Titled it “Mea Culpa”. Better to say “ego sum a moron”, he’ll read that . . .
One of the proponents for the ouster of Pacific Grove Mayor Dan Cort issued an apology Sunday for his actions.
Cort said Sunday he had not received a copy of that letter. He said still believes his stepping down will end what he says has been a distraction in getting the city back on track.
Sure. Applause that he outed himself, showing everyone what kind of person he really is..
Dilworth deserves applause
The Herald may have managed to demonize David Dilworth for standing up to the mayor and governance in Pacific Grove, but it took at least three articles including an editorial and reprinting Dilworth’s letter to Mayor Dan Cort several times to make Dilworth the demon.
Was 2nd from the last. More people voted for Loosin’ Susan than him.
Recall votes don’t seem to be there
If David Dilworth couldn’t get enough votes to be elected to the Pacific Grove City Council in 2008, and previously, why does he think he can get enough to recall Mayor Dan Cort, and council members Deborah Lindsay, Bill Kampe, and Vicki Stilwell?
As a citizen of Pacific Grove, it is hard to decide whether to be ashamed or disappointed in light of Mayor Cort’s resignation.
I will opt to feel both. It is shameful that David Dilworth, someone with such little political sway, to the point he cannot get elected to the City Council, can launch a de facto coup d’etat through petty threats toward the mayor’s Wikipedia legacy in a negotiating tone that would make Don Corleone proud.
During Wednesday’s council meeting, about 14 people addressed the council in support of Cort, but not one spoke in support of the recall effort. Dilworth and Zito have reportedly only collected a handful of the 1,000 signatures of registered voters required to place the recall on the ballot.
The Pine Cone sent questions via email to Dilworth. “Politics, like art, is about drawing the line somewhere,” Dilworth said. “We all have to decide what is too much.”
Though Dilworth’s threatening email may not have broken any laws, Cort said he feels Dilworth’s reputation has been permanently damaged by the email message.
“I think it’s the end of whatever limited credibility that man had,” Cort said.
So, mayor Cort has some sort of spine it seems.
This is a press release from the self-styled “Committee to Save Pacific Grove” which states that they are not only trying to recall Dan Cort but have added Bill Kampe, Vicki Stilwell and Deborah Lindsay to the list.
Best thing the “Committee to Save Pacific Grove” can do is leave town. Think Peace Corps. Far far away.
Trust fund, eh? He always did appear to never worked a real job in his life.
Dilworth deluded about recall support
We sadly read about David Dilworth’s threats against Mayor Dan Cort. Mr. Dilworth lives from a trust fund with a job as “director” of his self-aggrandizing group, HOPE (Hating Other PEople?), and has a resounding lack of credibility beyond a select group of about 15 people. He should not be allowed to drive off hard-working folk in the manner in which he does, by threats, intimidation, phoney news conferences and lawsuits.
Calls releasing that acidic letter to he wrote “twisting the truth”. Kook.
David Dilworth said in a letter to The Herald that Cort “deflected attention from his failed leadership which has put Pacific Grove at Bankruptcy’s doorstep, caused the loss of our fire and building departments, cutting back our library to 20 hours a week, and a give-away of our museum to a private group with no requirement to give anything back,” then “shrewdly managed to twist a courtesy call into a ‘threat.'”
Those that woke up to David Dilworth’s foolishness speak up..
Ignoring the threat made by activist David Dilworth to resign by August 4th or possibly face a recall, Mayor Dan Cort showed up at Wednesday nights city council meeting amid dozens of supporters.
At the center of the controversy, a vote resolving around the Police Officers Association. The budget anticipated that police officers would defer a 9.8% raise due, by contract, January 1, beginning 2009. The recommended City Council action was to approve agreements with employee associations to implement the planned savings.
“What’s left in Pacific Grove… what’s the Mayor going to give away next?,” questioned Dilworth during his press conference at the Pacific Grove Post Office.
“Do not construe this as a negotiation,” Dilworth added, “nor is it up for discussion. I am authorized to let you know that if you publicly elect to resign ‘for family’ or any other reason before we begin gathering signatures … the people who have already signed have agreed that the media and the general public never need know about you facing a recall effort.”
Cort said it was ironic that a man who purports to crusade for open government would write such a letter, offering to keep the reasons for his resignation secret.“I got 200 e-mails saying what a vile thing for someone to do,” Cort said.