{"id":3755,"date":"2002-09-26T19:43:52","date_gmt":"2002-09-26T19:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/?p=3755"},"modified":"2017-05-07T22:46:48","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T05:46:48","slug":"pacific-grove-mayor-sandra-koffman-versus-our-environment-democracy-and-the-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/pacific-grove-mayor-sandra-koffman-versus-our-environment-democracy-and-the-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Pacific Grove Mayor Sandra Koffman versus Our Environment, Democracy and the Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Pacific Grove Mayor Sandra Koffman versus Our <\/strong><b><span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: x-large;\">Environment,<\/span> <\/b><a href=\"#democracy\"><b><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Democracy<\/span><\/b><\/a><b> <span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: x-large;\">and the <\/span><span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: x-large;\">Truth.<\/span><\/b><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>(c) Copyright 2000-2002 David Dilworth<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3783\" style=\"width: 170px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/pacific-grove-mayor-sandra-koffman-versus-our-environment-democracy-and-the-truth\/koffman\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3783\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3783\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3783\" title=\"Sandra Koffman - Eco-Fraud Mayor\" src=\"http:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/wp-content\/uploads\/2002\/09\/koffman.jpg\" alt=\"Sandra Koffman - Eco-Fraud Mayor\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3783\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sandra Koffman &#8211; Eco-Fraud Mayor<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b><b>\u00a0&#8220;\u201cOne may smile, and smile, and be a villain. \u201d<br \/>\n\u2015 <a class=\"authorOrTitle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/947.William_Shakespeare\">William Shakespeare<\/a>, <span id=\"quote_book_link_1420\"><a class=\"authorOrTitle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/work\/quotes\/1885548\">Hamlet<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><strong>Mayor Sandy Koffman &#8212; from Environmentalist to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coastweekly.com\/article.asp?section=results&amp;ref=7608\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Eco-FRAUD<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ms. Koffman and her husband Dan moved to <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>Pacific Grove<\/strong> from <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>Los Angeles<\/strong> and immediately started a group called Eco-Corps which mainly planted trees. As soon as Koffman was elected Mayor in 1994 <strong>Eco-Corps evaporated<\/strong>; they never met again, and <strong>most of their tree seedlings died.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coastweekly.com\/article.asp?section=results&amp;ref=7608\"><b>Coast Weekly&#8217;s Squid calls Koffman an &#8220;Eco-Fraud&#8221; for just one of her (many) recent outrages (click here to read story).<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><strong>MS. KOFFMAN vs. OUR ENVIRONMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Carmel River Dam<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ms. Koffman advocated for the giant new Dam, voted for it (1995 Mayors Resolution) and to ignore its many serious environmental impacts including its growth inducement.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>MAYOR KOFFMAN vs. OUR WATER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ms. Koffman worked hard to sneak water away from existing residents for more development &#8211; even though she knows we are enduring an Official Water Supply Emergency.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Mayor Koffman led the developers and other cities to persistently abuse Water Transfer &#8220;profiteering.&#8221; In trying to keep Water Transfers Ms. Koffman&#8217;s June 16, 2000 letter to the Water District worried that stopping transfers &#8220;would restrict the opportunities of commercial property owners to do business&#8230;&#8221; She did not write a single word about protecting residents existing water uses.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>She regularly advocates for more water for more unneeded <i><u>high-income housing<\/u><\/i> development (Mansionization) and business growth in Pacific Grove. She has a perfect record of voting for every water increasing project on a Council agenda.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>She attends Water Board Meetings only to stubbornly demand more water use for developers which takes water away from existing Residents and our Carmel River Imperiled Species &#8211; the Steelhead trout and <a href=\"http:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/env\/california-red-legged-frog-rana-aurora-draytonii-are-long-time-peninsula-residents\/\">Mark Twain&#8217;s Celebrated Red-legged frog<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Ms. Koffman opposed the Water Hookup Moratorium for new buildings in 1998.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Ms. Koffman advocated 150 acre foot more water use in 1993 &#8211; knowing no physical or legal water existed for increased use &#8211; that it would come out of our Rationing reserves.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>MS KOFFMAN vs. <u><i><span style=\"color: #008000;\">OUR IMPERILED NATIVE MONTEREY PINE FOREST<\/span><\/i><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>In stark contrast to the <i><u>false image<\/u><\/i> of an environmental friend which she worked so hard to maintain &#8211; as Mayor she <i><u>fought hard and voted to weaken our tree protection law<\/u><\/i> (April 2002). Within months we experienced the Country Club Center Chainsaw massacre (6 huge healthy native Monterey pines destroyed and a large protest ensued), towering healthy trees were also cut down at the Library Park, the Middle High School, the Sunset Dr. entrance to Pebble Beach, and on August 27 &#8211; the Deer birthing habitat (Thicket) at the Cemetery was destroyed to an outpouring of citizen rage.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>As Mayor she has allowed and even <b>voted for increased destruction of our native Monterey Pines <\/b>by Luckys in the County Club Shopping with Center. After voting for PG Luckys expansion she exclaimed &#8211; &#8220;<b><i>I can&#8217;t wait to shop at the new Luckys.<\/i><\/b>&#8221; This wholly unnecessary shopping center expansion lost us some <b>huge, healthy rare native Monterey Pines.\u00a0 <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>As Mayor she led the <b>vote to approve cutting down 68 trees including some huge native Monterey Pines at Forest Hill Manor March 6, 2002.\u00a0<\/b> On May12 the Herald wrote an unusually scathing editorial telling the PG Council to send <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>Forest Hill Manor<\/strong> back to the <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>Planning Commission<\/strong>. <b>Her own Planning Commission voted unanimously to request the Council rescind their approval! (May 12, 2002) She ignored all of it.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The <b>lost biomass (weight of trees) of these threatened native trees <\/b>exceeded the biomass of all the seedlings (and now dead saplings) Eco-Corps ever planted by at least a thousand fold.<\/li>\n<li>In a bizarre contrast to Eco-Corp&#8217;s mission Ms. Koffman <b>refused to allow planting of native trees <\/b>at Monarch Sanctuary even after two of her own city committees recommended it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>MAYOR KOFFMAN in Bed with PEBBLE BEACH COMPANY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Ms. Koffman and her husband are paid monthly by Pebble Beach Company<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>through a <b><u>for-profit company<\/u> they started <em><u>after<\/u><\/em> she was elected. <\/b>She now must step down on every issue involving <b>Pebble Beach Company <\/b>&#8211; Measure A, PB Traffic, Monterey pine forests.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Ms. Koffman <\/b>supported and defended the <b>Pebble Beach Company&#8217;s <\/b>outrageous, and fiercely protested, month long propaganda <b>promotion at PG City Museum in June 1996<\/b>. The promotion had eight lectures on how great Pebble Beach Company was doing recycling and Pebble Beach history yet <b>totally ignored the company&#8217;s plans to destroy more than a square mile of rare and threatened native Monterey pine forest. <\/b>Pebble Beach Company hosted several receptions at the City Museum with hundreds of government officials. <strong>The Museum Board President and another Museum Board member resigned in disgust.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>MAYOR KOFFMAN vs. ANIMALS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Supports killing Pacific Grove&#8217;s Deer by &#8220;Thinning them out.&#8221;<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Ms. Koffman refused to Lift a Finger to Stop Raccoon Killing by Pacific Grove Police.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>MAYOR KOFFMAN vs. FRAGILE TIDEPOOLS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ms. Koffman has not lifted a finger to substantially protect our depleted and imperiled Tidepools. She has allowed and even voted for increased destruction of our Tidepools by the Aquarium. Only when forced by a citizens legal initiative did she accede to do anything. Even then she would not one hair&#8217;s breadth more Tidepool protection than what the petition said.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>As Mayor she refused to stop Aquarium Tidepool Collecting. She finally agreed to put up warning signs &#8211; but only if they put Aquarium&#8217;s name on the signs.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>SEWAGE SPILLS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Pacific Grove has regular, sometimes almost weekly, sewage spills into our Sea Otter refuge and our National Marine Sanctuary.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Mayor Koffman has repeatedly refused to consider adopting a Sewage Management Plan &#8211; perhaps because it would require environmental impact review and would cost tens of millions to be implemented.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Because of this failure and the increasing number of sewage spills the US-EPA has taken a special interest in the city&#8217;s pattern of federal Clean Water law violations.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>As of March 2003 &#8211; the City was served with notice it will be sued for its persistent sewage spills which violate our Federal Clean Water Act.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>GROWTH &amp; MANSIONIZATION ADVOCATE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><u>Ms. Koffman has approved every application to increase water use.<\/u><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>(She did vote against one Water transfer in October 2000, but at the following meeting, (just 53 hours <i><u>after re-elected<\/u><\/i> &#8211; which may be a world record), she reversed her vote on the Eric Miller CTE-Homescapes\/Finklang \/ water transfer \/ profiteering.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><u>Ms. Koffman has never opposed or voted against a single house or building increase (except one house on Ocean View where the Planning Commission unanimously expressed extraordinarily strong opposition).<\/u><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>\u00a0She presided over the Mansionization of Pacific Grove and supported Growth with every vote refusing to lift a finger to stop it or even just slow it down. The trend has been nicknamed Koff-Mansionization.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Koffman voted to delete definition of a &#8220;Story&#8221; as in two-story building so that even bigger houses could be built.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, PLANNING COMMISSION, SMOKE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>With Koffman as Mayor the city regularly, systematically and flagrantly avoided Environmental Disclosure and Protection Laws, Public Health &amp; Safety laws, Historic Preservation and Shoreline Repair.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AVOIDING ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF CITY PROJECTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ms. Koffman has a <strong><i>perfect<\/i> record of ignoring public interest requests for more or better environmental review<\/strong> including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Water Transfers &amp; Credits (Increasing Carmel River overpumping)<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Coastal Act Ordinances<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Residential Rezoning<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Forest Hill Manor &#8211; 68 trees &amp; 16 acre feet of water<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coastweekly.com\/article.asp?section=results&amp;ref=4404\"><b>Sewer Smoke Testing<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Burning of George Washington Park (this is not a typographical error).<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>RANCHO SAN CARLOS DEVELOPMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Ms. Koffman refused to sign petition to just put the 30 square mile (22,000 acre) Carmel Valley Rancho San Carlos Subdivision on the ballot in 1996.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>SHORELINE REPAIR<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Mayor Koffman never spent a dime on shoreline repair even though the Shoreline Master Plan has been around for years and the city had a budget surplus.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Ms. Koffman voted for Sewer Smoke testing May 3, 2000 refusing any environmental review even though the same testing had killed two pets in Carmel.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Ms. Koffman <u>twice refused <\/u>to consider Leaf Blower restriction ordinance prepared by her own Mayor-appointed committee. Nov 5, 1999 and Sept 6, 2000<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">KOFFMAN vs. DEMOCRACY, OPEN GOVERNMENT and CIVIL RIGHTS<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montereycountyweekly.com\/news\/local_news\/a-handful-of-angry-activists-two-voter-initiatives-in-the\/article_7fbc42ea-a79e-5033-a935-95ea4d6f571d.html\"><b>Peeved in Pagrovia &#8211; Coast Weekly Article Jan 20, 2000<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>MS. KOFFMAN&#8217;S Efforts to Weaken Democracy<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>As Mayor she put on the July 15, 2002 Agenda to <u>reduce the number of votes it would take to approve new development<\/u>\u00a0<\/strong>(from 4 to 3; a majority of a body to a majority of those present). <strong>Her anti-democracy act was supported by Councilman Robert Huitt<\/strong> (&#8220;It isn&#8217;t fair that every absent commissioner is a vote against development&#8221;). Even though unanimously opposed by a parade of people (from all political facets) opposing this <strong>she continued to argue for it.<\/strong> Realizing there were too many votes against it including <strong>solid opposition from Councilmen Dan Davis, Steve Honegger and even Morrie Fisher,<\/strong> she didn&#8217;t even ask for a motion.<\/li>\n<li>As Mayor she put on the July 3, 2002 Agenda to <strong><u>dissolve the Water District<\/u><\/strong> by supporting Monterey&#8217;s effort to put an advisory initiative on the ballot. She may have done this in part because the <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>Water District<\/strong> voted to stop all water profiteering credit transfers &#8211; which Koffman had been the leader in furthering. Realizing there were too many votes against it including opposition from Councilmen Morrie Fisher, and even her long-time rubber stamps Steve Honegger and Robert Huitt, she didn&#8217;t even ask for a motion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>MS. KOFFMAN vs. FREEDOM OF SPEECH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>Mayor Koffman<\/strong> has a long record of stifling political criticism at Council meetings. (Nov 25, 1999 Beacon)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Tried to put public comment at the end of meetings (at 11:00 pm).<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">A huge crowd showed up to protest.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montereycountyweekly.com\/news\/local_news\/a-handful-of-angry-activists-two-voter-initiatives-in-the\/article_7fbc42ea-a79e-5033-a935-95ea4d6f571d.html\"><b>At a Council meeting where a Senior-Housing-Committee Member said Councilman Honegger should step down from Senior Housing Committee &#8211; Mayor Koffman interrupted and stopped her from speaking further. Ms. Koffman later apologized &#8211; but only after getting whacked by a newspaper Editorial some two weeks later.<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Ms. Koffman tried four times to put get City&#8217;s advertising pulled from Beacon to prevent it from criticizing her and the Council. She finally succeeded in having the Council vote to stop Beacon Advertising in January 2001.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>She canceled the courtesy of allowing residents to testify on issues late on meeting agenda when they need to attend other events.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Moved all Consent Agenda items requested for hearing by citizens to the end of the meeting (moved them from 6:30 to roughly 10:30). June 19, 2002<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>She fought to prevent a public vote on the Civic Center.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>New City Hall Chambers only allow 58 people to sit. Meetings at the Community Center allowed well over 100 residents.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>MS. KOFFMAN vs. ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As Mayor, Koffman &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kentucky.com\/mld\/mcherald\/2002\/05\/23\/news\/3320634.htm\"><b>Held a private meeting with developers. The meeting was designed specifically to keep residents from attending. (Herald May 23, 2002)<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Prevented video taping of critical sewer meeting taking place just before a Council meeting.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Prevented video taping of Final Civic Center Approval Aug 21, 2000.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Refused to put a citizens advisory issue on ballot.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Voted to sue to take Citizens Initiative off ballot. July 5, 2000<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Refused to allow Council to discuss Museum For-Profit exhibits (Pebble Beach Company and PG&amp;E &#8211; June 1996)<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>She succeeded in keeping Museum Exhibit &#8220;Guidelines&#8221; off the Council&#8217;s agenda (Jan through Dec 1996)<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Works hard to keep City from answering questions from public.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>After six years, as of April 2002, there were still none of the answers promised from questions asked by the public at the June 1996 Joint Museum Board\/Council meeting concerning the Pebble Beach Company Museum Controversy.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Ms. Koffman refused to participate in 2000 Beacon City Forum on Sewage Problems after initiating concept. Then proposed a City controlled meeting where she would not have to answer questions &#8211; just listen.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>She refused to even return calls for two radio interview invitations during her 2000 campaign.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Refuses to Make or Disclose any Priorities.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>She actually admitted in June 2000 her top priority is to set priorities. Meaning she doesn&#8217;t have any &#8211; after 6 years in office.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>MS. KOFFMAN vs. PUBLIC RECORDS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>With Ms. Koffman as Mayor the City <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">refuses to release the City&#8217;s Policy on public records<\/span><\/em> claiming the policy is exempt from disclosure !<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Ms. Koffman persistently manipulates the public records law to prevent rightful public access to records (e.g. Sewer Repair Cost Consultant&#8217;s Report, City Budget, Raccoon capture records, Sewer Smoke testing dates and locations).<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>City falsely calls every record they don&#8217;t want public a &#8220;DRAFT.&#8221; (To put the City&#8217;s secrets policy in context &#8211; in Florida EVERYTHING is a publicly available record except the home address of police officers.)<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The city has to be sued before they will release some public records.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>MS. KOFFMAN vs. FAIR DECISIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montereycountyweekly.com\/news\/local_news\/a-handful-of-angry-activists-two-voter-initiatives-in-the\/article_7fbc42ea-a79e-5033-a935-95ea4d6f571d.html\"><b>Ms. Koffman rehearsed Council Meetings with City Manager Huse and used a script to conduct Council meetings for years.<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hint: Democracy is not scripted.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Hypocrisy: At our Water Board on Jun 19, 2000 Ms. Koffman&#8217;s speech ran One minute and 15 seconds over her 3 minute time limit on Water Transfers. Chair Molly Erickson reluctantly let her finish.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Yet Ms. Koffman sharply <u>cuts off speakers she disagrees with<\/u> at her meetings at 3 minutes exactly &#8211; even if they are presenting important factual material.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Worse &#8211; on the same agenda item she allowed PG Chamber of Commerce Manager Mo Ammar go several minutes past his 3 minutes when he was merely introducing people &#8211; not presenting reasons or evidence.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>MS. KOFFMAN vs. CIVIL RIGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>The PG City Attorney described Homescapes Disability Access hostility as &#8220;flagrant violations.&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Ms. Koffman crossed American&#8217;s with Disability Act (ADA) picket line at Homescapes Oct 1999. (Is it a coincidence that the City received about 4 acre feet of water from Homescapes in 1997 and at least three &#8220;free&#8221; parties at Homescapes at a potential value of some $1200 per party).<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>MS. KOFFMAN vs. RESPECTFUL GOVERNMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Ms. Koffman regularly took phone calls <i><u>during <\/u><\/i>Council meetings &#8211; until whacked by a Beacon Editorial.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Ms. Koffman&#8217;s Gross &#8220;Terminological Inexactitude&#8221; (Lying)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>In a June 30, 2002 Herald Commentary Koffman and Councilman Robert Huitt falsely and knowingly claimed the City had adopted a Sewer Repair Management Plan.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Update 2012 &#8211; Mayor Koffman vs Responsible Fiscal Policy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>When Koffman took office in 1992 the City of Pacific Grove had carefully built an $8 million dollar Reserve fund for projects and financial downturns. By the time Koffman left office in 2002 &#8211; due to the constant raises she voted for staff there was only $200 thousand dollars left. Due to the toxic financial situations she set in place the city has been fighting debts and deficits ever since.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\">______<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>These are just a few highlights (or more accurately lowlights) in the Pacific Grove political career of Sandra L. Koffman-Battaglia originally from Chicago, Ill.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In my opinion, Ms. Koffman&#8217;s awful legacy as a government official is the dream of the most harmful developers and polluters you can imagine.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Koffman&#8217;s voting record overflows with persistent anti-democracy, anti-public interest and anti-environmental actions &#8211; but she always did it with a smile &#8211; a forced, fake smile.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have any corrections or additions &#8211; please let me know.<\/p>\n<p>* I have only received two complaints about this article; both from known Koffman supporters (Craig and Rebecca Ridell), but not even they have been able to describe the faintest dispute with any fact here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pacific Grove Mayor Sandra Koffman versus Our Environment, Democracy and the Truth. 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