www.SDNEWS.com Volume 22, Number 43
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2008
San Diego Community Newspaper Group
Prop S rings bell for school repairs BY ANTHONY GENTILE | THE BEACON
Although the choosing of a new president headlines the elections on Nov. 4, a proposition at the bottom of the ballot is important to San Diego schools. Proposition S is the San Diego School Repair and Safety Measure. If it is passed, the San Diego Unified School District will issue $2.1 billion in general obligation bonds to make physical repairs and upgrade technology to schools within the district, with the aim to make schools safer
and more advanced. The proposition requires 55 percent of the vote to pass. If Proposition S passes, six area schools will receive upgrades, including Bird Rock, La Jolla and Torrey Pines elementary schools and La Jolla and University City high schools. In terms of technological upgrades, each of the schools will have wireless Internet networks installed, and there will be audiovisual projection capabilities for SEE PROP S, Page 4
Workers install a stormwater drainage system at Correia Middle School in August to improve the quality of runoff leaving the school site and entering the Famosa Slough. The project was tabbed at $350,000. PAUL HANSEN | THE BEACON
Fiesta Island development, Prop C top MBPC agenda BY SHANNON MULHALL | THE BEACON
OB Library’s 80th birthday bash a smash The Ocean Beach Library, the county’s oldest, was the focus of community pride and celebration Saturday during its 80th birthday bash on Santa Monica Avenue. Top, Sabrina Nobel signs a birthday poster with daughters Melebel, 2, and Danielle, 7. Upper left, children respond to the comedy and magic tricks of Abbit the Average, above. At left, District 2 City Councilman Kevin Faulconer was among the distinguished speakPHOTOS BY PAUL HANSEN | THE BEACON ers and dignitaries.
Surf Report SATURDAY
SUNDAY
Hi: 7:56 a.m. 8:09 p.m. Low: 1:31 a.m. 2:12 p.m. Size: 3-4 ft. Wind: 3-8 mph
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On Nov. 4, San Diegans will decide who receives Mission Bay Park’s lease revenue when they weigh in on Proposition C. The Mission Bay Park Committee (MBPC) discussed the charter amendment as well as redevelopment of Fiesta Island at its Oct. 7 meeting at the Santa Clara Recreation Center. SeaWorld and Mission Bay Park properties like The Bahia Resort Hotel annually generate approximately $28 million in revenue. San Diegans originally agreed to allow commercial development in 25 percent of the park on the condition that resulting revenues would go toward
Howl-ing good time
Looking spooktacular
Canines and humans alike can indulge at the Ocean Beach Canine Carnival and Halloween festival this Sunday. 2
Several local schools and recreation centers are offering up plenty of Halloween fun for young goblins. 3
completing the vast recreational area. “The Mission Bay compact has been broken for three decades,” said Bob Ottilie, who served for years on the MBPC as a member at large and acting chairperson. Roughly 90 percent of Mission Bay Park’s lease revenues are funneled every year into the city’s general fund, which pays for emergency and basic services. In 2004, City Council enacted the Mission Bay Ordinance. The measure gives 25 percent of the park’s lease revenue exceeding $20 million to both the Mission Bay Improvement Fund and the Regional Park Fund, not to SEE PROP C, Page 5
Grappling on the gridiron The Point Loma and Mission Bay high school football squads put on a high-powered show for coaches and spectators in a wild 38-38 shootout. 11