Bayview School In Danger Of Closing

That’s the last school in New Monterey. They should be able to enroll children from P.G.

Bay View School

But there is another reason why administrators seem to prefer the closure of Bay View: With a capacity of 350 students, the school is not receiving enough income from the state — which allots a certain amount of money for each student — to pay for itself. With an estimated $21billion deficit on the horizon for California, administrators are almost certain more budget cuts are on the way.

Last year, administrators at MPUSD determined that, for an elementary school to break even financially, it had to house 360 students — it would spend $1.6million and receive $1.6million from the state. Schools whose enrollment falls below that number — like Bay View — are practically “deficit spending.”

Bayview School In Danger Of Closing

Deborah King Declared Fit For Trial

In prison or a mental facility, King will never be free to operate a car again. That’s good.

Deborah King In Court

KSBW Photo

Prosecutor Steve Somers confirmed Tuesday that Deborah King is being returned to Monterey County to face prosecution for allegedly running down 35-year-old Joel Woods as he was picking up his son outside Pacific Grove Middle School on Sept. 2, 2008.

King, who has five drunken-driving convictions in Kern County, is charged with murder and vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. Somers alleges that she was under the influence of prescription drugs when the accident occurred.

Deborah King Declared Fit For Trial

Wasted $$: Crazy Plan To Refill Reservoir

This was one of the “Runaway Mayor” Dan Cort’s sustainable schemes. Bad idea – especially for the residents that live north of the thing in case of an earthquake.

One reason I do not trust the city with more of my tax money.

A $45,000 study on the feasibility of reactivating California American Water’s empty reservoir in Pacific Grove as a catch basin for storm water runoff and a source of irrigation water for the city’s golf course and parks will be presented Wednesday to the Pacific Grove City Council.

Wasted $$: Crazy Plan To Refill Reservoir

Wave Street Studio Trying To Remix Parking Offset Cost

Man builds a TV studio in the middle of a tourist destination then has issues with parking requirements. Huh?

Looks like all that greenwashing didn’t amount to much. Was it worth it?
Wave Studio

The city, he said, led him to believe he would receive parking variances and water allocations in return for his restoration of the historic property and his “green” building practices with the new additions.

The minutes of the meeting show Mayor Chuck Della Sala adjourned it to allow Rerig to call Smith and see if he wished to attend. Rerig said Smith told him he considered the matter “a done deal,” didn’t plan to attend and didn’t care if the council took action or continued the matter.

He said the council cut Smith’s monthly parking fee payment in half, from $948 to $474 a month. He said Smith owes the city $12,326 in parking fees and has not been paying the monthly amount. No payments have been received in a year, Rerig said, and no penalties or interest charges are being levied by the city.

Wave Street Studio Trying To Remix Parking Offset Cost

Read Someone Else’s Books, No New Taxes

Measure J was close, but not close enough.

With all the votes counted, including the late ones and the questionable and damaged ballots, Monterey county Elections reports that Measure J, which would have funded our library with a $96 parcel tax, missed passage by a very scant margin.

Hear-Old reports it at 3 votes. Well, here was 2 of them:

Vote 2009
Two No On J Votes

I cannot support this or any other begging from the city until they show that they can manage what they have already.

Need a start?
– End all city supported funding of the ineffective Chamber Of Commerce.
– Cut all ties with “ICLEI”, the Local Governments for Sustainability.

Read Someone Else’s Books, No New Taxes

City Massacres Butterfly Trees, Butterflies A No Show

There you go again, messing up Pacific Grove for the sake of the tourists.

Butterfly Tree Stump

“There was a concern that the trimming may have discouraged monarchs from coming to the grove,” said P.G. City Manager Tom Frutchey. “It’s a good hypothesis, but we don’t know the answer to it yet.”

The eucalyptus, which often shed limbs, were trimmed for the safety of visitors to the monarch grove sanctuary, Frutchey said.

City Massacres Butterfly Trees, Butterflies A No Show

$40,000 Not Satisfactory Over Dog Death

Olga rejects settlement.

Olga

Though California doesn’t allow a person to financially recover for emotional distress from the death of an animal, Ospina’s attorney contends a jury will see that her need for treatment is a result of the attack that killed her dog.

Ospina’s pain and suffering alone is worth $70,000, according to the documents. The dog attack forced Ospina to miss about 16 days of work, which cost her $8,184, an amount characterized as a “fraction of her salary.”

$40,000 Not Satisfactory Over Dog Death

Crash On 68, Get To Da Choppa!

Get To Da Choppa

A 51-year-old Pacific Grove man received major injuries after he lost control of his 2004 Ford Taurus and crashed into two trees on Highway 68 about 5:50 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol.

The driver was flown to San Jose Regional Medical Center.

Less than a mile away from CHOMP and the guy is airlifted to San Jose? And insurance cost goes up again.

Crash On 68, Get To Da Choppa!