Jellyfish Out For Revenge

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Hundreds of thousands of Chrysaora jellyfish feeding in the bay waters Monday damaged a filter screen on the aquarium’s water intakes, said Eric Quamen the aquarium’s facilities systems supervisor.

“From an operations standpoint, it’s a big deal. From the aquarium standpoint, it’s a minor inconvenience,” Quamen said. “The public would never notice.”

The jellyfish forced the aquarium to cancel its Ocean Explorers program Tuesday for fear that children participating could be stung, said aquarium spokeswoman Karen Jeffries.

“It’s like a bee sting and everyone reacts to it differently,” she said.

They all thought it could never happen here . . .
Sting Of Death

Jellyfish Out For Revenge

Letters From The Editor – Feast Of Lanterns – Fun Or Racist II?

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Writer sets it straight.

It started as the closing celebration of the Methodist Chautauqua, before the Chinese were burned out. So it is Methodist. It became quite popular at the turn of the 20th century until World War I, more as an Obon festival, as at that time there was a Japanese tea garden at Lovers Point. So it is Japanese. Then it became a bathing beauty contest event, and after World War II it was revived as a pseudo Chinese-themed festival.

It is speculated that the Chinese were burned out by competing fishing interests, which has little to do with Pacific Grove.

So you can be offended in several different ways or you can embrace the quirky history of the festival, a charming, family-oriented affair.

Letters From The Editor – Feast Of Lanterns – Fun Or Racist II?

Letters From The Editor – Who Sticks Up For Dilworth?

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His partner, the raccoon hugging ex-councilperson Terrence Zito.

David Dilworth is without doubt one of Pacific Grove’s finest native sons! His achievements in the areas of environment and democracy are legendary. No one attends as many local and area-wide meetings as Dave, not to further his own interests, but looking out for his fellow citizens and their quality of life.

Letters From The Editor – Who Sticks Up For Dilworth?

Cort Stands On Decision To Quit

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City Hall Help Wanted

The droning swarm of gadflies done him in. He failed to get public comment put to the end through Joy Colon-Jello. Also had no spine – Costello would cut people off at the 3 minute limit.

Cort says his decision to resign is still firm: “I’m not changing my mind.”

While Dilworth’s recall threat isn’t the only reason he’s throwing in the towel, he says, it’s a “symptom” of a persistent lack of civility at P.G. City Council meetings. “I want this to be about respect and dialogue in government,” Cort says. “Meeting after meeting, a small group of people comes and disrupts and threatens our council. It really makes it difficult to get our work done. This insulting, demeaning behavior is something that’s gotta end.”

Cort Stands On Decision To Quit

The David Dilworth Approach To Dating

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Ha ha, it’s just like his political approach. Hand out fliers. LOL.

Although it does remind Squid of Dilworth handing out flyers (printed on paper made from 35 percent post-consumer fibers, of course) at gallery openings back in 2003. “Glass slipper awaits? Tigger wants to settle down with a partner and grow a family,” read the flyer. Tigger, aka Dilworth, was looking for love.

The Dilworth Approach To Dating

Hotel Room Tax Revenues – Down

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Million or so less after paying ransom to the Monterey County Convention and Visitors Bureau and putting up more signs.

Well, who wants to pay over $200 to stay in one of these crusty inns?
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I’m in favor of tearing these moldy tired hotels down and rebuilding but not increasing the room count. Cannery Row & Seaside are getting all the business.

In a small city with a lot of hotels, the decline in hotel tax is significant.

“It’s 19 percent of the general fund,” said Jim Becklenberg, Pacific Grove’s director of management and budget.

Pacific Grove hotel tax revenue dropped 14 percent in fiscal year 2008-09 from the previous year, less of a drop than the city was anticipating. Pacific Grove has “a relatively small reserve,” Becklenberg said.

Hotel Room Tax Revenues – Down

David Dilworth Apology To “The Community”

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But not the to persons attacked. Best way to apologize to the community would be to crawl back under a rock and never emerge.

Pacific Grove resident David Dilworth has issued another e-mail, this time apologizing for his previous e-mail to Mayor Dan Cort that told him to resign or face a recall.

 

Dilworth would not comment further on the letter, saying it was addressed “to the whole community” and that it speaks for itself.

David Dilworth Apology “To The Community”

David Dilworth Emails Apologies

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In an email, Dilworth said he has “learned good people were angered and saddened” by his actions last week.

“I made a mistake using words that reasonable people find politically threatening and inappropriate,” he wrote. “I accept responsibility for these consequences and I deeply regret how my actions have upset good people.I promise to be much more careful of my words and comportment in the future.”

Unlike the big fussy press conference in front of the post office at the launch of the attack, he taps out a (too late) apology.

David Dilworth Emails Apologies

Cort Lashes Back At David Dilworth

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Says the activist is a symptom that is fracturing the community.

“I deeply regret how my actions have upset good people and I promise to be much more careful of my words and comportment in the future,” Dilworth said in his e-mail to the community.

Cort, however, said Dilworth made no attempt to communicate with him or any other city council member since last week’s original e-mail and said Dilworth wants “the media to forgive him.”

Cort Lashes Back At David Dilworth