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Letter To The Editor: The Common Sense City:

October 19, 2014

October 19, 2014

Dear Editor, Every resident in our city has experienced frustration with some aspect or another of the city’s policies. Wonderful...

Propositions 45, 48: Two Obvious ‘Yes’ Votes:

October 19, 2014

October 19, 2014

It’s almost a foregone conclusion that the Proposition 1 water bond on next month’s ballot will pass easily: Every poll...

Prop. 46: Voters Decide Who Might Get Rich, Stay Rich:

October 18, 2014

October 18, 2014

Of all the issues in Proposition 46, an omnibus measure on next month’s ballot aiming to improve patients’ rights in...

Santa Monica Airport: Third Question For City Council Candidates:

October 18, 2014

October 18, 2014

The Santa Monica City Council members to be elected on Nov. 4, 2014 will be responsible for guiding and shaping...

Desultory Jerry Brown Effort Raises Questions:

October 12, 2014

October 12, 2014

Just like this fall, there was a desultory quality – some called it murky – to the way Gov. Jerry...

New Initiative Law In California Makes Far Too Few Fixes:

October 11, 2014

October 11, 2014

From the rhetoric Gov. Jerry Brown employed on it, you’d think a law he signed early this fall would clean...

Alas, Plastic Bag; We Knew Ye Well:

October 11, 2014

October 11, 2014

Maybe at the top here we can agree that there are two general categories of environmental legislation. First, there’s a...

Seniors & Services: Second Question Santa Monica City Council Candidates:

October 11, 2014

October 11, 2014

The Santa Monica Council Members to be elected on November 4, 2014 will be responsible for guiding and shaping the...

Letter To The Editor: Why I Strongly Support Measure LC On Nov. 4:

October 11, 2014

October 11, 2014

Dear Editor, As a former faculty member in the UCLA School of Public Health and a current Santa Monica resident,...

Letter To The Editor: Santa Monicans – Disenfranchisement Anyone?:

October 8, 2014

October 8, 2014

Dear Editor, Why would anyone vote to disenfranchise themselves? That’s what Santa Monica City Council and backers of Measure LC...