Category Archives: Pacific Grove

Letters From The Editor – Canceling Feast Of Lanterns

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History being rewritten. Jenny McAdams seems to hate the feast.

FOL mug

 

Lantern festival honors Chinese
Lantern Festival celebrations began around 2,000 years ago during the Han Dynasty (202 BCE-220 CE). The holiday’s exact origins are somewhat unclear. Several different origin stories are used to explain where the festival came from. One of the most common stories is that Emperor Ming was a supporter of Buddhism and after he learned that it was customary for Buddhist monks to light lanterns on the 15th day of the first lunar month, he decreed that imperial palaces and individual households should do the same. This concept lives on as today’s Lantern Festivals.

The woke people who want to stop the Feast of Lanterns in Pacific Grove may be trying to end a longtime Chinese custom. What gives them the right to dictate what should be canceled as part of their cancel culture. I have always believed that the Feast of Lanterns honored the Chinese people and their decedents who settled in Pacific Grove. Why do so many traditions and customs have to be removed from our lives?

— Vince Tuminello, Pacific Grove

Cancel Feast of Lanterns?
First, the PG city council unanimously endorsed transforming the Monarch Inn into an ocean view homeless shelter, without the knowledge of the owners. Now, PG Councilwoman Jenny McAdams, along with 300 whining woke malcontents who signed a petition, want to permanently cancel the Feast of Lanterns due to alleged “cultural appropriation” of Chinese culture.

In the era of wokeness, it’s suddenly racist to enjoy and explore other cultures? Does McAdams and her followers want to further deprive PG of needed tax revenue and the income for the vendors at such events?

These whiners should stop ordering Chinese, Italian, Thai and Mexican food for fear of being called misappropriating bigots.

Maybe they should pool their money and buy the Monarch Inn so they can have a safe space to pout.

— Gregory D. Lee, Pebble Beach

Letters From The Editor – Canceling Feast Of Lanterns

Going Once, Going Twice

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Can Jimmy do it?

Noaa Close

It was initially scheduled to go from January 31 to March 9. At this point, there is no longer an end date.

This gives Rep. Jimmy Panetta’s (D-Carmel Valley) and the Center for Ocean Art, Science and Technology (COAST), a volunteer group of multidisciplinary experts, more time to ensure the transfer of the building is kept in the public’s interest.

Going Once, Going Twice

More Getting Decked Than The Halls

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Arkwright Ct

The combatants knew each other . .

On Dec. 25 at about 9 a.m., Pacific Grove police officers were called to Arkwright Court after a woman in her 50s complained of being attacked. The victim, who was not named, was transported to Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula for treatment, but the extent of her injuries isn’t clear.

“The suspect attacked the victim, hitting her to the ground, and kicked her several times in the head” as she was “lying on the ground,” the PGPD said in a police log entry. The suspect, also a woman, fled the scene prior to police arriving.

More Getting Decked Than The Halls

When The City Council Wants To Go Dutch SAY NO

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A stately but decaying elm in Pacific Grove that was at the center of a debate over  preservation versus public safety was removed from Jewell Park late last week.

On Friday, Dec. 17, a work crew chopped down the 40-foot elm, which a group of residents had tried to save but which the City of Pacific Grove said posed a danger to the public. A legal  battle was waged when Patricia Purwin and Charles Schwartz sued the city in hopes of stopping its removal. That fight ended Dec. 16 when. Monterey County Superior Court Judge Thomas Wills declined to temporarily restrain the city from taking the tree down.

When The City Council Wants To Go Dutch SAY NO

 

Jenny McAdams Ignores The Woke Groups She “Cares” So Much For

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Went to a conference and failed to show up for a vote. No doubt she must have been politickin’ or something at the cost of over $4,5000 in Pacific Grove money. I’d demand she pay it back.

However, according to League of California Cities official Darla Yacub, who ran the voting booth at the conference, McAdams never voted — meaning she did not fulfill her obligation as Pacific Grove’s delegate. Voting took place Sept. 24, the last day of the  conference.

“Jenny McAdams did not vote at the general assembly business meeting for the 2021 annual conference,” Yacub said in a Nov. 10 email message to city manager Ben Harvey. “There was neither a signature form completed by Jenny McAdams, nor was the ballot for the City of Pacific Grove picked up.”

McAdams and other delegates were asked to vote on amendments to the League of California Cities’ bylaws, which included recognizing the “full contribution” of its African-American, Asian-Pacific Islander, LGBTQ, Latino and Women’s caucuses, and broadening the groups’ representation on the league’s board of directors.

Jenny McAdams Ignores The Woke Groups She “Cares” For

Councilmember Jenny McAdams No Show At Assigned Conference

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jenny lied

Council voted to appoint McAdams as our voting delegate and have taxpayers pay for her to attend the conference:

See Resolution 21-027
The City of Pacific Grove hereby appoints Councilmember Jenny McAdams as voting delegate to the League of California Cities annual conference in Sacramento, California.

McAdams left the conference early without ever voting, then tries to weasel her way out of it.  When she gets called out for it, she lies about it. She even drags in her youngest son, Vax (real name is Max), to justify her pathetic actions.

The Weakly Squid writes

McAdams’ colleagues never saw her and asked City Manager Ben Harvey whether she cast P.G.’s ballot. Harvey was notified by a League official that the city’s ballot was never picked up, nor returned. When Harvey pressed her, McAdams pointed to photos of herself at the conference but didn’t answer whether she voted. Poduri asked her point blank if she voted and she never answered him, either.
McAdams tells Squid’s colleague the League is mistaken. She claims she did pick up a ballot and turned it in before leaving the conference early to pick up her son from school. But a League spokesperson confirms the only way to vote is in person.

Hmm. The emails reveal something else: a duck and dive by McAdams, who tried to deflect from herself by focusing on Amelio’s and Poduri’s failure to turn in a conference report to council, as required by law. Poduri submitted one in time for a Dec. 1 council agenda, in which he states that he and Amelio attended the conference. McAdams’ name is conspicuously absent.

Councilmember Jenny McAdams No Show At Assigned Conference

Another Perv Bails Out On Suicide – David Stamm Found Dead

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Hey put it wherever you like to, but be on the level with your age. Don’t mess with children. So long, no more hung juries, no more priestly acts.

Sad Stamm

Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine M. Pacioni announced today that David Russel Stamm, age 59, of Pacific Grove, was found dead on October 30, 2021 in Red Bluff, California of an apparent suicide.
The defendant faced charges of committing lewd acts on a child under the age of 14. It was alleged that in the summer of 2005, the defendant committed lewd and lascivious acts on John Doe #1.
These acts involved inappropriate touching as well as encouragement by the defendant to have John Doe #1 masturbate with a sex toy in the defendant’s presence. It was also alleged that in 1998 and 1999 the defendant committed lewd and lascivious acts with John Doe #2 by masturbating and orally copulating him. The defendant faced additional enhancements for committing a sex offence against more than one victim and for substantial sexual conduct with a victim under the age of 14. The defendant faced a maximum indeterminant sentence of 90 years to life in prison.

 

Another Perv Bails Out On Suicide – David Stamm Found Dead

Seal Posse Reins In ATC Hotel Project

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Did anyone ever ask the seals if they like the massaging action of the vibrating rocks?

Seals Getting Massages

Residents opposing the ATC Hotel and Commercial Project – as it’s called by developers Comstock Homes – say the changes don’t go far enough. One longtime advocate for the harbor seals of a nearby pupping beach, Thom Akeman, says reducing the amount of granite excavation by 40 percent for underground parking is insufficient. “That underground garage will be the death knell for the harbor seals on the beach,” Akeman says. He’s worried constant jackhammering and construction noise will drive seals away forever.

Comstock representative Debra Geiler says the elimination of an underground garage closest to the beach and limiting excavation to a location up the hill should protect seals from noise and vibrations.

Seal Posse Reins In ATC Hotel Project