Mayor –
Nick Smith (W) 2,344 votes.
Dan Miller 1,715 votes.
Council –
Luke Coletti 2,490 votes.
Chaps Poduri 2,519 votes.
Paul Walkingstick 1,707 votes.
Tina Rau 2,460 votes.
Carmelita Garcia 1,185 votes.
Chilla Kartalov 798 votes.
Measure B, another school bond wins
Measure Q, The anti-timeshare measure wins.
Measure Z, reduce the size of the city council fails.
School Board President winner is Mike Wachs, a come-here who lost a bid for Mayor in 2022.
Shocked? Couple of errors in that gushing review. The citizens of P.G voted for the hotel at ATC and the potato round about is not behind PG High.
Also endorses Tina Rau, the hateful DEI Chairperson.
Since being elected to the City Council in 2020 as a freshly minted U.S. citizen, Chaps Poduri has proven to be to be a bright light among local politicians. He rightfully voted in
favor of the hotel project at the former American Tin Cannery, pledged his support for the takeover of Cal Am, voted for establishing a cannabis dispensary in P.G., advocated for a skate park in town, he has sought to add support and defense for the much-maligned Diversity Equity and Inclusion task force, voted against requiring restaurants to dismantle their parklets and using city funds to replace them. He spearheaded the process to study the dangerous five-way intersection behind P.G. High School, and that work has produced a $5 million grant from TAMC and approved plans for a teardrop-shaped roundabout.
Five of six candidates for Pacific Grove City Council debated the town’s most pressing topics Sept. 17 at Monarch Pines Resort. Those speaking included Luke Coletti, Paul Walkingstick, Tina Rau, Carmelita Garcia and Chaps Poduri. The only candidate absent was Chilla Kartalov. An incumbent member of the city council, Coletti told the audience he is running for reelection because “I want to continue to preserve the residential character of our community and the quality of life we share. “
Been a renter since moving out of mom’s house in 1989? Uhhh no. And throw in a race chip for some credo.
As a solution, Ybarra explained her in-laws helped them with a down payment on a house “so that our mortgage was affordable.” “This was the first time I was confronted by housing prices coupled with the responsibilities of home ownership,” Ybarra said, adding that she and her husband were “very lucky that we were able to buy when we did.” She credited her housing situation on “White privilege.” But in a social media post about two weeks ago touting her endorsement from a renters’ group, Ybarra, 53, seemed to contradict what she wrote in the book. “I’ve been a renter since I moved out of my mom’s house in 1989,” she said. “I’ve moved 20 times in 35 years.”
Melodie Chrislock of Public Water Now just might have not endorsed McAdams.
How many of those endorsements on Jenny’s campaign site are also lies?
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.
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.”
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.
Wachs has not lived in P.G. long enough to contribute anything of substance. And Tina Rau was an embarrassment.
Pacific Grove Mayor Bill Peake’s appointments to the city’s boards and commissions raised some eyebrows when the list was released in an agenda report for the P.G. City Council meeting taking place tonight, Jan. 18. In one case, it appears he snubbed his political opponent in the Nov. 7 election, Mike Wachs.
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The chair of the DEI Task Force, Tina Rau, was also rejected in her bid to remain on the task force, in a surprising move by Peake who rejected two other members who wanted to retain their seats. He did appoint one woman, Marie Hunter, who in her application called into question DEI principles.
The Mayor of Pacific Grove is seeking reelection in November, while a former Monterey County sheriff, two outspoken citizens and another resident have announced they’re seeking seats on the seven-person council.
Mayor Bill Peake
Scott Miller
Luke Coletti
Chaps Poduri
Jill Kleiss
