If I run out of room on my sign, can I use the sidewalk?
96-Year-Old Forest Hill Manor Tennant Gets To Stay
A lifetime deal is for the lifetime of the resident. See story from August.
Fourteen days after issuing the eviction notice, two Pacific Grove Senior Living officials informed Jean in person that “she would not be evicted and there would be paperwork coming to assure her of that fact,” according to friend Bob Sadler. In a letter to Jacques and other residents, Sanchez claimed that “there was never a decision to evict Ms. Jacques,” and that the Aug. 16 “three-day notice to pay or quit” from facility owner Pacifica Senior Living was merely to inform the elderly resident that “it was now time to start seeking government subsidies to help her pay her expenses.”
LULAC Suit Changes Council Elections In P.G.
DEI driven, no doubt.
“Realistically, there’s almost no way we can win” if the city is sued for refusing to change to district elections, councilwoman Lori McDonnell said.
Since 2022, the League of United Latin American Citizens has pushed P.G. to make the change to avoid violating the California Voting Rights Act, and on Aug. 23, the group sent a certified letter to the city formally requesting it go to district elections while also requesting it adopt a resolution to do so within 45 days and adopt an ordinance establishing districts within 90 days.
One Person Debate For Mayor
So is there something fishy in the works? Are the other two candidates so sure of winning that the feel no need to attend? Ballot harvesting?
Candidates forum at the Monarch Pines Resort in Pacific Grove Aug. 27 offered a platform for three would-be mayors to express their views on a wide variety of topics that impact the town — but only one, Dan Miller, showed up. Miller is running against Nick Smith and Dionne Ybarra. With about 50 people in the audience, Miller fielded
questions from Peggy Gibbs of Leadership Pacific Grove, which co-sponsored the event, and author and economist Francois Melese.
A lifelong resident of Pacific Grove, Miller served six years as a city councilmember and three years as a planning commissioner. He ran unsuccessfully for mayor against Bill Kampe in 2016. At the forum, he was asked why he’s running again. “I’m running for mayor because I wasn’t wild about the other two people who are running,” Miller said. “We have a dearth of good candidates.”
Jenny McAdams Jumps The Gun
Rule is noted at Ch. 17.40 Coastal Zoning | Marina Municipal Code
I’d expect nothing less than the normal cheating Jenny McAdams actions but to post signs more than 60 days before election day. Taken today, September 5. Sixty more days would be Monday November 4.
People on Nextdoor say it’s been up since at least Sunday September 1.
City Council Changes
Less people on council and districts?
Pacific Grove is moving forward with creating a ballot measure to ask voters if they want to go from six to four council members, however voters likely will not see the final result until the 2026 mid-term elections.
The City Council voted 6-0-1 on Wednesday directing city staff to start the process of attaining a demographer to help draft district maps and creating a resolution of intent that they plan to vote on in October. Mayor Pro Tempore Nick Smith was absent.
The city’s decision affects the election system, how people vote. But voters will be tasked with reducing the number of council seats. Council members brought up how important it will be to inform voters in the coming months about what the decision means to keep six council members while moving to a by-district election.
“I will be supporting Measure Z, because trying to cut Pacific Grove into six pieces will be virtually impossible,” councilwoman Debby Beck said. “I think we need at least two people running from each district, and I think that’s possible with four districts. It’s a matter of moving forward at this point.”
P.G. Fine Dining
So true. After a dinner at the Old Bath House, we stopped for pizza at Little Ceasar’s.
Jennys Will Always Be Jennys
Ensure a win by cheating?
It seems that a certain council member, a woman of supposedly impeccable standing, has dared to flout the very rules she is sworn to uphold. This audacious individual has been caught red-handed, brazenly erecting signs on public property long before the designated start date.
One cannot help but wonder if this flagrant disregard for the law is a mere oversight, or perhaps a calculated attempt to gain a competitive edge. After all, when one is hand-picked by existing council members, it is easy to believe oneself above the common rabble.
This council member’s feeble excuses for her transgressions are as laughable as they are insulting. They begin with a feigned ignorance of the misdemeanor, following on with a claim that it was the unknown act of an over-zealous supporter, and ending with a defiant but false assertion that the property owner’s permission was granted.
It is truly a scandal that such a person holds a position of power. Let us hope that justice will prevail, and that this individual will be held accountable for her actions.
Are the esteemed council members and mayor willing to turn a blind eye to this or hold their appointed peer accountable to the high standards of appropriate behavior of someone in office?
Dionne Ybarra Can’t Explain Her Hateful Videos
So she deletes them and pretends it never happened. Typical socialist moves to rewrite history.
facing backlash for confronting a group of Israeli tourists doubled down last week, stating she intended to share a video to empower people of color. Days later, though, she deleted the video and dozens of pro-Palestine posts.
The video, which The Pine Cone reported in the Aug. 16 edition after local website lighthouseavenue.com posted it, offended Jewish resident Eric Emanuel and others, who called Ybarra’s behavior “disturbing” and “antisemitic.”
Instead of telling the Israelis, one of whom Ybarra said was a “girl,” that they were in an area they were apparently not supposed to be, she asked if they supported the “genocide” of the Palestinians.
Ybarra’s online account was filled with Palestine activist-type posts, including a video earlier this year where she appeared to praise graffiti scribbled on a ski lift that stated, among other things, “free Palestine” from “Nazis and Zionists.”
But her Instagram page with the June video and other pro-Palestine posts was deleted in the last week. She also removed the Facebook video.
Orcas Dine On Sea Lions
Good work of the seal posse helps feed the killer whales. Nature at it’s best.
According to the person filming, Evan Brodsky, these orcas had just finished feeding on sea lions earlier that day. “They were spy hopping, breaching, pec-and-tail slapping and just very social and surface active!” Brodsky told KION. “The youngsters were chasing each other, and the group were rolling together with lots of touching.”