Wednesday, September 08, 2010

Council Candidates State Their Positions

The Leucadia Blog and Encinitas Undercover bring you the candidates' ballot statements

Encinitas City Council Candidate statements November 2010 election

Leucadia Blog Candidate Evaluation Criteria
How many generations have you lived here?
Do you like taking sunset walks on the beach?
How many booster clubs do you socialize with?
Do you enjoy a nice quality of life?
Can you balance your checkbook?
Can you sound good without taking a position on anything?

Reward Grows

The LB offering for an exclusive photo shoot in Dalager's kitchen has grown to $150 thanks to a generous donation of another Leucadia Blog reader.

Tuesday, September 07, 2010

flea market

SECOND SUNDAY FLEA MARKET @ The DUCK
Encinitas, CA September 2, 2010

SECOND SUNDAY FLEA MARKET @ The DUCK returns Sunday, September 12, 10:00-4:00. We are resurrecting the Olde Leucadia Flea Market, 
in the parking lot of Ducky Waddle's Emporium, 414 N. Coast Hwy. 101 in Leucadia. Several vendors will offer a selection of vintage 
goods, to discriminating buyers and collectors, covering a wide range of interests. This event is ongoing on the Second Sunday of every month. 

For additional information on FLEA MARKET @ The DUCK, contact 
Jerry 760-632-0488 or visit www.duckywaddles.com 

Ducky Waddle's Emporium, North Coast San Diego Art Gallery, Book Store 
and Center for Cultural Studies.

Monday, September 06, 2010

Leucadia Blog to Help Fund Dalager Campaign

The Leucadia Blog's $50 honorarium for usable photos of Dalager's "crap" kitchen has been matched by an anonymous blog reader. That brings the reward for documenting the kitchen to $100 bucks. Send your pledge of matching funds to

The Leucadia blog will pay $300 for video of Dalager taking a bat to his new appliances


Before the story broke, the rumor was Dalager got a whole kitchen remodel, not just a set of appliances. This rumor wasn't posted to the blog, because it was just another rumor about Dalager at that point. At this time, Dalager says he wants to be open, but he won't let the press inspect his kitchen. That makes the rumor relevant and necessary to note, because the current status of the overall kitchen must be revealed in the photo set to receive payment. The  photo set must also allow viewers to determine the model of each appliance and their condition.

The photos must be authorized by a Dalager family member. Dalager has three reasons to not let the Leucadia Blog into the house:

1) half-truths
2) choking hazards
3) ass covering.

Dalager is not going to let just anyone in to see the kitchen. But he's not going to say no to possible campaign donations from his trusted supporters! That would look really really bad if he said no to campaign money in exchange for clearing his name. That is WIN WIN!



If you are a Dalager supporter, head on over to Danny's house for a photo shoot. You can let Danny know that you'll use the honorarium to make a contribution to his campaign. Everyone knows how friendly the Dalagers are. They'll be happy to see you.

If you know a Dalager supporter please let them know about this offer for freeeee money. Here are a few of our friends who might want to give donations to Danny:


Craig Arnold
John Jgata (Gjata ?) 
Chris and Marie Cote
Chad Dinenna
Gary and Joan Hanel

Brett Farrow
Mike McGill
Tom Pellegrino
Vince Jewel
Tony Hawk
Mark and Melissa Howard
Justin and Jamie Machado
Don and Shirley Hansen
Woody Eckstrom
John Carney

Charlie Marvin
Mike Clark

Keith Shillington
Scott Brown

Joey and Sianna Randall
David and Leslie Cothran
Dave and Vickie Brookes
Betty Putnam
Morris Pike (Captain Book)

Don and Sheila Frank
Jim and Susan Comforti
Pat ‘Trish the dish’ Dugger
Charlie and Shelly Sougias
David Agaygos
Lonnie Madrid

Linda Benson
Doug Goad
Tom and Cathy Staver
Peter Curry
Chris Hicks
Terry Sisson
Larkin Hatfield
Brian Geary
Bobby Virk
Tim and Carolyn Cady
Cal and Cory Ellisor
Col. Jack Kelly, USMC (ret)
Shawn and Carol Holder
Jim Babwe
Mike and Lauri Scott

Paul Ecke
Amy and Robbie Roberts
Mary and Coach Ed Wiley
Dan O'Shea
Don Hubbard
Walter Schaefer
Andy Brown
Keith and Sara Harrison
Cheryl and Ken Harrison
Doug and Karen Long
Ken and Anne Ritchie

Bart and Dee Smith
Don Heiser

Judy Hansen
Mark Anderson
John and Mary Slingerland
Chris Calkins
Phil Kessler
Mark and Paula Allen

Linda and Tim Finnell
John Conover
Candy and Rocky Brown
Jan Grice
Gene Arrant
Bev Clausen
Warren Raps
Reverend Mike Roberts
Tony and Cindy Brandenberg

Free Campaign Dough for Dalager ...well, almost freeeee

Sunday, September 05, 2010

A Little More Leucadia

A Little Moore Coffee shop is one of Leucadia's breakfast traditions. It is along on the northern 101 and once we get pedestrian rail crossings it will be within legal walking distance of all northwestern Leucadia.

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 I dare say that the thick tree canopy along the street sets the ambiance of the dining experience.

The folks running the cafe are super nice. You can tell that they really enjoy being able to play a small role in the life of Leucadians.
 It's a family run shop. Share the love.

My kids always love it. Pancakes are always right on. Scrambled eggs fluffy and good to go. Sometimes the french toast is a little wet, but we're still happy.

It's a good place to start your day and run into a few fellow Leucadians.

Saturday, September 04, 2010

Battle of the Papers: Tied Score



UT Watchdog, 2 point opening shot

NCT Henry,
2 point response
NCT star, Henry, savvy to the wrinkles in the home team defense, finds that Dalager's loss in the kitchengate vote was overridden by the referees "dropping the ball". Its not the first time a game changing call going Danny's way smelled funny.

Warming up is the local favoriate, the Coast News. Scouts have high hopes for a 3 point shot from the scrappy little paper on the the 101. Could we see photos of Danny's kitchen? It could turn into a Cindera story.

Score: 2-2-0

Friday, September 03, 2010

Council Perks: Stuff for Freeeeee



LA Mayor Villaraigosa gets to go to all sorts of cool events, like the Lakers games, for freeeeee.


Supervisor Slater-Price goes to super cool entertainment events for freeee.

Pam Slater-Price is rich and can afford the tickets, but its much more fun to get gifts, especially from organizations that you like so much that you point tax dollars toward those entertainment organizations (she's also taken heat for the plaques she gets from the organizations she funnels tax dollars to).

Now What?

The LA Mayor asked for his actions to be reviewed by the FPPC.

Slater-Price was found to have violated FPPC rules and had to pay a fine.

Supervisor Horn has had all sorts of sleazy scandals and he'll probably get reelected.

Jerome Stocks got caught taking "funny money" from Barratt American.

From the NCTimes: Later, Stocks revealed in campaign financial disclosure forms that he declared 11 returned payments, which he said resulted from accidental overpayments to his re-election campaign that exceeded the $250 limit.
Stocks said, "I think maybe I'm a better candidate than a treasurer."
Stocks' reelection was untouched by the admission that he isn't good handling his own moolah.

Slater-Price, Horn, and Stocks have not been abandoned by the voters. Most voters don't know or care. If they care, they care less for their opponents (who are usually of a different philosophical persuasion, partially because of our system of incumbency).

Half the LB audience are Slater-Price campaign supporters. Do the voters care about ethics violations?

If they do, lets make things really simple. Elected officials should not take gifts or bro deals from anyone who has any sort of connection to the city. Period. They are there to serve the public, and with that comes some responsibility to take their actions beyond reproach. It is a good idea suggested by others in the County.

What Dalager did looks bad, but as you can see, it is far from career ending.

The whole thing would blow over for Dalager if he would let the press inspect his kitchen. His refusal smacks of a cover up. Logan Jenkin's was willing to write that Dalager's kitchen didn't match the story being weaved about the appliances.

It was all “old crap,” Dalager told me.
Really?
I’ve seen his kitchen and the brushed-steel stove setup looked pretty sleek, modern and functional to me. In short, this is the best cooking crap I’ve ever seen.

Did Dalager trade for a vote? I highly doubt that it was necessary to bribe Dalager for that vote. And, the Gordons apparently give bro deals to a select few around the city. However, that bro deal is not available to the public.

There should be no appearance that access to bro deals is a perk of being Mayor.

The Gordons have lots of reasons to keep Dalager happy. Well, they had that famous vote you already know about. The Gordons also have their very own Taxpayer subsidized government liaison.

Our city along with other cities pay Steve Aceti's salary to run CalCoast (a lobbying firm, sort of). CalCoast is government funded and directed by a board of elected officials. Steve Aceti turns around and uses CalCoast to represent the Gordons at city hall.  (Aceti also promotes a pro seawall agenda and the Gordons have expressed their extreme pro-sea wall views to at least one city council candidate).

The day I went to meet Aceti to talk about what CalCoast does for Encinitas, he interrupted our meeting to start a phone meeting with City Attorney Sabine and City Manager Cotton. The topic of that conversation? Well, it was the Gordon's issues with the engineering department. Aceti was clearly heavily involved in the issue.

The Gordons are enjoying a personal taxpayer subsidized lobbyist at city hall, and Sacramento. If you're not a bro, you don't get one of those.

Friday, August 27, 2010

Public Overreacts: Dan Responds Responsibly

Dan speaks about halfway through.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Complaints Filed

The Leucadia Blog has learned that complaints have been filed with the FPPC and the district attorney over Dalager's scrap metal appliances.

The FPPC might look into it. Don't bet on the DA doing much. The DA is not a crime fighter. She is a politician with strong political connections to the San Diego power structure.

BD DA Mash-up
VoSD How she came to power
BD doesn't like watchdogs

CIty Attorney to Investigate His Boss

This morning on 10news, Dalager was quoted as saying the whole thing will be cleared up after City Attorney Glen Sabine investigates.

Problems with that:
Danny is Glen's boss.
Glen issues his legal reviews secretly.
Glen does whatever his bosses tell him to do regardless of the legality.

Danny also said, "We're going to put everything out there: any documents, anything they want to see."

The LB would like a tour of his kitchen.

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Rumor Makes it to the UT

Two stories about Dalager have been floating for some time.


Rumor 1. Dalager got a bro deal for a new kitchen in return for a vote. Turns out that was false and that Aztec Appliances is the place to go for killer deals on damaged goods, according to the UT.

The Leucadia blog is offering $50 bucks to anyone who can produce usable photos of Dalager's new $150 scrap metal kitchen.

Rumor 2. Dalager tries to twist bank account commissions out of people doing business at City Hall. Now if that were true someone would have stepped forward to say they got help in return for putting some flesh on Danny's paycheck.

Monday, August 23, 2010

How to Get Things Done

Danny will be happy to open an account for you.