Anchor ads are not supported on this page.

4S Ranch Allied Gardens Alpine Baja Balboa Park Bankers Hill Barrio Logan Bay Ho Bay Park Black Mountain Ranch Blossom Valley Bonita Bonsall Borrego Springs Boulevard Campo Cardiff-by-the-Sea Carlsbad Carmel Mountain Carmel Valley Chollas View Chula Vista City College City Heights Clairemont College Area Coronado CSU San Marcos Cuyamaca College Del Cerro Del Mar Descanso Downtown San Diego Eastlake East Village El Cajon Emerald Hills Encanto Encinitas Escondido Fallbrook Fletcher Hills Golden Hill Grant Hill Grantville Grossmont College Guatay Harbor Island Hillcrest Imperial Beach Imperial Valley Jacumba Jamacha-Lomita Jamul Julian Kearny Mesa Kensington La Jolla Lakeside La Mesa Lemon Grove Leucadia Liberty Station Lincoln Acres Lincoln Park Linda Vista Little Italy Logan Heights Mesa College Midway District MiraCosta College Miramar Miramar College Mira Mesa Mission Beach Mission Hills Mission Valley Mountain View Mount Hope Mount Laguna National City Nestor Normal Heights North Park Oak Park Ocean Beach Oceanside Old Town Otay Mesa Pacific Beach Pala Palomar College Palomar Mountain Paradise Hills Pauma Valley Pine Valley Point Loma Point Loma Nazarene Potrero Poway Rainbow Ramona Rancho Bernardo Rancho Penasquitos Rancho San Diego Rancho Santa Fe Rolando San Carlos San Marcos San Onofre Santa Ysabel Santee San Ysidro Scripps Ranch SDSU Serra Mesa Shelltown Shelter Island Sherman Heights Skyline Solana Beach Sorrento Valley Southcrest South Park Southwestern College Spring Valley Stockton Talmadge Temecula Tierrasanta Tijuana UCSD University City University Heights USD Valencia Park Valley Center Vista Warner Springs

Carlsbad Resident Recalls Unbuilt Alga Norte Community Park

During the October 26 Carlsbad City Council meeting, Michelle Levy, a Carlsbad resident of 20 years, cited a pair of big investments by the City of Carlsbad as financial blunders and then asked, “Are we going to repeat the past?”

First, Levy spoke about the Crossings at Carlsbad, which she referred to as the most expensive golf course for its size in the U.S. The golf-course project — already perceived by many citizens as a financial burden for Carlsbad — was estimated to have cost the City over $70 million and has required use of nearly $5 million in tax money since 2007, per Levy.

“I would say that’s a waste of our money,” said Levy. “One of the reasons we didn’t have enough money for the Alga Norte Park.”

Sponsored
Sponsored

The Alga Norte Community Park has been planned for construction at a 32-acre area at the intersection of Poinsettia Lane and Alicante Road but has been moved down on the City’s priority list for nearly a decade. The park project is expected to include baseball fields, picnic areas, a dog park, skate park, and an aquatic center.

Levy added that 16 million tax dollars were spent in 2001 on the purchase of a former Farmer’s Insurance building (located on El Camino Real and Faraday Avenue) that remains largely unoccupied. According to Levy, one of the floors is being used for storage and another floor is being used as a temporary area by the fire department and nothing else.

“Here we are, $16 million and nine years later, and we keep saying we have no money for the Alga Norte Park,” said Levy.

With elections less than a week away, Levy said her biggest concern is that the newly elected leadership will continue to make costly mistakes. Incumbent mayor Claude A. “Bud” Lewis is not seeking another term. The four candidates running for mayor are councilmembers Matt Hall and Keith Blackburn and residents Walt Meier and Glenn Bernard.

Note: Map rotated counter-clockwise 90˚

The latest copy of the Reader

Please enjoy this clickable Reader flipbook. Linked text and ads are flash-highlighted in blue for your convenience. To enhance your viewing, please open full screen mode by clicking the icon on the far right of the black flipbook toolbar.

Here's something you might be interested in.
Submit a free classified
or view all
Previous article

Less Than Jake, Spooky Circus In El Cajon, San Diego International Dragon Boat Race

Events October 17-October 19, 2024

During the October 26 Carlsbad City Council meeting, Michelle Levy, a Carlsbad resident of 20 years, cited a pair of big investments by the City of Carlsbad as financial blunders and then asked, “Are we going to repeat the past?”

First, Levy spoke about the Crossings at Carlsbad, which she referred to as the most expensive golf course for its size in the U.S. The golf-course project — already perceived by many citizens as a financial burden for Carlsbad — was estimated to have cost the City over $70 million and has required use of nearly $5 million in tax money since 2007, per Levy.

“I would say that’s a waste of our money,” said Levy. “One of the reasons we didn’t have enough money for the Alga Norte Park.”

Sponsored
Sponsored

The Alga Norte Community Park has been planned for construction at a 32-acre area at the intersection of Poinsettia Lane and Alicante Road but has been moved down on the City’s priority list for nearly a decade. The park project is expected to include baseball fields, picnic areas, a dog park, skate park, and an aquatic center.

Levy added that 16 million tax dollars were spent in 2001 on the purchase of a former Farmer’s Insurance building (located on El Camino Real and Faraday Avenue) that remains largely unoccupied. According to Levy, one of the floors is being used for storage and another floor is being used as a temporary area by the fire department and nothing else.

“Here we are, $16 million and nine years later, and we keep saying we have no money for the Alga Norte Park,” said Levy.

With elections less than a week away, Levy said her biggest concern is that the newly elected leadership will continue to make costly mistakes. Incumbent mayor Claude A. “Bud” Lewis is not seeking another term. The four candidates running for mayor are councilmembers Matt Hall and Keith Blackburn and residents Walt Meier and Glenn Bernard.

Note: Map rotated counter-clockwise 90˚

Comments
Sponsored

The latest copy of the Reader

Please enjoy this clickable Reader flipbook. Linked text and ads are flash-highlighted in blue for your convenience. To enhance your viewing, please open full screen mode by clicking the icon on the far right of the black flipbook toolbar.

Here's something you might be interested in.
Submit a free classified
or view all
Previous article

San Marcos Harvest Fest, The Distinct Modernism of San Diego

Events October 13-October 16, 2024
Next Article

Big bugs early in the season – Wahoo bonanza off Mag Bay

Bluefin at the Coronados
Comments
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
4S Ranch Allied Gardens Alpine Baja Balboa Park Bankers Hill Barrio Logan Bay Ho Bay Park Black Mountain Ranch Blossom Valley Bonita Bonsall Borrego Springs Boulevard Campo Cardiff-by-the-Sea Carlsbad Carmel Mountain Carmel Valley Chollas View Chula Vista City College City Heights Clairemont College Area Coronado CSU San Marcos Cuyamaca College Del Cerro Del Mar Descanso Downtown San Diego Eastlake East Village El Cajon Emerald Hills Encanto Encinitas Escondido Fallbrook Fletcher Hills Golden Hill Grant Hill Grantville Grossmont College Guatay Harbor Island Hillcrest Imperial Beach Imperial Valley Jacumba Jamacha-Lomita Jamul Julian Kearny Mesa Kensington La Jolla Lakeside La Mesa Lemon Grove Leucadia Liberty Station Lincoln Acres Lincoln Park Linda Vista Little Italy Logan Heights Mesa College Midway District MiraCosta College Miramar Miramar College Mira Mesa Mission Beach Mission Hills Mission Valley Mountain View Mount Hope Mount Laguna National City Nestor Normal Heights North Park Oak Park Ocean Beach Oceanside Old Town Otay Mesa Pacific Beach Pala Palomar College Palomar Mountain Paradise Hills Pauma Valley Pine Valley Point Loma Point Loma Nazarene Potrero Poway Rainbow Ramona Rancho Bernardo Rancho Penasquitos Rancho San Diego Rancho Santa Fe Rolando San Carlos San Marcos San Onofre Santa Ysabel Santee San Ysidro Scripps Ranch SDSU Serra Mesa Shelltown Shelter Island Sherman Heights Skyline Solana Beach Sorrento Valley Southcrest South Park Southwestern College Spring Valley Stockton Talmadge Temecula Tierrasanta Tijuana UCSD University City University Heights USD Valencia Park Valley Center Vista Warner Springs
Close

Anchor ads are not supported on this page.

This Week’s Reader This Week’s Reader