I.B.

Voters' Guide
Put the candidates
in perspective
By Ed Kravitz finger down her throat, talk to grant money dedicated to the
ekatsdrp@yahoo.com other council members, drops wildlife refuge and other
her pencil on the floor, looks coastal habitat. McCoy and

I
f you've never been to an
I.B. City Council meeting
and seen Mayda Winter in
action, you should probably
not be allowed to vote.
Ms. Winter is extremely
rude to citizens who want to
air their problems before the
council.
at her computer and she reads
while residents address the
council. I should know. The
ladies have done it to me on
at least four occasions.
Winter is employed by a
non-profit 501(c) group
which was started by Mike
and Patty McCoy. She now
Winter would have the public
believe that they are true bird
lovers and, although they may
have some affection for our
feathered friends, the real pur-
pose of SWIA is financial and
political.
The County's Endangered
Species Act is very open

Railway gets new life

It's true, she does stick her manages $30 million worth of SEE PERSPECTIVE, PAGE 2

By Ed Kravitz
Why we are
not voting for
ekatsdrp@yahoo.com

I
n the summer of 2003 a

newspaper published a
story about a section of
the Coronado Belt Line
being paved over by an
"over-zealous asphalt crew"
in National City at Harbor
and Civic Center.
On Wednesday, the
SDAE board executed a
Memorandum of Under-
standing with National City,
which will require the city to
replace and rebuild the
grade crossing which was
buried in 2003. In addition,
plans to study reconnecting
the Coronado Branch to the
BNSF main line at 24th and
Harrison in National City
were put into motion.
Last July, the Save Our
Heritage Organization won
its lawsuit regarding the seg-
Mayda Winter
By John Carr through I.B. than anywhere
else. Will that make her
1. Winter states that, proud?.
The northern connections, which could take
because of her, "crime is 3. The Border Patrol has
the rail line all the way to downtown San
down in IB." The fact is that been doing free weed control
Diego, are now protected, preserved and will
crime has almost tripled in at the border for years.
be repaired or replaced.
I.B. in the past two years Winter and her employers at
ment of the Coronado protected, preserved and alone. SWIA now pay themselves
Branch that runs through the will be repaired or replaced. 2. Facts show that no one $500,000 a year of tax payer
Chula Vista Bayfront, south Last December, San is crossing the border where money to do the same job.
of F Street. The rail line is Diego's Historic Resources the double fence has been 4. Winter unashamedly
now protected as far south Board voted, 9 to 1, that the completed. Yet Winter will takes credit for our cleaner
as the salt works. segment of rail between the not allow the Border Patrol to beaches, yet our beaches are
The northern connec- Salt Works and Imperial complete three miles of dou- closed four day for every one
tions, which could take the Beach was historic. On Sept. ble fence in I.B. The next day it rains because Winter
rail line all the way to down- 7, the San Diego City 9/11 group will find it easier has hindered the sewage
town San Diego, are now SEE RAILWAY, PAGE 6 to get into the United States SEE WINTER, PAGE 6