Category Archives: Monterey Herald

Greedy Realtors Ruin People’s Lives

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Think they really care?

Realty Pig

After visiting an open house one Sunday, they met a Realtor and were coaxed into making a full-price offer. Before they knew it, they were in contract to purchase an 863-square- foot, two-bedroom house for $609,000.

Their Realtor referred them to a mortgage representative, who took their application and suggested they go with the “stated income” format. They recall the phrase he used: “Your incomes need to match the home you are buying.” Apparently theirs did not, so he raised the income numbers by 40 percent.

Greedy Realtors Ruin People’s Lives

Face It, No P.G. Merchants Want The Farmers Market

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Public transit would be impacted by moving the market away from the animal clinic. Who gets impacted more – people that go to the vet’s office between 4:00pm and closing, or people that ride the bus?

Monterey has a weekly farmers market that blocks the entire length of Alvarado street from car traffic and no one complains.

Wednesday, the Pacific Grove City Council will hold a public hearing on the location of the market, after which members are expected to decide the day — Saturdays are also being considered — and location. The hearing will be held in council chambers at 6 p.m. at 300 Forest Ave.

The appeal to change locations was led by veterinarian Jennifer Wernsing who said that keeping the market near 18th Street would affect clients at her Cottage Veterinary Care Clinic at 172 16th St.

“The (city) made a small accommodation,” Wernsing said. “I don’t think that is one that will be satisfactory for providing access for our clients and not enough for the merchants near us.”

Face It, No P.G. Merchants Want The Farmers Market

Water Crew Digs Up Cable, P.G Service Out For 6 Hours

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A main trunk line containing 96 individual fiber-optic lines was severed by a utility crew digging on Ronda Road near Spruance Road in Pebble Beach. That cut cable service at 11:02 a.m., said Andrew Johnson, regional spokesman for Comcast Corp.

Before digging, the usual practice is to alert other utilities with lines in the area, and the utilities use spray paint to mark the location of those lines, Niccum said. There wasn’t a mark indicating the 2-inch cable TV line was underground in this case, and some of the individual fiber-optic lines were cut by a backhoe, he said.

Call 811 Before You Dig!

Usa Call

Water Crew Digs Up Cable, P.G Service Out For 6 Hours

Yet Another Judge Taking Olinger Murder Case

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After a closed-door hearing, Presiding Judge Russell Scott named retired Judge Philip Sarkisian to hear the case.

Ruelas and his younger brother, Angel Ruelas, are charged with stabbing 17-year-old Olinger and dumping him near the Pacific Grove Recreation Trail, where he was found dead on Sept. 19, 1997.

Prosecutors cannot seek capital punishment for Angel Ruelas, who was 17 at the time of the killing. He faces life in prison without possibility of parole if convicted in a separate trial before Curtis in October.

Yet Another Judge Taking Olinger Murder Case

Tourist Season Outlook: Bad

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But year-to-date figures through May show occupancy rates of 58.2 percent for Monterey County, compared to a national average of 60.1 percent. Demand for hotel rooms for the first five months dropped 3.3 percent compared to the same time in 2007.

The county is showing slight growth in its average daily rate for a room, which rose 1.1 percent, to $155.90, through May. But the growth lags behind the nation, which averages $108, so lodgings here may find it more difficult to bump rates than a less expensive destination, said Bowers.

Unless you are listening to our own minister of misinformation:

Pacific Grove’s 29 lodgings were booked full by Friday, said Chamber of Commerce president Moe Ammar.

Baghdad Moe

Tourist Season Outlook: Bad

David Stamm’s Trial Set For July 14

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David Stamm

He is charged with 13 felony counts of child molestation and possession of child pornography related to alleged activities with a former employee.

The alleged victim told police he was molested by Stamm from 1999, when he was 14, to 2002. The defense has argued that the alleged victim’s accounts are not believable.

David Stamm’s Trial Set For July 14

P.G. City Budget – $29,000,000

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With fires and $5/g gas, it’s not shaping up to be a big tourist year. It’s smart to not be all Sandy-ish and start spending like a gold digger.

Pacific Grove’s $29 million fiscal 2008-09 budget got final approval late Wednesday by unanimous vote of the City Council.

The council has set the city machine’s financial carburetor on lean. Pacific Grove anticipates general fund revenues of $15.7 million, including new revenues of $630,000 and general fund expenditures of $15.2 million, with the balance going to build up city reserves.

Total expenditures for the coming year are expected to reach $24.8 million, including general fund spending and expenditures of money earmarked for special purposes.

P.G. City Budget – $29,000,000