Common sense comes to the tree policy – we can learn a lot from a ‘moron’.
The proposals include measures to give more discretion about tree pruning and removal to property owners, and allow them to have a tree expert determine whether a tree is sufficiently unhealthy to cut down, rather than leaving that decision up to city officials.
They also call for an end to criminal penalties and limit any penalties to civil fines.
Gilroy got court orders to close their illegal pot store, Monterey seeks same.
Monterey City officials are seeking a permanent court order to shut down a medical marijuana dispensary that opened last year on Lighthouse Avenue.
A temporary order was issued in March by Monterey County Superior Court Judge Robert O’Farrell, in favor of the city, requiring MyCaregiver Inc. to close after the city sued.
Riders, watch your bikes. Always lose a few to thieves every year.
Officer Robert Lehman said the influx of traffic, with thousands of spectators and motorcycles coming through Monterey County, makes it necessary to have additional officers out in search of careless drivers and riders.
All drivers traveling this weekend should be extra cautious because of the thousands of motorcycles, Lehman said.
“Everybody needs to pay a little more attention, obviously motorcycles are hard to see most of the time and a lot of people can be surprised by them showing up so quick,” he said.
Agree with the plan, too bad they had to throw the S word into the title.
The council voted 6-1 to enact the Sustainable Retirement Benefit Reform Initiative, a citizens ballot petition capping city contributions to employee pension benefits at 10 percent of workers’ salaries. Employees could pay additional amounts toward their retirement out of their own pockets.
Councilman Bill Kampe cast the dissenting vote, saying he did not approve of legislation by initiative.
Union and state Public Employee Retirement System officials warned the city that it could face lawsuits.
And now they have to take a full inventory.
Attendance in May exceeded last year’s by 80 percent, said museum director Lori Mannel. She attributes increased public interest in the museum’s programs for children and adults.
Its Science Saturdays bring scientific experts from throughout the region to the museum, other programs feature artists demonstrating their work and techniques and authors lecture on their books. The restoration of the Native Plant Garden was completed in April. These events have advanced the museum’s role as “a living field guide for the Central Coast,” Mannel said. “We’re becoming a regional resource.”
Artists demonstrating their work. Authors lecturing on their books. How many of these visits have nothing related to a museum? Sustainable P.G. kooks lapping up Dan Cort rewriting the history of his failures should not count as visits to view natural history.
Let’s give out free beer at the Mvsevm during the farmers market and we can quadruple attendance.
See What Happens When They Don’t Lock The Doors To The Mvsevm?
Another Colon-Jello come-here gets the ax. Lots of mismanaged public works projects under her watch such as the clear cutting of the butterfly trees.
By the way, can someone clean up that downtown juxtaposition of American flags, paper lanterns and X-mas lights and focus on one season at a time?
Celia Perez Martinez, Pacific Grove’s public works director for the past four years, has been terminated from her job.
The reasons for her separation from the city are confidential personnel issues, all four city officials said.
Martinez, a Salinas resident, was hired by the city Jan. 15, 2006, as public works supervisor under then-City Manager Jim Colangelo. She was named business manager May 8, 2007.
Insurance investigators look for proof of ownership, DA backs off on charges against “victims”.
The saga began when the artwork was reported stolen from a rented Pebble Beach home in September. Its value has been estimated by Amadio at up to $27 million for a collection said to include works by Jackson Pollock, Van Gogh, Miro and Rembrandt.
County prosecutors last week decided not to file charges stemming from a sheriff’s investigation looking into whether the men may have filed a false police report, sheriff’s Cmdr. Mike Richards said.
A sheriff’s detective recently had an “informal discussion” with the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office to determine if criminal charges related to the reported burglary might be filed, Richards said.
I still do not support any more taxes until cuts are made elsewhere. Fool me once…
There was a sense, Headley said, that Measure J would only “save the library at the level it had sunken to.”
Language in the new initiative has been written to assure the public that funds raised would support only the library and not be transferred to other city departments, she said. The parcel tax is expected to raise $600,000 in additional revenue each year. The ballot measure requires that the city continue to fund the library at the rate of 2.83 percent of the total general fund budget.
One of the greatest things that could happen to P.G., in Moammar speak. I remember seeing old men playing dominoes in there when I was a kid.
The house was built and donated by Pacific Grove Rotary in 1952 and has been a venue for community and support group meetings, including Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous.
In addition to meetings, the renovated meeting house will serve increased needs generated by the use of Jewell Park for the Monday farmers market.
