Category Archives: Pacific Grove
Nader Agha Breaks Promise To Give Up
Just when you thought Nader Agha would take his phony antiques, coins and sell the Holman Building he comes back again with another hotel pitch.
Armed with architects’ drawings of concepts for the property, Agha said he has reconsidered his idea of abandoning the project in the face of overwhelming support expressed to him for the project.
In December, Agha listed the 84-year-old, 120,000-square-foot Holman Building and the 1.35-acre lot it sits on, as well as four other lots on Fountain Avenue being used for parking and a building across the street at 549 Lighthouse Ave., on the real estate market.
At the time he said he was fed up with nearly 14 years of delays in his attempt to build a luxury hotel on the site.
Hundreds more showerheads, flushing toilets, traffic and tourists.
Don’t Anger The Deer
“The deer are becoming move aggressive with people and dogs,” said Elizabeth Conti-Yeo, P.G. animal control officer.“Because it’s the fawning season, they perceive dogs as a threat or a predator.”
“We suggest people carry a walking stick to fan in front of them to keep the deer back, but not necessarily hit them,” she said.
I’d carry a 30.06, but that would get you tossed in jail.
Calling Anyone Crazy Enough To Be P.G. City Manager
Hmm, they never did call me back…
Pacific Grove’s list of city manager prospects has been whittled down from an unwieldy pool of 112 to just a handful which may include a current city employee.
The new city manager will have to tackle the city’s dire financial problems, making Becklenberg or someone else with a financial background a good choice for the post.
Employees Must Wash Hands . .
after taking out the trash. And touching bird poo. Ask, is the kitchen as clean and safe as the trash?
Is it Peppers Cafe? (taken May 22, 2009)
Is your wine cellar open to rats and full of germs like this garbage area, Fandango’s?(taken May 22, 2009)
Is that organic free range carrot juice safe after someone took out the boxes, P.G. Juice & Java? (taken May 22, 2009)
Pollacci Rape Hearing Rescheduled To July
The preliminary hearing of Tom Pollacci, in which a judge will decide whether sufficient evidence exists for the rape case against him to proceed, has been put off until July 10, attorneys and the judge decided in a May 20 meeting.
BK? Maybe If We Ignore It . .
Let’s talk about out elite socialistic agenda disguised as sustainability instead, people will think it’s environmental and cute..
It’s the elephant in the room and a potential “hand grenade” that could blast apart Pacific Grove’s chances of recruiting employees, selling municipal bonds or closing contracts with vendors.
That was the message from Mayor Dan Cort about bankruptcy — otherwise known as “the B-word” — in Butterfly Town, U.S.A.
It has been lurking on the fiscal horizon as Pacific Grove struggles with falling revenues and increasing costs, exacerbated by the city’s liability under the California Public Employment Retirement System.
On Wednesday, the City Council agreed to take talk of bankruptcy off the table while discussing how to balance next year’s and future budgets.
Create a disaster, bail it out, take it over.
Moe Ammar In Deep Denial
Moe Ammar, President of the Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce, says “We are doing everything we can think of to encourage people to bring their businesses to Pacific Grove.”
Ammar pointed out that all business properties on the main street of Forest Avenue are occupied.
Well . . another art gallery on Forest Avenue is out of business after 11 months, on the same day as the Chamber mouthpiece paper’s publish date. Not that art galleries add any real commerce – this one is closed for good is closed only 4 hours more per day than the rest.
Using the art gallery practice, Moe can put an empty folding chair in every empty store front and call them “occupied”.
Dumpsters Of Commerce, 2009
There’s lots of concern over carbon emissions and other mythical hazards, but still there every day, putting real health hazards at your feet (and hands, arms, head etc) is the healthy seagull population. The gulls are well fed by the downtown merchants (and even the city this year) that leave garbage uncovered.
We can always count on Fandangos on 17th Street to leave the finest garbage out in the open
Fandangos 5/17/09
Fandangos 5/19/09
and P.G. Juice & Java keeping the open garbage behind a wall but perfect for a birds’ eye view
P.G. Juice & Java 5/19/09
P.G. Juice & Java 5/20/09
Keep a watch on Zacolo, Lighthouse Cafe, Peppers, Grapes O Wrath, etc. New to the game this year is the City Of P.G. with their own sidewalk garbage. 3 cans in a row on Lighthouse with no covers. Way to go P.G.
Just When You Think . .
. . that the Hear-Old can’t get enough Letters From The Editor making P.G. look like a majority of Sustainable Vegetarian Eco-freaks . . .
In his quest to clamp down on fossil fuel companies and the auto giants, Gore shamelessly avoids talking about something we all could and should do something about as individuals: Eat less or no meat.
Bob Lucius
Pacific Grove
A more sensible citizen replies with a letter
Hmmmm? Remaining unconvinced by this vast generalization I commenced to grilling up a second tasty burger, still quite guilt-free, and was amusingly reminded of a bumper sticker I’d recently seen in Taos, N.M. : “Eating red meat isn’t bad for you. Eating fuzzy, green meat is.”
How true! Bon appetit.
Robb Thomas Karman
Pacific Grove
Thanks, Robb!