Opinion pieces, editorials and letters to the editor on Santa Monica issues from Santa Monica Mirror.
Dear Editor, Middle school can be an incredibly emotional, complicated and confusing experience… and that’s just for the parents. For the kids it’s just a natural part of their own personal and educational development. It […]
Dear Editor, I appreciated the column “Miramar Expansion: Or We Could Just Say ‘No’…” by Steve Stajich on May 4. I too wonder why the priority for Santa Monica is to become a prime destination […]
Millions of dollars in “hydrogen highway” grants by a state commission are drawing cries of favoritism and collusion as they seem to guarantee that most refueling stations for the hydrogen fuel cell vehicles due to […]
Regarding just about any sort of societal unpleasantness, you can often say aloud “Well, that’s just wrong” and you’d be correct. But saying that in 1962 about denying civil rights would only buy you a […]
Dear Editor, On May 2 the City of Santa Monica, the Chamber of Commerce and several other prestigious local groups, including the Santa Monica Mirror, gave a 2012 Sustainability Quality Grand Prize to the Fairmont […]
Dear Editor, The City Council took the appropriate action by moving forward the process of evaluating the redevelopment of the Fairmont Miramar hotel. The city will now review the hotel’s proposal, explore alternatives and analyze […]
The many thousands who regularly use the state’s large and varied park system were among the most distraught of Californians when legislators and Gov. Jerry Brown last year imposed cuts and closures on the system, […]
You don’t need me or the genius of content dubbed “entertainment news” to observe that some people do better with success in show business than others. Sometimes the inability to creatively harness fame and fortune […]
Crow complaints are on the rise in Santa Monica. Neighbors are complaining about early morning loud noise, crows carrying away fledglings from other bird’s nests, crows frightening off other birds, crows eating garbage and crows […]
With every new proposal to build more and bigger near our Santa Monica beaches, there is always a strong case in favor. And most of the arguments seem to involve a simple, clear logic. More […]
