But not the to persons attacked. Best way to apologize to the community would be to crawl back under a rock and never emerge.
Pacific Grove resident David Dilworth has issued another e-mail, this time apologizing for his previous e-mail to Mayor Dan Cort that told him to resign or face a recall.
Dilworth would not comment further on the letter, saying it was addressed “to the whole community” and that it speaks for itself.
In an email, Dilworth said he has “learned good people were angered and saddened” by his actions last week.
“I made a mistake using words that reasonable people find politically threatening and inappropriate,” he wrote. “I accept responsibility for these consequences and I deeply regret how my actions have upset good people.I promise to be much more careful of my words and comportment in the future.”
Unlike the big fussy press conference in front of the post office at the launch of the attack, he taps out a (too late) apology.
Says the activist is a symptom that is fracturing the community.
“I deeply regret how my actions have upset good people and I promise to be much more careful of my words and comportment in the future,” Dilworth said in his e-mail to the community.
Cort, however, said Dilworth made no attempt to communicate with him or any other city council member since last week’s original e-mail and said Dilworth wants “the media to forgive him.”
Titled it “Mea Culpa”. Better to say “ego sum a moron”, he’ll read that . . .
One of the proponents for the ouster of Pacific Grove Mayor Dan Cort issued an apology Sunday for his actions.
Cort said Sunday he had not received a copy of that letter. He said still believes his stepping down will end what he says has been a distraction in getting the city back on track.
Sure. Applause that he outed himself, showing everyone what kind of person he really is..
Dilworth deserves applause
The Herald may have managed to demonize David Dilworth for standing up to the mayor and governance in Pacific Grove, but it took at least three articles including an editorial and reprinting Dilworth’s letter to Mayor Dan Cort several times to make Dilworth the demon.
Was 2nd from the last. More people voted for Loosin’ Susan than him.
Recall votes don’t seem to be there
If David Dilworth couldn’t get enough votes to be elected to the Pacific Grove City Council in 2008, and previously, why does he think he can get enough to recall Mayor Dan Cort, and council members Deborah Lindsay, Bill Kampe, and Vicki Stilwell?
What’s that spin?
Dilworth’s role so far been as a representative. “I’m sort of the logistics guy, helping get information out,” Dilworth said. “I’m also the one who tried to give the mayor a courtesy call (referring to the email), but he took that as a threat.”
Lisa “Bare” Bennett was the lone no vote.
Contract modification agreements with city employees were approved by a 6-1 vote Wednesday by the Pacific Grove City Council.
The agreement with general employees will impose a one-day furlough each month by closing City Hall, resulting in a 5 percent pay cut.The Pacific Grove Police Officers Association has agreed to defer a 9.8 percent pay raise due this year in exchange for extending their contract by an additional year.
Police officers also will receive a bank of 60 hours of personal leave and increases in overtime pay, and they agreed to forgo an option to cash out a portion of unused leave for one year.
As a citizen of Pacific Grove, it is hard to decide whether to be ashamed or disappointed in light of Mayor Cort’s resignation.
I will opt to feel both. It is shameful that David Dilworth, someone with such little political sway, to the point he cannot get elected to the City Council, can launch a de facto coup d’etat through petty threats toward the mayor’s Wikipedia legacy in a negotiating tone that would make Don Corleone proud.
During Wednesday’s council meeting, about 14 people addressed the council in support of Cort, but not one spoke in support of the recall effort. Dilworth and Zito have reportedly only collected a handful of the 1,000 signatures of registered voters required to place the recall on the ballot.
The Pine Cone sent questions via email to Dilworth. “Politics, like art, is about drawing the line somewhere,” Dilworth said. “We all have to decide what is too much.”
Though Dilworth’s threatening email may not have broken any laws, Cort said he feels Dilworth’s reputation has been permanently damaged by the email message.
“I think it’s the end of whatever limited credibility that man had,” Cort said.
So, mayor Cort has some sort of spine it seems.