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About That $141,530 Measure To Raise More Than $141,530

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David Henderson In The Wall Street Journal.

In a 1968 article in the Journal of Law and Economics, James R. Schlesinger— later defense secretary under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford and energy secretary under President Jimmy Carter—wrote: “The tool of politics (which frequently becomes its objective) is to extract resources from the general taxpayer with minimum offense and to distribute the proceeds among innumerable claimants in such a way as to maximize support at the polls. Politics, so far as mobilizing support is concerned, represents the art of calculated cheating—or more precisely how to cheat without being really caught.”

The good news is that the Pacific Grove residents who alerted me to this have caught the cheaters. Is it too late? Time will tell.

About That $141,530 Measure To Raise More Than $141,530

Dionne Ybarra Can’t Explain Her Hateful Videos

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So she deletes them and pretends it never happened. Typical socialist moves to rewrite history.

facing backlash for confronting a group of Israeli tourists doubled down last week, stating she intended to share a video to empower people of color. Days later, though, she deleted the video and dozens of pro-Palestine posts.

The video, which The Pine Cone reported in the Aug. 16 edition after local website lighthouseavenue.com posted it, offended Jewish resident Eric Emanuel and others, who called Ybarra’s behavior “disturbing” and “antisemitic.”

Instead of telling the Israelis, one of whom Ybarra said was a “girl,” that they were in an area they were apparently not supposed to be, she asked if they supported the “genocide” of the Palestinians.

Ybarra’s online account was filled with Palestine activist-type posts, including a video earlier this year where she appeared to praise graffiti scribbled on a ski lift that stated, among other things, “free Palestine” from “Nazis and Zionists.”

But her Instagram page with the June video and other pro-Palestine posts was deleted in the last week. She also removed the Facebook video.

Dionne Ybarra Can’t Explain Her Hateful Videos

Weak Peake, Mayor’s Seat He Does Not Seek

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Vote for Miller.

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Pacific Grove Mayor Bill Peake seemed determined to run for a fourth term—he took out candidate filing papers on the first day of the nomination period, July 15, according to the P.G. City Clerk’s office—but about a week later he returned those papers, withdrawing from the race.

Two days later, on July 24, former P.G. councilmember Dan Miller took out papers to run for mayor as well. He ran in 2016 for mayor after serving several years on council but lost to Bill Kampe, but since then has been a town firebrand, voicing his disagreements at city meetings and through the now-defunct P.G Press newspaper.

Weak Peake, Mayor’s Seat He Does Not Seek

Wachs On Wachs Off

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Texas transplant fool (it’s the backwards hat) thought he could be mayor after living here 1 year. And the fools from Coast Weakly endorsed him?

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“It’s kind of a shock. I knew Mayor Peake would be a tough candidate to go up against,” said Wachs, who added that he hopes there is a large enough number of younger voices coming up in the future to lead the city.
Wachs, 40, entered late in the race “for his kids,” and said previously that he wants to help build a better city for them and future generations. Wachs came to Pacific Grove in 2021 from Houston with his wife and two young children. For the past two decades, his professional career has varied from creating billboards for sports teams to serving as an art director for venture capital-backed media startups.

Wachs On Wachs Off

Tina Rau, Our Hateful DEITF Chairperson Running For Council

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Tina Rau chairs the City’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force but seems full of hate online toward people with different opinions. No one with that kind of mindset deserves to be on any board calling for inclusion, let alone be on city council. Disband the slanted DEITF, and don’t vote for Tina. We deserve better than her.

Ms. Rau is now being called out as her views have come to light. Ms. Rau has tweeted and retweeted other’s posts over 4,000 times. Among her posts are ones mocking people who say “thoughts and prayers,” Republicans, Catholics, Christians, people who support pro­life, supporters of the Constitution, and she even expresses the belief that we should “defund the Supreme Court”.

Here’s a few of Tina Rau’s statements and echoes that see slants toward:

Equal means Equal

Catholics and Republicans deserve to be equal unless they are judged by Tina.
Tina hates religious believers

F You From Tina

What someone overreacting in 2016 might look like:
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Our HDEITF Chairperson Running For Council

Meet The Candidates 2022

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A Pacific Grove city councilwoman and her mother, a former mayor of the city, are inviting members of the public to meet the candidates for city council on the evening of Friday, Sept. 16. The general election is Nov. 8. Councilwoman Jenny McAdams, who is not running for reelection, and former mayor Carmelita Garcia are hosting the event at Bradley Photographic, 566 Lighthouse Ave. in Pacific Grove from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.

Meet The Candidates 2022

Congressman Jimmy Panetta Will Ban Single Use Plastics

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What a single use plastic might look like:
Jimmy P Plastic

Local communities have taken the necessary steps to reduce unnecessary plastic products. But now it’s time for the federal government to demonstrate leadership and address this problem,” said Panetta. “The Break Free from Plastic Pollution Act sets out a marker to show the need to rein in waste, improve recycling, decrease harmful emissions, and help stop plastics from ending up in our oceans.

Congressman Jimmy Panetta Will Ban Single Use Plastics

Every Election Needs A Politically Correct Candidate

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Not This Pc Again

Seeking to bring diversity to the face of the city council, an emphasis on more green initiatives and policies that foster affordability for renters and buyers, Dionne Ybarra has announced her candidacy for mayor of Pacific Grove.

The candidate said her Mexican-American heritage represents one of many diverse groups that have come to live in P.G. from all over the world bringing different cultures, languages, and perspectives.

Every Election Needs A Politically Correct Candidate

Vacation Homeowner* Bill Peak Running For Mayor

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A newcomer running against a status quo new comer. Doomed.

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Peake will face fellow Councilman Rudy Fischer, who has served on the council since 2010. Last month Fischer officially tossed his hat in the ring for November’s mayoral race. Fischer said he wanted to continue the council’s current policies and direction including improvements to the city’s infrastructure and noted the importance of upcoming roadway renovation

*From Coast Weakly October 9, 2014:

We recommend adding Bill Peake to the council. A newcomer to both the city and its political landscape, Peake is a retired Chevron engineer who bought a house in the city 25 years ago, but only moved in full time four years ago.

Vacation Homeowner Bill Peak Running For Mayor