Encinitas Guerrilla Announces His Retirement

The Encinitas Guerrilla will no longer be in our midst.

After weekly posts dating back to August 2012 (that’s about 535 posts and countless reader views), the silverback has decided to call it quits.

The Guerrilla will retreat to the sanctuary of Karisoke where he will care for his extensive family, respect Dian and her legacy, and contemplate his mentors Che and Mencken.

The Guerrilla’s parting word is umudendezo.

Titles We Hope to Get Used to After the November 8, 2022 Elections

§ Encinitas Mayor Cindy Cremona

§ Encinitas City Councilwoman Julie Thunder

§ Encinitas City Councilman Bruce Ehlers

§ District 38 California State Senator Matt Gunderson

§ District 77 California State Assemblywoman Tasha Boerner Horvath

§ District 49 U.S. Congressman Mike Levin

Blakespear Squares Her Abortion Position With Chickens and Eggs

“Before I dive into the choice controversy,” said state Senate candidate Catherine Blakespear, “let me address the age-old question of chickens and eggs: ‘What do I eat first, the chickens or the eggs?’

“Well, for me,” said Blakespear, “it’s the eggs, because if I ate the chickens, I’d get no more eggs.”

“Most people know I keep captive chickens in my yard, and my family harvests and eats the eggs the chickens lay,” continued Blakespear. “For some observers, that produces a conflict with my pro-choice position on reproductive health. If she’s pro-choice, they say, how can she keep chickens captive, then take and eat their eggs?

“I deny the parallel and think the implications are perverse,” said Blakespear.

“If elected to the California state Senate from District 38,” said Blakespear, “I’ll fight for home agriculture, that is, gardens, chicken coops, geese, goats, cows and anything else homeowners can accommodate without disturbing their neighbors. These efforts promote self-sustainability and are effective in fighting inflation.”

Top 10 Reasons to Elect Cindy Cremona as Mayor of Encinitas

1. She’s not Kranz, Morris or Blobe.

2. She’s not Kranz, Morris or Blobe.

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8. She’s not Kranz, Morris or Blobe.

9. She’s not Kranz, Morris or Blobe.

10. She’s not Kranz, Morris or Blobe.

Top 10 Reasons to Vote for Matt Gunderson in State Senate District 38

1. He’s not Blakespear.

2. He’s not Blakespear.

3. He’s not Blakespear.

4. He’s not Blakespear.

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10. He’s not Blakespear.

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria Tells Bill Walton to Shut Up and Dribble

San Diego’s own Bill Walton, the former UCLA and NBA basketball and broadcasting great, has always had a social conscience and has never been timid about expressing it.

Walton recently came down hard on San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria for doing nothing to solve the homeless problem in the city. After having been assaulted by homeless people while riding his bike in Balboa Park, Walton wrote on Instagram:

“Sadly, and with a broken heart, I can no longer say that my hometown of San Diego is the greatest place in the world, I can no longer say that SD is a safe, healthy, clean, and beautiful place, I can no longer urge my family, friends, tourists, and businesses to come to SD to live, work, and play,” Walton wrote.

“I can no longer say that our neighborhood for the last 43 years is still my dream, I am brokenhearted, Mayor@toddgloria—clean up our city, and let us reclaim our lives, we must fix our homeless crisis, we need engagement, rehabilitation, and constant enforcement, and we need it now.”

Walton named San Diego’s many homeless camps “Gloriavilles,” a reference to the Hoovervilles of the Great Depression, and called upon Gloria to resign

Gloria effectively told Walton to shut up and dribble, going so far as to call Walton and two others who spoke out “liars.” 

Gloria’s spokesperson said “he has done far more to address [homelessness] than anyone else in our region’s history. He has dramatically increased and diversified the city’s network of shelter beds, launched and expanded a highly effective street outreach program, initiated 18 different policy reforms to make it faster and easier to build affordable housing, directly invested city funds in 10 affordable housing projects, championed efforts at the state level to enhance access to mental health care, and stepped up sidewalk cleanups and law enforcement to protect health and safety in our public spaces.”

Yet there are record numbers of homeless people living on San Diego’s streets. A recent count in and near downtown tallied 539 tents.