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District 1 applications still being accepted

Illiana Moreno

Regents seek to fill seat following death of Gabe Rivas The Board of Regents has extended the application deadline for the District 1 seat until Sept. 22. The decision to extend the original Sept. 8 deadline another two weeks was “due to a holiday weekend, back-to-school schedules and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,” Board Chair Carol Scott said in a Del Mar College press release. The board began the search for a new member following the death of Regent Gabe Rivas III, who died Aug. 5 from complications of COVID-19. “We will strive to find the best representative for District 1…

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Regents approve new tax rate

Mark Young

Mark Young myoung@foghornnews.com Regents passed one of the highest combined tax rates in nearly five years at their Sept. 12 board meeting, and also censured Regent Guy Watts for a fourth time. The new tax rate will see a maintenance and operations tax rate of $0.205700 per $100 valuation and a rate of $0.053463 per $100 valuation for the college’s debt service budget, to cover the new building projects. This tax increase comes shortly after a 9 percent increase in the overall budget, accounting for salary raises, new projects on campus and extra costs associated from increased enrollment. Overall the…