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Why Let Time Have All the Fun? Who is Encinitas’ Person of the Year?

This poll is in two parts: Nominate your Person of the Year and we’ll have a runoff next month.

On Dec. 14, Time magazine will announce its Person of the Year—which isn’t guaranteed to be an actual man or woman. But in the run-up, the magazine has invited votes on 40 candidates, including Barack Obama, Gabby Douglas and Kim Jong Un. Other options include The Mars Rover and the Higgs Boson Particle. But who cares about the same-old same-old? Who is Encinitas’ Person of the Year—the man or woman who, in Timespeak, “most influenced the news this year for better or worse”? We won’t preselect your picks. But the ones most often mentioned in the comments (and tell us why) will have a runoff in a month.

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Michael Ecklund November 27, 2012 at 05:53 pm
I would have to say Doug Curlee......as he says he's the man.
Ken Harrison November 28, 2012 at 10:08 am
Jerome Stocks, like him or not, he had a major influence on everything in Encinitas.
marco gonzalez November 28, 2012 at 12:21 pm
Gotta be Jerome, for his meteoric fall and unacceptable behavior, if nothing else. Let it be a lesson...
Jay Berman November 28, 2012 at 02:58 pm
The Kook ...
Marianne November 28, 2012 at 09:07 pm
I vote for Camille Sowinski and Mim Michelove- Encintias moms who teamed up and formed Healthy Day Partners to Green and Healthify our School District! So proud of them!
Robert Paulson November 29, 2012 at 12:13 am
Mary Fleener
RATSJ November 29, 2012 at 04:28 am
Teresa Barth for graciously putting up with the obnoxious Jerome Stocks.
Amy Stephens November 29, 2012 at 12:55 pm
Teresa gets my vote too. Not only putting up with Jerome Stocks but for helping to keep all of Encinitas informed and considered without showboating or fear tactics.
Richard Hicks December 1, 2012 at 12:51 pm
I agree. Teresa is a class act.
Gary Jahns December 1, 2012 at 01:36 pm
Lisa Shaffer, for organizing and focusing all of us disenfranchised by the Stocks/Bond cabal
mark scoular December 1, 2012 at 05:14 pm
Teresa has not only shown great and patient leadership but she also had a major influence in helping elect Lisa Shaffer and Tony Kranz. She is leading the local government back from the extreme to one representing the citizens.
Lynn Marr December 1, 2012 at 11:58 pm
I feel that all of the volunteers who have collected signatures for the Encinitas Right to Vote on Upzoning Initiative have done a wonderful job; they're still working hard to gather final signatures. I would nominate Susan Turney; she has done so much towards this effort, working with Sheila Cameron, Olivier Canier, and many others, dedicated and determined volunteers, to achieve our goal of being allowed to vote on zoning amendments to our General and Specific Plans.
Lynn Marr December 2, 2012 at 04:12 am
I would also vote for Mary Fleener; her cartoons in the Coast News helped the tide turn to vote Stocks out of office, as well. She's a wonderful asset to our community. Thanks, Mary!
Frank H. Robles December 13, 2012 at 11:51 pm
Surfing Madonna....showed the best and the worst of Encinitas....!
Bill Richmond December 14, 2012 at 03:13 pm
Ravi Shankar 1920-2012
Sitarist and composer who helped introduce the sitar to the Western world through his collaborations with The Beatles. His music transcends the boundaries of race and religion. It is what humanity is all about.
Daniel Woolfolk (Editor) December 14, 2012 at 08:52 pm
Great nominations everyone!
RATSJ December 15, 2012 at 04:49 am
So who won?
Daniel Woolfolk (Editor) December 15, 2012 at 12:22 pm
We'll make a poll for it on Dec. 20. Thanks for checking in!
Wehtahnah Tucker December 16, 2012 at 05:57 pm
Max Kleckner, AKA "Mighty Max" 8, for showing the community what life really is all about. Bigger than politics, development squabbles and petty disputes.
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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 readRead 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 18, 2013 at 10:20 am
SAVE ENCINITAS FROM RANCID DEVELOPERS. VOTE YES ON PROP A!
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. YetRead 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 16, 2013 at 03:17 pm
YES ON PROP A will be victorious!
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 aboutRead 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!
TB-ENC June 7, 2013 at 02:01 pm
How is this not a racist group with Hispanics in California at 14 million second behind whites atRead More 14.8 million. We only need one chamber to represent all Californians.
BlueAngel2 June 8, 2013 at 02:09 pm
So any group other than white is a racist group?
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 isRead 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 orRead 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 toRead 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 orRead 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.
Lynn Marr June 6, 2013 at 02:37 am
An initiative to Prop A has worked in Escondido, without any lawsuits. "In the 26-yearRead More history of Encinitas, no council has ever used this provision to approve a major project without first a vote of the people." That's completely untrue. The North 101 and Downtown Encinitas Specific Plans were pushed through by the Planning Department, the Planning Commission and a supermajority of past Council AGAINST the wishes of citizens, against years of feedback from Specific Action Review Committees (Sparc)s and Community Advisory Boards (CABs), who wanted to stay with the limits of the General Plan of two stories, 30 ft, MAX, with certain exceptions, consistent with the Initiative! Just posting your opinion without any supporting evidence, Mr. Stocks, is only hurting your "cause." We and everyone we know, all our friends and neighbors, are voting YES on A! Voting YES is best if you want to take back your ability to help slow growth and to take back local control. Yes on A is a vote for Democracy and against insider influence and spinmaster jive promoted by marketing masters of misinformation, attempting to manipulate the uninformed masses with distortions of the truth. We don't need to be spoon-fed our opinions, but can think for ourselves, and act to protect and preserve our community character and our quality of life.
Greg Hay June 6, 2013 at 07:19 pm
Lies, lies and more lies. That's all the supporters of "No on Prop A" can come up with.Read More Even their slogan is weak and devoid of anything of substance… "It's not what it seems"… Really, THAT'S your argument against it?
BlueAngel2 June 6, 2013 at 07:22 pm
YES on PROP A which is NOT deeply flawed and very well written.