Encinitas City Council Challengers Alleged to Have Been Poisoned

The Encinitas Locals Council (ELC) has alleged that the candidates challenging the incumbents for the mayoral, District 1 and District 2 seats on the Encinitas City Council have been poisoned.

The ELC expressed shock that the case is reminiscent of the mysterious recent poisoning of Russian dissident Aleksei Navalny.

Mayoral candidate Julie Thunder, District 1 candidate Alex Riley and District 2 candidate Susan Turney are reportedly responding well to treatment. The effects were serious but not life threatening. None fell into a coma as did the unfortunate Navalny.

Thus far, doctors and medical technicians at Scripps Memorial Hospital in Encinitas have been unable to identify the substance used to allegedly poison the candidates.

Interviews with the candidates have not revealed a common means of ingestion. Speculation about the means was varied.

The perpetrators of the alleged poisoning are unknown. The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department has joined the ongoing investigation.