Check out the ad in the BullS**tin this week:
Police said a Molotov cocktail was found on the roof of the restaurant at 631 Oceanview Blvd., near Lovers Point.
Pacific Grove Police and Monterey Fire personnel discovered the incendiary device after they arrived about 5:50 a.m. to find the building’s roof on fire. Crew extinguished the blaze in 10 minutes. Police officials declined to say if an arrest was imminent.
The man needs to be fired.
the unpopular water company has a friend in Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce President Moe Ammar, who praised the German-owned corporation: “Cal Am has been a good neighbor, a good corporate citizen. That is why I drive a Mercedes Benz instead of a GM.”
Where should we go from here? First, let’s modify the plan to avoid taking out healthy trees. Then, let’s really find out how much the committee’s plan for Rip Van Winkle Open Space might cost, both up front and annually. Finally, let’s see if we can get all the parties to that old agreement to strike the “no-parking” clause. If we can’t, then no parking plan will work.
Other parks and neighborhoods are still available for dog walking. Safe parking is available along Forest Lodge Road; a safe pathway runs along the east side of Congress; and a walkway across Congress with rumble strips already exists.
Lets move to more important matters..
(Jonathan)Lowell, of Prunedale, is accused of assaulting his roommate and then chasing his landlord around the home, while nude, and demanding oral sex from her, deputies said.
Actual mug shot:
Stay away from drugs, Prunetuckians…
Prunedale 1BR, 1BA. No Pets, No Utilities, No Sex With Landlord
Tattoo shops. Head shops. Massage parlors. Great slide into ghetto. Any wonder the residential area in New Monterey is rampant with petty crimes?
Investigators are now saying it was most likely a Molotov cocktail that started the fire at Creative Visions Tattoo Parlor in Monterey.
The fire started around 5 AM and police believe it may have been set during a burglary. The police department originally received a call for a burglary alarm going off at 800 Lighthouse Avenue, when the arrived at the scene the place was on fire.
Moe knows what’s REALLY good for P.G.
In addition, he will ask the council to consider an emergency resolution that would allow new or increased taxes to be put on the Nov. 3 ballot. Those include raising the hotel room or transient occupancy tax increase from 10 to 12 percent, increasing the business license tax by deleting an annual tax limit, imposing a new 1.5 percent real estate transfer tax, and a parcel tax to fund the Pacific Grove Public Library.
The room and business license tax proposals are fighting words to Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce President Moe Ammar.
“We are opposed to this all the way,” he said. “This one, we’re going to fight. The city has to live within its means.”
Tax The Tourists? Moe Say Don’t Do It, Everything Will Be Fine!
When I first moved to the area, I was stopped by a Pacific Grove policeman. This time, I was truly curious.
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As I drove away, the warning I understood was that older-model cars might be stopped and searched at random by Pacific Grove police.Watsonville’s police force is dedicated to public safety, not collecting taxes. My interactions with Monterey and Pacific Grove have left me to believe that creating revenue is the priority. Perhaps they just don’t have enough to do. Perhaps those cities could save some money in work force reductions.
Me, I will be wary and do less shopping and eating in Monterey County. I can’t afford $250 toll roads.
Maybe that’s why the stabbings and gang shootings happen in Watsonville and not P.G.?
A few recent stories out of W-ville:
8/3 A homeless man and six Watsonville gang members, age 12-19, have been arrested in connection with the April slaying of another homeless man.
8/3 rape of a 23-year-old woman in her home early Saturday
7/17 WATSONVILLE – Police are searching for a man who they said tried to kill the mother of his children Friday morning.
7/17 Teen boy recovering after being shot in the stomach in gang incident
7/14 Car chase, crash, stabbing in Watsonville blamed on gang rivalry
7/13 Teen stabbed in the head after Sunday night car chase
7/12 Two stabbings reported in Watsonville
6/17 Two arrested for street corner gunpoint robbery outside Watsonville
6/17 Watsonville teen shot in suspected gang-related drive-by
6/17 Watsonville men face trial on gang, assault charges for stabbing on Santa Cruz’ Chestnut Street
6/6 Teens stabbed, badly hurt during Watsonville gang fight
6/5 Watsonville neighborhood feud erupts into street fight between gang members
After hours sitting in front of a judge Friday, Tom Pollacci of Pebble Beach will stand trial on charges of rape.
His family owns Ron’s Liquor store on Lighthouse Ave. in Pacific Grove. Pollacci is accused of raping an unconscious woman back in April of 2008.
Pollacci could face a maximum sentence of eight years in prison.
He’ll be back in court at the end of this month. Pollacci is out on bail.
McGuirk testified she (Jane Doe #5) told him that one morning as she was getting ready for high school, there was a knock on her door. She answered and found Pollacci and another man, who threw her over his shoulders in her bathrobe and forced her into Pollacci’s car.
They drove her to the river in mid-Carmel Valley. The other man, whom she did not know, held her down while Pollacci raped her, she said.
. .Another woman said Pollacci, a friend of her ex-husband, raped her in her home during an unannounced visit more than 20 years ago. Another said he tried to rape her in the parking lot of the Highlands Inn after a luncheon date in 1992. That woman did report her assault to police, and Pollacci pleaded guilty to sexual battery.
In 2007, the city eliminated 24 employee positions, which included the layoffs of 16 workers. The move was said to save an estimated $580,000. Now, Becklenberg said the council needs to consider more layoffs.
“We will have to look at customer service at city hall,” he said. “Can we afford the same staffing levels?” Becklenberg will also tell council members the city could save tens of thousands of dollars every year simply by loosening it’s notoriously rigid architectural and historic review standards.
Ditch that tourist chamber payoff, don’t think it’s done any good.
They all sound corrupt to me. Why would Nader support Potter when he is in cahoots with Goldbeck to get his gargantuan Holman Hotel approved?
Monterey real estate developer Nader Agha says he gave a $10,000 check more than five years ago to county Supervisor Dave Potter’s election campaign that was never reported by the campaign as required by state law.
Potter said Tuesday, “I have no idea what Nader is talking about. If he had given me $10,000, I would have reported it.”
Agha said Potter called him in January 2004 saying he needed financial help because his campaign was short of money. Potter was facing a formidable primary challenge that year in his bid for a third term from two challengers — Salinas Valley agribusinessman Stephen Collins and then-Pacific Grove City Councilwoman Susan Goldbeck.