Or will they sell every last one?
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Category Archives: Pacific Grove
Bistro Goes Bust
Letters From The Editor
The proposed Pacific Grove parcel tax of $120 per year costs less than dinner for four at Passionfish, two pairs of shoes from Orlando’s, three fill-ups at Shell, four bags of groceries from Grove Market or Trader Joe’s, a new sweater from Prim & Proper or a new do from the beauty shop.
Put in perspective, this is a small annual amount to help our town recover from commitments and mistakes made on our behalf by prior elected officials and previous administrators.
Please vote yes on all three tax measures to help stabilize our town’s financial situation.
P.S. to Ron Schenk: Thank you for voting to hire Jim Colangelo.
The P.S. refers to the blame-shifting letter that the ousted city councilman sent to all the papers apologizing for hiring Colangelo.
Tide Pool Nazis Attack Needed Taxes
“The city needs to look at another source of revenue,” said Jim Willoughby, who, along with his wife, Lee, has led the anti-tax charge. For the past several weeks, the couple has stood in front of the Pacific Grove post office collecting signatures in opposition of the tax measures.
It that the Willoughby’s old Mercedes parked in the handicapped parking all day? I know they have a right, but gee, they are making it hard for other disabled people to go about their business. But I guess the Willoughbys are nothing but grade A MFFYs.
Gay P.G. Cop Sues City
A gay Pacific Grove police officer has filed a claim with the city after enduring what he says has been nearly 10 years of “discrimination, harassment and retaliation” by fellow officers, a former police chief and others.
In a lurid six-page claim filed in August, Sgt. Darrin Smolinski, who began working at the department in 1997, alleges he was repeatedly turned down for several promotions, including the positions of detective and commander.
Although he doesn’t identify them by name, Smolinski also accuses his coworkers of harassing him. “Smolinski has been the subject of verbal comments on the size of his genitals,” the claim outlines, “asked about association with the Rainbow Coalition and sexual orientation relative to his male roommate during public meetings on the police department premises.”
Happy Halloween!
Don’t know about the rest of the readers, but that hand reaching out in the direction of my neck is creepy . .
More Trees – More Pollution?
“Trees for PG” will hold a tree planting day in George Washington Park beginning at 1 p.m. Sunday. More than 300 trees were donated by “Joe Fletcher Presents” as part of the Monterey Music Summit’s carbon offset campaign. Volunteers should bring a shovel and gloves.
But Ronald Reagan was right – trees cause pollution!
According to a study by the University of Helsinki, coniferous forests that is to say, those composed of trees such as pines release nitrogen oxides into the atmosphere that combine with other pollutants to form smog.
Dumpsters Of Commerce: Hello, Code Enforcement?
Blog entry from March about P.G. Juice n Java piling trash in the planter box next to the overflowing dumpster.
Box with address.
It’s still there, though in a BIG way.
Notice on dumpster fence
Pallets, paper and cardboard. Certainly combustible. So, does this qualify as an “accumulation”? Or does LBAM Moth spray fireproof rubbish?
The Road To Tacky
More signs.
We have open house signs that block sidewalks:
Merchant signs cluttering up “Historic Downtown”
Now get ready for more trashy advertising with “Estate Sales”
Estate Sales? Why not just sell it at the antiques store, who proudly proclaims what it is . . in a sandwich board sign:
It May Not Be Lois Vuitton
. . but PG does offer fashionable accessories recycled from Prunedale Junkyards.
$141 for an old license plate made into a purse. Wow.