Former Monterey County Supervisor and current State Water Resources Control Boardmember Marc Del Piero has a vision for Monterey County. He may have the pull to make those dreams come true.
Two years ago November, Monterey Peninsula voters turned down a proposal by the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District (MPWMD) to construct a new, 24,000 acre foot dam on the Carmel River. This issue of the ...
Issues / 1997 / Sep 11
How intolerance changed my life.
Recently a man, for no reason other than his being gay, was savagely beaten into unconsciousness by the drunken star of a local college football team. My first reaction upon reading about this was anger ...
What exactly does Monterey's plan dictate for the downtown area?
In an open letter to the Monterey City Council published in local newspapers last month, William Cooley, principal owner of the Monterey Hotel on Alvarado Street, stated his objection to plans for a proposed Burger ...
Sweet Deal
It pays to work for Monterey County. But then again, it also pays not to work for Monterey County. Under the terms of a settlement agreement dated May 30, 1997, between former Director of the ...
Four women say work environment at Lake Nacimiento was "hostile."
Four women employed by Monterey County's Park Department to work at Lake Nacimiento in San Luis Obispo County have filed two separate suits against the parks department and four of its supervisors this week. The ...
New legislation aims to protect the Monterey Bay--not a moment too soon, say conservationists.
On both the political and biological fronts, marine and watershed ecosystems in the Monterey Bay region continue to flirt with the point of no return. This issue of the Weekly was published in print only ...
Senator Barbara Boxer has her Republican critics, but can one of them unseat her in 1998?
Of the many loaded expressions which have become a part of the modern political lexicon, few pack the emotional and intellectual gunpowder of the L-word: liberal. From the mouths of conservatives, the word "liberal" has ...
