, for the Solana Beach City Council w ere comfortable claiming victory the day after the Nov. 6 election, but other r aces affecting that city and Del Mar were too close to call at press time. With all but pr ovisional and lastminute absentee ballots counted, Dave Roberts was ahead of Steve Danon in the race for the District 3 seat on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. But with only 1,895 votes separating them and 75,000 District 3 ballots to count, neither was claiming victory or defeat immediately. “I’m cautiously optimistic I’ll be the ne xt 3rd District supervisor but I’m still waiting for the county to certify the results,” current Solana Beach Councilman Roberts said. “It’s close but I think it shows people want a proven leader with r oots in the comm unity who can produce results,” he said.
By Jared Whitlock
“I’d rather be in his position than mine, absolutely,” Danon, chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Brian Bilbray, said the day after the election. “But I think it’s safe to say that technically the race is still in play, especially if it mirrors what happened in the primary.” In that r ace Danon said he pic ked up about 1,500 v otes after a bsentee and pr ovisional ballots were counted. Danon said he had no idea ho w the r ace
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was going to play out but he was “humbled by all the people who let me into their li ving rooms and shared their experiences.” “I’m glad the campaign is o ver,” he said. “Dave ran a spirited race.” At press time Roberts led 69,131 to 67,235. The day after the election, Bilbray was also trailing marginally, with his opponent for
ENCINITAS — This election season saw nine candidates vying f or three Council seats. In the end, political newcomer Lisa Shaffer received the most votes. “I am honor ed by the election results,” Shaffer said in a written statement. “We worked hard, told the truth and played by the rules.” Shaffer said she believes open go vernment and “sensible growth” were likely the top issues f or local voters. Current Councilman
The City of Carlsbad bestows special recognition on retired Marine Corps Master Sgt.Willie E. Marbrey with a proclamation Tuesday. For the full story, see page A9. Photo by Christina Macone-Greene
ENCINITAS — The Encinitas Unified Sc hool District (EUSD) w on’t see increased class sizes or the laying-off of teac hers this year following the collapse of their deal with the nonprofit Art Pulse. EUSD Superintendent Dr. Tim Baird told the Council at the Oct. 18 meeting that the loss of revenue from the Art Pulse deal would force the district to increase class sizes and lay off teachers. EUSD would have received a non-r efundable $300,000 deposit within the next several months and $7.2 million around a y ear later from Art Pulse if the deal to sell the old Pacific View Elementary site had gone through, according to John Britt, assistant superintend-
The Encinitas Unified School District’s budget this year won’t be impacted by the Art Pulse deal not moving forward, because the money had yet to be accounted for. Photo by Jared Whitlock
ent of business services for account for income that’s not the school district. The $7.5 real,” Britt said. The district’s fiscal year million, however, wasn’t allocated into this year or next begins in July. Additionally, Britt said year’s budget. “We do our budget in May and J une and can’ t TURN TO BUDGET ON A16