Editor:
Your new column Room for a View appears to be an editorial section dedicated to insulting the intelligence of all of us who have had enough of the destruction of our city from rampant overdevelopment.
After reading the column, I guess we can all relax; everything is going to be OK after all.
If you are going to talk about the Land Use and Circulation Element (LUCE), how about what was supposed to be 20 years of development under LUCE being green-lit in the last two years? The editorial’s cynical manipulation of statistics conveniently leaves that out.
Do you really think we are going to swallow this from a panel of people who stand to benefit professionally from what is ruining our community?
The editorial asks for public participation in a civil manner. I certainly hope for the opposite. There is nothing civil about ruining our quality of life while expecting us to be stupid enough to believe that a bunch of architects with city contracts are going to present any kind of a balanced analysis.
Brandon Marlowe
Santa Monica
Well said, Brandon!
One only needs to view the write up and photo in the Mirror concerning the recent gala held at the Miramar Hotel to honor Tramell Crowe’s Brad Cox as the new Incoming Chair of the Chamber of Commerce, with our current mayor Pam O’Connor seen in the photo of the welcoming group, to understand why “good governance” attempts failed at city council last week! The mayor needs to resign as she appears to have a conflict of interest between self-promotion and responding to the expressed wishes of Santa Monica’s residents!
Its time for Santa Monica to have districts so we can hold our city representatives accountable.
I just hope people are paying attention and remember to vote against Pam O’Connor, Gleam Davis, Hal Holbrook and Terry O’Day when they come up for election. These are the ones responsible for overdevelopment, these are the ones who created the “Opportunity Sites”, these are the ones that rubber stamp the Development Agreements, and these are the ones that have taken big donations from developers.
I think people have had enough.
The next election should be pretty interesting. Heads are going to roll.