Residential Customer Del Mar CA, 92014 ECRWSS
Volume XVI, Issue 36
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Sept. 13, 2012 Published Weekly
Torrey Pines Pop Warner Spirit Day
ELECTION 2012
Last call for candidate questions Have your say in the District 1 council debate ■ The Carmel Valley News/Del Mar Times will present a free public debate between District 1 City Council candidates — incumbent Sherri Lightner (D) and challenger Ray Ellis (R) — from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19 in the Sherwood Auditorium at the Museum of Contemporary Art, 700 Prospect St., La Jolla. See how you can participate on page 18.
Torrey Pines Pop Warner held its picture and Spirit Day Sept. 9. The family event included live bands, jumpies, food and a dunk tank for the coaches. (Above) Cheerleaders Nicole Hild, Stephanie Silva, Soleil Montemurro, and Kaitlin Mohler. See page B12. Photos/McKenzie Images
CV committee reviews housing plans Plans will be submitted to city by month’s end BY KAREN BILLING The Carmel Valley Community Planning Board’s regional issues subcommittee Sept. 5 reviewed plans for a proposed housing development that will bring 177 more homes to Pacific Highlands Ranch. The development is being planned by Taylor Morrison and Latitude 33 and will be
submitted to the city by the end of the month. The development includes 177 homes on 26.3 acres near Rancho Santa Fe Farms Road, just east of the future Pacific Highlands Ranch Village Center. Access to the development will be in line with Lopelia Meadows Place. An affordable housing component of 32 units on 5 acres is also included on the
Publisher takes helm at three more newspapers Pfeiffer now in charge of eight SoCal weeklies
Cinema Series Tiffany and John Bruce brought Cora and Triston to the third annual Del Mar Shores Cinema Series on Sept. 7. For more, see page B16. PHOTO/MCKENZIE IMAGES
Phyllis Pfeiffer, publisher of this newspaper, has expanded her role with MainStreet Media San Diego to include oversight of the three inland division newspapers in addition to the five newspapers in the coastal division, which she currently publishes. Pfeiffer replaces Jeff Mitchell as the inland
group publisher. Mitchell is assuming the publisher role of the Santa Cruz Good Times. Anthony Allegretti, president and CEO of Phyllis Pfeiffer MainStreet Media Group LLC, which owns the eight newspapers in San Diego County, recently
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DM officials embark on revitalization educational efforts BY CLAIRE HARLIN The Del Mar City Council on Sept. 10 gave final approval of its downtown revitalization plan, which puts the measure on the Nov. 6 ballot as Proposition J, and now the plan of action is educating the public on the 250-page document. But some residents have scrutinized the ethics of an educational program that’s in the works, accusing officials of crossing the advocacy line and serving as lobbyists rather than informants. The educational program consists of several components, such as conducting question-and-answer sessions and posting summary sheets explaining each chapter of the Village Specific Plan (VSP) on the city’s website. But what’s raised concern is the city’s intent to mail the VSP’s executive summary to all residents and business owners in Del Mar, in the form of an educational pamphlet. The council advised city staff to present an example
of the mailer at the Sept. 24 council meeting, at which point direction or approval will be given. Del Mar resident Brooke Eisenberg-Pike called the executive summary an “advocacy report.” “Once [Proposition J] is placed on the ballot, neither staff nor council can lobby it using their time and our money preparing these educational documents,” said Eisenberg-Pike, a former Del Mar council member. She said the VSP summaries city staff plan to post prominently on the website seem objective, but they are heavily biased. She said an example of this bias is the city’s failure to include changes asked for by the public but not granted in a document summarizing changes made to the final VSP since the first draft was written. She said it’s “shocking and shameful” to put city staff on the front lines of See DM, Page 6
Retiring SD Mayor reviews his legacy Sanders the featured speaker at Sanford Burnham Institute BY SHELLI DEROBERTIS Retiring San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders was the guest speaker at a brown bag luncheon Sept. 5 at the Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute where he shared details about the city’s “health” with about 100 people in the Fishman Auditorium. A group of women who call themselves “Group of 12 & Friends,” co-founded by Sanford Burnham pioneer Lillian Fishman, meet at the institute for monthly luncheons with a featured speaker. “They thought it was a good time to bring (Sanders) in,” said institute spokeswoman Kristina Meek, alluding to his final three months on the job.
About Jerry Sanders • Gerald Robert Sanders is an American politician, Mayor of San Diego and former Chief of Police • Born: July 14, 1950, San Pedro • Spouse: Rana Sampson • Education: San Diego State University
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