Category Archives: Carmel Pine Cone

NOAA Building Becomes A Home For Mom.

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Just like the older Panetta that lost Fort Ord, the younger one fails to save government land.

last week, the Monterey Herald talked to one of the buyers, Tianzhi Chu, who told the newspaper he bought the building so his mother and real estate partner, Yuncheng Huang, could live there.

A local group, which calls itself COAST, wanted the building donated to the City of Pacific Grove and turned into a science and environmental center. According to COAST, “more than 2,500 residents, including leading oceanographers, marine biologists and other scientists,”
signed a petition urging that the property be used for  marine scientific research and education.”

Congressman Jimmy Panetta has backed that plan, and he  repeatedly called for the property to be taken off the auction
block because, he said, the federal Public Buildings Reform Board “failed to engage with local stakeholders.”

NOAA Building Becomes A Home For Mom.

Andrew Chyo Denies Sex With Boys, Released On Bail

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Is P.G.P.D. being secretive about Chyo’s work with them?

‘A lifelong P.G. resident, Chyo worked in the city’s recreation department for several  years and volunteered with the Pacific Grove Police Department, although police in a press release last week intentionally withheld that information from the public, saying only that Chyo “worked in the local Pacific Grove community.”

‘Asked why PGPD did not disclose Chyo’s employment history, Cmdr. David Santos said “the press release was to notify the public of Mr. Chyo’s arrest in the event that someone may have more information or may have been an additional victim.”

Andrew Chyo Denies Sex With Boys, Released On Bail

She’s Come Undone – McAdams Triggered By Facebook Comment

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Are We Done

Jenny McAdams calls the cops when she’s called “Done”.

But a mere four days after the judge’s admonishment, a spokeswoman for the Pacific  Grove Police Department said McAdams filed a police report Monday over statements Miller made online.

“An informational report was created by the responding officer for documentation purposes only,” Jocelyn Francis explained. “It is the discretion of the officer on whether or not to write a report, and in this case the officer generated a report.”

McAdams explained the reason for making the police report.

“Concerned residents reached out to me and sent me screenshots of a post where Mr. Miller referred to both the court hearing and myself as ‘done,’” McAdams told The Pine Cone. “I do not know what “done” means to Mr. Miller or how I am “done,” but after review of the post, I was advised to file an informational police report to document this statement.”

She’s Come Undone – McAdams Triggered By Facebook Comment

Who To Help With Government Covid Handouts?

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Resident serving programs like parks, sewer systems and social services win, tourist attractions lose.

  • Sewer infrastructure and recycled water plant 3.6
  • Parks and recreation programs 3.5
  • Nonprofit food banks and social service agencies 3.3
  • Funding for police and other public safety services 3.0
  • “Helping out” restaurants, bars, retail shops 3.0.
  • Arts, music and entertainment and tourism-related businesses 2.7.

Pacific Gove residents are most interested in using nearly $2 million in federal Covid-19 aid the city is getting to fund upgrades to streets, intersections and sidewalks and least interested in using the money for government technology upgrades, according to the results of a survey from 847 people.

The survey asked citizens to rank how they would like the federal taxpayer dollars to be spent on a scale of 1-5. Public infrastructure received the strongest responses and got a 3.7 average rating.

Who To Help With Government Covid Handouts?

Environmentalists Will Sue For NOAA Building

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Noaa Close

Concrete & asphalt white elephant. Good place for a modern hotel or several multimillion-dollar homes.

“Our legal strategy is to work with the City of Pacific Grove, the Ohlone Costanoan Esselen Nation, and the California Coastal Commission to demonstrate that the Public Buildings Reform Board failed to engage with local stakeholders, as legally required, when it recommended inclusion of the NOAA property in the portfolio of ‘high value’ properties to be sold through the Federal Assets Sale Transfer Act,” the group explained. “Perhaps more importantly, the board issued a report in December 2021 explicitly stating that the Pacific Grove property does not meet its current evaluation criteria for a ‘high value’ property. “

Environmentalists Will Sue For NOAA Building

100% Pay Raise Plus Full Medical For McAdams?

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300 Forest Ave

Doesn’t she already have a full-time job paid for by our taxes? Must need more money to pay her property taxes on the Seaside house she owns/

Isn’t it about time for Jenny McAdams stop self rewarding herself on our dime and do something for all the citizens of Pacific Grove?

McAdams also proposed giving council members medical benefits. If the council OKs the raise and all seven council members enroll in the health plan, it would cost taxpayers about $178,000 per year with increases in future years.

“A family with two working parents and young children often cannot afford to dedicate the time required to serve on council,” Tomlinson told The Pine Cone. “In general, increasing pay will give more citizens the opportunity to serve, and this will increase the candidate pool come election time. This is very good for P.G.”

100% Pay Raise Plus Full Medical For Jenny?

The Opinions Of A Few Affect Us All

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Not even P.G. is safe from bitter sorrow created by country & western dances.

a group calling it the “Coalition for Asian Justice” said the event should “end permanently.” The Feast of Lanterns “appropriates Chinese culture and history, causes deep hurt to Asians and has no relationship to anything Chinese,” the group declared. “Continuation of the Feast of Lanterns will only perpetuate the bitter sorrow it has caused.”

And Jenny McAdams jumps at the chance to virtue signal

After public comments, city councilperson Jenny
McAdams also apologized for the event. “I am very sorry
for the pain the event has caused,” McAdams said. “It’s
time for the city to take this important step toward healing
and atonement.” McAdams said she was sorry for participating in the event

The Opinions Of A Few Affect Us All

More Getting Decked Than The Halls

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Arkwright Ct

The combatants knew each other . .

On Dec. 25 at about 9 a.m., Pacific Grove police officers were called to Arkwright Court after a woman in her 50s complained of being attacked. The victim, who was not named, was transported to Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula for treatment, but the extent of her injuries isn’t clear.

“The suspect attacked the victim, hitting her to the ground, and kicked her several times in the head” as she was “lying on the ground,” the PGPD said in a police log entry. The suspect, also a woman, fled the scene prior to police arriving.

More Getting Decked Than The Halls

When The City Council Wants To Go Dutch SAY NO

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A stately but decaying elm in Pacific Grove that was at the center of a debate over  preservation versus public safety was removed from Jewell Park late last week.

On Friday, Dec. 17, a work crew chopped down the 40-foot elm, which a group of residents had tried to save but which the City of Pacific Grove said posed a danger to the public. A legal  battle was waged when Patricia Purwin and Charles Schwartz sued the city in hopes of stopping its removal. That fight ended Dec. 16 when. Monterey County Superior Court Judge Thomas Wills declined to temporarily restrain the city from taking the tree down.

When The City Council Wants To Go Dutch SAY NO

 

Jenny McAdams Ignores The Woke Groups She “Cares” So Much For

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Went to a conference and failed to show up for a vote. No doubt she must have been politickin’ or something at the cost of over $4,5000 in Pacific Grove money. I’d demand she pay it back.

However, according to League of California Cities official Darla Yacub, who ran the voting booth at the conference, McAdams never voted — meaning she did not fulfill her obligation as Pacific Grove’s delegate. Voting took place Sept. 24, the last day of the  conference.

“Jenny McAdams did not vote at the general assembly business meeting for the 2021 annual conference,” Yacub said in a Nov. 10 email message to city manager Ben Harvey. “There was neither a signature form completed by Jenny McAdams, nor was the ballot for the City of Pacific Grove picked up.”

McAdams and other delegates were asked to vote on amendments to the League of California Cities’ bylaws, which included recognizing the “full contribution” of its African-American, Asian-Pacific Islander, LGBTQ, Latino and Women’s caucuses, and broadening the groups’ representation on the league’s board of directors.

Jenny McAdams Ignores The Woke Groups She “Cares” For