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Ben Harvey Gets Butt-Hurt Over Demands That He Do His Job

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So the city’s distant city manager has a $40,000 investigation of Luke Coletti take place, only to have the complaints sustained.

And just who leaked the “documents provided to the Weekly via an anonymous source”? Either Ellis Investigations or Ben Harvey himself.

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In January, Harvey filed a harassment complaint with the city’s human resources director. The city entered into a contract with Ellis Investigations on Feb. 11 to investigate the complaint, not to exceed $40,000, according to documents provided to the Weekly via an anonymous source.

Harvey’s three allegations against Coletti were sustained, according to an email sent on Oct. 10 from Harvey to the special counsel

Ben Harvey Gets Butt-Hurt Over Demands That He Do His Job

Short Term Rental Initiative Goes To City

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Tar And Feather

Council members will decide between adopting the ordinance without alteration or immediately ordering an election, at which time the ordinance would be submitted to a vote by city voters during the November 2018 election. Their third option would be to direct city staff to prepare an analysis of the initiative’s business and fiscal impact.

“If I was going to think consistency and go with how city has acted in past, I suspect the council will lean toward putting it on the ballot,” he added.

While the item’s agenda report estimated getting the initiative on the ballot would cost from $58,206 to $77,608, Coletti said the city is confusing the total cost for an election with the cost of adding a single item to an existing ballot and that it would actually be much less.

“As an example, it only cost the city $8,500 to add Measure P (the unsuccessful admissions tax) to the November, 2016 ballot,” said Coletti.

Short Term Rental Initiative Goes To City

Wooden Whales Get Weak Welcome

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Except from Bill K(r)ampe. He just loves them.

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Some are calling them kitschy, even an eyesore. That’s how a group of Pacific Grove residents are characterizing the completed sculpture of a pair of breaching whales in the city’s Berwick Park located along picturesque Ocean View Boulevard.

“I don’t like to be judgmental of art but if we can see real whales out there we don’t need to see cartoon characters of whales that basically distract your eye from the real thing,” said longtime resident and artist Jane Flury.

Local activist Luke Coletti agreed.

“The whales are nothing more than a garish eyesore and detract from the natural art of Berwick Park,” said Coletti, about the wooden sculpture that was completed in October.

Wooden Whales Get Weak Welcome