Dennis Lee Dumas, 45, of Cathedral City, was booked into Monterey County jail on charges of carjacking, assault with a deadly weapon, felony vandalism and possession of stolen property. Police said Dumas called for the taxi cab from a bar in Monterey. After Dumas was taken to Grove Acres in Pacific Grove about 11:20 p.m., the driver asked for his fare, whereupon police said Dumas took the driver’s flashlight and began beating him in the head.
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What Was That Again?
Then: from Susan Goldbeck’s failed bid for Supervisor web site
Now:
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Election Time Again
So, who is candidate David Dilworth and does he really live in PG? He touts honest government, but it sure looks like something is hiding…
First, he’s always at council meetings with his single topic of open government, hug the trees, etc. In all the meetings I have watched him speak at I’ve never heard him say he is from Pacific Grove. His non-profit lists a 624 (Carmel) prefix and a Carmel PO Box..
David’s sites are pretty minimal, looks like 1996 vintage Geocities. Wonder how much HOPE pays Dilworth for those bad copy/pasted web pages?
His businesses – Sometimes known as Common Sense Software here shown as “Dilworth Software & Web Design”, also uses the same Carmel phone & address:
Another Dilworth for-profit, using the same resources at the non-profit:
Searching the web comes back Carmel, Carmel and more Carmel, check the web domain register for the for profit photo business. Whoaaaa! The makings of a TRUE conspiracy – registered to David bilworth?
The seat-hopeful’s campaign site – oooh – same mistake, same Carmel address and phone number..
OK, OK. Dil comes out and puts a PG address of 166 17 Mile Drive as his home:
Wait!! That’s the raccoon hugger ex-councilman Terrance Zito’s address!! What’s going on here???
Sound like open honest leadership??
Is the man another constant runner/loser kook? Touts free Internet and free cable TV. The city can’t even keep the sewers flowing and he wants taxpayers to support free to all TV and Internet.
No Cost? Who pays for the infrastructure? Who pays for the power to keep the cable system working? Who pays the workers that maintain it? Cable TV and Internet is not a non-profit. It’s a business that expects to make money from it’s investments.
And city dictated franchises are out. It’s statewide now thanks to AT&T.
Affordability is not the issue. It’s that there is nobody in PG’s vacation homes that cares to see city council meetings or subscribe to cable TV. (few people care to watch public access altogether, but that’s another story)
So, lets solve hunger by making Trader Joe’s give free food to everyone. Force ‘Sustainable Pacific Grove’ to generate enough power to give everyone free electricity. Free water. Ban Cars. Replace buses with horse and buggies. Remove all the evil petrochemical asphalt and return to dirt roads. Uh huh, like it’s 1985 again, and the weird candidates are back.
Ron Russell On Crows
To be sure, nothing in Monterey causes sleep deprivation more consistently than crows, except the clamor of the mindless auto and motorcycle races at Laguna Seca. Geniuses like Schopenhauer detested noise and wrote essays about how maddening it was to intellectuals and nappers like he and I.
Why do we have such a great population of these dirty, noisy, scavenger birds? I suspect it’s because they have no natural predators to chew them into pieces. Hawks, owls, vultures and eagles appear about as frequently as pterodactyls. So crows go about their nasty ways with full license, willfully murdering sweet birds such as finches, robins and sparrows whose numbers are declining. How can we stop this occupation and genocide?
Aw, I like the gameful interaction between the crows, jays and squirrels. The noise of animal life is preferable to the power tools, yard blowers and stupid barking dogs.
Missourians Fear The ‘Pinos’
According to a report in the Columbia Daily Tribune, the issue arose when city planners in Columbia proposed to change the name of a street from “Point Penos” to “San Mateo.”
According to the Tribune story, a couple of city commissioners figured the reason for erasing Point Penos from the slate was obvious.
“Add a Missouri drawl and the name could be trouble,” the Tribune writer concluded.
I noticed the same thing when John Denver crashed into the bay at Point Pinos – every news anchor across the country referred to the area as “near Lovers Point” or “off the California Coast”. No news reader would dare try and say it.
How To Thwart Car Thieves
Drive a car so unloved that no one would steal.
Spotted in Country Club Gate, a SAAB with the keys left in it. Of course, nobody stole it
DUI Causes Major Injuries To Monterey Man
And the man charged with DUI was not the injured one…
A Monterey man was seriously injured after his vehicle was hit head-on by a man suspected of driving under the influence Wednesday night, the California Highway Patrol reported.
Officers said Lance Millington, 55, was taken to Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula with major injuries after his vehicle was hit just after 10 p.m. on Holman Highway, west of Scenic Drive.
William Boyd, 55, of Monterey lost control of his eastbound vehicle and swerved into the opposing lane, officers said, striking Millington’s vehicle, which left the roadway and went down a 10-foot embankment.
Boyd was arrested and charged with DUI causing injuries.
DUI Laws as they should be:
First offense – Drivers’ license suspended for life. Vehicle impounded. Can never own a car or get insurance for life. Fine equal to 2 years wages.
Second offense – enabler that gave drunk a car loses the car. Another fine – same rate PLUS add the same fine to the enabler.
Third offense – 10 years in jail.
Lillian King’s Niece Pleads No Contest
Cynthia Hurley pleaded no contest Thursday to stealing close to $1 million worth of valuable coins and jewelry from her 98-year-old great aunt.
An agitated Hurley, appeared reluctant but waived her right to a jury trial and admitted one count of elder financial abuse.
She will be sentenced to one year in jail and three years probation as part of the agreement. The plea bargain requires her to sign over her 30 percent interest in four Pacific Grove properties to reimburse Lillian King for her losses.
“I am hurt and I’m sad because my niece just threw her life away and she could have had a lovely one,” said King.
What About Mass Transit That Works?
Remember the Mini-Monarch? When the slow, limited JPA bus system could not serve PG, the town made it’s own. It was well routed and covered most of the busy parts of town.
I would use a transit system like that, cheap reliable and nearby. Run up and down Forest Avenue. You’d be within a mile of nearly all businesses and schools. Merchants could give tokens or coupons on the back of receipts. Keep people in town, keep the SUV parked, get out and meet the neighbors.
Susan Goldbeck’s Computer Stolen
Goldbeck reports she has had a $3500 laptop computer containing important information, stolen from her home.
She reported to police that someone entered her unlocked residence Tuesday and removed her laptop computer. No other items were disturbed or taken. The Pacific Grove police department says the case is being investigated.
Wonder if any REAL important information was on that laptop – we’ve heard stories about personal information being exposed when entrusted individuals lose computers.