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Dear Readers,
Just as the people of Carmel were trying to recover
from the scandals at city hall, they received another
shock: IT manager Steve McInchak, who was one of the
first city employees to lose his job during the Jason
Stilwell era, and was trying to get some kind of
restitution in court, suddenly died of a heart attack
last Wednesday, leaving his wife and son to pick up the
pieces. Mary Schley has the story.
An estate overlooking the Pebble Beach golf course set
the record last week for the most expensive home ever
sold in the county -- and its new owner will also pay a
record amount ($315,000) in property taxes. The previous
owner was paying just $2,600! I have that story.
The city council OK'd a respected architectural firm's
plan to get the Forest Theater renovated and reopened as
quickly as possible. Mary has the details.
Chris Counts has two fascinating reports from Carmel
Valley: A bone discovered along the river 30 years ago
has just been identified as belonging to a mastodon or
wooly mammoth. And one of the valley's pioneer residents
has died in a remote cabin fire.
Chelsie Hill responds to critics of her lawsuit against
Toyota and the sizable award she got from a jury.
Pacific Grove is abuzz once again over a plan to serve
liquor (horrors!) at the golf course restaurant. We have
a super special section profiling all your picks for
this year's Golden Pine Cone awards ... reading them is
like a tour of the Monterey Peninsula's best shops,
restaurants and businesses. And my editorial expresses
hope the coastal commission will bring some common sense
to the permit process for our badly needed desal plant.
To get this week's complete
Pine Cone, please click here. If you have an
informed opinion about one of our stories and would like
to submit a letter to the editor, please click here. And
please don't hesitate to contact me if you have
questions, comments or concerns.
Paul Miller, Publisher
paul@carmelpinecone.com
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2014, edition, please click here.
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