Another quake hit the media landscape Tuesday when U-T San Diego’s owners of the North County Times. It was a reminder of how many local papers have folded, including the Encinitas Coast-Dispatch, The Vista Press, La Mesa Scout, Lemon Grove Review, El Cajon Californian and San Dieguito Citizen. U-T columnist Logan Jenkins recalled the old Oceanside Blade-Citizen and Escondido Times Advocate, and wrote: “In the sparsely populated aquarium of daily newspapers, they’ve survived for 16 years but now they’ve been devoured and now what?” What paper do you miss?
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Dr. Michele Drake June 19, 2013 at 11:50 am
The benefit garage and bake sale is this Saturday, June 22 from 7 a.m. to noon at 1463 Golden Sunset…Read More Drive in San Marcos (San Elijo Hills). Here's the link to the event: http://encinitas.patch.com/groups/events/p/drake-center-garage-sale-to-benefit-autism-therapy-dog_3a2145e8
Dr. Michele Drake June 19, 2013 at 11:50 am
All donated items can be dropped off at The Drake Center, located at 195 N. El Camino Real in…Read More Encinitas.
Vicki Campbell June 17, 2013 at 04:42 pm
Prop A will help residents and stop greedy developers from buying city council. Vote YES
Rick Moore June 18, 2013 at 09:27 am
I wholeheartedly agree with the recommendation that folks read the initiative. When you read…Read More sections 6 and 9, you will see that Prop A sets a 30-foot or 2-story ceiling across the entire city, overriding lower height limits in many areas. The Downtown Specific Plan limits residences to 22-26 feet, as detailed on the DEMA website, so Prop A would actually allow the building of taller homes. It makes no exemptions or allowances for historic buildings like La Paloma, church towers or other structures over 30 feet high; the only exceptions are medical complexes and public high schools (see clause 6.2). Rebuilding or renovating (more than 50%) would require expensive public votes. Should the SRF be required to pay for an election to rebuild the Lotus Tower? Such contingencies are allowed for in our Historic Overlay Zone, which would clearly be overridden by Prop A. So is the Encinitas Preservation Association's plan to convert one of the boathouses to a museum. Again, Prop A would require an election (see section 4.1, clause e), which the EPA cannot afford. Prop A would thus favor large developers who have the money, time, lawyers and other resources to campaign for their project. How many nonprofits and small businessmen can afford to spend a minimum $30,000 just to get their project on a general election ballot (upwards of $300,000 for a special election like this one)? Yes, folks, please read the initiative, especially Section 9, which lays waste to anything that conflicts with it. That's why this has been dubbed Propzilla. I trust that most Encinitas citizens are smart enough to see that this meausre is deeply flawed, problematic and counter-productive. We can find much better ways to limit growth and preserve community character.
BlueAngel2 June 15, 2013 at 09:47 pm
It would NOT surprise me. I thought we dumped Stocks. Why is he still around?
Encinitas YES on A June 16, 2013 at 02:44 pm
My YES on Prop. A sign was stolen yesterday. Other YES on Prop. A signs are disappearing. Yet…Read More another deceptive and untruthful mailer from the opponents of Prop. A was in my mail box. There's a shrillness and desperation in their opposition. They can't rely on facts and fair play. Polling data not looking good?
BlueAngel2 June 8, 2013 at 11:20 am
It just goes to show if Stocks or any of his puppets are involved, you will not hear the truth about…Read More this proposition. They continue to confuse the issue. Please do not throw your vote away to ruin our city and enhance the developer's pockets who do not care what they do to our beautiful Encinitas. Vote YES on PROP A!
Status Quo June 19, 2013 at 11:53 am
Looks very much like your Prop A will pass, though 'BA2's tactic seems to be part of the problem…Read More also.
Miranda Klassen June 5, 2013 at 10:39 am
Congrats to all on the groundbreaking. Reesey has done an incredible job with making Lux what it is…Read More today!
BlueAngel2 June 4, 2013 at 10:40 am
Vote YES on PROP A! The City Council is not experienced in real estate, zoning, construction or…Read More development to make decisions for us.
CardiffCreature June 4, 2013 at 10:44 am
Prop A will not control growth. It will make sure that BOTH the council and the public get to…Read More directly weigh in on the deals being brokered between big developers and the city. This won't end the indirect developer subsidies, but it sure will help.
Lynn Marr June 6, 2013 at 02:26 am
Yes, it will help to slow growth, by making sure that the public approves raising height limits or…Read More upzoning, for developments over the parameters of a MAXIMUM of 30 ft. and two stories. Lower set height limits will not be repealed, because they are not in conflict with the initiative or the General Plan.
David Ahlgren's fear and speculation is not backed up by one single fact. He just raises the usual building industry "mantra" of alleged risks created by unnamed "unintended consequences."
Council's attempt at a preemptive ordinance does NOT guarantee that will be placed on the ballot in 2014, and does NOT eliminate other loopholes such as the "less-than-5-acre" exception, the "categorization of intensity of use" exception, and the height limit exception. The only loophole that Council's drafted ordinance affects is Council's ability to vote by a 4/5 supermajority on upzoing if it is done with respect to a "significant public benefit."
Not only is Council's recently drafted ordinance NOT guaranteed, in that a future Council could reverse it, if it is not enacted through a public vote, but also Council's attempt at preempting the "right to vote on upzoning and raising height limits initiative" DOESN"T eliminate the other loopholes that still exist in our General Plan, Policy 3.12., which exceptions I've spelled out, here.
Also, my in-laws in Vista tell me that they no longer have a "North County" section either. It's a "U-T Local" section with north county stuff in it just like our east county Local section.
We do have plenty of online local news, we have the Coast papers ....
The U-T editorial board, and Manchester himself, are obviously sick, as their writings thus far could only be equated with projectile vomiting. We all have many strongly-held personal views on issues, but Mr. Manchester's editorials have entered a new dimension I am glad to tell readers that my opponent in the new US House D-50, Congressman Duncan Hunter II, will be receiving the endorsement of Mr. Manchester and his organ. Were there to be some incredible typographical error showing the U-T endorsing my candidacy, I would reject it immediately. In fact, I believe (editorial) any candidate for any office in San Diego County, regardless of party, that shares the extremist views of Manchester and accepts a U-T endorsement, is not worthy of the office he/she seeks.
I've read a few good pieces in the UT from the Watchdog, though not lately; many read the UT more for local news. I appreciate UT's news blog (similar to this one) which follows news articles, where we can post comments, thru facebook. That being said, I will miss North County Times, & I do miss the old Coast Dispatch, & papers that came before. While competition is usually excellent for the consumer, the competition of the internet & sound bite TV is mostly what did papers in, with falling circulation. A big factor probably was we could get our news elsewhere & didn't want to deal with all the newspapers piling up. This probably saves trees. Yet, I'm dismayed we don't have more local investigative reporters. We truly rely on the media to be a "4th branch," along with local activists & watchdogs, as our City government becomes so insulated, without true separation of powers, acting as judge, jury & executioner, or judicial, legislative & executive branches all rolled into one. The North County Times, at one time, had excellent reporters who would attend Council Meetings, take photos, & follow thru on leads & news articles. A miniscule % of people participate by attending Council Meetings. We rely on the media to inform us! Bottomline, desire for profit shouldn't filter the news!
For years, the Union-Tribune called itself “the ring of truth.” No more and it shows.
Political endorsements are a big power that newspapers & local news magazines, such as SD City Beat have. But here, in this forum, I don't see why this has to be another, bitter, partisan debate. Conservatives, liberals & moderates should all want objective news sources, so that we can form our own conclusions, not have our decisions & choices "spoon-fed" to us by those that would "sell" their version of the truth, for profit. If someone doesn't have an open mind, & a real sense of integrity, then he or she, whether he owns the medium, or whether she's just a concerned citizen, attempting to consider the facts as well as opinion on "all sides" of a question, will already have his mind stuck in the rut of foregone conclusions & pre-formed opinions. It takes more than information & knowledge to be wise. One must be able to understand & process information one takes in, weighing it, & deciding what IS factual, & what is mere propaganda, that is opinion tweaked & manipulated into twisted, distorted facts. I don't trust the UT, now, to be an unbiased source of news. Manchester is doing himself a favor, not us. I'm grateful for the Patch!
Of course, there has to be some balance between freedom of speech and causing injury to others, but it seems as though actually removing groups of comments should be rare. I have found that sometimes comments don't show up as they are on "Page 1" of the comments, and I've been taken, by default, to Page 2. Or someone, like a Council candidate, here in Encinitas, could have removed my comments through her own facebook page. Yet when I went to the article through my own link, on my own facebook page (my own timeline), my comment, which I thought had been deleted, was still there. I've also seen where people had deleted their own comments from the "main article" page, but I could still see them through my own facebook page link, if I had replied to a particular comment. Facebook's "protocol" can make finding previous comments confusing!
My comments, below, are meant to be directed toward daily newspapers. I hold the owners and the editorial staff of the Coast News in high regard. I hope the Coast News remains financially solvent, and that people will come to realize the value of the Coast News as a local newspaper, even more, with the demise of the NCT. and the lack of more objective local daily news reporting.
Posting comments on the U-T website, or most any other, is subject to the whims of the people who are PAYING for the webservice. You really have no rights to having comments kept there when someone else is paying for it. It'd be really nice if a newspaper was open minded enough to allow controversal posts to remain, but if they don't want them, they have every right to purge them.
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/sep/07/block-on-board-with-campus-indoctrination/ http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/sep/07/a-bizarre-rationale-for-irresponsibility/
Full-page ads, rumored to be free or at a steep discount, for the Mormon produced hit-piece on Obama, 2016. (Yes both the prodcuer and the distributor are Mormon, and yes (religion) it does make a difference when the LDS pumps so much money and resources into politics.) For every one letter with a democratic slant, the U-T publishes six with their conservative slant. Deleting comments posted about their stories. Leaving comments that support their (Manchester’s) viewpoint. Firing good reporters and writers and keeping the “yes men” type journalists. The new room used to have some independence, now it’s obvious it has none.
Sort of like being a PR guy for Satan. No matter their shifting political slant their customer service has always been the worst on the planet.
I canceled my subscription today so you and I create a wash. I did find it interesting that their "stop subscription" line had "a high call volume" today so it took me several calls to finally get through to cancel.
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