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Dog Drivers Win Back Parking Spaces

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Dog owners “who use the space to exercise themselves and their pets” using the car to get to a place to walk the dog.

Ever thought about walking yourself and the dog to the park?
Head In Barking

The council voted 6-1 to rescind its June 17 action prohibiting parking at Rip Van Winkle Open Space in the wake of protests by dog owners who use the space to exercise themselves and their pets.

Councilwoman Lisa Bennett dissented, voicing her objection to cutting down two oak saplings to provide space to park along Congress Avenue near David Avenue.

Dog Drivers Win Back Parking Spaces

Fisherman’s Wharf Cracks Down On Signs

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Better yet is my idea to legalize them and license them – after all they are advertising on public property.

Wharf signs

Officials and restaurant owners hope clearing the thoroughfare will lessen the amount of “chowder barking” — the practice of loudly offering free cups of clam chowder to visitors — on the wharf. The intrusive practices of chowder samplers are a major point of contention among competing wharf restaurant owners and the subject of visitor complaints.
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A local businessman gave Sabu Shake, who died in 1998, the life-size wooden statue of himself wearing a white cowboy hat and white suit.

“It’s been there a long time,” said Bob Massaro, the administrator for the Fisherman’s Wharf Association. “Folks stand beside it and get their picture taken. He was sort of a character, wore a cowboy hat all the time. Just a nice congenial person.”

Tom Gawel, general manager of Rappa’s Seafood Restaurant on the wharf, said he was asked to removed flower pots from the front of his restaurant. He plans to comply.

Fisherman’s Wharf Cracks Down On Signs

Hold The Door! Police Chief Wants Out, Too

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I don’t think there are good days ahead . .

PGPD Help Wanted

Engles’ resignation announcement comes just two weeks after Mayor Dan Cort announced his intention to resign by the end of this month. Former City Manager Jim Colangelo retired in January and Wiseman has been performing those duties while the City Council continues efforts to try and recruit a new chief executive officer for the city.

No selection has been made.

Hold The Door! Police Chief Wants Out, Too

Jellyfish Out For Revenge

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Hundreds of thousands of Chrysaora jellyfish feeding in the bay waters Monday damaged a filter screen on the aquarium’s water intakes, said Eric Quamen the aquarium’s facilities systems supervisor.

“From an operations standpoint, it’s a big deal. From the aquarium standpoint, it’s a minor inconvenience,” Quamen said. “The public would never notice.”

The jellyfish forced the aquarium to cancel its Ocean Explorers program Tuesday for fear that children participating could be stung, said aquarium spokeswoman Karen Jeffries.

“It’s like a bee sting and everyone reacts to it differently,” she said.

They all thought it could never happen here . . .
Sting Of Death

Jellyfish Out For Revenge

Letters From The Editor – Feast Of Lanterns – Fun Or Racist II?

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Writer sets it straight.

It started as the closing celebration of the Methodist Chautauqua, before the Chinese were burned out. So it is Methodist. It became quite popular at the turn of the 20th century until World War I, more as an Obon festival, as at that time there was a Japanese tea garden at Lovers Point. So it is Japanese. Then it became a bathing beauty contest event, and after World War II it was revived as a pseudo Chinese-themed festival.

It is speculated that the Chinese were burned out by competing fishing interests, which has little to do with Pacific Grove.

So you can be offended in several different ways or you can embrace the quirky history of the festival, a charming, family-oriented affair.

Letters From The Editor – Feast Of Lanterns – Fun Or Racist II?

Letters From The Editor – Who Sticks Up For Dilworth?

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His partner, the raccoon hugging ex-councilperson Terrence Zito.

David Dilworth is without doubt one of Pacific Grove’s finest native sons! His achievements in the areas of environment and democracy are legendary. No one attends as many local and area-wide meetings as Dave, not to further his own interests, but looking out for his fellow citizens and their quality of life.

Letters From The Editor – Who Sticks Up For Dilworth?

Cort Stands On Decision To Quit

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City Hall Help Wanted

The droning swarm of gadflies done him in. He failed to get public comment put to the end through Joy Colon-Jello. Also had no spine – Costello would cut people off at the 3 minute limit.

Cort says his decision to resign is still firm: “I’m not changing my mind.”

While Dilworth’s recall threat isn’t the only reason he’s throwing in the towel, he says, it’s a “symptom” of a persistent lack of civility at P.G. City Council meetings. “I want this to be about respect and dialogue in government,” Cort says. “Meeting after meeting, a small group of people comes and disrupts and threatens our council. It really makes it difficult to get our work done. This insulting, demeaning behavior is something that’s gotta end.”

Cort Stands On Decision To Quit

The David Dilworth Approach To Dating

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Ha ha, it’s just like his political approach. Hand out fliers. LOL.

Although it does remind Squid of Dilworth handing out flyers (printed on paper made from 35 percent post-consumer fibers, of course) at gallery openings back in 2003. “Glass slipper awaits? Tigger wants to settle down with a partner and grow a family,” read the flyer. Tigger, aka Dilworth, was looking for love.

The Dilworth Approach To Dating

Hotel Room Tax Revenues – Down

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Million or so less after paying ransom to the Monterey County Convention and Visitors Bureau and putting up more signs.

Well, who wants to pay over $200 to stay in one of these crusty inns?
Dumpster Sea Breeze Motel 071216

I’m in favor of tearing these moldy tired hotels down and rebuilding but not increasing the room count. Cannery Row & Seaside are getting all the business.

In a small city with a lot of hotels, the decline in hotel tax is significant.

“It’s 19 percent of the general fund,” said Jim Becklenberg, Pacific Grove’s director of management and budget.

Pacific Grove hotel tax revenue dropped 14 percent in fiscal year 2008-09 from the previous year, less of a drop than the city was anticipating. Pacific Grove has “a relatively small reserve,” Becklenberg said.

Hotel Room Tax Revenues – Down