Pacific Grove City Mangler Tom Frutchey
“Things were much better [for developers] in the old days, in large part because staff didn’t follow the law.”
– Pacific Grove City Manager Tom Frutchey, April 2011
Former Pacific Grove planning officials “repeatedly approved projects after only partial or faulty analysis and otherwise sidestepped local and state requirements.”
– Pacific Grove City Manager Tom Frutchey, April 2011
City planning files “are replete with examples of poor planning decisions, including staff approved lot configurations, inappropriately granted use permits, and sidewalk seating approved with just a letter request.”
– Pacific Grove City Manager Tom Frutchey, April 2011
Once you’ve spent any time in local politics you realize that city and County “Planners” routinely violate state and local laws including California’s Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), our Coastal Protection Act, Zoning laws and on and on.
What is extraordinary is that a public official would ever admit it publicly as Pacific Grove’s new City Manager Tom Frutchey did.
He got blasted by the developers who demanded a retraction. Well the City Manager apologized.
Now what’s interesting is while the City Manager apologized — he never refuted his very explicit remarks that staff had violated laws, he only gave a vague generalized retraction.
