Encinitas resident Alex Riley seeks District 1 council seat

North Coast Current
July 10, 2020

Alex Riley has launched his campaign for Encinitas City Council, challenging incumbent Tony Kranz in District 1.

Riley’s candidacy was announced July 3 in the political newsletter Encinitas Current (not affiliated with the North Coast Current).

The district covers Leucadia north of Leucadia Boulevard east through portions of New Encinitas bordering Carlsbad.

“My wife and I bought our ‘forever home’ in Leucadia to get away from the City of San Diego which we thought was moving in the wrong direction,” Riley states on his campaign website.

In his biography on the site, Riley credits much of his recovery from career-ending injuries sustained as a San Diego lifeguard to Encinitas’ atmosphere and the area’s medical professionals.

Local control of housing decisions tops Riley’s list of campaign platform.

“I know from first hand experience the absolute feeling of dread when finding out that an oversized development is going to be built on your street,” Riley states.

Pubic safety, infrastructure improvements and government transparency are also part of Riley’s stated platform.

Riley joins two other challengers for seats on the City Council. Susan Turney is running against District 2 incumbent Kellie Shay Hinze. Julie Thunder is a candidate for mayor against incumbent Catherine Blakespear.

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2 Responses to “Encinitas resident Alex Riley seeks District 1 council seat”

Julie Graboi on July 10th, 2020 12:15 pm

Alex Riley cares about quality of life issues and will listen to residents. I wish that I could vote for him personally, but because this is not possible, I sent him a contribution to his campaign and enthusiastically endorse him for District 1. We need Alex Riley.
Barbara Bolton on October 1st, 2020 1:59 pm

Alex may be a nice person but he has zero community experience (or at least that is what he said on his campaign statement. Thunder and crowd have no clue how to run governemtn. They live in a fantasy world of thinking that Encinitas doesn’t have to play by any of the rules yet still take advantages of all the benefits. Every statement Julie has made on one flier is incorrect – for example “Defend your right to local control of land use issues – he plan will kill the housing element which will cost us millions – we’ll automatically lose every builder lawsuit with out a housing element and we get to pay their legal fees and then they get to build where, when and what they want with zero input from the city. “Never sue the residents” The residents were not sued, it is a complicated situation that Catherine Blakespear explains on her website – do your research. “City leaders cancelled our famous and beloved Surfing Madonna events. No, Robert Nichols, at a city council meeting withdrew his request to host events. Later he wanted it reinstated by the city staff declined. Prop A and U were deemed illegal by the state. Julie will waste millions fighting this ad will ultimately lose. Julie claims she is independent, as of a few weeks before becoming a candidate for Mayor. All her supporters are Republicans or those that say they no longer are Republicans but continue to act as if they were.

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