According to Mary: Developer

According to Mary: Nimby

According to Mary: General Frankenplan Update

Via Mary's Facebook:

"This whole "Housing Element" shake down that the state of California is mandating to cities, makes me sick. OK, show of hands...who can afford an "affordable home" that is listed at "market value"? Even if it's HALF of the average current market value here in Encinitas, you'd still be paying approx. $400k, and property tax of $4k yearly-forever. Gov. Jerry Brown got rid of Redevelopment, now it's time to get rid of this nonsense."

Editor: And I'd echo one of Mary's friends who says in response to another's comment that there is no beauty in density, "There's no beauty in an exclusionary community either." This is clearly a complex issue.

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According to Mary: Times Two - Birds & Bees

For some reason Coast News didn't upload last week's cartoon online. 

According to Mary: Booze N' Bars

This cartoon marks one year Mary Fleener has provided cartoons for Coast News. We are so grateful.

According to Mary: Anderson's Stationer's - Shop Local

Speaking of good people . . .

Artist Mary Fleener had this to say on her Facebook page,

"This week's cartoon for The Coast News: Every copy, every self published book of mine, and all the ink I've ever drawn with has come from this little shop since 1984."

According to Mary: Another Double Offering

Last week I think fell asleep at the switch. Sorry Mary.

According to Mary - A Pair

Last week . . .

According to Mary: Oral Communications

According to Mary: My New Year's Resolutions!

According to Mary: Ring and Run

According to Mary: Happy New Year

Totally agree with Mary Fleener's sentiments here and love how beautifully she illustrated this.  

For Encinitas You Need Us, 2013 will bring to light as much as possible about our community's food systems and 21st century innovations for the Encinitas Can Feed Us groove.

According to Mary: Kook & Surfing Madonna

Mary Fleener captures Encinitas character like nobody else can.

According to Mary: Conservative Nirvana

According to Mary

That is some serious cross hatching, Mary. We name you the Empress of Encinitas in cross hatching and every other style you incorporate in your creative, powerful cartoons.

According to Mary: Robots

According to Mary: Politics Like Nature

Great News! Collection Available - See Below

“The Less You Know, The Better You Feel” by Mary Fleener
40 pgs/ digest size/ a collection of comic strips from The Coast News

1st printing Oct 2012

To order send $6.00 (postage paid). Cash or check only to:

M. Fleener
c/o Mailbox Station
POB 713
1106 2nd Street
Encinitas CA 92024

According to Mary - Hand in the Cookie Jar

What do Mary Fleener & Big Bird Have in Common?

What do Mary Fleener, local hit this campaign season with her political cartoon series, The Less You Know the Better You Feel, and Big Bird?  That's easy - PBS.

Mary is going to be on the radio KPBS Midday Edition today!

Noon - 1 pm.  

One of her questions will be, "You are now doing political cartoons.  Are you enjoying that format?"

I'm betting she will have some fun with Stocks and Muir getting caught red handed if there is time. 

That's NPR, 89.5 on the dial.   (Or Nice Polite Republicans as some of us think of NPR and how it has changed. *sigh*)