Category Archives: Water

Powerful Media Silence on HOPE’s Public-Records Monterey-Downs Water-Promise Lawsuit

Posted on April 4, 2016 by David

HOPE filed a simple but powerful Public Records Act Lawsuit on Monday to expose documents of a secret Water deal between Monterey Downs’ Horse gambling racetrack, the Water company – Cal-Am and Monterey County. Afterwards, we dutifully sent out Press … Continue reading →

Posted in Bad Acts, Censorship, Education, Media Misdeeds, Water | Tagged Bradley Zeve, Herald, Pacific Grove-Pine Cone, Paul Miller, Press Releases, Self-censorship, Weak Coastly | Leave a comment

Water Wars: Pacific Grove Council Votes to be a Water Agency

Posted on April 19, 2012 by David

Pacific Grove City Council voted last night (April 18, 2012) to become a water agency for the Monterey Peninsula and set aside its own issues. (Early in the meeting the Council actually continued 3 important items to the next meeting … Continue reading →

Posted in Bad Acts, Education, Pacific Grove, Water, Water Supply | Tagged Desal America, Few Pacific Grove, Nader Agha, Public Relations | 1 Comment

Water Solution on TV: Right-Sized Desal, HOPE interviews Attorney Alexander Henson – former Water Board Chair

Posted on September 21, 2011 by David

HOPE’s interview about the Right-Sized Water Solution with former Water Board Chair, Attorney Alexander Henson will broadcast on AMP (Channel 24) three times in the next week.

Posted in Growth, Media Misdeeds, Public Participation, Solutions, Water, Water District, Water Supply | Tagged Attorney Alexander Henson, HOPE, Water Board Chair | Leave a comment

HOPE Requests Supervisors Rescind/Void All Regional Desal Contracts and Approvals

Posted on June 30, 2011 by David

HOPE sent this letter to Monterey County Thursday June 30, 2011 — County Counsel Monterey County Supervisors Monterey County Water Resources Agency Please Rescind/Void All Regional Water Project Contracts Hello Supervisors, Water Resources Agency Board and County Counsel, Considering the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bad Acts, Collins Corruption, Growth, Incompetence, Law, Water, Water Supply | Tagged Hello Supervisors, Monterey County Counsel, Monterey County Supervisors, PDF, Regional Desalination Project, Steve Collins, Water Project Contracts, Water Resources Agency | Leave a comment

Did Carmel Pine Cone’s Paul Miller have a Stroke?

Posted on June 25, 2011 by David

The Carmel Pine Cone is the last paper I expected to break the media silence and publish information about the “Right-Sized” Desal Solution by our Water Management District.

Posted in Good Acts, Growth, Solutions, Water, Water Supply | Tagged HOPE, Regional Desal, Water District | Leave a comment

Ed Mitchell’s First Class Research

Posted on June 24, 2011 by David

I’m amazed at the thorough research conducted by Ed Mitchell regarding the meetings MCWRA Director Steve Collins participated in while getting paid to do so as a paid employee of a private corporation. Ed’s commentary is at https://1hope.org/hopeblog/commentary-collins-investigation/.

Posted in Bureaucratic Fraud, Collins Corruption, Education, Good Acts, Understanding, Water, Water Supply | Tagged Ed Mitchell, MCWRA | Leave a comment

Commentary: Collins Investigation Should Catch Other Officials

Posted on June 23, 2011 by EdMitchell

(c) Copyright 2011 Ed Mitchell I believe I was the first to file a Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) sworn complaint against Steve Collins with my May 5, 2011 delivery to the FPPC office in Sacramento, 5 weeks before the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bad Acts, Collins Corruption, Good Acts, Growth, Impacts, Law, Public Participation, Water, Water Supply | Tagged District Attorney, Ed Mitchell, FPPC, Government Code, Political Reform Act | 5 Comments

Water Wars (Regional Desal Corruption): Report on Bad Acts by Steve Collins, Jim Heitzman, Curtis Weeks, RMC and Cal-AM

Posted on June 22, 2011 by David

The report to the County Supervisors about Monterey County Water Resources Agency Director Steve Collins’ Conflicts of Financial Interests was released yesterday.It states “. . . the facts we have discovered to date are extremely troubling.” Some of those troubling … Continue reading →

Posted in Bad Acts, Bureaucratic Fraud, Coastal Protection, Collins Corruption, Good Acts, Growth, Impacts, Incompetence, Law, Staffocracy, Water, Water Supply | Tagged County Supervisors, MCWD, MCWRA, Monterey County Supervisors, RMC | 8 Comments

Regional Desal Implode Begins: Yes, We Warned You

Posted on June 6, 2011 by David

In the mad rush to approve the silly and violently expensive “Regional Desalination” plant in Marina – HOPE warned of the Boondoggle in Waiting. We warned the public through articles, public presentations at City Council meetings and even a special … Continue reading →

Posted in Bad Acts, Bureaucratic Fraud, Collins Corruption, Incompetence, Media Misdeeds, Solutions, Water, Water District, Water Supply | Tagged HOPE, Jan Shriner, Keystone Cops, Marina Coast Board, Marina Regional Desalination, Regional Project, Three Stooges | 4 Comments

New Pebble Beach Project Begins

Posted on April 27, 2011 by David

The new Pebble Beach Company project will be unveiled at a public meeting on April 28, 2011 at the Pebble Beach Community Services District office. (Yes, the gate guards will let you in free to attend the meeting. But if … Continue reading →

Posted in Impacts, Imperiled Animals, Pebble Beach Co. Logging Development, Water | Tagged Endangered Species, Forest Loss, Golf Course, PBC, Traffic Gridlock | Leave a comment

Why Has the Monterey Herald Censored a Major Local Water News Story for 9 Years?

Posted on March 14, 2011 by David

The Herald has a long tradition of censoring important opinion: a long list of letters to the editor, commentaries and Op-Eds. That’s bad enough. But I didn’t think it could get worse. Well, I’ve been reading the Herald for several … Continue reading →

Posted in Bad Acts, Growth, Media Misdeeds, Water, Water Supply | Tagged Herald Censored Letters, HOPE, Livernois Censoring, Regional Water Supply, Royal Calkins, Violently Expensive, Water Management District | 2 Comments

Water Wars: Ron Weitzman’s “Water Plus” has Joined the Dark Side

Posted on February 22, 2011 by David

Monterey County Developers are Dancing in the Streets now that Ron Weitzman’s group “Water Plus” is taking big steps to destroy our Water District. Our Water District, with all of its faults, is the only legal barrier standing between our … Continue reading →

Posted in Bad Acts, Imperiled Animals, Water, Water District, Water Supply | Tagged Water District, Water Plus | 1 Comment

Cal-Am Water Corp trying to pull another Fast one

Posted on February 3, 2011 by David

Is Our Peninsula’s for-profit water corporation, California-American Water Corp. (or Cal-Am), Improperly Trying to Connect another Subdivision? You are invited to the Hearing this Monday the 7th in the Monterey City Hall Conference Chambers. 10 AM Hwy 68 Coalition (the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bad Acts, Public Participation, Water Supply | Tagged Mike Weaver, San Benancio Road | 1 Comment

New Pebble Beach Forest Destruction Project Already Going Wrong

Posted on January 16, 2011 by David

The new Pebble Beach Project is already going in a bad direction. 1. The County is preparing to hire the same company (Jones and Stokes) that wrote the horrible, politically biased and legally faulty environmental harm analysis (the EIR) for … Continue reading →

Posted in Imperiled Animals, Pebble Beach Co. Logging Development, Water | Tagged Carmel River Flow, EIR, Humphrey Bogart, Pebble Beach Company, Pebble Beach Project, Public Interest | 1 Comment

New Pebble Beach Forest Destruction Project Still Has Serious Problems