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Why Santa Monica needs Proposition T
I’ve been a Santa Monica renter for over 30 years, and have served on our City Council this past 10....
Read moreBeef, it’s what should be made for supper
“Eat healthy, get plenty of sleep, workout regularly ... die anyway” — Mario Veneroso, fitness guru and drinking buddy The...
Read moreConsolidating accounts can make living easier
Juggling all the important responsibilities in your life, it’s easy for things to get complicated in a hurry. Even with...
Read moreCredit crunch hurts local auto dealers
You can be excused for having missed the following news item (heck, when WaMu, our family’s bank, went out of...
Read moreHe’s favoring the Godless heathens
This is a re-write of a column from 2005. I’ve cut a few paragraphs, and tightened the language, but the...
Read moreNo longer the land of the free
The Los Angeles City Council has issued a moratorium banning new fast food restaurants in South Central Los Angeles for...
Read moreTerror in a plastic bag
Editor’s Note: Meet the “Quackers,” three young surf ducks, born and raised in the canals of Venice. Their passion in...
Read moreRule by thieves
Congress is in a blind rush to consider and most likely approve George Bush’s $700 billion proposal to bail out...
Read moreThe taxman cometh
In addition to state bond measures 1A, 3, 10 and 12 (that’ll add billions of dollars to California’s budget deficit)...
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