SMRR tactics work — in a conventional manner
WHY, THOSE DIRTY ... OOPS “They're a power in Santa Monica politics. Claim to represent a large segment of our ...
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Why politicians don’t much care for journalists
WHY, THOSE DIRTY … OOPS They're a power in Santa Monica politics. Claim to represent a large segment of our ...
A layered Fourth of July
THE BOMBS ARE BURSTING IN AIR (well, fireworks, I hope) as I sit here writing this, the evening of the ...
Why, oh why, are we losing the Y?
YOU MAY NOT EVEN HAVE BEEN AWARE it was there. The YWCA, tucked away on the edge of a residential ...
The soundtrack to fame and the fall
WENT TO THE NORTHEAST NEIGHBORS MEETING Monday evening, and they behaved themselves. But they were strong in offering their viewpoints, ...
Saying a sad goodbye to Alex’s Shoe Repair
The end has come. After some 35 years of repairing Santa Monicans' shoes, jackets and anything leather, and telling long ...
Bernie, Bauer hard to put down, Alex uh-oh
IT'S ELECTION DAY IN CALIFORNIA! Yes, I know, that was yesterday. My perplexing job in these columns is to make ...
Head south, find Love in Venice Sunday night
I've learned a thing or two, I hope, since high school, about writing for print. One is that sometimes you ...
Love, LUVE and Love – it’s all around
THIS IS NOT ABOUT LUVE No, not my love of LUVE, which abides. And not, until the bottom part of ...
Fun and games in City Hall
I'M HARDLY HEROIC. I tried to make it seem that way last week when I wrote of my “agonizing choice” ...
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