Carpenters Union Loses Another One

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Monterey County Superior Court Judge Robert O’Farrell dismissed the suit filed by Local Union 605 Oct. 2. The lawsuit claimed DMC Construction did not show proof a portion of its subcontractors for the stadium project are disabled veterans, which is required by the state.

“Essentially the union didn’t really have the information to back their claims,” said DMC general manager Mark Lord.

Unions can’t fund themselves by providing useful, positive reasons to exist. So they turn to suing people and misleading workers. That’s where the dues are going.

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Carpenters Union Loses Another One

Write In Candidate Challenges Dan Cort

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Hollister For Mayor

Retired veterinarian Ted Hollister has thrown his hat into the ring as a write-in candidate for mayor of Pacific Grove.

“The tipping point” for him, said 77-year-old Hollister, was the council’s action to merge Pacific Grove’s fire department with Monterey’s, an issue he felt didn’t raise enough questions among the council members.

“I don’t fault their intentions,” he said. “I just disagree with the way they’re going.”

Or was the tipping point the flap over getting to move into Forest Hill Manor before the construction was complete?

Write In Candidate Challenges Dan Cort

Recreation Trail Repair Industrial Accident

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And that P.G./Monterey Fire department merger is on, BTW.

Monterey Fire Battalion Chief Stewart Roth said a construction worker was trapped near the intersection of Ocean View Boulevard and Seapalm Avenue along the bike path.

Gabriel Godinas, an employee with James Sumerville, Inc., was trapped up to his waist in the ground. Rescue workers were forced to shore up the seawall before they were able to remove Godinas from the ground.

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Recreation Trail Repair Industrial Accident

Mayor Proposes Solar Investment In P.G.

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Tuesday night, the City Council and the Pacific Grove Unified School District board met in joint session to talk about sharing resources to save costs.

One of those shared resources, according to Mayor Dan Cort, could be rooftops.

Cort proposed in the joint session that the city and school district offer panel space on their buildings to an investor who would construct solar power-generating panels on them.

There are people that are stupid enough to invest in solar panels for Pacific Grove? We’d need another person crazy enough to climb up there and clean the bird poo off the panels.
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Mayor Proposes Solar Investment In P.G.

Bold Murals Appear On NOAA Building

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The murals, designed by Alaska artist Ray Troll, were installed last week on the otherwise drab NOAA Fisheries Service building next door to the Pacific Grove Lighthouse.

“We went through the coastal commission some time ago,” said Frank Schwing, director of the environmental research division for the fisheries service. “It was determined we didn’t have to do any formal permitting.”

The colorful murals — large panels painted on fabric and installed on the entire upper portion of the research building — depicts marine life such as humpback whales, birds, salmon, sunfish and sardines.

Up close they look ok against the concrete bunker like building.
Noaa Close

But from a distance – it looks like a billboard in the pines.
Noaa

Bold Murals Appear On NOAA Building

Don’t Rain On My Parade

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Butterfly Parade Title

Picture from Ford Times, 1977

Ominous-looking rain clouds obligingly held back long enough Saturday to allow the 69th annual Butterfly Parade in Pacific Grove.

The event celebrating the yearly return of monarch butterflies is as identifiable with the seaside community as its ocean views and its “America’s Last Hometown” reputation.

A few sprinkles were felt. That was all.

“The parade has (not) been rained out in 34 years,” said Dave Anderson, a third-grade teacher at Robert Down Elementary School. Anderson, dressed as an Indian chief, led his students who were garbed in tribal costume.

Don’t Rain On My Parade

Hear-Old Backs Kampe, Garcia & Cuneo

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This should not be a surprise to anyone who has followed Pacific Grove politics even slightly: All three of the P.G. City Council members with terms ending in November opted not to run for re-election.

It’s also good that a large crop of candidates is competing for the chance to replace the departing trio. All eight are capable, to varying degrees, but three rise to the top: Ken Cuneo, Carmelita Garcia and Bill Kampe.

Calls Susan Goldbeck irrevocably tied to P.G. politics of the past, Dan Miller an activist, Richard Ahart a mystery, Deborah Lindsay narrow focused and says David Dilworth has no credibility.

Hear-Old Backs Kampe, Garcia & Cuneo

What’s Better For Downtown Than A Wine Walk (with Art)?

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It’s the Rats To Riches car shows. Too bad there was no support from the Chamber Of Commerce, the city leaders and the few shops that are actually open when the show blocked the street. Don’t think they will be back, they are not haughty enough to be allowed in P.G.

“The venues and the shops that were open were great,” said Page. “We loved going to the show and then going to the restaurants. We had one PG business tell us they were one cheeseburger away from closing for good until we showed up. And then it was standing room only.”

Page said the club wanted to extend the show’s scope, but got no local support for the idea. “We got lots of promises, but no action” from the Chamber of Commerce. “A small hot-rod display like this is not static. It’s more of a lifestyle with music, things to do for kids, interaction with the vehicles, raffle prizes, etc. More of a festival than a gallery,” he said.

Ha ha, more of a festival than a gallery. Look around at all the damn elitist art galleries that are open about 20 hours a week . .

What’s Better For Downtown Than A Wine Walk (with Art)?

Doc Says Deborah King Unfit For Trial

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A psychiatrist says a Monterey woman is not competent to stand trial for allegedly killing a Pacific Grove father who was picking up his son from school last month. But Wednesday, Judge Adrienne Grover gave prosecutors a chance to seek a second opinion.

Deborah King, 51, is charged with murder and vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence while intoxicated in connection with the Sept. 2 accident that killed 35-year-old Joel Woods.

With 5 other DUIs she’s unfit to drive a car, but did anyway . . .

Doc Says Deborah King Unfit For Trial