November 02, 2012 6:00 pm • U-T San Diego Editorial Board Do you want San Diego to change course and go back to the old days of drift and decline? Or do you want to keep building on the steady progress we’ve seen in recent years? If you live in the City Council’s …
Read more »Posted on October 19, 2012 on the VOSD. By Keegan Kyle City Councilwoman Sherri Lightner declined to answer a question at a community forum Friday afternoon. The question wasn’t particularly interesting, but Lightner’s silence was. The forum’s moderator asked Lightner to explain her position on Proposition B, a high-profile pension initiative that voters approved in …
Read more »By: The La Jolla Light In 18 days, if you haven’t already voted by mail, you’ll be asked to cast your vote for a variety of candidates vying for an assortment of public-service offices. In the contest for City Council District 1 representative — our first-responder for La Jolla, the Village and community-wide issues — …
Read more »La Jolla Light: Since January, the La Jolla Light has been reporting on the nauseating odor that fills the air along the Cove coastline that is caused by marine wildlife excrement rotting on the cliffs. Pedestrians, joggers, seaside diners, merchants, visitors and residents alike, have all voiced their disgust at the situation. Meanwhile, the stench is …
Read more »By Shelli Derobertis The $26.5 million Torrey Pines Road Corridor Project, approved in July 2011, has residents wondering if it hit a roadblock, since after one year, the only action taken to improve public safety along the busy thoroughfare has been the installation of two radar speed indicators in January by Councilwoman Sherri Lightner’s office. …
Read more »By Bob Witney, LJA Member; Mr. Whittemore, Ms. DeJong, Mrs. Naegle, Mr. and Mrs. McCormack, it is refreshing for our community to see you have chosen to respond to my open letter to Sherri Lightner as individuals, instead of using your characteristic playbook of hiding behind the names of small but vocal non-profit groups. This …
Read more »Myrna Naegel, co-founder of La Jolla Shores Tomorrow and the owner of 2210 Avenida de la Playa and Councilperson Sherri Lighter on July 31st, 2012 at Ms.Lightner Campaign Kickoff picnic. 2226 Avenida de la Playa is owned by Vaughn Woods. Mr. Woods is President of La Jolla Shores Tomorrow an organization formed to save La Jolla …
Read more »By: Bob Whitney; Letter to the City Attorney. It is easy for violations of the LJCPA volunteers to be shrugged off as insignificant and regarded as LJCPA “housekeeping”. Housekeeping however is not the point of this letter. The point is La Jolla has a systemic problem in which activist members of our community planning group …
Read more »June 27, 201 Voice of San Diego by Keegan Kyle The election results from San Diego’s northwest council district earlier this month resemble a sandwich. Northern areas like Carmel Valley and southern areas like La Jolla supported Republican challenger Ray Ellis. Central areas like Torrey Pines and University City supported the incumbent councilwoman, Democrat Sherri …
Read more »By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO–A La Jolla planning group had three answers to Hillel of San Diego’s request to build a religious, intellectual and spiritual center on land it owns near the UCSD campus: “No,” “no” and “no.” There were three interrelated questions before the La Jolla Community Planning Association on Thursday evening, June …
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