City of Encinitas Has Solution for Leucadia Flooding Problems

Anticipating the coming rainy season, the Encinitas government has developed a solution for the persistent flooding problems in Leucadia. 

The city will soon receive several mating pairs of specially trained beavers from a supplier in Oregon. 

Beavers are known to build dams that form ponds in creeks. Contrary to freeing the water flow, the dams slow it. The beavers soon to arrive in Encinitas have been trained to do the opposite of what their evolutionary instinct demands. Rather than building obstructions that restrict water flow, the Encinitas beavers will remove blockages and form tunnels that increase drainage. 

The Oregon beaver supplier has had remarkable success in reversing the beavers’ natural instincts. There are few behavioral changes in the animal kingdom to match the achievement. 

Encinitas residents, repeat visitors and passers-through are all too familiar with the floods that occur in various city locations even after light rains. The unusually heavy rains of the 2019-20 winter produced floods and damage of epic proportions. 

The city had to do something. That something will be the arrival of several pairs of problem-solving beavers.

 

One Device Helps Meet Two Encinitas Climate Change Mitigation Goals 

Walk and ride at the same time! 

Who would have thought that two activities that relieve climate change could be combined in one device? With an elliptical bike, you can double your reduction of greenhouse gas emissions! 

There is a broad consensus among climate scientists that climate change is real and largely caused by human habitation. They point to overwhelming evidence to support that assertion. 

Some say necessity in the mother of invention. Sociologists contend that view is too narrow. They say the existing culture base is the fertile soil from which invention grows. 

Of course, walking has been with us since we became erect and bipedal. The bicycle didn’t come along until the mid-1800s. Then the elliptical bicycle was introduced in the early 2000s. 

That line of development supports sociologists’ contention that the existing culture base is the mother of invention. But if an exercise and transportation device can mitigate climate change, why quibble with how it came about? 

In recent years, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by encouraging walking and bicycling has been a principal part of the Encinitas Climate Action Plan. Elliptical bicycles can speed the city’s success.

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 Tell the Truth, Lose Your City of Encinitas Job

What? The Encinitas city fire marshal wants to tell the state attorney general the truth about a proposed public works project? You mean she wants to say that the project would increase emergency response times and endanger public safety? That the project violates various statutes, codes, rules and regulations?

The gall! The audacity! The temerity! The disobedience!

She refuses to go along to get along!

The honesty! The honor! The integrity! The responsibility!

What does the city do about that principled long-term employee? Well, they fire her, of course!

Never mind that she did various jobs well for more than three decades. Never mind that she started at the bottom of the ladder, worked hard and got promotions, awards and pay increases. Never mind that she was the dedicated fire marshal of Encinitas, Solana Beach and Del Mar for five years.

Here she wants to tell the truth. She refuses to take part in the cover up. She refuses to collude. The city can’t have that honesty. The city can’t have that integrity. The fire marshal is not a team player. She must go!

Add one more lawsuit to the growing stack on the city’s plate.

Encinitas Mayor Lays Down Her Philosophical Foundation

It’s traditional that politicians establish a philosophical foundation for their policies and actions.

On November 17, 1973, Richard Nixon confirmed his basic philosophy when he said, “People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook.”

In her May 22, 2020 newsletter, Encinitas Mayor Catherine Blakespear laid down her philosophy as an elected official when she wrote, “Elections are the way that we resolve values disputes.”

In subsequent newsletters and speeches, Blakespear stated many of her other philosophical principles:

“Development is the way we balance concrete and asphalt.”

“Cycle traps are the way we test the 9-1-1 system.”

“Surfing is the way we communicate with our aquatic ancestors.”

“Collecting pennies from heaven is the way we build affordable housing.”

“Experiencing homelessness is the way we learn to appreciate showering.”

“Pandemics are the way we resolve population difficulties.”

“Generating countless incomprehensible reports is the way we achieve capital improvement projects.”

“Ignoring resident input is the way we promote transparency in local government.”

“Walking and bicycling are the ways we take road trips.”

“Squandering taxpayer funds is the way we economize.”

“Provoking lawsuits is the way we keep the city attorney alert and busy.”

“Collusion among City Council members is the way we foster best practices.”

“Terminating uncooperative employees is the way we keep fire department personnel and the staff in line.”

“Accepting campaign donations from developers and their PACS is the way we ensure diverse representation.”

“Encouraging residents to participate in city government then disparaging what they say is the way we demonstrate hypocrisy.”

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.