Encinitas deputy mayor to take two-month leave to care for husband with cancer
Encinitas Councilmember Joy Lyndes, who serves as the city’s deputy mayor and represents the Cardiff region, will take a two-month, family medical leave starting March 17 to care for her husband, who has cancer. “My husband and family have been dealing with a significant struggle — My husband is fighting advanced cancer,” Lyndes said at the end of Wednesday’s City Council meeting as she began reading aloud from a prepared statement. She paused briefly, then with her voice breaking and her emotion evident, continued, “The medical treatment and his fight to survive are continuing to intensify, and difficult. …. “So that I can prioritize supporting him and my family through this hard time, I will be taking family medical leave from the city. This family medical leave will be no more than 60 days and will start on March 17.” Lyndes said she will not be able to attend council meetings or regional board meetings during her two-month leave, but has already begun putting together a communications system, “so that I will stay fully informed on salient city issues throughout the leave.” And, she stressed