Moved to Monterey. Read the comment about the music store moving from New Monterey to P.G. Is this some kind of spy exchange?
Monthly Archives: July 2010
Kurt Heisig Music Coda
Nader Agha Sued By His Attorneys
Attorneys he hired to sue the former owner of the Moss Landing property he bought.
Developer, antiques dealer, would-be water provider and businessman Nader Agha — who has sued or been sued plenty of times in Monterey County — is now facing allegations by his former attorneys that he hasn’t paid more than $100,000 in legal bills, according to a lawsuit filed last week.
Public Works Director Terminated
Another Colon-Jello come-here gets the ax. Lots of mismanaged public works projects under her watch such as the clear cutting of the butterfly trees.
By the way, can someone clean up that downtown juxtaposition of American flags, paper lanterns and X-mas lights and focus on one season at a time?
Celia Perez Martinez, Pacific Grove’s public works director for the past four years, has been terminated from her job.
The reasons for her separation from the city are confidential personnel issues, all four city officials said.
Martinez, a Salinas resident, was hired by the city Jan. 15, 2006, as public works supervisor under then-City Manager Jim Colangelo. She was named business manager May 8, 2007.
Smart Meter Backlash – For All The Wrong Reasons
You’d think the protests would be about loss of privacy, grossly inaccurate readings or detecting that one has an indoor pot garden (this is an article from Santa Cruz), but no. People are imagining ill effects of the RF energy by them. Is it same people that became ill when moth spraying was scheduled, but didn’t happen?
Joshua Hart said he was protesting PG&E’s smart meters after researching the amount of radiation that comes from the devices.
“It’s significantly higher than cell phones. (In) brief periods of time, you have short spikes of intense electromagnetic radiation,” Hart said. PG&E started installing the smart meters in Santa Cruz County in July.
Marilyn Garret said she has a smart meter at her Aptos home.
“It makes me feel quite ill,” Garret said. “My tremors increase and (I have) very painful headaches.”
Pebble Beach “Art Theft” Updates
Insurance investigators look for proof of ownership, DA backs off on charges against “victims”.
The saga began when the artwork was reported stolen from a rented Pebble Beach home in September. Its value has been estimated by Amadio at up to $27 million for a collection said to include works by Jackson Pollock, Van Gogh, Miro and Rembrandt.
County prosecutors last week decided not to file charges stemming from a sheriff’s investigation looking into whether the men may have filed a false police report, sheriff’s Cmdr. Mike Richards said.
A sheriff’s detective recently had an “informal discussion” with the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office to determine if criminal charges related to the reported burglary might be filed, Richards said.
How’s That Shrieking Seagull Deterrent Working Out?
Trust Us, The Taxman Sayeth
I still do not support any more taxes until cuts are made elsewhere. Fool me once…
There was a sense, Headley said, that Measure J would only “save the library at the level it had sunken to.”
Language in the new initiative has been written to assure the public that funds raised would support only the library and not be transferred to other city departments, she said. The parcel tax is expected to raise $600,000 in additional revenue each year. The ballot measure requires that the city continue to fund the library at the rate of 2.83 percent of the total general fund budget.
Some People Like Cupcakes Better
I For One Care Less For Them*
$3 cupcakes. Is that crazy or what? At least it fills a vacant storefront in the ghost town 800 block in New Monterey.
People freak for her Red Velvet and go gaga for her “over the top” Oreo. This summer she’s planning on seasonal s’mores and lime margarita editions and a strawberry-strawberry number built on P.G. Farmers Market fruit. The boutique will sell 15 flavors a day from 11am-10pm – a single is $3, a box of six $15 and a dozen $30 – and though she isn’t zoned to brew coffee, she will have chilled drinks and joe delivered.
Some People Like Cupcakes Better
*RIP Frank Zappa