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Letter: Why vote ‘yes’ on Measure QS
Why vote 'yes' on Measure QSDespite living in a famously progressive region, Santa Monicans are not immune from the same...
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Letter: A rare bird
Dear Editor, I’m a Republican living in Santa Monica, a rara avis in these parts, but I am supporting Phil...
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Letter: Santa Monicans deserve the truth
A virtually anonymous flyer circulated in single-family neighborhoods has inserted an existing state law, Senate Bill 10 from 2021, into...
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PYFC Responds to Former City Councilmembers
Since 2002, Pico Youth & Family Center (PYFC) has empowered youth and young adults ages 8-24 in Santa Monica, Los...
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Signs of the time, virtue-signaling and the City Council election
By Michael Feinstein. Inside/Outside. October 2024 My dear former colleague on the City Council Bob Holbrook always used to say...
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Please Vote No on SMRR, No on QS
THIS IS THE FOURTH Version of this column. Number three was pretty good, I thought. Some context, a little storytelling....
Read moreSmear tactics are worse than imperfect
Nobody needs to point out my imperfections. I see imperfection every time I look in the mirror. I hear about...
Read moreLaw and Order candidates
Decades ago when I worked as a story analyst at United Artists, my colleague gave me for the holidays a...
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Letter: Regarding SB10
Dear Editor, A letter you recently published appears to confuse and weasel around that activating SB10 in Santa Monica will...
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Newsom provides welfare to the wealthy, skimps on anti-homelessness programs
Gov. Gavin Newsom has played Santa Claus for the last week, promising bigger state subsidies to Hollywood’s film and video...
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