Incumbent Dan Cort will continue as the city’s mayor after receiving after defeating City Councilwoman Susan Goldbeck and Pacific Grove Hometown Bulletin Publisher Lee Yarborough with nearly 60 percent of the vote.
Was not even a close race for mayor.
DAN CORT 2,627 59.88%
SUSAN GOLDBECK 918 20.93%
LEE YARBOROUGH 842 19.19%
Newly elected council members are Alan Cohen and Vicki Stillwell. Lisa Bennett and Dan Davis return.
Gone are Ron Schenk and Susan Goldbeck.
PG has a strict rule regarding signs of any kind, including campaign signs. Essentially it says that signs can only be posted on private property. While we still see gobs of ghetto looking signs there is nothing so ghetto looking as Monterey and it’s sign overload on streets and in parks.
Today at the post office. Susan is packing up her stuff. She parks her car:
1. Double Parked.
2. Blocking the handicap spot.
Sorry for the poor pic – camera phone shot.
I pointed out she was blocking the handicap spot, and I heard laughter from Loosin’ Susan.
Sam The Sham Farr and the case of the missing opponent.
During his three decades in public office, Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, has experienced election campaigns and political opponents of nearly every stripe. He’s faced serious challenges and less-serious challenges, mainstream-party opponents and alternative-party opponents.
But even the veteran Farr has never faced an opponent quite like Anthony DeMaio.
That’s because after filing late and running unopposed in the Republican primary, DeMaio has all but disappeared. The phantom candidate hasn’t answered repeated phone calls and e-mails seeking comment.
Sounds like the making of a conspiracy – what did they do with DeMaio?
Sam The Sham has been on the radio lately, whining about housing costs and the lack of affordable housing in his area. If he thinks he can do something about it WHY DID HE LET IT GET THIS MESSED UP TO BEGIN WITH?
Then: from Susan Goldbeck’s failed bid for Supervisor web site
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So, who is candidate David Dilworth and does he really live in PG? He touts honest government, but it sure looks like something is hiding…
First, he’s always at council meetings with his single topic of open government, hug the trees, etc. In all the meetings I have watched him speak at I’ve never heard him say he is from Pacific Grove. His non-profit lists a 624 (Carmel) prefix and a Carmel PO Box..
David’s sites are pretty minimal, looks like 1996 vintage Geocities. Wonder how much HOPE pays Dilworth for those bad copy/pasted web pages?
His businesses – Sometimes known as Common Sense Software here shown as “Dilworth Software & Web Design”, also uses the same Carmel phone & address:
Another Dilworth for-profit, using the same resources at the non-profit:
Searching the web comes back Carmel, Carmel and more Carmel, check the web domain register for the for profit photo business. Whoaaaa! The makings of a TRUE conspiracy – registered to David bilworth?
The seat-hopeful’s campaign site – oooh – same mistake, same Carmel address and phone number..
OK, OK. Dil comes out and puts a PG address of 166 17 Mile Drive as his home:
Wait!! That’s the raccoon hugger ex-councilman Terrance Zito’s address!! What’s going on here???
Sound like open honest leadership??
Is the man another constant runner/loser kook? Touts free Internet and free cable TV. The city can’t even keep the sewers flowing and he wants taxpayers to support free to all TV and Internet.
No Cost? Who pays for the infrastructure? Who pays for the power to keep the cable system working? Who pays the workers that maintain it? Cable TV and Internet is not a non-profit. It’s a business that expects to make money from it’s investments.
And city dictated franchises are out. It’s statewide now thanks to AT&T.
Affordability is not the issue. It’s that there is nobody in PG’s vacation homes that cares to see city council meetings or subscribe to cable TV. (few people care to watch public access altogether, but that’s another story)
So, lets solve hunger by making Trader Joe’s give free food to everyone. Force ‘Sustainable Pacific Grove’ to generate enough power to give everyone free electricity. Free water. Ban Cars. Replace buses with horse and buggies. Remove all the evil petrochemical asphalt and return to dirt roads. Uh huh, like it’s 1985 again, and the weird candidates are back.
Ain’t that sleazy?
Later, Susan populates the town with signs before the allowed date. Goldbeck is not in a safe seat in her bid for Mayor. So when she loses, the saying is We’re Loosin Susan.
Susan Goldbeck Turns Feast Of Lanterns Into A Campaign Pitch
Thanks Hollywood crazies for putting up such a fuss.
Presidential Election, 2004