How many readers feel the outrage I do when I read the headlines – “Pakistan: Clinton Unveils Details of $2 Billion Military Aid Package” and “Afghanistan: Taliban Attack NATO Fuel Convoy, Killing Three” – of […]
People, we have a funk shortage. We lost some on Abbott-Kinney, where the funk got squeezed out and in its place we got Japanese ice cream shops and simulated hip clothing boutiques with $65 tank […]
In the race for the Santa Monica City Council, this city is lucky as it has an overabundance of dedicated and qualified candidates. For the three open four-year seats, the most qualified candidates are the […]
Voters are being asked to impose a half-cent transaction and use tax increase on themselves without any specification as to what the funds would be used for beyond general municipal purposes, and then approve a […]
One of my sisters consistently votes Democratic, but she has become weary of the way that President Barack Obama seems to have never stopped campaigning. At first I defended the Obama, believing that he was […]
There is no doubt that Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has acted at least somewhat more responsibly in the wake of the September natural gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno than BP, the former British […]
Barbara Boxer stood at a makeshift podium in the sand at Santa Monica Beach this past Saturday. Santa Monica Mayor Bobby Shriver stood by her side, along with City Council member Bob Holbrook, Assemblywoman Julia […]
Dear Editor, It is the weekend of October 16 and all is quiet in Sunset Park, (for the most part anyways). As I sit in my home office, there is something amiss and then it […]
Dear Editor, The leadership of Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights has again demonstrated its advocacy of deception, lack of transparency, and contempt for democratic principles. At its August convention, the vote of 55 percent of […]
Dear Editor, As the woman pictured in the foreground of the photograph that accompanies Susan Cloke’s reporting on “An Evening with City Council Candidates” [on page 10 of the Santa Monica Mirror’s Oct 15 –21, […]
Brentwood-Based Program Needs Help Delivering Meals During the Holidays Meals on Wheels West Los Angeles is urgently seeking additional volunteers to...
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