Category Archives: Pacific Grove

News 46 High On Devil’s Lettuce?

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Councilmember members Chaps Poduri and Tina Rau are arguing in favor of approving Measure M. They believe Pacific Grove is missing out on a source of revenue when people from Pacific Grove drive to dispensaries across the Peninsula. They estimate that having a cannabis business within city limits could bring in $300,000 annually.

Tina Rau is NOT a councilmember and never should be. Taxing aquarium admissions was estimated to bring in more than twice that.

And on the no tokin’ in the Grove side

people like Kevin Hanley believe the city has a lot to lose . . . if you visit towns with the pot shops, you find a lot of blight around them.

Not seeing it. Visit Marina for local examples. Give me another reason Kevin.

News 46 High On Devil’s Lettuce?

Fight The City, Get A Lein With No Notice

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City Council did drop the fines.

Homeless Pig

But when they tried to sell the house, they were shocked to discover that the City of Pacific Grove — way back in August 2017 — had placed a lien on the property because of the unpaid fines. The fines, which they admit to not paying at the time, had accrued to $14,667.50 during the six years.
While PG city manager Ben Harvey in early October suggested they would be on the hook for the nearly $15,000, the couple recently addressed the city council twice, arguing the city never told them about the lien. “We were not properly noticed of the lien or the council resolution that approved of the filing of the lien,” Mark Hanes told the city council in hopes of getting the lien rescinded.

Fight The City, Get A Lein With No Notice

Ben Harvey Gets Physical With Citizen

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Spongebob Rage

The “lousy” City Manager was ignoring calls to fire Tina Rau.

Davis, 70, said when he asked Harvey why the DEI task force meetings were still only being held remotely and whether he would fire Rau or ask for her resignation for the social media post, Harvey told him the decision was not up to him. According to Davis, he responded by telling Harvey, “You are a lousy city manager and you ought to go back to L.A. where you got fired from your last city manager job,”

The comment, Davis said, triggered Harvey, who got in Davis’ face and accused him of harassing a secretary. Davis asked the secretary if he was harassing her and she shook her head no, according to Davis. “He went ballistic,” said Davis, adding that Harvey was screaming at him. “His nose was 2, maybe 3, inches from mine. Harvey had his finger in my face and I got angry. I can’t remember if I cursed, but I said, ‘Get your finger out of my face,’ and he started shaking his finger and he barely touched my nose.”

Ben Harvey Gets Physical With Citizen

Jenny McAdams Under Investigation About Campaign Funds

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jenny lied

Says she paid live in BF $1,800 as a “campaign consultant”.

Former P.G. City Councilman Dan Miller complained to the FPPC about McAdams’ payment to Hadley, the father of her youngest kid. On Monday, Miller — who told the Fair Political Practices Commission that McAdams and Hadley live together — got notice from agency Division Chief Angela Brereton that the commission would move ahead with an investigation The Pine Cone could not locate any  previous campaign documents showing that Hadley had  worked for McAdams’ campaign as a consultant..

Jenny McAdams Under Investigation About Campaign Funds

The Safety Dog Is Not Looking For Unsafe Lithium Batteries

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Does the dog check the teacher’s belongings too?

A drug-sniffing golden retriever discovered a marijuana vape pen, while district officials found one package of marijuana edibles, two marijuana vape pens and three nicotine vape pens.

When the school administrator, along with the dog and handler and their support staff, enter a classroom the administrator announces to the class, ‘the safety dog is here today, please leave your backpacks and belongings in the classroom and exit the room with your teacher,

The Safety Dog Is Not Looking For Unsafe Lithium Batteries

Trash Inspectors Are Coming For Your Eggshells In The Bin

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Fines, low social scores and possible public shaming on the way. Can we get whistles to blow when the lid flippers are sighted?

Trash Inspectors

The cities of Carmel, Del Rey Oaks, Marina, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Sand City and Seaside, along with the Pebble Beach Community Services District, collaborated with the trash hauler, GreenWaste Recovery, to hire auditors from Blue Strike Environmental to start checking people’s trash, Martelet said. The total cost is $7,042 for this year’s monitoring, with Carmel ‘s share approximately $415. The auditors will soon be in town to “document visible contamination in the carts,” she said. But they won’t sort through any open or closed garbage bags “in order to maintain privacy,” and all inspections will be conducted in the street as the bins are picked up and emptied by GreenWaste Recovery workers.

Trash Inspectors Are Coming For Your Eggshells In The Bin

Stupid Tax Idea Dead At Starting Line

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Not really a good way to represent the people that already pay enough taxes. Maybe she was looking for revenues to pay council a full salary with benefits.

Tax Day

An idea by Pacific Grove City Councilwoman Jenny McAdams to tax property owners whose homes are “empty” “underutilized” received a frigid reception from residents and her council colleagues at a meeting Wednesday night. The idea was shot down without even the first statement taken toward developing the proposal.
McAdams proposed taxing people who own homes in P.G. but don’t live in them often enough and don’t rent them out an annual tax on each of the 1,34 “empty homes” in PG.,

Stupid Tax Idea Dead At Starting Line

Ben Harvey Gets Butt-Hurt Over Demands That He Do His Job

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So the city’s distant city manager has a $40,000 investigation of Luke Coletti take place, only to have the complaints sustained.

And just who leaked the “documents provided to the Weekly via an anonymous source”? Either Ellis Investigations or Ben Harvey himself.

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In January, Harvey filed a harassment complaint with the city’s human resources director. The city entered into a contract with Ellis Investigations on Feb. 11 to investigate the complaint, not to exceed $40,000, according to documents provided to the Weekly via an anonymous source.

Harvey’s three allegations against Coletti were sustained, according to an email sent on Oct. 10 from Harvey to the special counsel

Ben Harvey Gets Butt-Hurt Over Demands That He Do His Job

Jenny McAdams Says More Taxes Will Solve Everything

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I blame the system that allowed funky old P.G. homes be doubled or tripled in size after a “P.G. Remodel” contributed to the second/vacation home craze.

Jenny McAdams, in a report to her council colleagues, said imposing a so-called “empty-home tax” on those who own homes in Pacific Grove but don’t rent them out or live in them often enough could bring big bucks to city hall and have other benefits.

Jenny McAdams Says More Taxes Will Solve Everything