By John G. Shearer Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management In recent months, a technology startup hub around West Los Angeles with Santa Monica at the heart has gained much steam including national […]
Dear Editor, I learned Friday that Santa Monica intends to enact an ordinance to ban outright medical marijuana (MMJ) dispensaries. The dirty, backroom politics involved here are boldfaced and shameful. For a City that purports […]
Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark 2010 Citizens United decision that allows unlimited corporate campaign spending, American politics has become less and less transparent. Just now, things are murkier than they’ve been in generations, […]
On the surface, Proposition 36 on the fall ballot seems like it should be an absolute slam-dunk. That’s the initiative seeking to change California’s landmark Three-Strikes-and-You’re-Out law, the 1994 measure imposing an automatic 25-years-to-life sentence […]
Dear Editor, This is not an easy letter to write as I respect the planning department and their dedication to solving some very difficult planning and economic problems. There is constant pressure to densify cities […]
Dear Editor: Please explain to me how residents are allowed to pass the driver’s education test and be given a driver’s license without knowing and following the simple and often common sense laws that are […]
Dear Editor, Earlier this month self described ‘happy bicyclist’ Mike Kilgore wrote a letter of public thanks to the city of Santa Monica for the new bike lanes on Ocean Park and 14th. As a […]
Dear Editor, I’m a teacher at Santa Monica College and a candidate for City Council. There’s a lot at stake this election, especially when it comes to schools. Well, this week one of my students […]
Republicans both nationally and in California have finally arrived at the realization they will need Latino votes to win future elections and that they must somehow make themselves more attractive to the nation’s fastest-growing voter […]
Justin Morrill, 1810 – 1898, is a hero in every American hometown. We have all benefited from his historic piece of legislation, The Morrill Act, creating the Land Grant Colleges. If you went to UCLA […]
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