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VOL. 35, N0. 30
JULY 23, 2021
Desmond rips transit . plan tax SAN MARCOS -NEWS
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Goodson Project draws residents’ ire. A3 O’side school to be renamed next spring. A5 Encinitas Marine Safety Captain retires. A5 El Corazon Aquatics Center to open in Aug. A9
SANDAG is THE VISTA ‘taxing you out NEWS of your car’
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Carlsbad boy heading to diving Jr. Nationals. A10 Cardiff teen wins silver at national tournament. A11 O’side farm stand holds Watermelon Weekend. B2
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Meet Nick Corona, owner and head brewer at Vista’s Five Suits Brewing. B8
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LOCAL ATTORNEY Bing Bush, co-owner of Abbondanza Racing, celebrates an early victory from his horse Going to Vegas on Opening Day at the Del Mar Racetrack. “There’s nothing like winning at Del Mar,” Bush said. Story on A6. Photo by Bill Slane
‘Relentless’ fire contained, owner still missing By City News Service
REGION — The San Diego Association of Governments is pushing hard for new transportation taxes to build out its proposed “5 Big Moves.” The mostly transit-centric proposal was RANCHO unveiled in 2019 and SFNEWS its budget was revealed last year and its funding mechanisms have drawn the ire of numerous elected officials. In particular, Supervisor Jim Desmond is dismayed at SANDAG’s call for a tax-per-mile, potential “tax and track” and two ballot measures to fund the estimated $163 billion project. The project proposes going all-in on transit, such as more trains, trolleys, buses and mobility hubs leveraging flexible fleets to address traffic congestion and greenhouse gases. SANDAG is tasked with presenting a comprehensive transportation plan through 2050 meeting climate and traffic goals. “Unfortunately, they are trying to ease traffic congestion by taxing you out of your car,” Desmond said. “They promised, for North County, two HOV lanes up the I-5 (interstate) and they’re only
CARLSBAD — The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search last Friday for a missing boater whose 50-foot pleasure craft became engulfed in flames and sank yesterday off the coast of Carlsbad. “This morning, I made the decision to suspend the active search for survivors, which is always an extremely difficult one to make,” said Cmdr. Joseph Parker, deputy commander of USCG Sector San Diego. The owner of the Relentless, who lived aboard the vessel, departed from Oceanside and was headed south when the fire broke out for unknown reasons roughly
three miles offshore about 9:30 a.m. Thursday, according to USCG public affairs. The man was presumed to be the sole occupant of the boat, officials said. Personnel aboard three Coast Guard cutters battled the blaze while a USCG helicopter crew scanned the ocean for the missing man, whose name has not been released. Despite the firefighting response, the boat eventually sank in about 1,800 feet of water. The Coast Guard Cutter Had- COAST GUARD Cutter Benjamin Bottoms crewmembers work with Coast dock remained at the site of the Guard cutters Haddock and Munro to extinguish a vessel fire on July 15 off the Carlsbad coast. Photo courtesy of USCG sinking throughout the night.
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