Category Archives: Pacific Grove

Garcia Losing My Respect

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Protesting at Asilomar.
Asilomar Union Picket

Pacific Grove City Council member Ken Cuneo stood with the protestors on May 12 and held a sign, as did Mayor Carmelita Garcia. “I hope Aramark comes around,” Garcia said later. “It’s terrible to think people can exist for five years with no wage increase.”

Five years and no wage increase for the workers? If that’s what Local 483 negotiates for it’s members, see what wage increases the Local’s Secretary-Treasurer gets in five years- $15,652 from 2005 to 2009. The workers need to be protesting on the corner of Forest & Gibson, not at Asilomar.

483 Secretary Wages

The membership keeps dropping but the Union’s management gets raises. Who is left to pay those ever increasing union rep salaries?

 

Unite Here Dropping
Garcia Losing My Respect

No Venue Change For Pollacci’s Next Rape Trial

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Should I modify a “Parking for Ron’s Liquor Only” sign to say “Parking for Jury only”?

Judge Terrance Duncan said that despite extensive news coverage of Pollacci’s previous cases, prospective jurors will be screened to eliminate those who have been prejudiced by the publicity.

“There is no way he can get an unfair trial in Monterey County,” prosecutor Michael Breeden told the judge.

No Venue Change For Pollacci’s Next Rape Trial

Pollacci faces an additional eight years for each potential rape conviction. But if Breeden files an enhancement for sexual assault against multiple victims, Pollacci could face life in prison.

Mvsevm Fetus Who Are You?

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The Mvsevm

Should the fetus, which is just 3 inches long, be put on display at a small-town museum best known for its scores of stuffed birds and wildlife animals? Or should it be handed over to a university, larger museum or research institution?

The answer depends on whom you talk to.

“I think it should be researched and retained at the museum as part of Pacific Grove’s cultural patrimony,” said Esther Trosow, a former museum board member.

However, city manager Tom Frutchey believes the long-forgotten fetus shouldn’t be returned to the museum because the city hasn’t given it “the respect it deserves.”

Wait, do they still have the Indian burial display? Or does that also not reflect the Mvsevm’s non-natural-history path it is taking>

Mvsevm Fetus Who Are You?

Frutchey Feasts

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Frutchey Dines On Crow

Frutchey claimed former planning officials “repeatedly approved projects after only partial or faulty analysis and otherwise sidestepped local and state requirements.”

His message — which infuriated previous planners, a former P.G. mayor and others — also alleged “staff made decisions that either were not theirs to make or were not in conformance with the codes.”

Frutchey Feasts

Will Pollacci Get A Change Of Venue?

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No surprises there. Poll people coming out of Costco and asking them about “Pollacci Rape Cases”. Sad part about this is that Tommy has yet to get to the Big House.

In response to the survey question, “how would you describe Thomas Pollacci?” the convicted rapist was called “vicious, despicable, guilty,” “evil,” a “slime ball” and “scuzz bag” an “egotistical guy who has to rape to feel superior,” Geringer reported.

“When I talked to these people, they were vicious and very, very angry,” she said.

But Eugene Bregman — a political polling expert retained by prosecutor Michael Breeden — reviewed Geringer’s survey said he found it was fatally flawed and took issue with the questionnaire and her sampling techniques.

“The biggest problem in the survey is that it’s not vaguely representative of the jury pool that will be called,” said Bregman, who said he was being paid no more than $4,000, also from taxpayers, for his work.

Will Pollacci Get A Change Of Venue?

Researcher For Pollacci Rape Case Says He Can’t Get A Fair Trial

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Like that comment “nothing that said Mr. Pollacci was a nice fella”. Mario commented here on April 15 the same blog noted in an article on April 22.

Geringer said Pollacci’s potential jury pool had been poisoned by extensive media coverage and word of mouth. She initially characterized much of the coverage as “unfair,” but later said she defined that as reporting that included negative information about Pollacci.

“I found nothing that said Mr. Pollacci was a nice fella or a part of the community,” she said.

Breeden noted that it took only three days to seat a jury in Pollacci’s last trial and said if Geringer’s opinions are true, it would be apparent as soon as jury selection begins June 13. State law suggests that judges make an effort to find a local jury before changing venue. The last time a case was moved out of Monterey County was in the early 1980s.

Researcher For Pollacci Rape Case Says He Can’t Get A Fair Trial

Jason Wright Child Pornography Update

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He’s out on bail..

After a months-long investigation, last Thursday, federal agents recovered several thousand child porn pictures and hundreds of videos on his work computer, that he originally deleted.

He works as an agent at Farmers Insurance on Lighthouse Avenue in Pacific Grove. His family owns that business. Also, at his home on Park Street, agents found up to 40 sex toys in a shed in his backyard.

Jason Wright Child Pornography Update

Sunny Nguyen To Stand Trial For P.G. Murder

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Suspect had no pulse and was revived.

Too bad

He went to one bedroom and found it untouched. Then he tried to open a second bedroom’s door. It was blocked. He forced it open and saw a large television had been pushed against it. Inside was mayhem.

Nguyen’s body was draped facedown over the television.

Salazar’s body was on the other side of the room. Both bodies were in pools of blood and Haas could detect pulses in neither. Paramedics revived Nguyen, who was taken to San Jose Regional Medical Center.

Sunny Nguyen To Stand Trial For P.G. Murder