Mayor Cort Wants To Transform Lighthouse Avenue Into A No Car Zone

If the gas prices keeping tourists away don’t kill downtown this will. If I need to leave the car down or up the hill to go to the bank or hardware store, forget it. I’ll just keep driving all the way to Sand City.

Cort floated an idea that came out of the city’s Economic Advisory Committee. Pacific Grove could close several blocks of Lighthouse Avenue to cars, he said, creating the first “pedestrianized” downtown on the Peninsula.

Murmurs grew until the room was buzzing like a poked beehive. The noise drowned out the mayor’s subsequent comments on water storage and solar roofs.
But City Councilman Alan Cohen, who also sits on the committee and owns Lighthouse Business Center, is skeptical. He worries that commercial rents on Lighthouse – which are already at a premium – could be affected. And he doesn’t like the notion of customers walking several blocks to go shopping, then schlepping their packages back to their cars. “It would close off traffic on a street that brings a lot of people to town,” he says.

Rough estimate of the planned no car zones:

Ban Cars Downtown

Mayor Cort Wants To Transform Lighthouse Avenue Into A No Car Zone

Mayor’s Agenda – Redevelop Apartments Into Weekender Condos

Every politician seems to have an agenda that is not revealed when campaigning. Better name is 7 Morons.
Tic Ommons Moron Manor

It’s called Oceans 7 and gives an impressive presentation from the sidewalk through its broad, open-ended, open-to-the-sky walkway separating the two parts of the two-story building (one side numbered 2-6, the other, 1-7) that are united by patterns made by the mid-century-modern stairway railings. Their clean lines criss-cross as they curve around the landings, recalling the optical rhythms of 1950s functional sculpture. A subdued little square of a garden atop a platform on the far side of the courtyard has a small, glazed spherical fountain with water lazily covering its whole shape.

Mayor’s Agenda – Redevelop Apartments Into Weekender Condos

American Tin Cannery Being Developed? With Housing?

No April Foolin. I’ve thought this would be a much better hotel/convention site than the Holman’s Building.

ATC

Representatives for the owner,(. . .) Cannery Row Co. envision a model development that would incorporate “green” energy-saving building technology and turn the former factory building into a complex containing condominiums, moderately priced apartments, a hotel “that could compete with Pebble Beach and Carmel,” shops and service businesses.
Pacific Grove Mayor Dan Cort and City Manager Jim Colangelo agree that the property is underused.
Colangelo said city officials have had talks with Cannery Row Co. representatives during the past several years “trying to figure out a way the city and Cannery Row Co. can generate more revenue” from the site.

American Tin Cannery Being Developed? With Housing?

Does Substainable Mean Bailing Out Failed Businesses, Too?

Wooden Nickle OOB

A “sustainable” Pacific Grove isn’t just about the environment; it’s economics too, City Councilwoman Vicki Stilwell told her colleagues at Wednesday’s council meeting.

In her case, the economics of the city didn’t sustain her and her husband’s business, the Woodenickel gift shop at 529 Central Ave., which is holding its final closeout sale today.

“We’ve had a wonderful five years,” Stilwell said, “but I don’t know if it’s the recession, the price of gas, the mortgage crisis.”

Business just hasn’t been good enough.

Sorry to sound mean, but first you need to have something to sell that people want. Fewer tourists and fewer people decorating their weekender homes equals less need for phony country charm.

If you are going to pimp the town to tourists, you’ll have to cave and give them something that they will be drawn to P.G for. One suggestion is to get Trader Joe’s to move to the main floor of the Holman building. But that would decimate the all-blessed Grove Market, none of our best bribed politicos would approve it.

Think . . something unique yet familiar to all . .
Holmans Hooters

Does Sustainable Mean Bailing Out Failed Businesses, Too?

Barack Hussein Obama Supporters Marching In P.G.

Organizers of “BARK Obama 08,” a 10K walk-a-thon to benefit a local animal welfare organization and the Obama ’08 Campaign, encourage all animal lovers, walkers and Obama supporters to join together for a fun morning walk this weekend . . . (from the) Monterey Bay Aquarium and will follow the coastline to Asilomar Beach

Barack Hussein Obama quotes:
“I can’t keep Farrakhan from supporting me”
“I can no more disown Rev. Wright than I can disown my grandmother”
“My grandmother was a Typical White Person”
“I don’t want my daughters punished with babies”
“The campaign is like the Bataan Death March”
“they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion”
Offensive to whites, Jews, mothers, war survivors. Dogs? Nope, has not offended dogs. yet

Barack Hussein Obama Supporters Marching In PG

New Monterey Police Blotter – March 2008

3/1/08 Citizen 1100 block of McClellan reports the theft of items from her unlocked vehicle while parked in her carport.

3/2/08 Citizen 1100 block of McCLELLAN reports an unknown suspect tried to gain entry to his apartment through the front door.

3/3/08 Citizen reports the theft of her silver 2007 Toyota Tacoma, from Hoffman and Lighthouse.

3/3/08 MCSO was aided in issuing a citation to WEILBACHER, SEAN for $7,500 traffic warrant at Hoffman and Lighthouse.

3/4/08 Carrows Restaurant 300 David reported the theft of a donation box containing approximately $20.00, from the front counter. Suspects unknown.

3/4/08 MPD found a set of car keys with fob and cigarette lighter at San Carlos Beach.

3/5/08 MPD investigated an unknown person’s attempt to deface the windows of the Cannery Row garage #1 with the use of hand lotion.

3/5/08 Citizen reported gang related graffiti at 500 block of Foam (Sea Harvest).

3/5/08 Citizen 800 block of Wave Street (Bistro Mulan) reported two of his potted plants stolen from the front of his restaurant.

3/5/08 Citizen reports being battered by an unknown in the 700 block Cannery Row.

3/5/08 Citizen 800 block of Alice Street reported his 8 speed, mountain bike stolen from his covered, ground floor parking stall.

3/6/08 Citizen 300 block of Belden reports unknown to have destroyed his plants in front of his residence.

3/9/08 Citizen 300 block of Dickman reports the theft of his vehicle.

3/9/08 Citizen 300 block of Prescott reports the theft of a small refrigerator from her porch.

3/9/08 Citizen reports a red Toyota Rav-4, partial CA plate of 5TKA, to have struck her vehicle in the parking lot adjacent 791 Foam. The Toyota fled the scene
immediately following the collision.

3/12/08 Citizen reports the rear window of her vehicle being smashed by an unknown object while parked in front of 625 Cannery Row.

3/14/08 Citizen reports unknown to have struck his parked vehicle while parked in the 300 block of Lighthouse.

3/15/08 Citizen reports losing his wallet somewhere between the Bulldog Pub and Hoffman and Foam.

3/16/08 Citizen 700 block of Dickman reports the left front window to her vehicle shattered.

3/20/08 Citizen 800 block of Alice reports burglary to his vehicle while parked in the carport.

3/20/08 Anonymous person reported a vehicle drove on the lawn at Oak Newton Park the morning of 3/20/08.

3/20/08 Citizen 800 block of Taylor reports burglary to his vehicle while parked in the carport.

3/20/08 Citizen 800 block Alice reports the theft of his stereo face-plate and several books from his unlocked vehicle.

3/21/08 Citizen 800 block of Lyndon reports unknown to have stolen his blue 1994 Honda Civic.

3/22/08 Male adult citizen reports being robbed at approximately 2220 hrs, while riding his bicycle on the recreation trail, heading home from work. He was struck from behind and knocked unconscious for close to a half-hour. When he awoke he was missing his wallet, cell phone and $5 cash.

3/22/08 A parked COACH AMERICA tour bus rolled away from David and Wave, striking various street signs, a vehicle, and an Aquarium building at 898 Wave, and the Aquarium itself at 886 Cannery Row. Major damage, no injuries.

3/22/08 Citizen reports theft of her wallet from 700 block of Cannery Row.

3/23/08 Citizen 800 block of Alice reports theft of his wallet from his unlocked vehicle.

3/24/08 Citizen 400 block of Cannery Row reports graffiti to the lower outside area of The Chart House.

3/24/08 LEVINSON, JEFFREY was arrested for driving without a license in the 500 Blk of Lighthouse.

3/25/08 Juvenile female was arrested for commercial burglary at Nob Hill, 900 Lighthouse. Stolen: Absolute Vodka $21.99. Juvenile was additionally cited for possession of tobacco products.

3/25/08 MPD documented possible alcohol violations at 800 block Wave.

3/26/08 Citizen 1200 block of Irving reports unknown to have attempted entry into her residence.

3/27/08 Citizen 200 block of Hawthorne reports hearing noises outside her residence on 3-26-08 at 2130 hours.

3/28/08 PLESE, ANTHONY was arrested for DUI at Foam and Drake. He was additionally charged with possession of marijuana for sale and possession of prescription medication without a prescription.

3/28/08 Citizen 500 block of McClellan reports the theft of his mountain bike from his covered carport.

3/28/08 Citizen 2000 block of David reports theft of his bicycle via cable lock cut outside his residence.

3/28/08 Citizen 200 block of Hawthorne reports his bicycle tires valued at $100 were stolen from his bicycle.

3/28/08 Citizen 800 block of Laine reports his vehicle to have been burglarized in the carport area at above.

3/29/08 WILEY, MALENA was arrested for being in possession of a bolt cutter while at Archer and Hoffman.

3/29/08 MCSO was aided in the arrest of WILEY, MALENA on an outstanding misdemeanor $7500 warrant.

3/29/08 Citizen 1000 block of David Ave reports unknown to have thrown a champagne bottle and broken the windshield of her vehicle.

3/30/08 Citizen reports his vehicle was struck and damaged while parked on Hawthorne at Reeside.

3/31/08 Citizen reports the burglary to his storage shed, located in the 800 block of Alice.

New Monterey Police Blotter – March 2008