"Pure toxicity."
Former world longboard champion, and the first openly gay champion, Cori Schumacher is in the fight of her political life as a fiery recall effort is gaining steam in typically dull Carlsbad, California.
First elected to the city council in 2016, Schumacher ran for mayor in 2018 but a core knot of her constituents are extremely angry.
At a rally last week, the Republican radio host Carl DeMaio declared they have all ad enough of Schumacher’s “vicious attack on residents and pay-to-play schemes with political donors.”
“The misbehavior’s got to stop. The grandstanding has to stop,” DeMaio said. “The sort of misbehavior and misdeeds she’s engaged in, it has no place in this community. My hope is (that) other city officials in our region and across the state, take note. We will not tolerate it and you will be removed from office.”
A North County San Diego judge recently struck down a civil harassment restraining order filed by Schumacher against two Carlsbad residents, ruling the councilwoman’s actions violated their free speech.
This was but one of many things infuriating those seeking recall.
Katie Taylor, a Carlsbad small business owner, told The Coast News that Schumacher engages in race-baiting and filing restraining orders against her own constituents is “corrosive and divisive.”
“Cori Schumacher has been so divisive for Carlsbad,” Taylor said. “Everything is about race, she’s hurt small business owners, she filed that suit against her constituents … and she is toxic. Pure toxicity for the City of Carlsbad.”
Now, I don’t live in Carlsbad, though I do live close, and would, personally, take “pure toxicity” over “typically dull” every day of the week.
And, wow, do you remember when I thought science had proven Schumacher dull?
Boy was I wrong.
More as the story develops.
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Actually, what she did was first, she acted in a quid pro quo manner towards her major contributors on something that would hurt the workers in Carlsbad. She tried to bully other members into voting the way she wanted, she has lied to her constituents, been unavailable for questions, comments and concerns, she stole ideas, turned her back on people who spent many hours working on her campaign. When her critics started talking about a recall she filed a false police report and tried to get a restraining order. She tried to imposed fines on already struggling businesses she were about to lose everything they worked their entire lives for. She posted emails out of context under a fake account to make someone look bad. She publicly shamed a Carlsbad police officer. She tweeted for the Mayor’s to GTFO. She lacks self awareness and can’t admit that she’s done anything wrong and claims she’s being targeted because she’s a “Strong, gay woman” which literally has nothing to do with the above issues. She holds facebook lives but will not answer anyone who doesn’t support her. She has her supporters verbally, viciously attack people who criticize her at all. She will not answer emails. She won’t even apologize or admit that she’s made some bad choices. If she had just said she was sorry from the very beginning and reached out to the residents who had concerns instead of blaming everyone else for her mistakes. If she had just asked what our problems were instead of trying to silence some of her constituents with a fake restraining order request. We wouldn’t be in this position right now. There is no one to blame but Cori herself for her actions and lack of.
Good one. Take care tryin dick.
Haha, did you just call Chas a journalist? You’re in the wrong place if you’re expecting an insightful, objective, or intellectual discussion. Do what everyone else does and make a funny comment or try to humorously scorch someone in a way that shows youre intellectually or otherwise superior. If you want hard hitting journalism or whatever, you should go somewhere else.
“People just go to 10 when a lot of things require a reaction around 2.” No argument there – but this goes for EVERYTHING. She is still a bad council person. But that is my moderate to conservative slant on things, depending on the topic.
see above…and when the pandemic first started, she was against opening the beaches for recreation. Surfers were blocked from going onto the beaches to enter the water for a long time.
C’mon, a city council member does not have that much power. If she has done anything to hurt Pizza Port, however, NonJohn is very much against her. Strongly. Bigly.
Hey NonJohn, Only a few months ago, she called a special meeting of the city council because she wanted to make it law that the cops in Carlsbad would spend their time ticketing anyone not wearing a mask and social distancing. So yes, she has hurt the port like no other – an those restaurants are in her district. She has to go… and now. She will probably seek a restraining order against us all for daring to say a word. We see how those cases turned out for her. Chas knows the treatment he got from the San Diego County Sheriffs for eating a salad on a grassy open park space and another time for munching away too close to the sand at Cardiff. So long Cori, and it can’t come a minute too soon
Yeah, I’m trying to figure out what exactly she did to get all these accusations of toxic behavior and so on. Is she claiming that Mexico sends us only their rapists? Does she not wear a leash in the lineup? What about her is ruining Carlsbad?
Under her official title, posted pics of our pd w/o face mask and shamming on social media. Requesting residents to send pics of other residents to post and shame. Disrespectful behaviour to other council members, mayor and police cheif at council meetings. Tweets calling adjoining city leaders racists, telling them and four city mayors (including our own) to GTFO TIMES UP. Using her official social media to divide the community instead of informing. Accepting union donations. Not addressing residents priority concerns. Filling a TRO on three residents for speaking out on her performance as council member. Campaining the other two district canidates and requesting donations to get them elected to stack the council in her favor. There’s more…
OK, i get a better sense of things. Still not sure what you mean by requesting but at least there is some background.
Its even worse than that, he’s backing an unelected Republican who keeps filing for recall votes. Very un-American if you ask me.
Cori needs to resign. I live in Carlsbad and she does not act in the interest of Carlsbad residents
I just got from a pissy lunch – sorry can’t get it !
Top shelf copy/paste. Pulitzer type shit.
I don’t know anything about this subject but I’m FUCKING OUTRAGED probably, I’m sure.
Republicans are human shit. If she’s pissing them off, she’s on the right track. I don’t even know her, but I like her now.
Sean, read up and you wont like her any longer.
https://thecoastnews.com/ca…
All Cori’s doing at the time. Wanted more government oversight of public space. Leave it locked down she said. Lets do more research she said. Open beaches will result in more dead people she said.
In our last local election of burleigh i had a choice between rabbit bartholomew and some guy that signed off on my wifes justice of the peace application (oz version of a notary) only because she has big boobs. This is a few years before harvey weinstein when saying that stuff was legal. Anyway i didnt vote for rabbit
Hell Yeah Big Tiddy Justice
Anyone that runs from a fight and hides at turtle bay doesnt get my vote
Human thumb with no discernible facial features cites innuendo (traditional line of attack against the LGBTQ community) instead of anything substantive.
Her in Carlsbad, and Blakespear and her crony Council in Encinitas are ruining 2 once awesome towns
What did Cori actually do- there aren’t any examples just anecdotes to and about her behavior (toxic, restraining orders, etc.)
https://thecoastnews.com/ca…
https://www.sandiegoreader….
And lets not forget that he was also a pretty highly fancied basket baller player in his youth. I am glad he lost his hair. Otherwise he would have been too perfect.
A good ✊ will change her tune.
Oh yeah, she really is the worst. Self absorbed people usually do well in politics but it’s not a good fit for old Cori.