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# Deep Politics: Environment, Democracy, Health, Privacy -- and a Bit of Fun

Deep Politics: Monterey Peninsula and Beyond -- and a Bit of Fun

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- ["War Department" was Accurate. "Defense Department" is DoubleSpeak.](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/war-department/) - "We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the Military-Industrial Complex." -President Eisenhower warning about the Cold War and its unjustified military spending proposals. Not many remember Eisenhower, a 5-star General, was "Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe," with responsibility for planning and supervising the successful invasion
- [Google Earth - Formal Error](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/google-earth-formal-error/) - Google Earth has a formal "benchmark" named "Point Sur" on top of a mountain some 3 miles North of the genuine Point Sur. I tried to notify them to correct it - but to communicate with them, Google Earth requires you to get a Gmail account - which I refuse. Google's systematic megalo-privacy invasion mission
- [CIA is Recruiting - "Right Here in River City" (Monterey) - No Reservations or Morals Needed](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/cia-is-recruiting-right-here-in-river-city/) - Yes indeed folks. We both know times are tough. But, have you ever imagined yourself hired as James Bond? Have you thought about working for the CIA? Seriously. They're hiring, they pay great, want smart people (who don't ask questions and don't have any of that sticky moral baggage), and best of all - criminal
- [Are We Only 63 per cent Human ?](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/were-only-63-3-per-cent-human/) - A test in India let people judge whether a volunteer was communicating by typing with a human or a software program. This type of test is called a Turing test. The headline for most media on this was that 59 percent of the people voted wrongly that the software was actually a human. Quite an
- [Silver-Bullet Virus Killer: Colds, maybe Cancer and more](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/universal-virus-killer-colds-and-maybe-cancer/) - Cure for the Common Cancer Here's news of some extraordinary research -- an experimental drug that seems to be able to make impotent any cells infected by any type of virus without harming healthy neighboring cells. New drug could cure nearly any viral infection "Experimental drug could defeat any virus" This appears to be as
- [Mayor Dan Cort Gives Away Pacific Grove Museum](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/mayor-dan-cort-gives-away-pacific-grove-museum/) - Led by Mayor Dan Cort -- Pacific Grove's City Council Gave Away Pacific Grove's Beloved Natural History Museum in June 2009 to a New Organization with No Experience or Money This huge change to Pacific Grove has -- 1. No Business Plan, 2. No Budget, 3. No Money or Funding Guarantee from the New "Owners,"
- [Only One Earth . . .](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/only-one-earth/) - Let me try to help you understand what it feels like for me when I am fully aware of being alive and consciously living on Earth. Returning from Orbit a Space Shuttle Astronaut wisely observed -- "The first day we all pointed to our countries. . . . "The third or fourth day we
- [Death by Great White Shark - Pacific Grove, California is Number One !](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/white-shark-death-capitol-pacific-grove-california/) - While the local Chamber of Commerce doesn’t really tout this feature, Pacific Grove, California is the world leader for a town or city with the most number of people killed by Great White sharks.(1) 1952: December 7 Swimmer Barry Wilson was savagely bitten by a Great White shark less than 100 feet from Lover’s Point
- [Best Bicycle Product Ever? - Dual Pad Seats by Hobson](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/best-bicycle-product-ever-dual-pad-seats-by-hobson/) - Bicycles are a fabulous invention; one of the best ever. Right up there with fire and the USB connector. Transportation made easy, fast and cheap. Plus you stay in healthy shape without realizing that you are exercising. But (no pun intended) what is the huge drawback to bicycles? If you've ever taken a long ride
- [Enviro-Fraud ? Real "Environmentalists" don't use that term for themselves](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/enviro-fraud/) - In the several decades I've been helping out protecting our environment, I have yet to hear a single person who genuinely obtains significant environmental protection (not just talks about it or merely works to do so) call themselves an "Environmentalist." The real heroes doing the heavy lifting year after year like Tim Hermach, Kieran Suckling
- [Occupy Solutions: How to Stop Legalized Bribery in Congress](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/occupy-solutions-stop-legalized-bribery/) - Occupy Solution: How to Stop Legalized Bribery in Congress (c) Copyright 2011 David Dilworth While the “Robin Hood Tax” is a good short term idea and rallying cry, and “Ending Corporate Personhood” is an even more powerful idea, if we really want to eliminate the "Political Gap," and Restore Democracy we need powerful, substantial changes
- [The Four Legs of Democracy  (How to Measure Democracy)](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/2383/) - HOPE - Four Legs of Democracy The Four Legs of Democracy (Measuring Democracy) (c) Copyright 1996-2011 David Dilworth Our Planet has no genuine governmental Democracy as of 2011. Some places, such as California, come close but we still await - the real thing. Many "leaders" want you to believe that the only criteria necessary for
- [Prediction: "Carmageddon" Won't Happen](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/prediction-carmageddon-wont-happen/) - Final (Monday July 17, 2011): We got it right. (I don't know if anyone else was predicting "Carmageddon" would be a bust, but we nailed it.) This outcome would be no surprise to any well trained traffic engineer. Friday July 15, 2011: You've heard the hype that California's Freeway 405 closing will cause "Carmageddon" -
- [Ed Mitchell Media Conference: July 1, 2011](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/1705/) - This is the full text of Ed Mitchell's News Conference: July 1, 2011 at the Monterey County Courthouse Steps. (For the complete original document - click here.) News Conference 1 July 2010 (c) Copyright 2011 Ed Mitchell My name is Ed Mitchell co-founder of the Prunedale Neighbors Group. The majority of county employees are honest
- [Dancing = Criminal Activity to Insane Park Police in Washington DC](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/dancing-criminal-activity-in-washington-dc-park-police/) - And I thought dancing was a benign activity. Not according to the Washington DC Park Police - who body slammed a dancer to the marble floor and grabbed his neck (I'm not kidding) for what ? -- merely dancing silently (not a peep of music) at the Jefferson Memorial in Washington DC. The dancers were
- [Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History -- Who is in Charge?](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/pacific-grove-museum-of-natural-history-whos-in-charge/) - Even for those who are familiar with the beloved Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, it is easy to be confused by the large and newly expanded array of government bodies, private groups and individuals. Here is an attempt to list who has authority over, and is controlling, our Museum: Pacific Grove Voters Primary Responsibility
- [Full Nuclear Meltdowns of 3 Reactors at Fukushima Confirmed !](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/nuclear-meltdown-at-fukushima-confirmed/) - Update ! - Japan admits three nuclear reactors (numbers 1, 2 and 3) reached Full meltdown ! While most major news media have ignored it, (particularly television) this website and others have been tracking evidence that there was a nuclear reactor meltdown at Fukushima. Saturday May 14th Japanese officials confirmed, and World Nuclear News reported,
- [Collins Scandal: Who's Culpable?](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/collins-scandal-whos-culpable/) - Lets review those who had a serious role in Monterey County's Collins Scandal about the Regional Desalination Project. This does not necessarily mean they are guilty of a crime, but each benefited from and were getting paid as either a government official or a contractor. 1. Steve Collins, Director MCWRA - Billed, and was paid
- [Editorial: Peninsula Readers Need Daily Newspaper Representation](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/editorial-peninsula-readers-need-daily-newspaper-representation/) - The daily Herald newspaper has gone so far off the deep end, abandoning their professional responsibility to Monterey Peninsula readers - that we need a whole new newspaper of record. A newspaper that explicitly refuses to hire such horrible anti-public interest staff as the Herald's letters editor (Calkins) or their news manager (Livernois). The Herald
- [Potter Assigned Watchdog Role: April Fools](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/potter-assigned-watchdog-role-april-fools/) - Reading a Herald headline today I'm not the only one who couldn't help laughing -- "Monterey County Supervisor Dave Potter named desal 'watchdog.'" My my my - that is uhhh . . . "interesting." Or to put it accurately "The Fox has Been Voted into ChickenHouse." The only person less appropriate than Potter would be
- [Is the "Nobel" in Economics Really a "Nobel Prize?" - How Astrology Can Obtain that Elusive Credibility.](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/is-the-nobel-prize-in-economics-really-a-nobel-prize/) - Alfred Nobel's will only included funding and direction for genuine sciences and for making a better world. Mr Nobel's will specifically directed 5 prizes for: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace. Consistent with that wish there was no prize for Economics (or Astrology for that matter). But Money Always Creeps In In 1969
- [I Don't Give em Hell, I just Tell the Truth and they think its Hell](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/i-dont-give-em-hell-i-just-tell-them-the-truth-and-they-think-its-hell/) - "I don't give them Hell. I just tell the truth about them and they think it's Hell." -US President Harry Truman That pretty well describes my experience in local politics. Mark Twain, my father's favorite humorist, said "Always do right. this will gratify some people and astonish the rest." Mark Twain and Will Rogers are
- [Correcting Pesticide Definition and Exposing Hypocrisy in Letter to Carmel Pine Cone Editor Paul Miller](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/letter-to-carmel-pine-cone-editor-correcting-pesticide-definition/) - Here's another letter Carmel Pine Cone Editor Paul Miller refused to print. That refusal solidly reinforces the closing line from his Editorial that this letter responds to "... when you’ve already made up your mind about what a story’s supposed to be, the facts can just get in the way." Pine Cone Editor: Unfortunately, for
- [Curing Warts: Duct Tape works Better than Freezing](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/warts-duct-tape-works-better-than-freezing/) - Here's an eye opening science research article that found putting Duct tape on a wart removes a wart more often than the standard dermatology practice of freezing a wart with liquid Nitrogen. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12361440
- [Drug Cop Admits Lying to Send 150 People to Prison](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/drug-cop-admits-lying-to-send-150-people-to-prison/) - What do you do when a police officer lies to the court? You and hundreds of other innocent people go to jail for decades, until his conscience catches up with him. "Former cop says his lies sent people to prison" Of course he's the only police officer who ever lied to a court. Right?
- [Water Wars: Collins' Scandal - Best Articles and Resources](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/water-wars-collins-scandal-articles/) - Here is a list of the most important articles and Documents about the Collins Scandal. Who's Culpable? (Overview of who did what - when, or "Culpable Characters in Collins' Corruption") Ed Mitchell Report - listing who Collins billed, met with and when - starting in January 2010. Monterey County Report on Collins Conflict of Financial
- [Energy: Boiling Water with Nukes is the most Dangerous and Expensive Way](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/nukes-boiling-water-in-the-most-dangerous-and-expensive-way/) - I was mildly surprised to read this article -- "Dozens of countries queue up to go nuclear." Here are my reflections on the three eye-opening, mind searing ideas I've learned about nuclear power - dangerous water boiling with no disposal. 1. Water Boiling: Nuclear Power is a darned dangerous way to boil water. That's all
- [Hyper-Certainty Principle](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/hyper-certainty-principle/) - Hyper-Certainty Principle: "Data quality and quantity is inversely related to advocacy certainty and ferocity." -David Dilworth, 2008 Thus the less and worse data available - the more certain the advocacy. This is dramatically apparent where zero data, such as opinions (or dare I say - religion), inspires huge certainty and advocacy; far more passion than
- [Why Does the Herald (Royal Calkins) Fondle Dave Potter?](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/why-does-the-herald-fondle-dave-potter/)
- [You can Help Stop Clearcutting in California](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/you-can-help-stop-clearcutting-in-california/) - Its the 21rst century and greedy, avaricious logging beasts still insist on destroying California's few remaining forests for money. You can help stop this fundamental harm - click here http://www.pelicannetwork.net/stopclearcut.htm Our forests will thank you. David
- [Pacific Grove's Brokaw Hall Memorial Bird Feeder (Missing Plaque & Footprint)](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/pacific-groves-brokaw-hall-memorial-bird-feeder-missing-plaque-footprint/) - Brokaw Hall Memorial Bird Feeder for Heritage Society Fundraiser Created by Snick Farkas Pacific Grove artist Snick Farkas has created a bird feeder entitled “Brokaw Hall Memorial Bird Feeder (Missing Plaque & Footprint)” for the PG Heritage Society’s 7th Annual Heritage Houses for the Birds Contest and Auction. The fundraiser culminates on Sunday, October 2,
- [How City Bankruptcy Benefits Pacific Grove Residents](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/city-bankruptcy-benefits-pacific-grove-residents/) - How City Bankruptcy Benefits Pacific Grove Residents by John M. Moore for Pacific Grove Taxpayers Association How could Pacific Grove's Pension payout improve if City files for Chapter 9 Municipal Bankruptcy ? What follows is my analysis and opinion of the payout the City should request in its proposed Chapter 9 Plan (Municipal Bankruptcy under
- [Grace Darcy Memorial June 11 at Hidden Valley](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/grace-darcy-memorial-june-11-at-hidden-valley/) - The extraordinary, inspiring, dear, encouraging and inimitable Grace Darcy died this past weekend after a huge and successful life. Always kind, caring, thoughtful and humble; she brought her name to life with those people, animals and places whose lives she touched. Born in New York, she moved here in 1972 and lived independently in a
- [Craigslist’s Surprising Hostility to Ordinary People](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/craigslist’s-surprising-hostility-to-ordinary-people/) - Ordinary People Locked Out of CraigsList with No Recourse -- Is this "Arbitrary and Capricious ?" “Craigslist locked me out for no apparent reason, with absolutely no warning, absolutely no possible way to get back in and no way to know what I did wrong. At the most, I had placed six ads for very
- [Water Wars: Marina Coast Overreacts to Exposure of Its Improper Acts](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/water-wars-marina-coast-overreacts-to-exposure-of-improper-acts/) - "The lady doth protest too much, methinks." - William Shakespeare (Hamlet) Marina Coast Water District got caught with their hands in the cookie jar, potentially with some people going to jail, so they hired a lawyer to write a report diverting attention by blaming the County. The Herald article "Probe finds Marina Coast Water District
- [Finally-The First Official Recognition that Cell-Phones Could Cause Malignant Brain Cancer](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/finally-the-first-official-recognition-that-cell-phones-can-cause-cancer/) - Landmark News ! This morning a panel of the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), changed their position declaring now that Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields (of cell-phones and by association WiFi, cordless phones and Smartmeters) can possibly cause a malignant type of Brain Cancer. The formal classification is "2B." CNN
- [How to Create Policy by Email and Save Hundreds of Meeting Time Hours](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/email-policy-creation/)
- [Scrooge Lives - Carmel Pine Cone's Paul Miller](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/scrooge-lives-carmel-pine-cones-paul-miller/) - While almost everyone else celebrated Earth Day on April 22, -- who wrote a bitter editorial condemning one of the best environmental protection laws? (Even BP (Gulf Oil Spill), Chevron and Monsanto tried to pretend they care about our environment with their deceptive ads aimed at elected officials.) The Carmel Pine Cone's Paul Miller penned
- [Killing a Forest Destroying Freeway in Carmel's Hatton Canyon](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/killing-a-forest-destroying-freeway-in-carmels-hatton-canyon/) - by David Dilworth In 1952 California's evil Dept of Transportation (CalTrans) announced intention to destroy a quiet, spearmint-scented Forest Canyon next to Carmel-by-the-Sea to build a 3-mile, 4 lane City freeway in Hatton Canyon. The faceless Sacramento bureaucrats and technocrats (e.g. Greg Albright) recklessly decided to destroy 21 acres of a serene forest; home to
- [Senator Benjamin "Racing" Marchand - Obituary](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/monsignor-benjamin-racing-marchand-obituary/) - My Favorite Marchand Generous Gentleman, Genetically-Happy Prankster, world class Writer, world traveler, leading edge Road racing and Flying afficianado, Career Electrician and lifelong bachelor Ben Marchand passed away bravely fighting Lung cancer this week - leaving behind a plethora of wonderfully compassionate women, hearty friends and a widespread wake of unforgettably thoughtful kindnesses. Courteous -
- [Hyper-Dangerous GuardRails by CalTrans - Deadly for Bikers and Cars](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/hyper-dangerous-guardrails-by-caltrans-deadly-for-bikers-and-cars/) - Bike Rider Alert ! -- Hyper-Dangerous Guardrails !!! Cal-Trans new Guardrail Design is outrageously dangerous to bike riders because they are severely Sharp-Edged and Stick out into Bike Lanes. This one on a Carmel Highlands curve almost fully blocks the Bike Lane - but its hidden on approach. Surprising then forcing unsuspecting riders to swerve
- [New Words](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/new-words/) - Here's a few new and useful words and terms I've created out of my seemingly inexhaustible mental bookcase of ideas (out of thin air). While another stunningly creative person may have used one of these words or terms previously to me, I made these up independently (as far as I know) and by employing studiously
- [Which is the Most Greedy or Idiotic Part of Adolf Dumpster's Latest Bullying?](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/which-is-the-most-greedy-or-idiotic-part-of-adolf-dumplers-latest-bullying/) - The Orange Wrecking Ball is Furious because he didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize - so he's sending US Military Troops to steal Greenland ! You get to vote - Which is the most Monumentally Greedy, Self-Serving or Idiotic part of this ? Nobel Peace Prize is from Norway - Wrong. Nobel Peace Prizes are
- [Why Trump wants War with Venezuela - Its Not about Replacing Maduro](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/why-trump-wants-war-with-venezuela-its-not-about-replacing-maduro/) - Why Trump wants War with Venezuela - Its Not about Replacing Maduro by David j Dilworth Trump is spending tens of millions to deport people from US to anywhere else; primarily those with a Venezuelan connection. However, his deportations are monstrously illegal - primarily (why?) because -- ONLY Congress has responsibility for Immigration and Deportation
- [Trump's Mafia Takeover of Venezuela](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/trumps-mafia-takeover-of-venezuela/) - Well written opinion article in New York Times by Michelle Goldberg https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/opinion/trump-venezuela-regime-change.html
- [Shark Kills yet another Swimmer off Pacific Grove's Lover's Point](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/shark-kills-yet-another-swimmer-off-pacific-groves-lovers-point/) - Solstice 2025, December 21. Another swimmer was apparently killed by a large shark off Pacific Grove's Lover's Point. Two people saw a large shark breach Monterey Bay's surface with a human in its mouth - at the same time a woman swimmer went missing. https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/shark-woman-disappeared-monterey-beach-21257020.php While not confirmed as a Great White Shark, this puts
- [And You thought it was Republicans Destroying Environmental Laws](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/and-you-thought-it-was-republicans-destroying-environmental-laws/) - WTF ? ! ? ! ! ! We've always thought it would be Republicans who would destroy Environmental Laws in California . . . They've been trying and failing for decades. Nope, its the Democrats successfully Dismantling California's Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). More accurately its the "Business" Democrats - who are quietly taking apart CEQA
- [Evil Realtors - Caught Trying to Force Higher Sales Prices - by Hiding Risks](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/evil-realtors-caught-trying-to-force-higher-sales-prices-by-hiding-risks/) - Great expose by Mother Jones on how Realtors were caught trying to Force Higher Sales Prices - by Hiding Risks from buyers. https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2025/12/zillow-removes-climate-risk-feature-first-street-flooding-fire-insurance/
- [Train of Arugula - not Tren de Aragua](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/train-of-arugula-not-tren-de-aragua/) - USA's Wrecking-Ball Calamity, has made yet another silly error thanks to his failing hearing and poor translation. He confuses daily agricultural shipping for a terrorist group.When his new CIA Director mumbled about some activities in Venezuela, he mis-pronounced it Tren de Aragua, when he really meant a Train carrying Arugula - a much tastier cruciferous
- [Deadly Mad Cows - Right Here in California](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/deadly-mad-cows-right-here-in-california/) - Since a "Mad Cow" was found at a Hanford, California slaughterhouse last week - people are again raising concerns about dying from eating beef. (Hanford County shares a fence with Monterey County.) This article is an overview of the science of alarming Mad Cow Disease in plain English - and what you can do to
- [Paragliding -- Just Say No](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/paragliding-just-say-no/) - Flying is a Deadly Serious Endeavor ! There are Old Pilots, and there are Bold Pilots, But there are No Old+Bold Pilots. I've lost several close friends to foot-launched flying, other friends are permanently disabled. I don't want to lose any more friends. That gives me abundant right to be self-righteous about this ! If
- [Skeptical of Foreigners](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/skeptical-of-strangers/) - Apparently skepticism of foreigners is a long tradition; an ongoing theme in California. "What are we to do then? Shall we remain supine, while these daring strangers are overrunning our fertile plains, and gradually outnumbering and displacing us? "Shall these incursions go on unchecked, until we shall become strangers in our own land?" Q: Who
- [American Gestapo - Another Fear Factor Brought to you by Sabotager in Chief Tronald Dump](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/american-gestapo-another-fear-factor-brought-to-you-by-dictator-tronald-dump/) - Which country sends a horde of Military to Strike Fear in Peaceful Protestors? Well, that's not a short list is it? Myanmar comes quickly to mind, then there's Russia, China, Chile, Nicaragua, Indonesia, etc. How about which Country sends Masked Gunmen to Kidnap innocent Americans? Then Physically Torture them ! That would be the
- [Doing Nothing Beats Doing Wrong](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/doing-nothing-is-better-than-doing-wrong/) - “Doing Nothing is Always Superior to Doing Something Wrong” - David Dilworth, March 2011 You probably can NOT guess who is my favorite President since I've been of voting age, or why. You're right, "favorite" is way too strong. Lets just say the "least disappointing" President. Its Gerald Ford, but the "Why" may be more
- [The Four Legs of Democracy  (How to Measure Democracy)](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/the-four-legs-of-democracy-how-to-measure-democracy/) - The Four Legs of Democracy (Measuring Democracy) (c) Copyright 1996-2018 David DilworthOur Planet has no genuine governmental Democracy as of 2018. Some places, such as California, come close but we still await - the real thing. Many "leaders" want you to believe that the only criteria necessary for a democracy is allowing people to
- [Joe Fitzpatrick: A fun, respectable classy news guy](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/joe-fitzpatrick-a-fun-respectable-news-fellow/) - Jospeh Michael Fitzpatrick December 17, 1923 ~ May 29, 2010 CARMEL VALLEY, CA - Joe Fitzpatrick, witty newsman best remembered for his "My Bag" column in the Monterey Herald, passed away "with a smile" Saturday, May 29, 2010. He died of sudden heart failure at the age of 86 while being prepared to return home
- [How Many Deaths are Caused by Doctors and Hospitals?](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/how-many-deaths-are-caused-by-doctors-and-hospitals/) - Preventable American Deaths Yearly 435,000 Tobacco 365,000 Poor Diet and Physical Inactivity 100,000 – 200,000 Medical Error Deaths Estimates range from 40,000 to 98,000 to 200,000 “Iatrogenic” means Doctor caused Deaths "A handful" = The number of doctors removed from the Medical field because they caused a patient death. (The actual numbers are unknown because
- [Lightly Used Robot - 5 feet tall BradburyBot Humanoid - only 11 hours.](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/lightly-used-robot-5-feet-tall-bradburybot-humanoid-only-11-hours/) - Lightly Used Robot - BradburyBot Humanoid. 5 feet tall - only 11 hours. Runs well for lifting heavy things, washing dishes and cleaning our home, but has a small hydraulic leak and it is stuck in Australian language mode. So you need to use Australian words and phrases to get it to work. Like "Emma Chiset"
- [Tailgating Kills Pets](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/tailgating-kills-pets/) - Copyright 2000 David Dilworth As sudden as a meteor streak - flashing into my headlights trots a large dog with a nice smile - in the middle of my lane! Twisting to the left my car just missed him, but the car tailgating me hit him. Watching the horror in my darkened rear view mirror
- [Secret Strategy of Trumpanzees](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/trumpanzees-formerly-secret-strategy/) - Secret Strategy of Trumpanzees 1. Launch 100 Insane Stormtroopers actions. Such as Defund all federal government: Post Office, Social Security, Medicare, Environmental Protection, etc. Make sure to include outrageous actions that will distract the Media pack journalists from the most deadly and irreversible damage that the bad guys are trying to do stealthily. Some of
- [The Creator Learning about USA Lawns (long, but worth it)](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/winterize-your-lawn-long-but-fun/) - "Winterize your lawn," the big sign outside the garden store commanded. I've fed it, watered it, mowed it, raked it and watched a lot of it die anyway. Now I'm supposed to winterize it? I hope it's too late. Grass lawns have to be the stupidest thing we've come up with ! We constantly battle
- [New World Record? Six Logical Fallacies with a Single Sentence promoting Genetically Modified Food](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/did-michael-eisen-set-a-new-world-record-by-committing-six-logical-fallacies-with-a-single-sentence/) - (c) Copyright 2012-2025 David Dilworth This is an article about an Analysis(1) of a web article written by genetic researcher Michael Eisen (“The anti-GMO campaign’s dangerous war on science”). Eisen's hypocrisy drenched assault on -- Informed Consent, Food Safety proponents, and the possibility of harm from Genetically Modified (GMO) food includes one sentence expectorating six
- [Waterfalls, Rainbows and Bears - Oh my !!! Expedition to British Columbia's Crown Jewel](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/expedition-british-columbias-crown-jewel/)
- [Craftsman's Lifetime Tool Warranty is a Fraud ! -- Craftsman's Motto "The Customer is Always Wrong"](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/craftsmans-lifetime-tool-warranty-is-a-fraud/) - More than 40 years ago I purchased a broad set of Craftsman mechanics Tools (wrenches, sockets etc. ) - in no small part because of their "Lifetime Warranty." That had a nice feel ever since - that I would be taken care of if any of my Craftsman tools ever failed. My craftsman tools never
- [Carmel Pine Cone’s Paul Miller – Wrong Again: Apparently Cell Phones Can Cause Head Tumors](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/carmel-pine-cones-paul-miller-wrong-again-apparently-cell-phones-can-cause-head-tumors/) - Cell Phones Causing Head Tumors (c) Copyright 2011 David Dilworth Update May 31, 2011: "Finally-The First Official Recognition that Cell-Phones Could Cause Brain Cancer" It is unfortunate that it is necessary to disprove Paul Miller's January 14, 2011 (unsigned) editorial in the Carmel Pine Cone with science facts, but like Rush Limbaugh, Miller (R-Jumps-to-Conclusions) gets
- [Dan Davis, a True Renaissance Man Remembered in Highlights (Obituary)](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/dan-davis-polymath-remembered-in-highlights/) - An extraordinarily valuable bright light in our world's "civilization" blinked out last week with the death of Pacific Grove's Daniel Davis. Dan was a genuine Polymath: a brilliant, but humble Math genius, distinguished Naval Postgraduate School Professor, ethical and successful Pacific Grove Councilman, leading edge Digital Research Programmer and Manager, MBARI Engineering Manager, Single-handed ocean-crossing
- [Radiation or Radioactivity ?](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/radiation-or-radioactive-material/) - Mainstream news stories almost always confuse the terms "Radiation" (photons) and "Radioactive" (physical materials), which are significantly different things. Radiation means visible light and its cousins: electromagnetic waves including X-rays, gamma rays and radio waves. Radioactive means those physical materials which emit ionizing radiation or emit particles that cause ionizing radiation. Radiation only affects
- [Not Facebook - Instead try Minds.com, "One Social Web" or Diaspora](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/not-facebook/) - US President Obama warned high-school students in Virginia September 2009 -- “Be careful about what you post on Facebook, because in the YouTube age whatever you do will be pulled up later somewhere in your life.” "They trust me [with their personal information]. Dumb f**ks." - Facebook President Mark Zuckerberg, 2004 1 "Leave Facebook if you
- [Soaring Magnificence - Morning Glory Hang Gliding in Land of Oz](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/soaring-magnificence-morning-glory-hang-gliding-in-land-of-oz/) - Had a marvelous flying adventure recently - two soaring flights on the magnificent, breathtaking, Morning Glory of Northern Australia. Morning Glories can be hundreds of miles long. They are the rarest of five types of soaring and only happen reliably in Northern Australia.(1) Pilots are often understandably addicted to soaring them for their majesty, beauty, and near
- [Priscilla Nesbitt -- Lover of trees, wild animals, caring people and books.](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/priscilla-nesbitt-lover-of-trees-wild-animals-caring-people-and-books/) - Carmel lost a great character this morning. Priscilla Nesbitt passed away quietly after leading a life of vibrant curiosity and deeply held passion for trees and wildlife, for caring people and knowledge. You get an insight into Priscilla’s spirit with how she described her doctor to me. “Dr Kennedy is a tree hugger. I adore
- [Trump Judged Criminally Guilty of "Election Cheating" - Not just "Hush Money Payments"](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/trump-is-criminally-guilty-of-election-cheating-not-hush-money-payments/) - Trump was found Guilty by a unanimous Jury of Felony Criminal "Election Cheating" - Not "Hush Money Payments." Thirty four (34) times he got caught cheating for his own election. How did everyone water down Trump's Guilt to something most people don't care about? By everyone I mean not just Republican Spin-meisters, but leading Democrats
- [Get rid of Trees in Pacific Grove's George Washington Park ?!?](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/get-rid-of-trees-in-pacific-groves-george-washington-park/) - You've got to be kidding. Not our "Fog Forest" Worry & Fear I completely understand why people living here on our Monterey Peninsula are seriously worried about fire - after seeing the horrible wildfire tragedy Live-on-TV in Los Angeles' Pacific Palisades. And the neighboring areas of Eaton, Hughes, and Malibu -- who wouldn't be worried
- [Top 10 USA Insanely Evil, Deadly and Stupid Backfiring Acts](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/top-10-usa-insanely-evil-deadly-and-stupid-backfiring-acts/)
- [European Sojourn - Spontaneous Concinnity 2016](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/european-sojourn-2016/)
- [Ralph Nader Exposing Biden's Genocidal Pact with Israel](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/ralph-nader-exposing-bidens-genocidal-pact-with-israel/) - Ralph Nader's Open Letter Exposing President Biden's Genocidal Pact with Israel "You have just decided that grizzly bears can remain on the endangered species list. "Yet, week after week, you have watched Netanyahu target with U.S. F-16s innocent defenseless Palestinian families, killing 50-100 a day, and blocking humanitarian aid trucks with food, medicine and water
- [Skeptico Misunderstands Basic Logical Fallacies – and Spreads his own Fallacy Fog](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/skepticos-absurd-misconstruction-of-basic-logical-fallacies-while-spreading-his-own-fallacy-fog/) - This is an article about a debate on Logical Fallacies. On one side is me, describing my Analysis of more than two dozen logical fallacies found in a blog article by Michael Eisen defending Genetically Modified food. On the other side is an anonymous blogger hiding behind the name “Skeptico” who disputes my Analysis and ends up
- [Leon Panetta ! Why Did You and I Assassinate this Woman's Mother with a Drone?](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/leon-panetta-why-did-you-and-i-assassinate-this-womans-mother/) - Only a year ago while you, Leon Panetta, were in charge of all US military operations as Secretary of "Defense," this elderly grandmother and midwife was murdered by a US Drone in Waziristan (Pakistan). Here is her daughter's story. "The last time I saw my mother, Momina Bibi, was the evening before Eid al-Adha. She was
- [World's Tallest Vertical Rock Faces](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/tallest-vertical-rock-faces/) - Tall vertical rock faces are simply - supremely powerful. I don't mean a few hundred feet. I'm talking the world's biggest vertical rock faces. Some more than a kilometer straight up. Any ordinary person can climb a mild grade trail, or even the world's steepest residential road. Not many are drawn closer to the biggest rock
- [DMV - Losing Its Reputation !](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/dmv-losing-its-reputation/) - Fasten your seatbelts. Because I'm going to tell you a true story -- that you simply won't believe. For context, you may be familiar with the theme of how the California Department of Motor Vehicles ("The DMV") has a reputation for gigantic wait times; lines that similar to Mountain passes - take literally hours to
- [Casey Lucius - EcoFaux or Eco-Fraud ?](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/casey-lucius-ecofaux-or-eco-fraud/) - “I do not use environmental concerns in my decision making . . . and I never will.” The five of us who heard this politically absurd declaration were stunned nearly speechless. While Pacific Grove grows or collects some wonderful environmental protection advocates, somehow the town seems to attract more than its share of carpetbagging Eco-Fauxs.
- [Bush vs. Obama: Who is More Wrong-Wing ?](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/obama-vs-bush-who-is-more-right-wing/) - Who is More Wrong-Wing -- Bush or Obama ? (c) Copyright 2012 David DilworthIf George W. Bush was "the worst US President" - Why is Barack Obama continuing, and even increasing, many of Bush's most repulsive actions of Preemptive War, Secrecy, and attacks on Civil Rights, Human Rights, Personal Privacy and our Environment ? This
- [Part I: Was the Herald's Letter-Editor Royal Calkins Caught Censoring & BlackListing, then Lying to Cover it up?](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/heralds-royal-calkins-caught-lying-and-blacklisting/) - (c) Copyright 2009-2011 David Dilworth "I'll never print anything from you." - Monterey Herald's Royal Calkins After HOPE received an unusually high number of Herald political censorship complaints (on top of their complete lack of response to HOPE’s carefully written Better Water Supply Commentary) I called their letter editor, Royal Calkins, leaving a message asking
- [An-aesthetic - A person with no aesthetic appreciation](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/an-aesthetic-a-person-with-no-aesthetic-appreciation/) - Have you ever met a guy who just couldn't care a fig about a richly colored sunset, a Beatles tune, a fragrant flower, a massage or even ice cream ? A lot of them are elected to official political positions and always vote against, and sometimes harangue against protecting a place because of its beauty
- [Chemtrails or Contrails - Is there any evidence at all ?](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/chemtrails-or-contrails-is-there-any-evidence-at-all/)
- [NSA: “We kill people based on metadata.”](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/nsa-we-kill-people-based-on-metadata/) - Astounding admission by NSA's former Director Michael Hayden. "We kill people based on metadata." This means the US government can (totally illegally and immorally) kill you - without even listening to your phone calls, reading your email or your mail. “[Collecting Metadata is] not a surveillance program, it’s a data-collection program,” Senator Dianne Feinstein said
- [Buying a Home in Pacific Grove? Beware of a Huge Secret Cost.](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/buying-a-home-in-pacific-grove-maybe-not/) - There's a frighteningly large (and mostly secret) debt that you will have to pay to live in Pacific Grove due to years of horrible politics. This article about how it happened is researched and written by a Pacific Grove resident, a highly respected lawyer, and verified by one of the smartest people to ever serve Pacific Grove:
- [Mutiny on the Colorado at 60,000 cfs](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/mutiny-on-the-colorado-at-60000-cfs/) - The Grand Canyon's Colorado River was thundering . It was the renowned June 1983 season, gushing at one of its highest flows ever; 60,000+ cubic feet per second. That's some serious roaring whitewater. It generated huge, towering, tumultuous, treacherous, rapids. But on the paddle boat, raising a few eyebrows, some teamwork skills were a bit lacking. Lets backup a
- [A French Toast to Serendipitous Living](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/a-french-toast-to-serendipitous-living/) - Some years ago, a splendid, incisive article about the French culture appeared in a coffee table magazine written by an American woman who'd lived in Paris for 20 years or so, having married a Parisian and raised children there. Having lived in Europe myself, including a couple dozen moons in many marvelous regions of France, and
- ["Smart"car Start Process wins Award for  Most Vexatious Unwanted Puzzle at The Wrong Time](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/how-to-start-a-smartcar-or-not/) - (c) Copyright 2018 David Dilworth I relish puzzles. My parents gave me books of them when I turned five, to keep me occupied while we drove cross-country. As they told it - I'd finished them all by the second day. However, solving puzzles to start a car is not my favorite. I'm happy to leave
- [Runaway Environmental Impacts from GMOs Need Investigation](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/runaway-environmental-impacts-from-gmos-need-investigation/) - An English Agricultural Research Station called Rothamsted Research is preparing to harvest some Genetically Modified Wheat seeds in Spring 2012. A food protection group (Take the Flour Back) is planning a rally for natural food on May 27th. John A. Pickett is the spokesman for Rothamsted Research who penned a letter in NewScientist appealing to
- [Bet you wrongly believe you know the world's tallest mountain :-)](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/bet-you-wrongly-believe-you-know-the-worlds-tallest-mountain/) - Ok -- What's the world's tallest mountain ? Did you know a correct answer to this depends on your definition ? 1. Do you want to know what point is father from the center of our Earth? 2. Or do you want to know what is the tallest mountain from bottom to top ? 3.
- [First Wild Wolf in a Century seen in Carmel Valley, Monterey County ?](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/first-wild-wolf-in-a-century-seen-in-carmel-valley-monterey-county/) - This is an exciting, sincere narration of an event by a captivating humorist: Daphne Wynne Nixon A very bright, outdoor painter, who has a track record of finding cool stuff no one else has noticed for centuries (she found California's missing Mission), Daphne believes she met a Wolf in Carmel Valley this February, at a distance
- [Aflockalypse Solved](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/aflockalypse-solved/) - Blackbird Mass Deaths: New Years 2010 to 2014 - Solved (c) David Dilworth “Shortly before midnight on New Year's Eve (2010-2011) between 3,000 and 5,000 red-winged blackbirds fell from the sky in Beebe (Arkansas). Most were dead on the ground but some were living but dazed.” - Wikipedia What could cause rapid death of hundreds of
- [Blunder: PSA Test Should NOT be used warns Researcher who Discovered it !](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/blunder-psa-test-should-not-be-used-warns-researcher-who-discovered-it/) - NewScientist just published an article stating "Pathologist Richard Ablin discovered the PSA antigen 40 years ago. He says it should never have been used as a cancer screening tool for all men" The NewScientist article is 'Prostate cancer test has been misused for money" Richard Ablin's book is "The Great Prostate Hoax: How big medicine
- [World's Funniest Compass - a Tates Compass](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/worlds-funniest-compass-tates-compass/) - Ever heard of a Tates Compass ? Originally alleged to work only in the Southern Hemisphere as it points South instead of North - it inspired the saying -- "He who has a Tates is Lost." (1) Well I bought an imitation Tates compass online. Its a lovely Brass compass and apparently it even glows in the
- [Dave's List - Shameless Promotion -- for Pretty Good Products](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/daves-list/) - To help make your life easier and maybe a bit more fun - here are some pretty good products that I use and recommend - that can help make your life better. If you buy something through this web page it will provide a few dimes to help reduce costs to run this "free" website.
- [Parmesan Cheese Hard as Brick - Fixed: "Soft" Again](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/parmesan-cheese-hard-as-brick-fixed-soft-again/) - My enjoyment of Parmigiaheno-Reggiano cheese, more often known in America as "Parmesan," is a bit above average. I'm slightly hesitant to admit how sometimes I enjoy it all by itself. Today I found a sizeable block of Italian Parmesan cheese waiting in my refrigerator. Was excited about using it on a new pasta sauce experiment.
- [Its in his Arrgh](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/its-in-his-arrgh/) - I lived in Europe for a while teaching several subjects including English and French. In my experience listening to people with languages from different cultures - the "R" is the most difficult sound to get right - in many languages. Scots roll a long "Arrrr" almost like a pirate. The French pronounce it more like
- [What’s the difference between a Forest Ecologist, a Biologist, a Forester, an Arborist and a Horticulturist ?](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/whats-the-difference-between-a-forest-ecologist-a-biologist-a-forester-an-arborist-and-a-horticulturist/) - Copyright 2003-2011 David Dilworth An Ecologist is explicitly trained in the health of the interdependence of all biota in an ecosystem. A forest ecologist is trained in the health of interdependence of forest biota. While Biologists generally care about biota, they are only trained to understand one species at a time. The exception is when
- [Everybody Loves Boobs](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/everybody-loves-boobs/) - This is a scream - with a deadly serious message. Breast Cancer Public Service announcement where Boobs, the real kind, sing a song to definitely catch your attention to help stop Breast Cancer. Fasten Your Seatbelt, get ready to laugh and then click here --> Everybody Loves Boobs
- [Secret FISA Court Out of Control - Makes Violently Anti-Constitutional Decision Giving up ALL Your Phone Records](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/secret-fisa-court-out-of-control-makes-violently-anti-constitutional-decision-giving-up-all-your-phone-records/) - "Cockroaches do their best Work in the Dark." Years before the existence of the National Security Agency (NSA) was ever acknowledged, many of us read evidence that NSA was out of control. Now thanks to the anti-constitutional "Patriot" Act a FISA Court judge (Roger Vinson) was discovered secretly ordering a major phone company (Verizon)
- [Silly Censorship by Pacific Grove City Manager Tom Frutchey](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/persistent-censorship-pg-city-manager-tom-frutchey/) - Tom Frutchey does not like criticism of his many failings as City Manager of Pacific Grove. Recently, to intimidate a resident who told the City Council about her strong concerns about City staff insubordination - the City Manager hired a lawyer to write her a strong letter of reproach. I was at that meeting -
- [Who's the Enemy ? Domestic Enemies with TLAs](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/whos-the-enemy/) - What do the CIA, FBI and NSA (No Such Agency) have in common with everyday Americans ? Regarding secrecy and privacy protected by our Constitutions - absolutely nothing. They have it ALL backwards, upside down - and absolutely wrong. These nefarious TLA (three letter acronym) agencies operate exactly like foreign government spies - where we
- [Improve - Not Change](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/improve-not-change/) - You want to "change" the world? Whoa. That's frightening. George W. Bush changed the world . . . acclaimed worldwide for making our world worse. In a horrible way. Ronald Reagan also "changed" the world. And most recently Candidate Obama asked us to "hope" for "Change." Well, as President he sure did make "change." Obama
- [Ex-Pacific Grove Mayor Sandra Koffman versus Our Environment, Democracy and the Truth](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/pacific-grove-mayor-sandra-koffman-versus-our-environment-democracy-and-the-truth/) - Pacific Grove Mayor Sandra Koffman versus Our Environment, Democracy and the Truth. (c) Copyright 2000-2002 David Dilworth "“One may smile, and smile, and be a villain. ” ― William Shakespeare, Hamlet Mayor Sandy Koffman -- from Environmentalist to Eco-FRAUD Ms. Koffman and her husband Dan moved to Pacific Grove from Los Angeles and immediately started
- [Cedar Street Times' Publisher Jameson Ramps Up from Censorship to Blacklist - Refuses Letter and Large Paid Ad](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/cedar-street-times-publisher-jameson-ramps-up-from-censorship-to-blacklist-refuses-letter-and-large-paid-ad/) - "Because the pension question is now being litigated, I have chosen not to run your letters or your advertisements." "Marge Jameson, Editor editor@cedarstreettimes.com Cedar Street Times 306 Grand Ave., Pacific Grove, CA Voice: 831-324-4742 Fax: 831-324-4745" (Dated: Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 11:45 AM) This was in response to a request by Pacific Grove
- [Alaska's Bristol Bay Destruction Mine Project Fatally Wounded by US-EPA - Expected to Die soon](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/alaskas-bristol-bay-destruction-mine-project-fatally-wounded-by-us-epa-expected-to-die-soon/) - We won. Well, actually the magnificent natural landscape of Alaska's Bristol Bay and all the wildlife and plants that call it home have won a big victory. One of the world's largest Mines, the Bristol Bay project, has suffered a fatal blow. The US-EPA finally did something good and essentially denied mining permits citing laws
- [Bill Kampe's Fast Food Gets Bad Reviews in Pacific Grove](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/fast-food-gets-bad-reviews-in-pacific-grove/) - Attempted Murder of a Good Law: Two people tried to kill Pacific Grove’s law banning Fast Food. Councilman (and Carpetbagger) Bill Kampe1 along with Commerce Chamber head Moe "Strip Mall" Ammar wielded the weapons of mass deception. Kampe put it on the Council Agenda arguing the City should welcome Fast Foods and "streamline the ordinance2."
- [NSA Kills People Based on MetaData !](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/nsa-kills-people-based-on-metadata/) - Have you heard Senator Dianne Feinstein's horrible excuse for NSA's treacherous privacy violations with "Its only metadata" ? Well, no Dianne, you are dead wrong -- "Metadata Kills." We now know the NSA-CIA kills people based on Metadata - because the former head of the NSA admitted it at a public forum ! "Michael Hayden Gleefully
- [For Consumers: The Best Monterey Peninsula Businesses (and the Worst)](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/for-consumers-the-best-monterey-peninsula-businesses/) - The Best (and worst) Monterey Peninsula Businesses A business only gets on this list if -- 1. I have had direct personal experience with them, and 2. They have provided exceptional service, reliably - with no bad experiences. These local businesses prove that there are solid reasons for buying some services and products locally and
- [David Walton Concludes a Gracious, Giving Life in China](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/david-walton-concludes-life-in-china/) - Have you been around Monterey long enough to remember the groundbreaking Sancho Panza Bohemian coffee house or Gallatin's elegant dining ? The genius behind Sancho Panza, and the grace at Gallatin's was my friend David Walton who died in China this month. David's nephew Todd Walton gave me permission to share his memories, so splendidly
- [Fukoshima Blue Flashes and Neutron Beams = Criticality Accident (Fission)](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/fukoshima-blue-flashes-and-neutron-beams/) - There are three alarming things observed at Fukoshima, that aren't getting much US media attention: Blue Flashes, 13 separate Neutron emission detections and radioactive Chlorine. I cannot find anyone who can describe how any of these phenomena can occur in a nuclear power plant unless nuclear fission occurs. On the other hand two of these
- [Vote NO on Kampe, No on Huitt, No on Lucius in Pacific Grove, and No on Potter](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/vote-no-on-kampe-huitt-and-lucius-in-pacific-grove-and-no-on-potter/) - David Dilworth's Take-it or Leave-it November 2012 No. NO. NO ! There's a lot of "Bad" up for a vote this season. Perhaps the local area with the most to lose is Pacific Grove. * Choose badly and it will cost the city tens of millions and cost You Personally thousands of dollars. * Choose
- [Holman's Hotel: Holmon-strosity – even Worse than their Leaked Presentation Drawing. Luckily We get to Vote it Down](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/holmon-strosity-even-worse-than-their-leaked-presentation-drawing-luckily-you-get-to-vote-it-down/) - Controversial Developer Nader Agha wants to turn Holmans into a 420 room hotel; a giant hotel that goes from Holmans massive front on Lighthouse Avenue to our Library - street to street / block to block - and 85 feet high. This would make it the largest building in Pacific Grove, possibly even larger than
- [PG&E Can't Buy CyberAttack Insurance anymore (actually ALL Energy Corp. Cyberattack Insurance was cancelled.)](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/pge-cant-buy-cyberattack-insurance-anymore-actually-all-energy-companies-lost-this-insurance/) - Know anyone who had their insurance cancelled ? And you imagined big corporations were immune from that insult. Well, apparently some goofy things corporations do are just so far beyond stupid (too big a risk) that Lloyds of London won't insure them anymore. In a little noticed news item that should be front page lead
- [SmartMeters Facilitate Cyber War Against US](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/smartmeters-facilitate-cyber-war-against-us/) - SmartMeters Facilitate Cyber War Against US (c) Copyright 2011 David j Dilworth This didn't happen --- yet. "Within a quarter of an hour, 157 major metropolitan areas have been thrown into knots by a nationwide power blackout hitting during rush hour. . . "Subways have crashed in New York, Oakland, Washington, and Los Angeles. .
- [Got Toxic Meat ? Its Legal to Sell !](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/got-toxic-meat-its-legal/) - It's not illegal to sell raw meat that tests positive for salmonella, campylobacter or listeria. This means I can legally sell you raw meat that can kill you - and not break any laws. Why not Call Congressman Farr and tell him to write a bill making it illegal to sell raw meat that can
- [Why Is "Smart Growth" Destructive?](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/why-is-smart-growth-destructive/) - (c) Copyright 2000-2012 David Dilworth "Smart Growth" is Doublespeak and an Oxymoron. Along with "Postal Service", "Jumbo Shrimp" and "Congressional Ethics" - "Sustainable Development" is a self canceling or contradictory phrase along with its new disguise called "Smart Growth." "Sustainable Development" was a tricky term developers used to disguise growth. Its goal was purely propaganda
- [101 Thank You Signs for FireFighters from Carmel Valley folks, for Big Sur's 2016 Soberanes Fire](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/thank-you-signs-for-firefighters-from-carmel-valley-folks-for-the-soberanes-fire-august-2016/) - Here's a photo essay of the overwhelming (hand-made) "Signs of heart-felt appreciation" from local folks for the men and women fighting Big Sur's terrible Soberanes Fire in July and August 2016. I found more than 100 signs on Carmel Valley Road alone. Some are elaborate works of art, some small, some huge, some clever, and
- [Soberanes Fire Plume 2016 from Carmel Valley Airport – Aug 8, afternoon 2pm](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/soberanes-fire-plume-2016-from-carmel-valley-airport-aug-8-afternoon-2pm/) - Big Sur's Soberanes Fire Plume 2016 from Carmel Valley Airport – Aug 8, afternoon 2-pm This smoke plume is blowing in a new direction: much more East than South-East (the direction the whole fire was advancing in general up till now). The plume poking up on the right looks to be from the Los Padres
- [Japan's Radioactive Fallout Approaching Chernobyl's](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/japans-radioactive-fallout-approaching-chernobyls/) - Up until yesterday, the radiation from the failed Japanese Nuclear power plants at Fukushima was described as far less than Chernobyl released. Experts typically opined by describing the danger along the lines of : "I don’t know how bad the Japanese nuke situation will get, but it won’t be a Chernobyl." Now just a few
- [Herald’s News Story Gatekeeper Livernois Disgusted with Public Commenting at Government Meetings](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/heralds-news-story-gatekeeper-livernois-disgusted-with-public-commenting-at-government-meetings/) - Did you ever wonder why newspaper stories are biased in favor of government and business -- and against public interests ? Well, we got a rare insight in a Monterey Count Herald blog article by the Herald’s “City Editor” Joe Livernois. A city Editor is responsible for all local stories. A City editor can and
- [Welcome to Pacific Stump - Thanks to Bill Kampe and Robert Huitt](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/welcome-to-pacific-stump-thanks-to-bill-kampe/) - Gentlemen . . . Start Your ChainSaws ! Pacific Grove has lost about half of its trees since 1986 – which is just short while ago. You might think a town with reverence for trees in its very own name would try to stop that crisis. But no, Pacific Grove is now joining Seaside in
- [Eager Dog Teased](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/eager-dog-teased/) - I like this. Naaaahhh. That's way too mild. This is hilarious, brilliant and inspiring. Maybe the funniest dog in years ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGeKSiCQkPw PS The clever pup's name is "Clark"
- [Too Wonderful - Australian Government Engineers Inspire 7 year old Girl's Quest for Dragons](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/too-wonderful-australian-government-engineers-inspire-7-year-old-girls-quest-for-dragons/) - I LOVE this story ! It combines touching-kindness and caring about children, inspiring them with science and engineering !!! - and even includes Dragons. What more could I ask for? A curious young woman (7 years old) writes to Australia's Government Research Center called CSIRO and asks if they can make a Dragon. They not
- [Part II: Herald's Livernois - Censoring, Slander and Bullying?](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/part-ii-livernois-the-slanderer-bully/) - This is Part 2 of a report on HOPE's first meeting with the Gary Omernick, President of The Herald, Monterey's local daily newspaper. A primary subject on our agenda is the Herald's 7 year long Blackout; complete news and editorial blackout (censorship) of our Water Management District's "Right-Sized" Water solution. After sitting down with Herald's
- [Pacific Grove Newspaper Publisher Admits Deliberate Censorship](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/pacific-grove-newspaper-publisher-admits-deliberate-censorship/) - Pacific Grove newspaper Cedar Street Times’ Publisher Marge Jameson Censors all letters from a reasonable middle of the road citizen. Sends him two emails refusing to publish any of his letters to the editor. Growing up here, I blindly trusted local newspapers. It never once crossed my mind whether they would do anything other than
- [All the Kings Horses and all the Kings Men . . .](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/all-the-kings-horses-and-all-the-kings-men/) - Here's an example of how a lone voice can halt big mistakes. "It wasn't a bad catch," said George Haines, state unit fire chief in Monterey and San Benito counties. When I spoke out on this issue, all the Fire "experts" and lawyers said I was wrong. They said that the County's best fire experts
- [Queen Elizabeth appreciates John Livingstone's Photography](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/queen-elizabeth-appreciates-john-livingstones-photography/) - Before settling in a lovely Portland, Oregon suburb, bon vivant John Livingstone enjoyed an idyllic many-decades career in Carmel as a respected master photographer, author and restaurant reviewer. He had the pleasure of meeting and photographing many fascinating characters and their events; keeping some of the nicer ones as friends. He admits his fifty-year career
- [Radioactivity Explained - Harm Thresholds (in plain English)](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/measuring-radioactivity/) - Curies, Becquerels, Grays, Sieverts, rad, rem, roentgen . . . Can you explain the meaning of nuclear radiation levels from the Japanese nuclear meltdown crisis? Can you figure out how much radioactivity is dangerous? This article explains the three major ways radioactivity is measured, and helps you compare the amounts of radioactivity reported - so
- [Understanding Radioactivity Harm Thresholds (in plain English)](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/understanding-radioactivity-harm-thresholds-in-plain-english/) - Do you understand the nuclear radioactivity levels resulting from the Japanese nuclear plant crisis? Can you figure out how much radioactivity is dangerous? This article explains the three major ways radioactivity is measured, to help you compare the numbers reported by the media - so you can make up your own mind whether the amount
- [Triple Standard - Some Lives are Worth More. Additional Deaths Are Not Newsworthy](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/triple-standard-some-lives-are-worth-more-more-deaths-not-newsworthy/) - (c) Copyright 2013 David Dilworth Three heart-wrenching tragedies in the past week showed three wildly different responses that are intensely revealing of our culture. (It would be inaccurate to described ours as a "civilization.") Commentary: Let me point out some notable contrasts. 1. Admittedly this is only three data points (and the events are apples
- [Recovery: Wolf family returns to California with Pups](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/recovery-wolf-family-returns-to-california-with-pups/) - Five wolf pups and their parents were photographed in Northern California recently. The last confirmed wolf living in California was more than 90 years ago in 1924. (One wolf,the famous wolf OR7, visited California in 2011.) Wild wolves historically inhabited California, but they were all killed by humans. While one should regard wild wolves with
- [Best Advice ever on how to buy a New Car](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/best-advice-ever-on-how-to-buy-a-new-car/) - While I doubt I'll ever buy a new car (they lose thousands of dollars in value the moment you drive them off the showroom floor), here is an excellent step-by-step advice on how to buy a new car. "I spent exactly 30 minutes at the dealership and got a Brand New Car at a Great
- [Obama Starts War with Libya - Peace Prize Should Be Revoked](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/obama-starts-war-with-libya-peace-prize-should-be-revoked/) - Actions Speak Louder Than Words US President Barak Obama started a War with Libya on Sunday March 19, 2011. At first the President Obama fired 110 Tomahawk Cruise-missiles on Libya, then on Monday a US fighter jet crashed in Libya. Libyan media reported that 48 people were killed; "mostly children" and three times that many
- [Kampe Closely Following in Potter's Harmful Wake](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/kampe-closely-following-in-potters-harmful-wake/) - It took the Sierra Club some 8 years to catch on to County Supervisor Dave Potter’s systematic Eco-Fraud. How much longer before everyone catches on to Bill Kampe’s harmful intent and acts? Kampe’s bad acts are now affecting our greater Peninsula community. On a major water and development issue Kampe just cast a key vote
- [Ed Leeper: Monterey Renaissance Man](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/ed-leeper-polymath-in-monterey/) - Ed Leeper passed away comfortably at home in his favorite chair Friday evening, while methodically perusing his vast collection of Fine Art books with a poetry book in one hand. Ed was seemingly a permanent fixture of our Peninsula. He was a man of myriad talents and a hero to many. A successful political wizard,
- [Dave Potter's Anti-Environmental Voting Record](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/dave-potters-anti-environmental-voting-record/) - (c) Copyright 2004-2009 David Dilworth Supervisor Dave Potter -- Too Clever Environmental-Fraudster Dave Potter is a Monterey Peninsula elected official with a long track record of voting for and influencing large environmentally harmful projects, including the Pebble Beach Company Forest Destruction Plan (Clint Eastwood's Chainsaw Massacre), and trying fairly successfully to hide his harmful
- [You Own Your Personal Information -- A Real Privacy Bill of Rights](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/privacy-rights-law-model-provisions/) - (c) Copyright 2008-2013 David Dilworth The following article is a summary of the Report "Personal Information Privacy Rights Table which outlines the five (plus one) crucial protections needed to insure legal privacy anywhere from any unauthorized collecting or use by governments or corporations. This Privacy Rights report entitled "Personal Information Privacy Rights Table" was written
- [Obama-Holder’s “Justice” Dept Seizes Major Media Phone Records – including Home Phone Records (and don’t forget Obama-Alexander’s NSA tapes your every Phone Call.)](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/obama-holders-justice-dept-seizes-major-media-phone-records-including-home-phone-records-and-dont-forget-obama-alexanders-nsa-tapes-your-every-p/) - “The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.” - Frederick Douglass If you and I oppose tyrannical acts - have we reached the limits of our endurance with U.S. Spying on us? Chief executive Gary Pruitt said the Associated Press was told on Friday the Justice department had gathered
- [Midnight Earthquake 5.3 in Salinas Valley Shakes Buildings in Pacific Grove on Monterey Peninsula](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/midnight-earthquake-5-3-in-salinas-valley-shakes-buildings-in-pacific-grove/) - Just 5 minutes before midnight turning into October 21, 2012 an Earthquake on the Eastern edge of the Salinas Valley gave buildings in Pacific Grove on the Monterey Peninsula a good shake. Did you feel the earth quake shake our Peninsula at midnight? That’s the largest one I’ve felt in years. It was right on
- [Your Constitutional Right to Loiter](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/constitutional-right-to-loiter/) - Ever seen a sign saying "Loitering Forbidden by Law?" Intimidating right? Well that's the intent. Property owners and police prefer that you don't hang around. You might be surprised to learn you have a Constitutional Right to Loiter that those property owners hope you don't understand. Here's a New York Times article about the Supreme
- [Skin Cancer Cures ! Melanoma No More](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/skin-cancer-cures-melanoma-no-more/) - In 2003 after a significant amount of research, I wrote about 3 extremely promising potential cures for skin cancer / melanoma. Based on those research results, I predicted that within 10 years no one should die of skin cancer - the same as no one need die of starvation. Well, its not quite ten years
- [NSA Spying Predictions for 2014](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/nsa-spying-predictions-for-2014/) - US President Obama falsely claimed -- “The way in which [the Snowden] disclosures happened has been damaging to the United States and damaging to our intelligence capabilities...” Yes, exactly how arresting a Bank robber is damaging to his freedom to steal and damaging to his false reputation for honesty. The NSA's reckless “freedom to steal”
- [How Long Would You Like to Live? Centuries?](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/how-long-would-you-like-to-live-centuries/) - Dear Friends, Did you ever imagine biology research could help you finish your to-do list? A team of researchers (including a Noble Prize winner) has found an easy way to make new stem cells from your own organs. This means that just like those Volvos that keep running for millions of miles, doctors could keep
- [Obama Nominates Assassination Legalizer David Barron to Appellate Court - Through the Looking Glass](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/obama-nominates-assassination-legalizer-david-barron-to-appellate-court-through-the-looking-glass/) - Infamous Executive Branch "Assassination Legal Memo" author David Barron was nominated to the First Circuit Appeals Court to be a lifetime appointed Judge by Barak Obama yesterday. David Barron authored the notorious Office of Legal Counsel memos authorizing the assassination of an American citizen with zero due process - no court case was ever decided,
- [Pacific Grove Intends to Violate Law "But only Temporarily"](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/pacific-grove-intends-to-violate-law-but-only-temporarily/) - This Wednesday the PG Council has an agenda item to approve extending business hours at the hotly contested Golf Course Grill into the evening to accommodate non-golfers. Because of the traffic and noise impacts to the neighborhood the Council is required to complete CEQA analysis before approving any such operation. In addition, because the land
- [Illegal Development Approvals Admitted by Pacific Grove City Manager](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/illegal-development-approvals-acknowledged-by-city-manager-of-pacific-grove/) - “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
- [Pacific Grove Pension Debt (CalPERS) 2007-2015](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/pacific-grove-pension-debt-calpers-2007-2015/) - Here is a graph of the debt Pacific Grove residents are accumulating as a result of staying in CalPERs - contrary to the will of the voters. The numbers from 2011 to 2015 are projections based on at least a 7.5 percent return on CalPERS investments. If CalPERS fails to achieve 7.5 percent return (breathtakingly
- [Pine Cone turns American Dream Upside Down  - Censored by Carmel Pine Cone Publisher Paul Miller](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/pine-cone-turns-american-dream-upside-down-censored-by-carmel-pine-cone-publisher-paul-miller/) - This is a letter sent to correct the abundant "whoppers" written by Carmel Pine Cone publisher / editor in his unsigned editorial "The Dilworth Phenomena." (June 15, 2007) The Pine Cone refused to publish it, so here it is. Letter to the Editor Carmel Pine Cone June 28, 2007 Pine Cone turns American Dream Upside
- [Herald’s News Story Gatekeeper Livernois Disgusted with Public Commenting at Government Meetings](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/herald’s-story-gatekeeper-disgusted-with-public-participating-in-government-decisions/) - Did you ever wonder why newspaper stories are biased in favor of government and business -- and against public interests ? Well, we got a rare insight in a Herald blog article by Joe Livernois. Livernois is the Herald’s “City Editor” who has responsibility for all local stories. A City editor can and does block
- [Community Rights vs. Property Rights  ](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/community-rights-vs-property-rights/) - (c) Copyright David Dilworth 2002-2013 No one has any sacred or legal right to do anything they want with property they own. This article is a concise overview of the Constitutional and legal foundations of Community Rights contrasted with Property Rights. A government can restrict any use of property if it can make a fair
- [Pacific Grove Illegal-Pension-Gift Signatures Turned In](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/pacific-grove-illegal-pension-signatures-turned-in/) - This morning a group of dedicated Pacific Grove citizens turned in more than 1,300 signatures of registered Pacific Grove voters to put on the ballot whether to void an illegal pension increase gift to city employees in 2002. “I’m disappointed that the city government chose to ignore the need for rescinding this generous “3 at
- [Incompetent Drumbeats Alarming for the Wrong Reason](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/incompetent-drumbeats-alarming-for-the-wrong-reason/) - Drumbeats normally make me smile. They’re an inducement to dance; drumming inspires friendship. There’s a marvelous drum class in my community that inspires thousands when they play in public like last New Years eve. Smiles as far as you can see across the crowd. There’s another kind of drumbeat that alarms me. It occurs when
- ["Flower" Singing "Cow Cow Boogie" with Friends](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/flower-singing-cow-cow-boogie-with-friends/) - Found this terrific old film of a fun song "Cow Cow Boogie."
- [Don't Chop Down Our Pacific Grove Trees - 3,000 Trees at Immediate Risk](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/dont-cut-our-pacific-grove-trees-3000-trees/) - Tree Destruction Effort Led by Kampe and Huitt Stumps: Pacific Grove’s Newest Industry Last night, Wednesday October 17, 2012 four City Council members voted to get rid of protection for trees on all residential property that are not Monterey Cypress, Coast live Oak or Monterey Pine. That loss of protection was estimated at 3,000 trees,
- [Jud Vandevere - World Class Naturalist and Friend](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/jud-vandevere-world-class-naturalist-and-friend/) - Our world just lost one its finest people, and the highest quality encyclopedia of natural phenomena he put together in his mind and happily shared with all. Monterey’s Jud Vandevere passed away on Christmas leaving a legacy of dramatically more insightful and inspired people in his wake. Walking in a forest with Jud was a
- [Dave Potter's Fantasy -- "I'm a Friend of the Environment"](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/dave-potters-fantasy-im-a-friend-of-the-environment/) - There's a new campaign mailing advertising Potter for Supervisor with the text "Our Place, our values, our voice. . . " The photograph is of a place that doesn't exist - just like Potter's "friendship with our environment." What's really going on is the photograph is of Big Sur's Point Sur, but just like Potter's
- [No on "F" and No on Kampe](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/no-on-f-no-on-kamp/) - I attended the very first “informational” community meeting at Chautauqua Hall regarding the Holman Hotel project at which developer Drake Leddy gave an overview of his company, his intentions to build a first class hotel and answered questions from audience members. When I entered the meeting I was neither for or against the project. The
- [In PG, Golf play stops at Sunset time – so must restaurant operations](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/in-pg-golf-play-stops-at-sunset-time-–-so-must-restaurant-operations/) - Golf play stops at Sunset time – so must restaurant operations. The Herald published an unsigned, misinformed and misleading editorial advocating for expansion of the Golf Club restaurant to the non-golf customers - after sunset hours. I wrote a response online, but their systems screwed up the formatting so it was barely readable. Here is
- [Pacific Grove Council Begins Unwinding Pension Gifts Granted Illegally in 2002](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/pg-council-begins-to-unwind-illegal-pension-granted-in-2002/) - A Giant Snowball has finally left the Building and is gathering speed. (c) Copyright 2012 David Dilworth Last evening Pacific Grove's City Council unanimously took a strong step forward to correcting a great wrong -- which is currently costing the city tens of millions of dollars and pushing it towards bankruptcy. In 2002, the former
- [Bogus Logic Used to Justify Lazy Reporting](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/bogus-logic-used-to-justify-lazy-reporting/) - Newspaper writers and editors often defend incompetent reporting with scrofulous logic -- "Both sides were angry so it must have been a good article." Publishing gibberish would also anger both sides of any controversial issue; and that takes no effort at all; a reporter wouldn't even need to show up at the meeting and fall
- [Toxics: Janet Fulton's Junk Science about Methyl Iodide](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/toxics-janet-fultons-junk-science-about-methyl-iodide/) - A former UC (agricultural) Field Station manager wrote a commentary in the Herald about Methyl Iodide that contradicts all environmental science about the nerve gas. (Janet Fulton: Methyl iodide a casualty of junk science) Sorry Ms. Fulton -- 1. Methyl iodide is recognized by all government agencies as a highly toxic nerve gas. 2. Methyl
- [Is California's Utilities Commission President Michael Peevey PG&E's Lapdog?](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/californias-utilities-commission-and-commission-president-michael-peeveyare-lapdogs-of-pge/) - “Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.” - Otto Van Bismark Well, today California Public Utilities Commission President Michael Peevey officially denied being a lapdog to PG$E -- "the $38 million fine should put to rest criticism that the agency is a 'lapdog' of PG$E." Peevey was talking about fining PG$E
- ["Sustainable" Pacific Grove vs Our Environment ?](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/708/) - Recently a group of people, most new to our community, started several local groups often including the term “Sustainable” in their name; e.g. Sustainable Pacific Grove. Their main activities seem to concern energy and trash reduction, and shopping / buying local and “green” goods. They were successful in getting several local mayors to sign a
- [Are Wired Telephones Going Extinct Soon?](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/are-wired-telephones-going-extinct-soon/) - Here's an article explaining how ATT wants the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to set a timeline to halt use of wired phones. AT&T: The end of the wireline telephone is in sight
- [Museum of Invisible Art - Really.](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/museum-of-invisible-art-really/) - I couldn't make this up. There's a museum that wants to sell collectors and art appreciators - Invisible Art . . . for real money. Not kidding. Museum for NonVisible Art Hans Christian Anderson wrote the story "The Emperor's New Clothes" in 1837. Maybe they believe everyone has forgotten that story. In my opinion this
- [KBOQ Replacement - WCPE (on WiFi Radio)](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/kboq-replacement/) - Many of my friends are upset that KBOQ changed away from the classical music it has played since 1983. Here's a quick and clean alternative. 1. Click here to get WCPE radio station on the Internet (Its in North Carolina). 2. If you don't use a computer or the internet, or are in a place
- [Japan's Radioactive Fallout Long Term](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/japans-radioactive-fallout-long-term/) - It appears the radioactive fallout from the multiple nuclear plant failures will continue leaking for months. Japan nuclear plant could continue to release dangerous radiation for several months Another article gives a good overview and map of the leaks. It also seems that the media are fed up with the Japanese government and the Electric
- [Part 2: What’s the difference between a Forest Ecologist, a Biologist, a Forester, an Arborist, and a Horticulturist ?](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/part-2-what’s-the-difference-between-a-forest-ecologist-a-biologist-a-forester-an-arborist-and-a-horticulturist/)
- [Carmel Pine Cone Publisher Paul Miller Now Censoring Art](https://daviddilworth.com/pol/pine-cones-paul-miller-censors-art/) - Its hard to find any political issue the Carmel Pine Cone Publisher Paul Miller and I agree upon. His loathing for environmental protection, the laws protecting it, and his sucking up to Clint Eastwood and his Pebble Beach Company forest destruction project are a "good" start. Miller's vitrolic personal attacks on those working (technically volunteering)

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