September 2022

Three Candidates, Two Council Seats

Three candidates have filed for the November election for Del Mar City Council. Two incumbents, current Mayor Dwight Worden and Councilmember Terry Gaasterland, will face off against Stephen Quirk, twin

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Terry Gaasterland

Why Voters Should Elect Me I am running for re-election to provide the City Council leadership needed to protect Del Mar as we move into the future.   Beautiful natural

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Stephen Quirk

A 19-year resident of Del Mar, I’m a lifelong entrepreneur with a background in sustainability, technology, finance and education. I have started up two technology companies in Del Mar. The

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Dwight Worden

My Values: • Collaboration: Civility and collaboration are the best way to build consensus and make good decisions for Del Mar. I know that compromises can be forged consistent with

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Editorial: Looking for Leaders

As our three Council candidates rev up their campaigns for two seats, we should be thinking about issues and leadership capabilities.   Leadership in government and politics requires a very

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Knowing Neighbors

After more than two-and-a-half years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the public health threat is subsiding and we are slowly reemerging from social isolation into a changed world, where so much

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Tricky Trash

They arrived July 1. The new green bins from EDCO. Complete with the new rules to collect organic waste in addition to yard trimmings. This is not due to the

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Maison Des Monarques

Monarch butterflies are getting noticed for the wrong reasons. Beautiful as they are, they are in trouble. Their numbers have tumbled in the last decade, down huge percentages, as much

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Street View Under Tewa

On Tewa, the jump-started opening project of the city’s Utility Undergrounding Program to bury overhead electrical wires is winding down—albeit with a cost increase of nearly 50% over the initial

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Clean Community Energy

When the Clean Energy Alliance (CEA) began providing electricity to Del Mar residents in May 2021, each account holder had the opportunity to “opt out” and to continue buying electricity

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A Billion Pounds of Nuclear Waste. Where?

Southern California Edison (SCE) released its required annual report on decommissioning activities at the shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). Here is an excerpt from their report.   “Over

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A Night at the Opera in Del Mar

The third annual Del Mar International Composer Symposium (DMICS) finished with a resounding Night of Opera on Saturday, August 13. An enthused audience of 80 enjoyed an evening of four

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Covid Update: Very Scary Variants

There is a widespread belief that the current Omicron COVID virus variants (B1.4 and B1.5) are not as dangerous as the Alpha and Delta strains that were the predominant cause

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Off They Go

The most dramatic examples of bluff erosion——and it is going on—are the actual collapses when huge chunks come tumbling down to the beach. But bluff loss can be as subtle

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Del Mar Foundation

            “A person is a person through other people.”  -Desmond Tutu   Desmond Tutu’s insight is at the heart of the Foundation’s purpose – our

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Del Mar Community Connections

Welcome to a new president and new board members Every July brings changes to the DMCC Board of Directors. DMCC’s new President is Bob Gans, an attorney who has called

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In Brief

Winston Challenges On August 19, a Superior Court judge denied the City’s motion to dismiss six claims in Winston’s lawsuit against the City, which disputes that Winston’s lease for the

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