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June 2011:

Carmel Pine Cone: Nader Agha Cheated Customer WhoBought 'Antique' Clock

Nader Agha, who owns Holman Antique Plazain downtown Pacific Grove and a coin shop in Monterey — and who has beeninvolved in a host of other local real estate deals, business enterprises,political campaigns and public controversies — made a “false representationof an important fact” when he sold a 10-foot-tall grandfather clock to Oaklandbusinessman Theodore Vinther in October 2007, the 12-member jury said.
But Huang argued that Agha “created” thesecond receipt that said “Mahogany grandfather clock” in an attempt to “defeat”the first receipt. And she said any reasonable person would look at Agha’sconstantly shifting story as evidence he wasn’t telling the truth.
The jury agreed with Huang.
“We’re very grateful they recognized that my client was defrauded,” she saidafter the verdict.
http://www.pineconearchive.com/110610-3.htm



May 2011: 'Jason Wright, 39, was arrested by Pacific Grove policeand agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation on child porn charges,police said. His home was searched for evidence. Federal investigators arestaying tight-lipped about their case against Jason Wright, a Pacific Groveman arrested on child porn charges. He appeared in federal court in San Jose,where a judge let him out on bond.
After a months-long investigation, last Thursday, federal agents recoveredseveral thousand child porn pictures and hundreds of videos on his work computer,that he originally deleted.
He works at Farmers Insurance onLighthouse Avenue in Pacific Grove. His family owns that business. Also,at his home on Park Street, agents found up to 40 sex toys in a shed in hisbackyard.
The defense argued havingsex toys items isn't illegal. In the end, the judge released him on $100,000 bond. His parents who were in the courtroom agreed to pay upif he breaks the rules.'
http://www.kionrightnow.com/story/14665320/new-details-in-pacific-grove-child-porn-case
2008:
Frutchey and theso-called 'transformation' of city government were widely denounced duringhis public firing in February. Many city employees, and three of five councilmembers, said they had been alienated by the top administrator's autocraticapproach and that his reforms created a lack of accountability in City Hall.
http://articles.latimes.com/1997/oct/08/local/me-40487

2011:
In the April 15, 2011 email, Tom Frutchey painted a picture of a formerplanning department in complete disarray. Frutchey, among other things, claimedplanners carelessly signed off on projects — and said that’s why it tookless time to process applications and issue permits than it does now.

“Yes, things were much better inthe old days, in large part, because staff didn’t folow the law,” Frutcheywrote. “Staff repeatedly approved projects after only partial or faulty analysisand otherwise sidestepped local and state requirements.” http://lighthouseavenue.com/ 04-06-2011

May 2011...... Magic Carpet blooms alongOcean View Blvd.
Update June 2010: Full Sentence of 8 years.
“Mr. Pollacci has a well known, long lasting and enduring reputation as a rapist,” said Monterey County SuperiorCourt Judge Russell Scott before pronouncing the sentence.
In deciding whether to put Pollacci on probation or send him to prison — and if prison, for how long — Scott was allowed by state law consider notonly the circumstances of the immediate conviction, but what the law calls“aggravating factors.”
And Scott said there were plenty of those.
“He has engaged in conduct that indicates a serious danger to society,” Scottsaid. “He is an individual who preys on women, is eager and willing to controland destroy their lives and the lives of people close to them without a thoughtand on an impulse.”
Scott also said Pollacci showed a great deal of “sophistication” and forethoughtin planning his attacks. And he quoted a letter from a woman who said she was one of Pollacci’s earlier victims.

And then Scott sentencedPollacci to eight years in state prison. He could be eligible for paroleafter serving four years, but he could also be sentenced to an additional24 years if convicted on three more rape charges filed by prosecutors inMay. A preliminary hearing on those charges is scheduled for July 16.'

http://www.pineconearchive.com/100625-3.htm

'Tom Pollacci was found guiltyof raping a woman in a loft above his father's Pacific Grove liquor store,Ron's Liquors.
“We all had orgasms! It washeavenly,” P.G. Chamber of Commerce Moe Ammar jokes. “Like, ‘I can’t believethat this problem is solved.’”
http://www.montereycountyweekly.com

Thomas Pollacci'sTrial Starts A lot more possiblevictims alleged at this message board & you can post without giving yourname: http://www.topix.com/forum/business/healthcare/TEUMDVPC23624RH91
The first, he said, was 16 years old in1980, and was reportedly raped on the riverbank of the Carmel River by Pollaccias a friend of his held her down. She fled, got a ride home from a gas stationattendant and didn’t report it to police until Pollacci was arrested forthe alleged April 2008 rape last year.
Another woman reported Pollacci came to her home when she was separatedfrom her husband, and after they watched TV together for a while, he “took her forcibly” and then left, Breeden told the jury. “She also was confused,disoriented, angry and didn’t tell her husband, Frank, because he had a temperand she was afraid he would kill Mr. Pollacci.”
The third woman met Pollacci in the early 1990s while he was working at Ron’sLiquors, and they went on a lunch date to the California Market at the HighlandsInn. Afterward, he allegedly raped her in the parking lot, and in 1992, theallegations resulted in a plea of sexual battery. Pollacci was later requiredto register as a sex offender under Megan’s Law.
http://www.pineconearchive.com/100409-5.htm
The defense attorney for a Pebble Beachman charged with raping an unconscious woman said he has two experts whobelieve the alleged victim was injured when she fell, not during an attack.
Andy Liu plans to argue at trial that Thomas Pollacci had consensual sexwith the woman and brought her to Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsulaafter she sustained a severe head injury in a fall.
That trial, which was to have begun Monday, was continued to March 22 becausethe prosecutor needed time to review reports by a forensic pathologist anda
biomechanical engineering professor hired by Liu.

http://www.montereyherald.com/local/ci_14293051
The trial for Thomas Pollacci was on holdFriday while Judge Russell Scott tries to finish one trial to make room foranother. Pollacci was scheduled to begin trial Monday.
Pollacci, 50, is charged with sexually assaulting a female acquaintancein the loft of Ron's Liquors, his father's Pacific Grove business. The defendantbrought the woman, bleeding from a severe head wound, to Community Hospitalof the Monterey Peninsula about 3a.m. on April 21, 2008.
They found Pollacci's DNA, according to testimony.
http://www.montereyherald.com/local/ci_14723068
Prosecutor Michael Breeden said three womenother than the alleged victim will testify they were raped by Thomas Pollacciin the 1980s and 1990s. Two of them, he said, never reported the assaultsbecause they were too ashamed.
He told jurors one of Pollacci's employees saw his boss 'doing some oddthings' in the hours after the woman was hospitalized. According to testimony at Pollacci's preliminary hearing, the employee, who was described as beingdevelopmentally delayed, saw his boss scrubbing the floor at the base ofthe stairs where police later found blood evidence.
The worker told police the woman visited the store two nights in a row. Afterher first visit, Breeden said, his boss told him she was his former neighborand that he 'did her' in the past. He said his boss told him not to talkto anyone about what happened in the store.

http://www.montereyherald.com/local/ci_ ... ck_check=1
Friday afternoon, a retired bail bondsmensaid Pollacci's arrest for the 1992 attack on Jane Doe4 prompted a shockingconfession in the basement at the Monterey Courthouse.
Robert Stevenson said he met in the snack bar with a man he'd bailed outof jail and the man's attorney, the late Bill Bryan. The attorney told hisclient not to discuss his case with anyone and left. The bondsman said Pollaccithen began bragging about how he had raped a girl in broad daylight in aparking lot and how it was 'good sex.'
Liu has not indicated if Pollacci will take the stand.
http://www.montereyherald.com/local/ci_14858394

Update March 2009: Combing throughreports and documents spanning from 1980 to 2004, she listed 10 separateincidents (Plus 3 convictions & this case) with 10 separate victims inher filing for the bail increase, and said she could have included more.She also said Pollacci used false names on several occasions, intending todeceive the women.
“You can see how his technique has evolved over the years, and he has perfectedthe crime of rape,” she said. “He’s gotten to be good at it,” and has no reasonto stop.
http://www.pineconearchive.com/090403-4.htm

Above picture (Left) is taken infront of Ron's liquor in Pacific Grove. They also own the Cork N' BottleLiquor Stores. (Right)Thomas RonaldPollacci, from MPH.

The Pacific Grove Police Department has announced Thomas Ronald Pollacci,49, of Pebble Beach, turned himself in to Seaside Police on Monday aftera $300,000 arrest warrant was issued for his alleged involvement in a forciblerape reported to Pacific Grove Police in April 2008. Link
Thomas Pollacci, 49, whose familyowns Ron’s Liquors on Lighthouse Avenue in downtown Pacific Grove, and who has frequently manned the counter there, is suspected of raping a woman andthen leaving her at the hospital with a head injury nearly a year ago.
The complaint, filed in Monterey County Superior Court by deputy districtattorney Cristina Johnson in late February, accuses Pollacci of forciblerape of a woman too mentally and developmentally disabled to give legal consentand who was unconscious at the time. The alleged crime occurred April 21,2008, and carries three separate charges, all felonies.
Pollacci, is a registered sex offender.
http://www.pineconearchive.com/090313-2.htm

Abel Maldonado said he’ll consider proposing a bill that would prevent registered sex offenders from workingin liquor stores and other businesses where they can check IDs and have accessto customers’ personal information.
“Allowing registered sex offenders to view a person’s driver’s license,thereby allowing them to obtain important contact information like the person’s address, is extremely dangerous,” Maldonado said.
Maldonado made the comments to The Pine Cone after learning that registeredsex offender and liquor store worker Thomas Pollacci, 49, was charged with three felony counts of rape stemming from an April 2008 incident. Pollacci’sfamily owns Ron’s Liquors in Pacific Grove, and he has worked there for years.
http://www.pineconearchive.com/090320-1.htm

When Tom Pollacci of Pebble Beach faces a judge this afternoon, it will be the third time since 1993 that heis arraigned on charges of raping an unconscious woman.
According to court documents, including affidavits to search his family'sPacific Grove liquor store, similar charges were dismissed for insufficient evidence in 2001. In the 1993 case, in which he was accused of raping twowomen, he pleaded guilty to two felony counts of sexual battery and was placedon probation.
Pollacci, whose family owns Ron's Liquors in Pacific Grove and Carmel, isa registered sex offender as a result of that case, though his name and photographhave been removed from the Megan's Law Web site. State law permits offendersto petition for removal from the site when their convictions are for lessserious penal code convictions, including sexual battery.
He also blasted members of the public who have anonymously organized boycottsof Ron's Liquors and spread 'vicious rumors' slandering the business andsaid Pollacci is no longer employed there.
http://www.montereyherald.com/local/ci_11983247

David Pollaci, his father & the store owner on record, is on thePacific Grove Chamber of Commerce's Board of Director's as a Second ViceChairman
http://www.pacificgrove.org/dirpages/boardofdirectors3.htm
Discuss in our forum:
http://pacificgrove.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=192
December 2007 Surf Photo:
Old News:
September 11th. Call it 9/11 for PG Businesses. Numerous PG businessesare closing or have closed, including Lighthouse Theatre, PG Coin Laundry,a piano store, antique stores, a raw furniture store, a florist, aconsignment store & Etc. Some person with a heavy foreign accentwas quoted on tv staating that people are shopping at the big box storesin Sand City instead of PG. However, I don't agree with this. People arenot driving to Sand City to do their laundry, get flowers, get PG antiques,a piano or consignments. In my opinion we seriously need new businessleaders or chambers.
In the old days I used to visit the P.G. Beacon newspaper at Holmans, wherethey got a free, very expensive, ocean front office. Guess which mayoralcandidate is hot for a huge block size hotel complex at Holmans? Who alsoaccepted, not once, but TWICE, thousands of dollars from the owner of Holman'sfor her campaign? (These were returned). That's one person Iwon't be voting for in this year's mayoral race.
Susan, I don't want a hotel, I won't be voting for you.
April 27th. Gas price in PG is $3.39 for premium. $4.69 in Gorda,which is just south of Big Sur. PG golf clubhouse is open with a new restaurant,Point Pinos Grill (Highest price lunch item was $6.75 for a hamburger). Italso has a new Pro Shop. Let's keep the clubhouse area for a nice familyarea & make sure that no alcohol licensing is allowed. At present,they do not have an alcohol license. It must be voted on by the city council, but even if they approve it, everyone has 30 days to write in toBureau of Alcohol Licensing to protest it. The Coast Guard gave thecity the land you see in our logo at the top of this page as long as thecity takes care of the lead that is present in the soil. Remember tokeep alcohol out of that area. There is no reason it's needed. Forpictures: http://www.morriefisher.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=315
Feb. 1st. Applications for the new Senior apts MUST be filed by thisfriday, Feb. 4th. Anyone in the USA can apply. Income limit of $25,000per year & must be 62 years of age or older (Check with PG City on thespecifics). Each apt gets .5 parking space. Most are studios & one bedrooms.There are some two bedrooms. Who gets an apt is determined by a lottery. Average home price in PG in 2005 was $1.2M, up from $850,000 in 2004. However,in 2004 there were 30 homes on the market & in 2005, there were 75 homeson the market.
January 14th. Master chef & Playboy cartoonist & one of my mostfavorite friends ever! ARTIST ELDON DEDINI DIES
Peninsulan known for his cartoons in Playboy, The New Yorker
Eldon Dedini, the Monterey Peninsula cartoonist whose artistry and humorgraced slick American magazines for a half century, died Thursday of cancerat his Carmel-area home. He was 84.
http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/13626556.htm
Long liveELDON DEDINI !

December 19th. WHAT'S BUGGINGSETH, A film about Deaf life is Pacfic Grove & Monterey, is makingthe rounds around the world. Film distribution is still being worked on,but it may play in a city near you. It was recently shown at the State Theatre in Monterey for three days & hundreds of people showed up.
Nov. 12th. Old Bath House is for rent. The new city financial reportis in. We just need another $11M-$22M depending on who you ask. Theseissues are discussed on the Pacific Grove Message Board fer shizzel.

October 16th. The new golf clubhouse is coming along just fine, even withthe observed daily pickets against DMC Construction at both the clubhouse& the Senior Center. Links 2, the new clubhouse, must apply for a newliquor license. Don't want liquor in the Asilomar area? You havea right to protest issue of said license within 30 days of opening. Whenit opens, check the window for a large sign noting this. One letter is enoughto keep it dry. Let's see how much better that area would be without alcohol. There is actually a fair amount of crime on that street (AsilomarBlvd.) already, which may or may not be attributed to alcohol sales.
Could Pacific Grove could have it's first non-white ghetto? Not to be confusedwith the Arkwright court white ghetto. When the new Senior Apts open at thebottom of 19th street, a lotto is going to determine who gets the 49 apartments.But because the city took federal funds & PG is 85% white, they mustpick from a pool of people nationwide instead of just PG residents. That's right, anyone, anywhere in the USA can apply to live in these newoceanfront & golf course apts. If we have a lotto & picked49 non-white seniors, we would have a new ghetto, which would be real cool.....It'sjust what we need.
P.G. Library expansion plans were dropped. No word yet on what happens tothe hundreds of thousands of dollars donated for it.
August 1st. Here is a review of the Feast of Lanterns from our archivesof 2003 by a Chinese lady who knows better:

The mayor of Pacific Grove, dressed in a blue silk bathrobe(why do people always wear bathrobes when they want to look 'Oriental'?) introduced the play, the centerpiece of the festival, the Legend of Blue Willow.
In the middle of the play, my friend Kazuko suddenly noticed the music andlaughed, 'That’s Japanese Obon music. What is it doing in the middle of thisChinese play?' The next thing we knew, there was a white woman in a kimono(complete with fake Japanese hair) serving tea. In the ocean close to thestage, a fire-breathing (thereby European) dragon swam by.
But this was done straight. It was all made up, they knew it was all madeup, their costumes were totally made up, and many details were culturallyand historically impossible. If this took place a long time ago, far awayin small town America, I could understand; but in this day and age, only twohours from San Francisco, there is no excuse for being so clueless, so tacky,so offensive. It was as if the whole city was celebrating 200 years of westernstereotypes and misconceptions about 'The Orient.'
http://www.imdiversity.com/villages/asian/article_detail.asp?Article_ID=6273

July 30th. Feast (Festival) of Lanterns is tonight. 8pm for the pageant.Lover's Point, bottom of Forest Ave. in PG. Fireworks @ about 8:45PM.
The new PG Library expansion is NOT to add more room for new books (But mayadd a little in the old library), but to add a 100 seat community room. (Whydid they close the old meeting room?). We don't need a 100 seat roomwhen there are other meeting rooms. There is also no parking for this expansion.How do you have a meeting for 100 people when there isn't any where for themto park? The new Senior Apts (Near to PG Library) are being built also withan undersized parking lot, therefore, again limiting parking. We are alsogoing to have to give up a street (It's going to be built on the street)of parking spaces. Cost of project was initially around $350,000, but asof today, estimated at $1,895,000! Vote NO on library expansion!!!!!!
March 23rd. County to MakeSewage Into Drinking Water
Lion Watch2005
December 15th. The Butterfly Sanctuary on Ridge road is !Closed! untilfurther notice. This is likey to continue through April 2005 until the Monarchshave migrated. There won't be any more butterflies coming until Oct. 2005.

Nov.4th. Monterey County Election results are at: http://montereycountyelections.us/2004_presidential_general.htm
Summary for P.G.: Winnners: Mayor:Costello
City Council:SUSAN NILMEIER, DANIEL E.CORT, SCOTT MILLER
Measure I:
Yes: 2,454
No: 2,484

Nov. 1st. I spotted a few Monarchs around PG, so they are here fromtheir migration if you want to come have a look.
Sept. 17th. Hey, how do you know when fall comes to PG? The sun comes out,the tourists depart, and the waves come in. Temperature drops about10 degrees per month through Dec.

July 1st. Fourth of July Plans:
P.G.:
11:00 - 11:45 a.m. Kelly Conover SurferBand plays
11:15 - 1:45 p.m. Serve lunch
11:45 - 11:47 Welcome address
11:47 - 12:00 Present Colors, Presidio of Monterey Color Guard
12:00 - 12:02 Pledge of Allegiance
12:02 - 12:06 Amazing Grace performed by Erin Gray
12:06 - 12:20 Presentation to Our Veterans
12:20 - 12:25 Feast of Lanterns Court Presented by Sue Renz
12:25 - 1:45 p.m. Kelly Conover Surfer Band plays
Also Monterey:

Yep, 9:15pm & I guess they can affordit this year. Odds are that its going to be foggy......in that case you needto be as near as possible to see them. Since they are on a barge just offWharf #2, that seems to be the best place to be. Go all the way up Wharf#2, this is the one nearest McDonalds (Not Wharf #1). You should see a fence& a guard, thats as far as you can go. They won't set them off until9:15pm, & there isn't anything to do until that time. Yes, the cops patrolthe beaches & issue tickets for setting off fireworks, esp. when itslight outside. You can buy food on Wharf #2, but it's better to bring yourown. There are restrooms on the wharf too.
Parking is a real tricky thing. Best place to park is MPC near the flagpoleside of MPC & walk to the wharf/beach. Parking is really crowded nearthe art side of MPC, but if you park near the flagpole you have quick accessto the freeway. Parking is free.
Odd thing I noticed in 2003 was that there were still parking spaces availablein the parking lots in front of the wharfs.
Coming from PG, it's best to park on Lighthouse around 400 Lighthouse (BR31)POINT your car in the direction of PG. If you point your car to Monterey,you may wait an hour or more just to pull out.
Here is some more stuff, from Monterey.org & the city of Monterey:
Monterey Fourth of July Traffic Information
1. Del Monte Avenue will be closed in both directions from Sloat Avenue toPacific Street, including both directions of the Lighthouse Tunnel, from7 p.m. until about midnight. Pacific Street is available as an alternateroute.
2. Southbound exits on Highway 1 at Del Monte Avenue and Casa Verde willbe closed at 3 p.m. Traffic will be directed to the Fremont and Soledad/Munrasexits. Parking will be strictly enforced. Please obey all signs and personnelon site.
3. Handicapped parking is available on Wharf 2 before 6:30 p.m. Vehiclesmust display a placard. Please ask for access at any street barricade point.
4. The Lower Presidio at DLIFLC and POM will be closed to vehicle trafficall day. Community members are encouraged to walk into the lower PresidioHistoric Park to access this traditional viewing site. It will be open topedestrians only.
9:15 p.m. - Fireworks Display over Monterey Bay. Please be patient: Arriveby 3 p.m. and be prepared to stay at least an hour AFTER the fireworks astraffic will be EXTREMELY CONGESTED. Vehicles will not be released from thewaterfront parking lot until at least 30 minutes after the show. Please followthe signs and obey all personnel on site. It will take time get home.

May16th. Mountain lion(ess) invades PG & sets up residence on Asilomar.It's been eating family pets according to some locals.
March 5th.Good Old Days is coming April 3rd. & 4th. The PG old boys are won the latest round of the PG Golf Clubhousefight this week with the petition that would have put it up to the publicfor a fair vote being thrown out by the city clerk on grounds it didn't havea few choice lines of necessary text. Not long after that the city clerk got a huge Golden Parachute approved for himself by the same city councilmembers who are for the new Clubhouse. Do we really need this kind of thingin PG? The city council members want you to call & let them know howyou feel about this Clubhouse.

January 22nd. 2004. Ah, it's cold. Hey, if you haven't figured it out yet,Local News is faster on the message board, Also, to seethe biggest collection of Monarch butterfly photos of every stage of a Monarch'slife, more than 350 photographs, come to this site: http://www.redshift.com/~handy/monarchs/

December 24th, Happy Holidays. The petition to keep them from puttingin 'Obbink's Private Golf Clubhouse' succeeded & the signatures weresubmitted to be put on the ballot in march. Estimated cost is $3.5M, butin reality it is $7M+ due to the cost of the bond. If they hit bedrock whenputting it in the cost may even be higher. Read more about it at themessage board: http://www.morriefisher.com/forums
December 7th. December in PG: Snow in the Park, Inns tour, Las Vegas stylestreet lighting & high surf.
Average selling real estate prices for August 2003, which is a very hot monthfor sales, are down from August 2002 in PG (We could only find August salesdata). 2002: $711,800 2003:$688,900
These are average prices & do not reflect the size of the unit. Largest decline in sales prices appears to be Pebble Beach, where pricesfell almost 50% from 2002: $2,051,000 to 2003: $1,270,000.
November 25th. The Monarch butterflies have arrived in PG.
Oct.3rd Our message board is being set up with a new ISP &it should be back shortly, I hope. Thanks for the patience. The ButterflyParade is tomorrow, Oct 4th. What happened to turboweb.net ? Lookingturboweb.net ?
It appears they are off the net & took our money too, without issuinga refund or even giving us time to backup . I mention that in case you'researching the net for them.

Sept. 28th.
This appears to be a small attempt by a local restaurant to comply with localADA regulations by putting a table in front of the restaurant. When in fact,I believe they could just put a small elevator in the back porch area. Ialso disagree with their use of cobblestones & large plants on the publicsidewalk planter area, which further obstruct access.
September 7th. News story links: PG PoliceCapt. caught in indecent exposure in Carmel
'The Monterey County District Attorney's Office filed an indecent exposurecharge Friday against recently retired Pacific Grove police Capt. Bill Kennedy.
Chief Assistant District Attorney Terry Spitz said the misdemeanor chargestemmed from an incident in which Kennedy, 57, allegedly exposed himselfin the parking lot of The Crossroads Shopping Village in Carmel on Aug. 10.
Spitz would not provide additional details but other law enforcement officialssaid two women called the Monterey County Sheriff's Office that day to reporta man masturbating in the parking lot. The man was gone when deputies arrived,but the women reportedly provided the license number of the man's car. Kennedywas questioned later at his home in Pacific Grove.'
http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/6707704.htm

PG $tore$ get 8 ADA lawsuit$ PG to correct Rec trail

August 24th. THE GREAT SHRIMP slaughter
Yet more toxic discharge sent into the Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuary: PGhas the sidewalks steam cleaned in the business area once a year at thistime, but does not collect the resulting liquid, which contains alot of animalpoop & oils which is allowed to run into the gutter where it drains fromthe storm pipe at the bottom of Forest Ave. right into the ocean. Couldit have caused this great shrimp slaughter? Where tensof thousands of shrimp surfaced & laid on the beach? Children play in the water at Lover's Point & a local beach concession, ownedby someone with an environmental degree, encouraged them to swim in thistoxic oil & poop soup by renting boards & other beach items. It lookspretty, however the stench was very thick.
(Left: Shrimp Right:Children bathing in the ocean at the sametime)
Free BBQ & food. Come one & all, invite your friends & your wholecity to the Country Club Gate BBQ, Thursday August 24th 3 to 6pm at CountryClub Gate, Forest & David Ave., PG.
August 16th. Locals are ranting in the latest P.G. Press, you can read itat: Http://www.93950.com/press
July 13. Rents in P.G. are getting more reasonable. We used tocarry a list of apartment & housing managers on this site, but we don'tdo that anymore because they got too many calls. As of July, 2003, here aresome real examples:
On 16th street, one half block to Lover's Point, a cute cottage(A real hot surfers spot): $875 1 bed 1 bath
On Cedar, which is 3 blocks to Lover's Point, 1 bedroom, 1 bath. washer,dry, water garbage paid: $850
On Lighthouse, near top of a mountain, huge bay views, very clean, a slightlyolder modern apt: 2 bedrooms $900.00
June 30th. Joints (Shoulders, fingers, knees) getting to you? Youmight have Chilblains (perniosis). It is a reactionto cold, nonfreezing temperatures. It is seen most often in young peoplewho have Raynaud's syndrome and people who are exposed to damp, cold weather. www.webmd.com
June 29th. The P.G. Feast of Lanterns iscoming in July. Here are some quotes of a chinese woman's view of it:

The mayor of Pacific Grove, dressed in a blue silk bathrobe (why do peoplealways wear bathrobes when they want to look 'Oriental'?) introduced theplay, the centerpiece of the festival, the Legend of Blue Willow.
In the middle of the play, my friend Kazuko suddenly noticed the music andlaughed, 'That’s Japanese Obon music. What is it doing in the middle of thisChinese play?' The next thing we knew, there was a white woman in a kimono(complete with fake Japanese hair) serving tea. In the ocean close to thestage, a fire-breathing (thereby European) dragon swam by.
But this was done straight. It was all made up, they knew it was all madeup, their costumes were totally made up, and many details were culturallyand historically impossible. If this took place a long time ago, far awayin small town America, I could understand; but in this day and age, onlytwo hours from San Francisco, there is no excuse for being so clueless, sotacky, so offensive. It was as if the whole city was celebrating 200 yearsof western stereotypes and misconceptions about 'The Orient.'
http://www.imdiversity.com/villages/asian/article_detail.asp?Article_ID=6273

June 12th. We are working on a second website which is going to have ourforum & large photograph libraries, hopefully & it should be up assoon as the transfer is complete. PG does NOT have a firework display onthe 4th (P.G. has a rather skimpy, but okay display during the Feast of Lanterns,last saturday of July). P.G. has a 4th of July celebration at CaledoniaPark right in back of the PGPO starting at 11am-2pm & a BBQ ($5) at eleventhirty.
Monterey does have a 4th of July display.
This is their city memo (BTW, they set it off just off wharf #2 on a bargenot wharf #1, there are also lots of illegal fireworks set off on the beachin Monterey, don't try this on any beach in PG!)
9:15 p.m. - Fireworks Displayover Monterey Bay. Please be patient: Arrive by 5 p.m. and be preparedto stay an hour AFTER the fireworks as traffic will be EXTREMELY CONGESTED.Please follow the signs and obey all personnel on site. It will take timeget home.
June 8th. P.G. keeps City forester at half time at about$35,000 per year. P.G. Gazette newspaper gives up. Love this gem, Chambersays P.G. economy not so hot (duh):
'...especially with the economy not so good.'
http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/6042192.htm
June 6th. Lover's Point is closed this thursday to nextmonday due to a sewer spill. They seem to ignore the fact that there is acontinous spill flowing into Lover's Point 24 hours a day from the gutterpipe. I tested the gutter pipe water & it's full of poop, however, it would take a complicated test to determine whether that is from humansor animals.
In the meantime, the Recreational Trail needs $500k. :
'Pacific Grove will get some help fixing its storm-damagedRec Trail with a challenge grant from the Monterey Peninsula Regional ParkDistrict.
The park district's board of directors has committed up to $50,000 to matchcommunity contributions, including other grants. Pacific Grove's Rec Trailis part of the Monterey Bay Coastal Trail, which the park district conceivedof in the 1970s and built in cooperation with the cities it crosses. Whilethe cities are responsible for maintenance of their portions, costly structuraldamage to the trail in Pacific Grove warrants park district help, districtGeneral Manager Joe Donofrio said.
Pacific Grove officials have estimated that fixing erosion damage from stormslast winter are likely to cost more than $500,000. The city has earmarked$100,000 toward fixing the trail in its draft 2003-04 budget, and is seekinggrants from various sources.'
http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/6028486.htm

May 29th. Another sweet deal gets made: Theyjust got a 5 year lease renewal this year from P.G. City, but they also own(according to their website) a 5000 sq.ft. Monterey beach front house, a5,500 sq.ft. Pacific Grove beach house & an approx. 2 acre parking lotbetween Wharf #1 & #2 in Monterey. Yet, their rent of prime Pacific Grovecity beach property was raised to just 12.5% this year (From 10%) & isbased only on a percentage of their kayak, bike & Etc. rentals. Therefore, they don't have to be open when they don't wantto be!So, the city probably receives no payment for the propertybecause they appeared to not be open any or all of Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb& March! That is free rent & free storage for 6 months of the yearfrom the P.G. taxpayer! Also overlooked, with addional locations, they probablymeet the requirement of a 'chain store', which aren't allowed in P.G.: Three or four locations with the same menu....

P.G. tree guy gets ax. Seven otherslaid off & city employees to take a 3.5% pay cut.
'The City Council took the action during a budget session Wednesday.Several council members expressed displeasure at wielding the ax but agreedit was necessary.
'I'd like to keep everyone,' council member James Costello said. 'I reallyhate to lose a single person but I don't see another way.'
Other layoffs approved by the council are for a deputy city clerk, streetsweeper, two maintenance workers, fire clerk dispatcher, city electricianand library shelver. In addition, 10 positions now vacant won't be filledunder the draft city budget. The council will discuss the draft budget againWednesday and is set to approve the document June 18.'
http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/5967397.htm
May 24th. Happy Memorial DayWeekend 2003. Tourism is down quite a bit this year & it's foggy& wet today. More stories on yet another corruption scandal in P.G.:
A summary of this scandal from our lovely paper, the Coast Weekly:

'Well, there's Morrie Fisher, the mayor who's rumored to haveplotted to overthrow outgoing police chief Scott Miller in favor of promotingone of his buddies in the department. There's councilmember Susan Goldbeck,who has threatened the city with a lawsuit, unless City Manager Ross Hubbardturns over employee records. Goldbeck, who's been met with just a bit ofresistance, (think Squid asking a shark for a bite of calamari) says thatthe Brown Act (which says that public agencies in California make decisionsin front of the public) 'is a joke in PG.' There's charges by Goldbeck thatmost of the council members and do major squid-pro-quo, um, that's quid-pro-quofor the city employees.
Goldbeck also says Hubbard plays 18-holes of golf on the days there are citycouncil meetings...'

Early retirement given as reason

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'The police chief is out in Pacific Grove, and the gloves are off foreverybody else.
Long-embattled Chief Scott Miller would say Friday only that he is takingearly retirement, effective at the end of the day. City Manager Ross Hubbardand Mayor Morrie Fisher characterized Miller's departure as no more thanthat, and wouldn't make any additional comment.
Others had a lot more to say. Miller's enemies were celebrating and hisfriends were accusing the mayor of forcing out his longtime nemesis so hisfriends within the Police Department can move up.'
'Asked for a comment on the verdict, Miller issued a statement that said,'This verdict strikes a blow to cronyism.' The comment was rumored to haveangered Fisher.'
http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/5884218.htm
Councilwoman, residents suspect Miller was forced out
'Pacific Grove Police Chief Scott Miller, whose retirement announcementlast week has some in town suspecting he was forced out, has hired an attorneyto sort out his status with the city.
Monterey lawyer Michael Stamp said Tuesday that he's having 'ongoing discussionswith the city... about what happened and where we go from here.' However,'there has been no decision of filing a lawsuit at this time,' he said.'
'Councilwoman Susan Goldbeck, who believes Fisher and other City Councilmembers pressured City Manager Ross Hubbard to fire Miller or force him toresign, said she'll raise questions about the matter at tonight's City Councilmeeting. The council meets at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 300 Forest Ave.
Goldbeck said that Councilman John Stidham recently told her that he andother council members had decided to fire Hubbard.'
http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/5910602.htm
May 18th. PG Chief of Police quits!!! (About time). Pagrovianrestaurant also calls it quits (Update: Reopened under new management).
'The police chief is out in Pacific Grove,and the gloves are off for everybody else.
Long-embattled Chief Scott Miller would say Friday only that he is takingearly retirement, effective at the end of the day. City Manager Ross Hubbardand Mayor Morrie Fisher characterized Miller's departure as no more thanthat, and wouldn't make any additional comment.
Others had a lot more to say. Miller's enemies were celebrating and his friendswere accusing the mayor of forcing out his longtime nemesis so his friendswithin the Police Department can move up.
'This just stinks because a good man is being offered up on the altar ofpolitical cronyism led by Mayor Morrie Fisher,' City Councilwoman Susan Goldbecksaid Friday. 'It's a fact.'
O'Connell said Friday that Miller had inherited minor morale problems whenhe was named chief and that he had turned them into major problems.
'I'm shocked' over the chief's retirement, O'Connell said. 'And happy.'
Miller routinely violated employees' rights in dealing with grievances, O'Connellsaid.'
http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/5884218.htm

City seeks volunteer applicants for special-events committee
The city of Pacific Grove is seeking volunteers to serve on the newlycreated special events committee. The committee will develop a process forpermitting special events, review applications for events, and assist eventsponsors.
The committee will consist of seven members: two business owners in the downtownbusiness district; two residents, at least one who lives along the oceanfront and one who lives in an area where special events are held; two membersof the Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors; and one resident who doesnot fall into any of the categories above.
Application forms are available at City Hall, 300 Forest Ave. The deadlineis 4:45 p.m. May 30. For more information contact the recreation directorat 648-5730.
May 15th. PG to get new budget. $1.4 millionshortfall predicted.

'Pacific Grove will indeed face layoffs, pay cutsand reduced services to balance its budget.
Unforeseen spikes in retirement and workers compensation costs are the mainculprits, City Manager Ross Hubbard told the City Council on Wednesday. Allcity employees are being asked to accept pay cuts of 3.5 percent for the2003-04 fiscal year, which beings July 1, Hubbard said.
Staff cuts called for in the draft budget presented to the council wouldmean reducing hours at the city library and youth center and creating addedburdens for other city employees. Positions to be eliminated if the draftbudget is approved as is next month include the city forester, a deputy cityclerk and a street sweeper.
In addition, several positions that have become vacant in the past year willnot be filled, Hubbard said. Since 1999 the city has gone from 140 to 117employees, he said.'
http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/5866674.htm
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PG School Budget News:
'In January, he threatened to slash Pacific Grove's $17 million budgetby almost 20 percent and Carmel's $27 million budget by twice that.
As furious parents lobbied Sacramento, the school boards prepared to cutprograms. Carmel sent out layoff warnings to half its teaching staff. PacificGrove considered closing an elementary or middle school.
But Wednesday brought great news for those schools. Carmel would have tocut only up to $1 million, or 3.5 percent of its budget, and Pacific Groveabout $1 million, or 6 percent. '
http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/5866678.htm

May 12th. Price of gas in PG: $1.70's next to PGPO.
Two Hazards to Children in PG?
1) Why was pressure treated wood used in the newer playgroundaddition at Caledonia park?
(Chromated Copper Arsenate seen in green hue in wood, above)
Chromated copper arsenate (CCA) is the most widely used
wood preservative in the United States. Containing
chromium, copper, and arsenic.
Hazards of Treated Wood in Playground Equipment
By: A Statement from Chairman Hal Stratton
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
'I am announcing that the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)today scheduled a Commission Briefing for March 12, 2003 to consider thepetition to ban the use of chromated copper arsenate (CCA) pressure-treatedwood in playground equipment.
.....The staff maintains that an individual child's risk from arsenic inCCA-treated playground equipment will vary depending on many factors. Thoseinclude the amount of arsenic released from the CCA-treated wood, the amountof arsenic picked up on the hands, the number of days and years the childplays on the wood, and the amount of arsenic transferred to the mouth byhand-to-mouth activity. The staff considered these types of exposures incalculating the increased lifetime risk of developing lung or bladder cancer.
CPSC staff states this increased risk to children is primarily due to exposureto arsenic residue on children's hands followed by hand-to-mouth contact.The report says transfer of the arsenic from the hand to the mouth can occurduring and after playing on pressure-treated wood playground equipment. 'Full story:
http://www.daycare.com/story/arsenic.html
2) The ocean water at Lover's Point in PG which children are swimming is loaded with e. coli bacteria & several other kinds of bacteria. Iknow a child who got a rash the day after swimming in this water. Thisoccured on two seperate occassions a few months apart on the same child.The water that comes from the gutter pipe 24 hours a day 7 days a week unabatedinto Lover's Point.
Above Photo taken May 15, 2003, of the gutter water flowinginto the bay. It was a nice sunny day.
This water was tested at the Monterey Bay Aquarium & the results were:
Per 100ml.
Fecal Coliform Count:8664
Recreational limit for fecal coliform: 400
Fecal Coliform limit, drinking water: 0

Enterococci bacteria (This is a bacteria specific tohuman sewage, but may also come from animals) count: 6867
Limit: 104
Total coliforms: 24,192
Total coliforms Limit: 10,000

My suggestion is to NOT allow children to swim in thiswater until the gutter water is sent to the water treatment plant. This projectis in the works. Also, the beach should be posted with signs sayingto keep children out of the water or to avoid contact with it. Whereare our elected representatives when you need them?

April 24th. Gas prices are down to around $2.09 for regular nearPG PO. Lugo's is about to close. The old Designer Loft store at Forest &Lighthouse is now a french antique store. Capsicum has closed. Holman'splans a 600 room hotel, big parking lot, condos, retail space but has askedthe city to pay $20k for a study.

April 10th: Good Old Days,the weekend ofApril 12 is going to be smaller this year & rained out!Fewer vendors are coming & a massive storm is also due on Saturday &Sunday.....Also, cities are keeping their police forces local, so expecta much smaller police motorcycle competition. We expect about 20-30,000 people,but we have only 6 cleaning people to clean (This is the chamber of noncommerce'sidea of cleaning), except on Sunday after the event. Keep PG clean.
Local News is now at the Message Board
Some news stories on the message board:
->600 Unit 'Ghost of a' Hotel planned, no mention of the sewer impact.
->State of California/FCC start a free DO NOT CALL LIST to keep telemarkersfrom calling you. Register now at:
nocall.doj.state.ca.us.com
->Gas price lists for PG.
->State of PG economy

January 4th. News this week: A 15 year old girl was raped in P.G.

December 17th. Need storm info? We got it, see some pictures of PG& the surf as the storms came in this week on the message board.
(Below: Lighthouse & Congress in front of PG PO)


December 7th.
In an attempt to prove to the City Of PG & Monterey County that PG ispolluting the ocean water continuously, I took a sample of the water thatcomes from the gutter pipe at the bottom of Forest Ave. in PG to the MontereyBay Aquarium Reseach lab. We used a 24 hour test. The water is fresh& not diluted by ocean water & not affected by sunshine or otherenvironmental factors. The observed & tested flow rate was about 5 gallonsper minute (About 2,628,000gallons per year! (Does not include storm water). This water is NOT safe!

Gutter Pipe from which sample was taken at 9:30am Dec. 2nd 2002(Above)

Per 100ml. Fecal Coliform Count:8664 Recreational limit for fecal coliform: 400 Fecal Coliform limit, drinking water: 0 Enterococci bacteria (This is a bacteria specificto human sewage, but may also come from animals) count: 6867 Limit: 104 Total coliforms: 24,192 Total coliforms Limit: 10,000

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