Last weekend, I recorded a four-minute video tour of my priorities and accomplishments for Encinitas during my dozen years as your City Councilmember and Mayor. I invite you to check it out!

This no-nonsense vision also enables Tony to see our local housing situation so clearly—unlike his opponent, Bruce Ehlers, who pretends we can ignore state housing laws. Tony knows that ignoring those laws is disingenuous. That it’s a pandering to pie-in-the-sky notions about preventing development.

“I have been through the experience of fighting the state and it cost the city millions of dollars, and it accomplished very little,” Kranz told Voice of San Diego. “State housing law has changed over the years and has only become more challenging to implement, and the idea that we’re going to fight the state […]

During the pandemic, we ensured that restaurants were able to stay in business, allowing them to install outdoor seating for diners. After the restrictions relaxed, a passionate movement emerged to keep our new alfresco experience in Encinitas. My opponent promises to eliminate this outdoor pleasure, but I’ll continue to defend and preserve it.

Ehlers’ “snap” found him in the company of a loud, disruptive group of supporters (and now two candidates in Shaffer and O’Hara) who get their energy from grievance. The list of complaints is endless, with solutions only serving narrow needs. Ehlers is a great advocate for single-cause issues that serve a small group of people. […]

You’ve probably heard the old adage, “You can’t fight City Hall.” Well, fighting City Hall is child’s play compared to fighting the State of California. My opponent is pandering to our natural desire to control all growth at the local level when he adamantly insists that we can successfully fight the state.