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VOL. 25, NO. 21
JUNE 3, 2011
Budget readied for new projects
THISWEEK WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE?
Local schoolchildren got an early start thinking about their possible future careers, as police officers, tow truck drivers and others shared insight into professional careers A3
PULLING THROUGH
By Christina Macone-Greene
CARLSBAD — As Carlsbad rolls out its proposed Capital Improvement Program budget, the city is also preparing to begin projects as early as midsummer. With the city’s new fiscal year starting July 1, there are a multitude of projects, constituting a $65.3 million infrastructure budget, ready to start. According to city officials, these undertakings are meant to improve city traffic flow and support the fundamental infrastructure of sewer, water, drainage and roads. “Keeping up with maintenance of basic infrastructure is critical to ensuring our
Faced with the loss of their adviser and a lack of funding, high school folk dancers put their heads together and keep B1 on dancing
HARSH WORDS
As Encinitas adopts a new budget for the next two years, the president of the Taxpayers Association says City Council is being A3 “unrealistic”
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moves one step closer By Promise Yee
DEL MAR — Why now and not this winter? That was the main question from residents during a May 26 informational open house about the upcoming bluff stabilization project along the railroad tracks in Del Mar. The San Diego Association of Governments will begin work on 1.6 miles of coastal bluffs that may be at risk of failure because of natural erosion. Leslie Wade, public outreach director, said THE RAZOR’S EDGE "9;9CD(@7A=(9CLAC99?ACL(@D<BA9@(ACBA;>D9(>(DI?9>D(7K(6=<KK(K>A=<?9(>=7CL(DI9(?>A=?7>B
OCEANSIDE — City Council approval of the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Melrose Drive Extension overturned the Planning Commission’s denial and moved the road project one step closer to beginning construction following a 3-2 vote, May 25. Mayor Jim Wood and Councilwoman Esther Sanchez voted “no.” The majority of residents who spoke did not support the road project that will run through the farmlands and equestrian areas of the Morrow Hills community. “The road will go straight through our backyard,” said Ann Laddon, of Oceanside. “My husband and I will lose our retirement
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