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VOL. 36, N0. 40
OCT. 7, 2022
SAN MARCOS -NEWS
Osider .com founder dies at 50
Election Special: Municipal and school board races. A16-A19
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Aaron Schmidt loses cancer fight
Surf & Turf Club gets new operators. A13 Jury rules NCTD not responsible in area teen’s rail death in Del Mar. A6
By Samantha Nelson
Encinitas applies for federal grant to fund Verdi crossing project. A13 Perez still the heart of wounded veterans’ Operation Game On. A20
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Food & Wine
Cheers: Thorn’s new CEO, The Gärten’s grand opening, and more! B10
GOOD GUYS
BEN GIANGIULIO of Del Mar displays a pop-out semaphore turn indicator on his ’55 Volkswagen Bug on Saturday during the Goodguys Meguiar’s So-Cal Nationals at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. Over the weekend, thousands of auto enthusiasts flocked to “America’s greatest car show.” Story on A25. Photo by Jan Wagner
Residents sue Blakespear Free speech violations involving social media alleged By Jordan P. Ingram
OCEANSIDE — Aaron “Schmidty” Schmidt, co-founder and editorial director of The Osider Magazine, died late last month following a battle with canRANCHO cer. HeSFNEWS was 50 years old. Schmidt first moved to North San Diego County from Jacksonville, Florida, in the early 1990s. Schmidt was an avid surfer, skateboarder and snowboarder who moved west to further pursue his passions. After moving to the San Diego region, Schmidt began writing and editing in Oceanside for TransWorld Surf and SKATEboarding magazines. Fellow Osider co-founder Zach Cordner met Schmidt while the two worked at TransWorld. After they both left the magazine in the early 2000s, the two began working together as freelance journalists — Schmidt as the writer and Cordner as the photographer — covering music articles for outlets like Thrasher Magazine. “(Schmidt) would do the interviews and I would do the photo shoots,” Cordner said. The pair would continue to work together over the
ENCINITAS — Five Encinitas residents filed a lawsuit against Mayor Catherine Blakespear on Wednesday in Vista Superior Court for allegedly blocking their public comments on her mayoral Facebook page in violation of their free speech rights and
breaching the terms of a previous settlement agreement. San Diego attorney Carla DiMare filed the civil complaint against Blakespear, the Democratic candidate in the race for the 38th State Senate District seat, on behalf of five named plaintiffs — Garvin Walsh, Jordan Marks, Stephen Meiche, Robert Nichols, and Matthew Wheeler — and up to 30 unnamed individuals, all of whom currently live in Encinitas, with the exception of Nich-
ols.
In a press release, DiMare, who replaces Carlsbad attorney Michael Curran as the residents’ legal counsel, said that “it is well-settled that blocking, censoring, or deleting comments from Blakespear’s public web pages was a constitutionally-prohibited viewpoint-based restriction.” While there is no law against a private individual restricting access to their TURN TO LAWSUIT ON A26
CARLSBAD ROTARY OKTOBERFEST
Thousands attended the 40th annual Carlsbad Rotary Oktoberfest on Oct. 1 at the strawberry fields for authentic German meals from Tip Top Meats, live music, a beer garden, dancing, games and more. Photo by Steve Puterski
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