Category Archives: Carmel Pine Cone

As Griggs Nursery Goes, Mini Mansions Move In

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Bare it Bennett would rather see substainable housing.

Griggs Nursery Homes

Griggs said a five-year sales slump and his desire to retire are the reasons he wants to sell the land. He hasn’t said when he’ll close shop, but said it could be in 2009.

Lisa Bennett said she wanted to support the general plan amendment but couldn’t because she would rather see affordable housing on the land. “I do have some problems with the single-family residential model which is a pattern in our community, but hasn’t been a successful model in California for affordable housing or transportation,” Bennett said.

As Griggs Nursery Goes, Mini Mansions Move In

R.J. Waldsmith Opposed To Safety Enforcement?

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We are old farts, but my wife got a $200 ticket (first one in 15 years). She was bringing our 7 year old home from school. She drives very slowly. But coming down a slight grade, her speed went up to 37 or 38 mph. The ticket said approximately 40 in a 25 mph zone. I think The Pine Cone, which has page after page of police reports, should find out the true motivation for this unnecessary and unfair enforcement.

Ehhh, the true motivation is to make the roads safe. Pay the ticket and slow down next time.

R.J. Waldsmith Opposed To Safety Enforcement?

Science Prevails Over Doubt In Round Up Controversy

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Tidepool Nazis favor erosion instead?

Dead Ice Plant

Pacific Grove has halted spraying invasive iceplant with a well known herbicide because of concerns by environmentalists the chemical could harm endangered species and the coastal environment.

P.G. City Council requested Rana Creek, the Carmel Valley environmental planning company hired to restore the dunes, provide a report that includes the effects of Roundup, a commercial herbicide, on the environment.

“To kill this much iceplant,” said Lee Willoughby, one of several Pacific Grove residents concerned with the use of Roundup, “there has to be some runoff, and it goes right into the tidepools. I think it’s a major concern.”

Former Pacific Grove City Councilwoman Susan Goldbeck wrote a letter to the city requesting more information about the use of the herbicide.“Of particular interest is,” Goldbeck wrote, “who is doing the Roundup and when are the planned applications?”

Rana Creek is currently preparing the report, which will be presented to council members March 7.

Bruce Cowan explains in great detail in a letter from the Carmel Pine Cone

What does glyphosphate do? It is an enzyme inhibitor in the photosynthetic pathway (shikimic acid pathway) that prevents the formation of lignins. Plants normally convert sugars (simple carbohydrates made in photosynthesis) to complex chains of carbohydrates (cellulose, lignin). Animals do not make cellulose or have cellulose in their tissue structure; it is only found in plants, fungi and bacteria. Without cellulose or lignins, plants collapse and die. Animals don’t have cellulose or that photosynthetic pathway, so glyphosphate is without effect.

Science Prevails Over Doubt In Round Up Controversy

Downtown P.G. Looking Ugly?

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Pacific Grove would be a better place if the city’s unsightly newspaper racks were replaced with uniform, less conspicuous ones. That’s the opinion of the city’s Beautification and Natural Resources Committee, which will tell the city council in February it should change its eight racks, a move which will cost P.G. about $4,000 per year for maintenance.

Take out the sandwich board signs, too.

Sidewalk Sign Ugly Signs

Downtown P.G. Looking Ugly?

Griggs Nursery Closing

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. . owners of Griggs Nursery in Pacific Grove plan to shut the business and sell the land for eight homes. The city’s planning commission has recommended amending the city’s general plan so the houses can be built.

Allowing for homes to built on the property at 1021 David Ave. would not only benefit the Griggs, who could sell the water-ready lots for $465,000 to $495,000 each, but would be an advantage to the city since it would receive property tax revenue, Silkwood said. And the neighbors would benefit as well, she maintained.

Griggs Nursery Closing

Susan Goldbeck Was Never Serious About That $1000 Offer

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Susan Goldbeck is quoted in the Carmel Pine Cone as saying she would pay $1,000 to any Pacific Grove resident who could prove she ever raised her voice or had been rude during a City Council meeting.

“It was a joke. The idea people would call in and ask for a reward is ridiculous. Soon I will be a private citizen, let my people go,” Goldbeck said.

That is so stupid, first to say it and second to deny that it was a promise. So glad to have her gone.
Goldbeck 1 grand
Goldbeck Was Not Really Serious About That $1000

You Won’t Have Goldbeck To Kick Around Anymore

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Goldbeck 1 grand

Former Pacific Grove councilwoman and two-time mayoral candidate Susan Goldbeck said she won’t run again for public office because she’s tired of dirty politics.

The 58-year-old Goldbeck, who served on the council for four years and just lost a bid for mayor to Dan Cort, said she’s done.

“I will give anyone in this town a $1,000 if they can show I have ever raised my voice or been rude to anybody”, Goldbeck said.

Shades of Richard Nixon’s resignation in his failed bid for the California Governorship in 1962.

You Won’t Have Goldbeck To Kick Around Anymore

14th St Celeb Almost Burns Down The House

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A Plastic cutting board left on top of a stove caught fire in a 14th Street house last week. The resulting flames charred the kitchen and left most of the house and its contents smoke damaged.”The resident indicated she was cooking something in the morning and left the cutting board on the stove, left the burner on warm and went off to work,” said Fire Chief Gunter, who would not identify the homeowner but said she is a “very well known,” longtime Pacific Grove resident.

14th St Celeb Almost Burns Down The House

Lillian King Niece Refutes Theft, Abuse Charges

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In an emotional outpouring, Cindy Hurley, the grand niece of a wealthy elderly woman who filed a restraining order against her last week, said she loves her great aunt and didn’t steal more than $1 million in cash and precious coins or put her life at risk.

“She accused me of being a thief, and that hurts,” Hurley said.

“I had to sell some gold coins to pay for labor, for taxes, and materials,” Hurley said. “I got a little out of hand. There are some things I probably spent a little more than I should of.” She said she was referring to a $2,000 used motorhome and landscaping tools.

Lillian King Niece Refutes Theft, Abuse Charges