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Cost Of Running For Local Office

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According to his campaign finance disclosure form filed Oct. 18, Hollister, a retired veterinarian, has received $3,432 in contributions from 19 supporters and made himself a $500 campaign loan. He has spent $1,861.

Cort, the only mayoral candidate listed on the municipal ballot, reported no expenditures and has financed his campaign through a $14,500 self-loan.

· Richard Ahart, $1,355 in cash donated by seven contributors ranging from $20 to $100 each, and a $5,200 self-loan, with expenditures of $5,204.

· Deborah Lindsey, $3,137 in cash, $1,084 in nonmonetary contributions, and expenditures of $5,963.

· Susan Goldbeck, $3,300, including a loan to herself of $925, and expenditures of $2,537.

· Carmelita Garcia, $4,893, including a $200 loan to herself, and $82 in nonmonetary contributions, and expenditures of $5,237.

· Bill Kampe reported $6,578 in contributions, including a $2,000 loan to himself, and expenditures of $3,940.

· Daniel Miller reported a self-loan of $5,753 and contributions of $730 for a total of $6,582, and expenditures of $2,738.

· Ken Cuneo and David Dilworth reported no contributions. Cuneo stated his campaign is entirely self-funded.

No one contributed to Dilworth. ha ha.

Cost Of Running For Local Office

Mayor Cort Dismisses Write In Challenger

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Hollister For Mayor

Mayor Dan Cort this week blasted a last-minute write-in campaign by a longtime city resident to run against him in the Nov. 4 election.

Ted Hollister, who has lived in Pacific Grove for 49 years, announced himself last week as a write-in candidate for mayor, which makes him Cort’s only competition.

“I’ve been overwhelmed with the response,” Hollister told The Pine Cone. “Honestly, it’s very humbling to see all the support.”

But Cort accused Hollister, 77, of not attending a city council meeting in years and questioned the former veterinarian’s motivation for seeking the job.

“We have serious problems facing this city, and if you haven’t been at a city council meeting in four or five years, then really you have no business inserting yourself into something as important as serving on the council,” Cort said.

Our passive and kind mayor is getting a bit testy. He seems surprised that anyone would want question him or take a stab at leading the town,

Mayor Cort Dismisses Write In Challenger

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

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

Election 2008 – Eight Candidates For Council

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. . seeking three seats being vacated by incumbents Scott Miller, Dan Davis and Susan Nilmeier:

Former Councilwoman Susan Goldbeck, and newcomers Richard Ahart, Ken Cunio, David Dilworth, Carmelita Garcia, Bill Kampe, Deborah Lindsay and Dan Miller.

Pacific Grove voters will vote on two ballot measures: Measure X, calling for a $35 parcel tax for the next five years for the Pacific Grove Unified School District;

Can’t say that I’d support another school tax. That $6,000,000 stadium at PGHS and $1,700,000 district offices tells me that there is plenty enough money going to the school district.

Election 2008 – Eight Candidates For Council

Election 2008 – Mayor Cort For The Win?

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Looks like Dan Cort is unopposed.

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The major action is in the race for three City Council seats being vacated by incumbents Scott Miller, Dan Davis and Susan Nilmeier.

Six candidates have already qualified for the council race while another has taken out papers for a possible run.

The council candidates are Richard Ahart, Ken Cuneo, Carmelita Garcia, Bill Kampe, Deborah Lindsay and Susan Goldbeck, a former council member. Dan Miller has taken out papers.

Election 2008 – Mayor Cort For The Win?

Election 2008

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Davis had served his time, but was re-appointed when Dan Cort was appointed as Mayor. Nilmeier – that was a short term, after a fuss about her questioning her residency. Above all, Say No To Goldbeck

Two of the three incumbents whose terms are expiring– Susan Nilmeier and Daniel Davis – say they will not run for re-election in November. The third incumbent, Scott Miller, says he hasn’t decided yet. Last week, we reported that former councilwoman Susan Goldbeck will bid for a fresh stint on the council. Two other P.G. gadflies, Carmelita Garcia and Bill Kampe

Election 2008

Election Results – No Taxes, More Cuts

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“We’re faced with working with an additional $1.5 million in cuts.”

So said Pacific Grove Mayor Dan Cort on Wednesday as the City Council convened in the wake of an election that saw voters reject three tax measures the city hoped would bail it out of red ink.

The city had hoped passage of the measures would raise another $1.5 million, which, coupled with $500,000 in cuts made by City Manager Jim Colangelo through a staff reorganization approved by the council last month, would head off an anticipated $2 million deficit this time next year.

The measures would have lifted the business license tax ceiling, imposed a parcel tax and increased the sales tax.

The citizenry, Cort said, apparently chose cuts in city services over paying new taxes.

Councilwoman Lisa Bennett remarked on the low voter turnout. The city has about 9,000 registered voters, she said, and only 2,700 of them cast ballots.

Also, The editor of the Pacific Grove Blooper Bulletin lost in a bid for water boarding.
http://montereycountyelections.us/Election_Result.htm

Monterey Peninsula WD TA4
Vote Count Percent
NP – REGINA DOYLE 2,525 55.31%
NP – LEE YARBOROUGH 2,040 44.69%

Election Results – No Taxes, More Cuts

Salinas Election Fallout – Sour Grapes?

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Nearly a week after several Salinas City Council members failed to show up for a swearing-in ceremony for the new mayor and council members, the full body met Monday to formalize what voters decided in November.

It led to accusations of sour grapes considering the three members absent – Maria Giuriato, Robert Ocampo and Sergio Sanchez – did not support candidate Donohue’s mayoral bid. Giuriato ran against him, leaving open the council seat Villegas will now fill.

Robert Ocampo was once questioned by police at a prostitution stakeout

Salinas Election Fallout – Sour Grapes?