Late last month, North County reporter Tigist Layne revealed that Encinitas Councilmember Luke Shaffer had been charged with a felony assault and two misdemeanors.
With Shaffer set to be arraigned on Tuesday, Layne kicked out a primer on the first-term councilmember.
Shaffer, a former Marine, was born and raised in Encinitas. He’s a political independent. While Shaffer campaigned partly on crime reduction and infrastructure improvements, he was part of a slate of candidates who took advantage of local backlash against housing construction…