If it’s Monday, it must be La Paz
Sunday was Cabo San Lucas (here at the Melia Cabo Real...a perfect place for lunch and margaritas).
Dozens of fun folks are celebrating Hillcrest’s centennial on Carnival’s Elation which disembarked from San Diego on Friday afternoon. The big ship will return to our home port on Thursday, October 25th.
What the sign doesn’t say is that the luxury condo complex under construction is a few hundred feet from Punta Bandera, Tijuana’s state-run sewage treatment plant.
Today we enjoyed a relaxing Saturday at sea.
Hillcrest Centennial disembarks today for a Baja Mexico cruise
Hillcrest resident (and cruise planner) Stewart Rennison has designed this FUNraiser on the high seas to celebrate our neighborhood’s first hundred years on Carnival’s Elation. Dozens of fun folks will be visiting Cabo San Lucas, La Paz and Ensenada before returning on Thursday, October 25th.
An open letter from Tanya Winter re: increasing bus fares...
Once again public services are being cut without real community input. Decisions to raise bus fares are counter productive and not in the public interest. MTS media spokesman Luis Gonzales states that increases in bus fares & elimination of transfers is way overdue since “fare structure hasn’t been modified since 2003.” That’s precisely the point. A rational and necessary change in fee structure is way overdue, but in the other direction.
In order to increase use of public transportation, fees need to be drastically reduced or totally eliminated. (Downtown Seattle has free bus service.) An increase in fares is counter productive. Eliminating transfers is really stupid.
Higher fares are a serious hardship for many workers. Public transportation is a necessity and a rational solution to traffic and pollution problems. If we want more people to use buses, they must be affordable & easily accessible. Some folks, who ordinarily do not use buses, may actually hop on a bus instead of driving their car. Instead of paying “consultants” exorbitant fees to install expensive parking meters, let’s promote free bus service. That’s where our tax money should go. We could actually make a dent in our traffic problem and save our environment. Not a bad investment. Of course it won’t appeal to the gang who are out to make a profit.
FYI: Individuals may address the board at two important meetings to discuss the fare ordinance (1) at 9am today with the MTS Board of Directors (1255 Imperial Avenue, 10th floor) and (2) 9am tomorrow (Friday, October 19th) at the SANDAG (San Diego Association of Governments) Transportation Committee meeting at 401 B Street, 7th floor. Speak up for public transportation!
Ready for a Hillcrest Halloween?
The Center invites all San Diegans to its signature Halloween celebration, Nightmare on Normal Street on Saturday, October 27th. The annual event featuring (as you can imagine) fabulous costumes will take place on Normal Street just north of University Avenue from 7-10pm. The $5 entry includes food, music and merriment. Then at 10:30pm...hurry on over to Urban Mo’s for a Country Night Halloween party. No cover, cash prizes and lots of fun.
Free Admission to Japanese Friendship Garden today!
Every Tuesday several museums in Balboa Park are free to local residents as a
“thank you” for supporting them through your tax dollar$. This Tuesday
San Diegans may visit the SD Art Institute, Mingei Int’l Museum, the
Museum of Man and the SD Museum of Art along with the tranquil Japanese
Friendship Garden and dozens of these beautifully colored koi...for FREE. Enjoy!
