Carmel Pine Cone, September 14, 2012 (Main News)
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A SPECIAL SECTION A A celebration of the special day and how to PERFECT help make it perfect, inside this week’s Pine Cone! Volume 98 No. 37 On the Internet: www.carmelpinecone.com September 14-20, 2012 Y OUR S OURCE F OR L OCAL N EWS, ARTS AND O PINION S INCE 1915 WTC steel displayed Cachagua residents give commissioners at 9/11 memorial earful over dam removal truck traffic n Decision on San Clemente delayed require widening 11,500 feet of dirt road; build- A somber procession carried a piece of ing a 3,000-foot access road, and making World Trade Center steel to a ceremony By CHRIS COUNTS improvements at six locations along Cachagua in Devendorf Park, where Monterey Fire road — including one bridge — to allow large Chief Andrew Miller spoke about the AFTER CACHAGUA and Jamesburg resi- trucks to make sharp turns and to sustain the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror- weight of heavy equipment. ist attacks. The steel will be kept at the dents insisted they didn’t receive adequate notice about traffic impacts that would be caused by the The project’s manager, Jeff Szytel of Water library across the street until it is perma- Systems Consulting in San Luis Obispo, insisted nently displayed in the park next year. removal of San Clemente Dam, the Monterey County Planning Commission this week post- the Cachagua Road route makes the most sense. PHOTOS/KERRY BELSER poned making a decision on the $83 million pro- “I believe it has the safest access, the least envi- ject until at least Oct. 31. Before voting unanimously Sept. 12 for the See DAM page 26A delay, the planning commission listened to more than three hours of testimony from the county’s staff and the project’s manager about its benefits, MAN DIES and from residents and business owners about its problems. ATTEMPTING TO The project has been discussed at public meet- ings and in the media for years, but some resi- CROSS IGHWAY dents complained at the hearing they only recent- H 1 ly found out about its potential impact on their community — and they asked the planning com- AT RUSH HOUR mission for more time so they can study the details. By MARY SCHLEY “I’m concerned about the haste with which this is being pushed through,” resident Fidela STUART MASTEN, 55 and the son of Schneider said. “We are going to be severely Carmel’s poet laureate, the late Ric Masten, died impacted. We haven’t had time to get advice. Friday morning when he tried to cross Highway 1 We’ve had to scramble.” near Flanders Drive and was hit by a teenager dri- ving a Lincoln Navigator, according to Carmel Heavy traffic, small roads Highway Patrol public information officer Bob D.A. alleges fraud by ‘BioBanc’ At the heart of the debate is why the project’s Lehman. traffic would be routed along Cachagua Road and A 1974 graduate of Carmel High School, By KELLY NIX unlawful, unfair and fraudulent business not San Clemente Drive through Sleepy Hollow. Masten was described by his family as “a master practices and falsely offered services on According to the project’s staff report, three cement finisher, landscaper, and carpenter,” and THE MONTEREY business that its website after it laid off all its employ- potential routes were considered, including two “an avid reader and writer of fiction.” generated a lot of buzz five years ago ees in June 2010 and ceased operating. that utilized San Clemente Drive. But one San The 16-year-old driver, whose name was not when it started offering to collect and The suit, which names BioBanc CEO Clemente Drive route was determined to have released due to possible charges being filed freeze customers’ white blood cells so Robert Hayner and CFO James Swallow safety issues, while the other would require the against her, was in the left-turn lane on south- they could be used for medical treat- as defendants, is seeking an injunction widening of 14,300 feet of existing dirt road, as bound Highway 1, likely heading to class at ment later is facing allegations of false to de-activate BioBanc’s website and an well as the construction of another 3,300 feet of Carmel High School, at about 7:30 a.m. Sept. 7, advertising and fraud, according to a order preventing its parent company, dirt road. Also, one bridge would need to be when she struck Masten. She was the only person claim filed by the Monterey County CordBancUSA.com, from “reactivat- replaced, while two more would need to be con- in the car. District Attorney’s Office. ing” the site. structed. And it’s unclear if Cal Am even has an “The other southbound lanes of traffic were In a civil lawsuit filed Aug. 29, pros- The claim, filed by deputy district easement along San Clemente Drive, which is a stopped, and what we gathered from witnesses ecutors allege BioBancUSA, which had private road. a facility in Ryan Ranch, engaged in See FRAUD page 27A The Cachagua Road route, meanwhile, would See DEATH page 27A EASTWOOD INTERVIEW BRINGS NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT TO PINE CONE (BRIEFLY) PINE CONE STAFF REPORT interested in the details about how he decided what to say, what transpired behind the scenes, HERE’S HOW famous Clint Eastwood is: and how Eastwood reacted to the hoopla he The world will beat a path to your door just caused,” said Pine Cone publisher Paul Miller, because you talked to him. who wrote the story. “By 10 o’clock on Friday, The Pine Cone’s interview with the former our office was besieged with phone calls and mayor about his appearance at the Republican emails.” National Convention — the only one he’s given “Inside Edition,” “Nightline” and The NBC since the event — hit the Internet last Thursday at News bureau in Burbank were among the early 9 p.m. Overnight, pretty much nobody noticed callers, wanting to know if Miller had any video except the paper’s regular readers. or audio tape of his Eastwood interview (he did- But at 6:45 the next morning, a link to The n’t). The Canadian Broadcasting Company and Pine Cone’s story went up on powerlineblog.com, KCBS radio in San Francisco also called, wanting After The Pine Cone’s Eastwood inter- a respected website of commentary and aggregat- view hit the Internet last week, a flood interviews with Miller. of media attention followed. “NBC ed content from around the web. At about the Associated Press reporter Greg Risling was on Nightly News” reported the story and same time, a link to The Pine Cone’s Eastwood the phone seeking verification the story wasn’t a carried a closeup of the Pine Cone’s story was added to a similar site, instapundit.com. hoax. MSNBC emailed a request for Miller to be front page (upper left).”ABC World A few minutes later, the Drudge Report picked up a guest on its Sunday week-in-review show, News Tonight” quoted from the story the story and put it on its front page. And then the “Weekends with Alex Witt.” CNN also wanted extensively (left). And Miller was a floodgates opened. him for a live shot. Etc., etc. live guest on several cable news “Whether they loved what Eastwood said to the shows, including MSNBC’s Republicans or hated it, everybody seemed very See EASTWOOD page 20A “Weekends with Alex Witt,” (above). Have the complete Carmel Pine Cone delivered every Thursday evening to your iPad, laptop, PC or phone. Free subscriptions available at www.carmelpinecone.com 2A The Carmel Pine Cone September 14, 2012 Sandy Claws By Lisa Crawford Watson about everything and gets what she wants by whin- Big dog syndrome ing.” Cali is not the only dog in the house, but she seems SHE WAS born in Oregon but raised in California, to rule the roost. Everyone sleeps on the family bed, which was reason enough to call her Cali. A Chihuahua and the other dogs get there by climbing up one of two who weighed 1 pound at birth, and whose only sibling sets of steps. Cali just stands by the steps and cries until maxed out at just 2 pounds, she eventually bulked out someone lifts her into bed, where she remains, with the at 7 pounds and built an attitude just as robust. covers over her head, long after everyone else has got- “Cali is a sassy little Chihuahua with a lot of person- ten up. ality,” her person says. “We call her ‘Miss Attitude,’ and Her other indulgence is her wardrobe. The only dog it’s much bigger than she is. She has her own agenda in the household to wear clothes, Cali also seems to be the only one who gets cold. Her favorite garment is a pink, hooded Juicy Couture sweatshirt, but she also has three Halloween costumes, plus a bunny suit to wear at Easter. Carmel Beach Cali loves to cavort at Carmel Beach and runs as fast Cleanup as she can across the sand, which isn’t very swift. She’s Saturday, September 15 not much interested in people but gets down with big- ger dogs, barking and bossing, and grabbing their toys, 10 a.m. - Noon, foot of Ocean Ave. as if she thinks she can keep up with them. Somehow, Questions – Call 624-0317 she does. For all her precocious attitude, Cali is patient, and PLEASE Sponsored by Carmel Residents Assoc. BRING will sit and stay wherever she is put.