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Pollacci Rape Trial Sequel

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Attorney Liu is out, now has a public defender. What happend?

His arraignment in the courtroom of Superior Court Judge Timothy Roberts was bumped to June 11 after Andrew Liu withdrew as Pollacci’s attorney for that case, and public defender J.B. Robert was appointed in his place.

J.B. Robert immediately asked for a continuation for the arraignment to familiarize himself with the case.

Liu, who defended Pollacci in a rape trial that ended in April with a conviction, will continue to represent the 50-year-old Pebble Beach resident in the original case.

Pollacci Rape Trial Sequel

Agha vs. Potter

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Agha contends he was asked by Potter for a $10,000 contribution in January 2004 to Potter’s re-election campaign, and Potter asked him to make the check out to Russ Carter, who Agha contends Potter said was his campaign manager.

Agha goes on to claim that his comptroller gave the check to Potter and wrote the word “loan” on it at Potter’s instruction.

Got a copy of that canceled check, Nadir?

Agha vs. Potter

Looks Like No Trolley Buses From P.G. For US Open

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Take the Cannery Row shuttle bus. $20 per person, free parking in the parking garage a block from Cannery Row.

One of these would have been cool:

Mini Monarch Ani

Pacific Grove officials hoped to see a Monterey-Salinas Transit trolley bus rolling through downtown in time for the U.S. Open.

The trolley was meant to showcase the town’s history and to tourist attractions.

But the plan will have to be on hold, said City Manager Thomas Frutchey, due to a shortage of the trolleys.

Looks Like No Trolley Buses From P.G. For US Open

Mvsevm As We Knew It Officially Gone For Good

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The transformation from a resource to catalog and display real history of the area to some kind of art gallery and substainable re-education camp is complete. The quickly fading current city council team approved it. Only Dan Miller opposed the giveaway.

Mvsevm Speakeasy

Doubling the length of the Museum Foundation of Pacific Grove’s lease from 15 to 30 years, and changes allowing it more control over museum funds, facilities and administration, were approved 6-1 Wednesday by the Pacific Grove City Council.

The changes were part of an agreement hashed out in February by City Manager Thomas Frutchey, Mayor Carmelita Garcia and museum foundation board president Jason Burnett as part of a six-month review of the original lease agreement approved by the council a year ago.

Ignored in the process was the Pacific Grove Museum Advisory Board, the original oversight body established by the city charter.

Former museum director Vern Yadon told the council that the charter requires review of policies affecting the museum by the museum board, particularly those involving major fund transfers, but Frutchey said he didn’t believe an advisory body — the museum board — should have oversight over a governing body — the foundation board.

Frutchey said the museum foundation faced deadlines in its application for major grant funding from the National Endowment of the Arts and needed to move ahead.


Mvsevm As We Knew It Officially Gone For Good

Dan Miller Chosen To Replace Bankrupt Deb Lindsay

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Miller Time

Four of the six council members voted for Miller during Tuesday’s special meeting, just beating the 30-day deadline to replace Lindsay, who said she was stepping down for family reasons.

Miller will serve out the rest of Lindsay’s term, which is up for election in November.

Councilman Bill Kampe voted for planning commissioner and retired businessman Bill Frederickson. Councilman Robert Huitt voted for Defense Language Institute employee Rudy Fischer.

Dan Miller Chosen To Replace Bankrupt Deb

Additional Rape Charges Against Pollacci

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Tommy could get another 24 years in the slammer.

Thomas Pollacci, 50, will be arraigned Thursday on three new counts of forcible rape involving two victims.

Pollacci was found guilty April 26 of raping a woman in a loft above his father’s Pacific Grove liquor store, Ron’s Liquors, two years ago.

Prosecutors said that the two alleged victims Pollacci is now being charged with raping are not the same women who testified during Pollacci’s trial in April.

Additional Rape Charges Against Pollacci

New Monterey Police Blotter – May 2010

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Graffiti, car thefts & drunkenness. Summer has arrived….

5/1/10 JACKSON, TYLER was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol at Foam and Reeside.

5/1/10 A victim reports a forgery in the 700 block of Oak.

5/1/10 COX, JULIA was arrested for an outstanding warrant at Reeside and Laine.

5/2/10 ORTIZ, CHRISTOPHER was arrested for challenging to a fight on the Rec Trail and Hoffman.

5/2/10 A victim reports being battered at Irving and Foam.

5/2/10 OTRIZ, CHRISTOPHER was arrested for an outstanding warrant at Hoffman and Wave.

5/2/10 A victim reports a burglary to his business in the 600 block of Cannery Row.

5/2/10 MPD towed a vehicle from the 700 block of Laine St, for blocking a drive way.

5/2/10 A victim reports the theft of her vehicle in the 600 block of Wave.

5/3/10 MPD documented graffiti at 601 Wave.

5/4/10 A victim reports a burglary to his vehicle in the 500 block of Belden.

5/4/10 A victim reports a vandalism to his vehicle in the 800 block of Foam.

5/4/10 DODSON, MICHAEL was arrested for DUI at 724 Cypress.

5/4/10 MASSARO, RICHARD was arrested for public intoxication in front of 900 Lighthouse.

5/4/10 MASSARO, RICHARD ANTHONY was cited for an outstanding warrant.

5/5/10 A victim reports the theft of items at 686 Lighthouse.

5/5/10 A victim reports a burglary to his vehicle in the 1100 block of McClellan.

5/5/10 BRUGEMAN, JOHN, R was arrested for public intoxication at Irving and Hawthorne.

5/6/10 Dupuis, Chelsea was arrested for DUI and no Proof of insurance at Pacific and Scott.

5/6/10 CLENDENEN, SHAUN was cited for camping at the Senior Center, 280 Dickman.

5/6/10 A victim reports a burglary in the 800 block of Lighthouse.

5/6/10 MPD documented graffiti in the 500 block of Drake.

5/6/10 MPD documented graffiti in the 400 block of Hawthorne.

5/6/10 MPD documented graffiti in the 400 block of Laine.

5/6/10 A victim reports a vandalism to her vehicle in the 200 block of Laine.

5/7/10 MPD documented graffiti in the 400 block of Hoffman.

5/7/10 A victim reports the theft of items in the 700 block of Cannery Row.

5/7/10 A victim reports the theft of items from her vehicle in the 400 block of Pine.

5/8/10 WILDAY, TYSON was arrested for public intoxication at Prescott and Foam.

5/8/10 LANDON, JEFFREY was arrested for public intoxication in the 600 block of Lighthouse.

5/8/10 LANDON, JEFFREY was cited for an outstanding warrant.

5/8/10 THORSEN, MARK was arrested for misappropriation of lost property at Lighthouse and Reeside.

5/8/10 A reporting party reports a subject prowling in the 500 block of Hawthorne.

5/8/10 CLENDENEN, SHAUN was arrested for public intoxication in the parking lot of 650 Hawthorne..

5/8/10 A victim reports the theft of items from her vehicle in the 700 block of Laine.

5/8/10 MPD documented graffiti in the 200 block of Dickman.

5/8/10 MPD documented graffiti in the 200 block of Hawthorne.

5/8/10 MPD documented graffiti at Hawthorne and Dickman.

5/8/10 MPD documented graffiti at Hawthorne and Drake.

5/8/10 A victim reports the theft of items in the 600 block of Cannery Row.

5/8/10 DEBRITO, NATHAN was arrested for public intoxication at David and Lighthouse.

5/10/10 A victim reports a vandalism in the 500 block of Lighthouse.

5/10/10 MPD documented graffiti in the 500 block of Lighthouse.

5/10/10 A victim reports the theft of items in the 700 block of Cannery Row.

5/11/10 A victim reports a vandalism to his vehicle at 32 Cannery Row.

5/11/10 A victim reports a burglary to his vehicle at San Carlos Beach.

5/11/10 MPD documented graffiti at 32 Cannery Row.

5/11/10 MPD documented graffiti at 601 Wave.

5/12/10 WENDT, RYAN was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol at Pacific and Scott.

5/12/10 MPD documented graffiti at 200 Hawthorne.

5/14/10 A victim reports the theft of items in the 600 block of Cannery Row.

5/15/10 LEBLANC, JOHN was arrested for DUI after being involved in an injury collision in the 600 block of Cannery Row.

5/15/10 A victim reports vandalism to his vehicle at Cannery Row and Hoffman.

5/17/10 RUIZ-GANTONG, RICHARD PAUL was arrested for DUI at Lighthouse and Drake.

5/17/10 A victim reports a burglary to her vehicle in the 600 block of McClellan.

5/18/10 PEDERSEN, EDWARD was arrested for being under the influence of a controlled substance at 902 Lighthouse.

5/18/10 GARCIA, BENJAMIN was arrested for evading a peace officer, DUI, possession of a controlled substance, possession less than one ounce marijuana in a vehicle, transportation of a controlled substance for sale, possession of stolen property at Lily and Hoffman. MENDEZ, MARCUS was arrested for possession of stolen property.

5/19/10 A victim reports the theft of items in the 400 block of Foam.

5/19/10 CAMPBELL, IAN was arrested for public intoxication at Hawthorne and Prescott.

5/20/10 PISULA, ASHLEY was cited for shoplifting at Kato’s, 398 Lighthouse.

5/22/10 BROPHY, MICHAEL was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon in the 1700 block of Hoffman.

5/23/10 A victim reports being defrauded of money in the 600 block of Cannery Row.

5/23/10 A victim reports a vandalism to her vehicle in the 700 block of Laine.

5/25/10 KENNY, Sean was arrested for being in possession of Toluene in the 600 block of Hawthorne.

5/25/10 KENNY, Sean was arrested for being in possession of Toluene in the 600 block of Hawthorne.

5/26/10 GROVES, WALTER was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a controlled substance, resisting arrest, and peace disturbance at Belden and Irving. STREETER, DEREK was arrested for possession/transportation/sale of methamphetamine, cultivation/sale of marijuana, possession of counterfeit money, driving on a suspended license and fighting in public.

5/26/10 STREETER, DEREK was arrested for an outstanding warrant incident to the service of a search warrant at 782 Belden.

5/27/10 Hartsch, Aylissa, was arrested for battery 300 block of Lighthouse.

5/28/10 A victim reports a vandalism to her vehicle in the 800 block of Pine.

5/29/10 BLAND, JAMES was cited for an outstanding warrant in the 800 block of Wave.

5/29/10 MPD towed a vehicle for expired registration from Belden and Drake.

5/29/10 MPD towed a vehicle for expired registration from 515 Archer.

5/30/10 A victim reports the theft of items at Hoffman and the Rec Trail.

New Monterey Police Blotter – May 2010

P.G.’s Ex Police Chief Gets Caught Up In Politics

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Negative ads by Sheriff Kanalakis make him cry.

Miller for sheriffI don’t know, after seeing both tubbies Kanalakis and Garcia, I was thinking that Miller was the only candidate that was physicaly capable of actually being a cop.

Kanalakis spokesman Tom Kise said the problem was insufficient volume in the ad’s required “Paid for by …” statement, but said it was fixed within hours.

Miller issued a scathing statement Thursday, decrying the ad as “fraudulent” and “deceptive” and said, “Kanalakis went so far as to disguise attribution of the ads … We now have more evidence of his ham-fisted and vicious nature.”

P.G.’s Ex Police Chief Gets Caught Up In Politics

The Seven Ups

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Politics

Here’s the list of hopefuls that applied to replace quitter Deborah “Bankrupt” Lindsay, and some comments from their statements.

Richard Ahart – Uses the word “sustainable”. Thinks that allowing more fast food franchises can help bring revenue and then touts several fast food corporations as clients. Says he “has earned the confidence of voters during the last election”. He was dead last, getting fewer votes than David Dilworth, LOL.

Laura Dadiw – “Dadiw Associates . . Headquartered in Pacific Grove” Consultant that works from home. Prioritizes “health and welfare of Pacific Grove youth”. Sounding good until I notice she puts down 93953 as her ZIP Code. That’s Pebble Beach, dummy.

Eric Chad Fonferek – wants to “stimulate business growth” and “raise Pacific Grove’s tourism profile. Thinks that Holman building is a city asset. I thought Nadir owned it.

William Fredrickson – Mechanical Engineer. Wants to work with Moe to bring more tourists to P.G. Might know how to fix the sewers that fill up from said tourists.

Khalil Ibrahim – Arabic teacher. Long list of experiences, none that have to do with being on city council. Offers up nothing to give to the city.

Daniel Miller – 54 year resident. Came in 4th place in last election that put Bankrupt Deb in office at 3rd place.

Rudy Fischer – another misguided person that thinks Moe is “doing a lot to bring new business” and repairing sidewalks will make us walk instead of drive.

The Seven Ups

Faster Slow Internet, Limited HD TV And Buggy Phone Service Coming Soon

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All from those nice people at AT&T.

Anyone have the luck of getting one of these big honking structures in their front yard, sidewalk or have the landscaping ripped out to make room for one?
David ave Rad

A nationwide service outage continues to impact customers of AT&T’s VoIP-based U-Verse Voice service — users of its fiber-to-the-home TV and broadband network for phone service as well. Now home-based VoIP phone users are waiting in Internet chat queues numbering hundreds of users long seeking solutions, and at least a few customers are reporting they’re waiting on hold from their (working) Verizon Wireless phones.

Though there has been no official explanation, customers who have gotten through to support personnel have been advised that the cause is some sort of server outage. That diagnosis would appear to be contradicted by evidence that service has been restored to some areas while still down in others; and also that the outage does not appear to affect TV or broadband service.

Faster Slow Internet, Limited HD TV And Buggy Phone Service Coming Soon