August
2008
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by
Carol
Kerridge
and
Shirley
King
The
Garden Del Mar
Project took
an unexpected
turn after the
July 21 City
Council
discussion considering
approval of
the
project's Specific
Plan. In a widely
distributed
e-mail
sent early the
next morning,
developer Bryn
Stroyke announced
that he had
decided
not to move
forward
with the application,
stating that, “the
project can
no longer proceed
as envisioned
and that the
incredibly tight
schedule has
been dealt a
fatal blow”,
attributing
this decision
to comments
made by Site
Steering
Committee members
at the meeting. more>> City
Council
Takes
Key Action
to Approve
Garden
Del Mar
Project
for the
BallotWeb
Exclusive
Update
more>>
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August
2008
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by
Bud
Emerson
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Voters
will elect three members
on the Del
Mar City Council
in November.
The window
for pulling
papers for
candidacy
opened in
July. more>> |
| Carl
Hilliard |
Mark
Filanc |
Don
Mosier |
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August
2008 | Editorial
This
week the City
of
Del Mar is distributing
a ballot package
by mail to all
Del Mar property
owners and water
customers. On this
ballot are two
important questions. more>>
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August
2008
The
table below summarizes
the city's budget
for the next fiscal
year, recently
adopted by the City
Council. Some interesting
items to note are:
The budget is balanced
with a healthy
contingency reserve
of over $1million;
Transient occupancy
tax is money paid
by those who rent
hotel rooms here; “Race
track” is
our share of
the "handle",
i.e., money that
is bet at races;
The clean water
fund represents
the amount we
pay to comply
with state and
federal unfunded
mandates; The
capital improvement fund
is the amount
we accumulate
for large long-term
needs; Much
of the money
under “lifeguard” and “beaches
and parks” is
to provide
services
to
visitors. more>>
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August
2008
|
by
Harold
Feder
 After
three years, the City Council
has approved
the permanent
use of chicanes
as one of the
Crest Road traffic
calming measures.
Supporters believe
that these traffic-calming
measures have
been and will
be effective
and aesthetically
consistent with
our beautiful
neighborhood. more>>
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July
2008
|
by
Carol
Mason
 We
lost a treasure this
month when Al
JaCoby, 81,
died in his sleep.
He was an original:
A bon vivant;
a crusty-heart-of-gold
newspaper man;
a wine maker;
a theater buff;
an enthusiastic
world traveler;
and an admirer
of Mark Twain
and H.L. Mencken. more>>
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July
2008
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by
the
Schneiderman
family
 Barbara
Schneiderman,
pianist, and
nationally acclaimed
author, lecturer
and teacher
who
brought music
into the lives
of hundreds
of
grateful young
students and
their families
died June 14
at her home
in Del Mar. She
was 73. The
cause
of death
was pancreatic
cancer. more>>
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July
2008
|
by
Art
Olson
After
four years of
intensive work,
careful restoration,
and architecturally
sensitive additions,
the renovation
of the house on
Avenida Primavera
originally built
by Charles A.
Canfield in 1910
has finally been completed.
Known alternately
as the Canfield-Wright
House, Wrightland,
and The Pink
Lady, this Spanish
Revival house
is listed on the National
Register of Historic
Places, and reflects
the rich history of
Del Mar over the
past 100 years. more>>
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July
2008 |
by Sam
Borgese
From
the tone of
the recent Planning
Commission meeting,
it sounds as
though, despite
40 to 70 (depending
on how one counts)
community hearings
on the project,
there are issues
remaining around
the project's
traffic impact
on its adjacent
residential
neighborhoods. more>>
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June
2008
|
by
Henry
Abarbanel
The
good news? Our
regional water
quality is improving.
The bad news?
Progress in
this area is
not cheap. Continuing
improvement will
be costly, but
at least we
can ensure that
the financial
burden is fairly
distributed.
Over
the past seven
years the State
of California through
its regional water-quality
boards has begun
implementing the
Federal Clean Water
Act. Few citizens
disapprove of clean
water, but equally
rare are the citizens
who are aware how
they are paying
for it. more>>
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April 2008 | by Mark Whitehead
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A
community-serving
retail district
located south
on Camino del
Mar near 9th
street, more
continuity of
lively store-fronts,
streamlined
development
processes, and
improving “perceptions” about
parking were
among the recommendations
of Ms. Kennedy
Smith whose
long-awaited
revitalization
plan for Del
Mar's business
core was presented
to the city
council on March
17. more>> |
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Posted Feb. 7, 2008 at 1:19 am
by Betty Wheeler | photos by Virginia Lawrence
A
marathon session
of the California
Coastal Commission on
Feb. 6 before
an overflow
crowd of more
than 2,100 people
at the Del Mar
Fairgrounds
ended in an 8-2
vote at 11:20
pm to reject
a federal consistency
certification
necessary for
the construction
of a 16-mile
toll road in
south Orange
County and northern
San Diego County,
running through
San Onofre State
Beach. more>>
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Historic
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