ONCE MORE WITH FEELING… The Local Agency Formation Commission of Monterey County will vote on a proposal to incorporate the town of Carmel Valley – again. At a 4pm hearing on Tuesday, Nov. 25, the LAFCO board is expected to vote on the proposal and ask the Monterey County Board of Supervisors (supes Lou Calcagno and Simon Salinas also sit on the LAFCO board) to set an election in early 2009 for CV residents to decide whether they want to form their own town. The hearing will take place in the supervisors’ chambers, 168 W. Alisal St., Salinas. In May, a Superior Court judge ruled LAFCO wrongly stalled the incorporation process by deciding it required a full-scale environmental review. [JL]

E.T. FOAM HOME… The cities of Carmel and Pacific Grove have already banned take-out Styrofoam containers, part of the Litter Abatement Task Force’s regional effort initiated last spring. Now the city of Monterey considers the ban, while the American Chemistry Council’s polystyrene peddlers shift into high gear to persuade city leaders to reject it. Public comment is taken until Nov. 24. Mail to City of Monterey, attn: Kimberly Cole, City Hall, PEEC Division, Monterey, 93940; or cole@ci.monterey.ca.us. The city Planning Commission will make recommendations to the City Council Dec. 9. [KA]

DRY TOWN GETS WETTER… Pacific Grove residents and businesses often gripe about the city’s maxed-out water allocation, which has 86’ed building and remodeling projects. On Wednesday, Nov. 19 (past the Weekly’s deadline) the P.G. City Council was expected to OK an ordinance allowing property owners on the water waiting list to tap unused water credits totaling almost 4 acre-feet. [KA]

TOW-AWAY ZONE… The Salinas City Council on Nov. 18 voted to kick Century Towing off the city’s towing rotation. Police said Century violated provisions of the city’s tow service franchise agreement, including not providing proof of workers compensation insurance. Owner Angel Garcia Jr. contended that the decision was retaliation for him bringing to light that police officer Kevin Orepeza had business ties with competing company California Towing. This feud will continue in court. The council also ended a short-lived relationship with Widewaters Group and Carmel’s Robert Leidig, who like several past city developers failed to get the dice rolling on redeveloping downtown Salinas. [ZS]