Here's something you might be interested in.
Ask a Hipster — Advice you didn't know you needed
Big Screen — Movie commentary
Blurt — Music's inside track
Booze News — San Diego spirits
Classical Music — Immortal beauty
Classifieds — Free and easy
Cover Stories — Front-page features
Drinks All Around — Bartenders' drink recipes
Excerpts — Literary and spiritual excerpts
Feast! — Food & drink reviews
Feature Stories — Local news & stories
Fishing Report — What’s getting hooked from ship and shore
From the Archives — Spotlight on the past
Golden Dreams — Talk of the town
The Gonzo Report — Making the musical scene, or at least reporting from it
Letters — Our inbox
Movies@Home — Local movie buffs share favorites
Movie Reviews — Our critics' picks and pans
Musician Interviews — Up close with local artists
Neighborhood News from Stringers — Hyperlocal news
News Ticker — News & politics
Obermeyer — San Diego politics illustrated
Outdoors — Weekly changes in flora and fauna
Overheard in San Diego — Eavesdropping illustrated
Poetry — The old and the new
Reader Travel — Travel section built by travelers
Reading — The hunt for intellectuals
Roam-O-Rama — SoCal's best hiking/biking trails
San Diego Beer — Inside San Diego suds
SD on the QT — Almost factual news
Sheep and Goats — Places of worship
Special Issues — The best of
Street Style — San Diego streets have style
Surf Diego — Real stories from those braving the waves
Theater — On stage in San Diego this week
Tin Fork — Silver spoon alternative
Under the Radar — Matt Potter's undercover work
Unforgettable — Long-ago San Diego
Unreal Estate — San Diego's priciest pads
Your Week — Daily event picks
Eye on Escondido
Escondido city hall was packed with onlookers on Wednesday, February 11, as Mayor Lori Holt Pfeiler gave her annual state of the city address. She said Escondido's revenue continues to decline and there's uncertainty about how far it will diminish before leveling out. She said she expects the federal government's stimulus plan to provide jobs and that having people feel confident about their jobs is key to getting the economy moving again.
Historically, Escondido has relied on sales-tax revenue to fund city services. With the closing of three local businesses, the city's budget is down over $500,000. Since 2005, the city's sales tax has declined by 30 percent.
In Wednesday's speech, the mayor referred to the emergency budget cuts announced during the meeting of January 14: a 5 percent pay reduction for 222 employees, a decrease in library hours (closure every other Friday), and significant cuts to Escondido police and fire departments. In her 16 years on the council, Pfeiler said the cuts were the most difficult decisions she's had to make. She said she wished it wasn't necessary to close city hall and the main library every other Friday.
The mayor addressed the city's water shortage. Sixty million gallons of water is used in Escondido daily. Pfeiler noted that we live in a desert and can no longer landscape the way we have been. She said it takes 48 inches of rain to take care of our lawns and that California is lucky to get 16 inches.
The mayor expressed her excitement about Escondido's participation in the 2009 Amgen Tour, the largest cycling event in America. It will finish on Grand Avenue and Broadway on Sunday, February 22. Twenty-thousand onlookers are expected to attend. No taxpayer dollars were used to fund the event.
Here's something you might be interested in.
Eye on Escondido
Eye on Escondido
Escondido city hall was packed with onlookers on Wednesday, February 11, as Mayor Lori Holt Pfeiler gave her annual state of the city address. She said Escondido's revenue continues to decline and there's uncertainty about how far it will diminish before leveling out. She said she expects the federal government's stimulus plan to provide jobs and that having people feel confident about their jobs is key to getting the economy moving again.
Historically, Escondido has relied on sales-tax revenue to fund city services. With the closing of three local businesses, the city's budget is down over $500,000. Since 2005, the city's sales tax has declined by 30 percent.
In Wednesday's speech, the mayor referred to the emergency budget cuts announced during the meeting of January 14: a 5 percent pay reduction for 222 employees, a decrease in library hours (closure every other Friday), and significant cuts to Escondido police and fire departments. In her 16 years on the council, Pfeiler said the cuts were the most difficult decisions she's had to make. She said she wished it wasn't necessary to close city hall and the main library every other Friday.
The mayor addressed the city's water shortage. Sixty million gallons of water is used in Escondido daily. Pfeiler noted that we live in a desert and can no longer landscape the way we have been. She said it takes 48 inches of rain to take care of our lawns and that California is lucky to get 16 inches.
The mayor expressed her excitement about Escondido's participation in the 2009 Amgen Tour, the largest cycling event in America. It will finish on Grand Avenue and Broadway on Sunday, February 22. Twenty-thousand onlookers are expected to attend. No taxpayer dollars were used to fund the event.
Comments