Desultory Jerry Brown Effort Raises Questions:
Just like this fall, there was a desultory quality – some called it murky – to the way Gov. Jerry Brown campaigned two years ago for his pet Proposition 30, which raised sales taxes a […]
Opinion pieces, editorials and letters to the editor on Santa Monica issues from Santa Monica Mirror.
New Initiative Law In California Makes Far Too Few Fixes:
From the rhetoric Gov. Jerry Brown employed on it, you’d think a law he signed early this fall would clean up the initiative process for all time. Not exactly, for like the so-called ground water […]
Alas, Plastic Bag; We Knew Ye Well:
Maybe at the top here we can agree that there are two general categories of environmental legislation. First, there’s a kind of proper ‘Boy Scout’ action that has a wonderful quality of engaging the public […]
Seniors & Services: Second Question Santa Monica City Council Candidates:
The Santa Monica Council Members to be elected on November 4, 2014 will be responsible for guiding and shaping the City. Their decisions will affect each of us in practical ways – such as our […]
Letter To The Editor: Why I Strongly Support Measure LC On Nov. 4:
Dear Editor, As a former faculty member in the UCLA School of Public Health and a current Santa Monica resident, I want to share with you why I strongly support Measure LC (“Local Control”) to […]
Letter To The Editor: Santa Monicans – Disenfranchisement Anyone?:
Dear Editor, Why would anyone vote to disenfranchise themselves? That’s what Santa Monica City Council and backers of Measure LC on the local ballot are asking voters to do. In the inverse world of Measure […]
Traffic: The First Question For Santa Monica City Council Candidates:
The Santa Monica City Council members to be elected on Nov. 4, 2014 will be responsible for guiding and shaping the city. Their decisions will affect each of us in practical ways – such as […]
PUC Chief: Likely First Test Of Governor Jerry Brown’s New Term:
How concerned will Gov. Jerry Brown be with the well-being of ordinary Californians in the new term he’s widely expected to win next month (the latest major poll has him leading his opponent by a […]
Republican Nominee Neel Kashkari’s Fire May Give Him A Future:
No candidate likes to admit in October that he has virtually no chance to win the office he’s running for. So it is today with Neel Kashkari, the Republican nominee – read: sacrificial lamb – […]
Letter To The Editor – Santa Monica: Pedestrian Strike Back Measures:
Dear Editor, Oh, the joys of the pedestrian in Santa Monica – at least apart from 3rd Street Promenade, where – so far – no cars have yet mowed down our fellow featherless bipeds. But […]
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