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May 30, 2014
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STILL TEACHING HULA AT 96
Encinitas resident Christinia Lee, who teachers classes on Wednesdays and Fridays at the Carlsbad Senior Center, this week celebrated her 96th birthday with a small party followed by a practice session for the group’s upcoming June 11 program at the senior center, 799 Pine Ave., in Carlsbad. The free program, which starts at 1 p.m., is part of the center’s Hawaiian Day celebration. Lee, who started dancing hula in 1955, is the director of Halau Hula o Pualani. Courtesy photo
Airport 20-year plan narrowed down to 2 options By Promise Yeet
OCEANSIDE — The Oceanside Municipal Airport 20-year mater plan, which will serve as a blue print for the future airport layout, has been narrowed down to two viable options. One option for the 43acre airport is no change, in compliance with CEQA regulations. The recommended option will move the main taxiway further south, use the secondary taxiway for a blast pad for planes after they land, and relocate the airport service road and Eddy Jones Road. Plans also include eventually relocating and expanding the terminal building to include a
restaurant and viewing area, relocating airport services to the east, developing a parallel full-length taxiway on the north side of the runway, and adding additional hangars on the north side as well. Up to this point the work of Airport Property Ventures, that manages the airport, has been largely behind the scenes. Data has been gathered and reviewed, input has been collected through public meetings, and documents have been prepared. “In the end we’ll have a master plan that will Andrew Scanlon, AEOM senior project manager, on right, points out guide the airport for the features of the recommended master plan. After environmental stud- next 30 years,” Andrew ies are completed the master plan will go to City Council for approval. Photo by Promise Yee
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ENCINITAS — Kristin Gaspar will become Encinitas’ mayor June 11 — but not before a packed council chambers expressed disappointment that her upcoming appointment was even being discussed. Supporters of Gaspar — including her 8-year-old son — flooded the meeting to urge the council to not renege on its compromise, which many hailed as a shift in the city’s rancorous political history. “My teachers said you should always be honest, tell the truth, and always keep promises,” Carson Gaspar said. “I think you should too.” The City Council unanimously voted to take no action on an agenda item initiated by Lisa Shaffer to discuss the December compromise, which calls for Teresa Barth to serve as mayor from December to June 11, and for Gaspar to assume the post from June to December. In the days leading up to the discussion, critics have panned the item as “petty politics” and accused Lisa Shaffer and council ally Tony Kranz of trying to weaken Gaspar’s potential mayoral campaign. Shaffer and Kranz on Wednesday repeated their insistence that the agenda item was not an attempt to renege on the compromise, but to review it prior to moving forward. “I liken it to when you
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the option to review what is in your cart,” Shaffer said after the meeting. “If it wasn’t placed on the agenda, nobody would have a chance to say anything about it.” Kranz echoed Shaffer’s comments. “This is what I expected to happen tonight,” Kranz said referring to the CounRANCHO cil taking no action. “There SFNEWS was no big concocted effort to change the decision from December.” In a show of solidarity, supporters donned a Gaspar campaign sticker with a line through words “city council” scratched out and the word “mayor” scribbled underneath. One by one, they approached the podium and panned the council for even having the item on the agenda. “Why are we doing this? Why are we spending this type of time on this issue?” Carlsbad resident Mike Walsh said. Gaspar’s mother, Jannae DeSiena, lashed out at the Council majority for what she called a “spiteful” move. “This unethical bullying tactic is wrong and will do the city great injustice,” DeSiena, said to the Council, pointing her criticism to Shaffer, Kranz and Barth. Former Assembly candidate Sherry Hodges, who lives in Oliven-
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