If raccoons are the disease, Scott Miller is the cure.
A second candidate is poised to challenge incumbent Mike Kanalakis for the position of Monterey County Sheriff.
Scott Miller, former Pacific Grove police chief and councilman, is expected to formally announce his bid on Monday.
Where would $25,000 be better spent, Feast Of Lanterns support or a new slogan to attract tourists?
Lisa is going out with a bang, too. Article states that Bennett is not planning to run for council this year.
Pacific Grove Councilwoman Lisa Bennett took aim this week at city sponsorship of two annual events she termed sacred cows, saying the city should not automatically underwrite them as it has in the past.
The annual Good Old Days festival and the Feast of Lanterns cost the city more than $40,000 through added police and fire protection as well as other city staff services, she said.
Lisa “Bare It” Bennett Asks To Defund Those “Quirky Civic Events”
Bring more tourists or fund public services for the Snack Of Lanterns? What side is your bought councilperson on?
Pacific Grove denizens can hope to see trolley cars plying a route from the Monterey Bay Aquarium, along the coast to Asilomar, looping back through downtown Pacific Grove and down Central Avenue to the Aquarium.
The cost for the summer is expected to be $60,000, of which a portion will be for marketing. The City of Pacifc Grove is being asked to contribute $20,000 and Asilomar is interested in $20,000 of the partnership as well.
Sounds good on paper. A Walgreen store would not step on to many blessed businesses that oppose anything that would compete (Grove Market, Fandango, Pollacci Liquor & Date, etc). But if Nadir is in the mix, I predict failure.
The first floor of the Holman building in downtown Pacific Grove could become home to a Walgreens pharmacy — a large retailer that could bring a boost to local business, according to the city’s chamber of commerce.
Agha’s plan for a 300-room hotel, which the developer has pursued for years, would still be possible even if the building’s first floor is leased to a retailer. Currently, the 60,000-square foot-space is occupied by antique dealers, a bank and a restaurant.
Now try and enforce it.
Tuesday, the Monterey City Council unanimously approved an updated ordinance regulating smoking in public places. The changes were intended to bring city law into line with state law.
… the city ordinance prohibits smoking on the Monterey Recreational Trail, beaches, enclosed buildings open to the public, including covered parking garages; buses, taxicabs, shuttles and other public transportation; city owned vehicles, outdoor service areas, including ATM lines, ticket lines, bus stops and transit depot waiting areas; and any location which the property or business owner declares to be non-smoking.
Could be more than a few cougar sightings though.
Pro-Am organizers told Action News Sports Director Dennis Lehnen that Woods had verbally committed to play in the tournament prior to his Nov. 27 car crash and subsequent revelations of extra marital affairs.
Woods, however, is taking an indefinite break from professional golf and there has been no word on when he plans to return.
Cannery Row, John Denver’s plaque, Michelle Knight’s bladder house and other mini mansions on Ocean View. Kiss ’em goodbye.
Catastrophic waves could flood as far inland as Window on the Bay Park in Monterey and almost to the intersection of Fremont and Canyon Del Rey boulevards in Seaside, according to new maps by the California Geological Survey, California Emergency Management Agency and University of Southern California.
The new maps replace an older set that shows even greater potential tsunami damage, with flooding almost to North Salinas. “It’s actually a rosier scenario,” Yenovkian says. “Once you have the extent of the tsunami threat analyzed, you can prepare for it.”
Forest Avenue has two new empty properties –
The Business Center that moved to the closed Greens Camera location a year ago. Guess that a store that relies on other businesses just does not have enough customers in P.G. No need to fax a painting or express mail a used dress.
And the weird One Eyed Art gallery is vacant. No more creepy stares directed at City Hall.
That stupid sandwich board sign at the corner of Forest and Laurel needs to be changed again to match the number of galleries up the street.
Hey, they have to find a way to pay the high-paid staff somehow. And it never stopped Juan The Builder from flipping houses
In comparing Pacific Grove’s fees to the county and other cities, the grand jury asked each jurisdiction what it would charge to handle plan checks and building permits for a 1,400-square-foot home with construction costs of $350,000.
In Carmel, the fees would be $3,949.69, while Pacific Grove would charge $10,091.38. Monterey would charge $6,491.92, while the county would charge $5,016.51 for the same structure, the grand jury found. City officials did not return messages left by The Pine Cone Thursday.
Several times “300” was referenced in “Colossus Of Gold”. Ahh.
