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SMa.r.t. Column: Where Oh Where Is Our City Council? – Part 2

August 14, 2020 SM.a.r.t

In last week’s article we touched on the nine bills currently before our state legislature which assigns and orders, under...

News, Opinion, Santa Monica

SMa.r.t. Column: Room to Breathe!

July 30, 2020 SM.a.r.t

Three days ago, your City Council gave away your land in the center of downtown for 30 pieces of silver....

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Column: Time for Newsom to Get Tough on Virus Scofflaws

July 24, 2020 Sam Catanzaro

It became plain during the July 4 holiday weekend that Los Angeles County has at least a partially scofflaw sheriff....

News, Opinion, Santa Monica

YOU Are the Heart of the City!

July 23, 2020 SM.a.r.t

The members of SMart wrote a credo for Santa Monica in late 2013. The majority of the original members were...

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A Worried People in a Distressed City

July 16, 2020 Sam Catanzaro

It was Santa Monica’s 145th birthday on July 15th. Our city’s traditional motto is “Fortunate People in a Fortunate Land.”...

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Wanted: A New City Councilperson

July 10, 2020 SM.a.r.t

In a week the City Council will appoint a new Council person to replace the retired council member Greg Moreno....

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SMA.r.t. Column: Brushfires of Freedom!

July 2, 2020 SM.a.r.t

We have survived the first six months of this year. We are all locked into the strange nightmare that encompasses...

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SMa.r.t. Column: If It’s Not Okay…

June 25, 2020 SM.a.r.t

~ Fight or flight. Those of you who are acquainted with me know which choice I have always made. However,...

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Viruses are in the Air: Racism & COVID-19 in Small Town & Suburban America

June 24, 2020 Mirror Writer

Julie A. Werner-Simon During these months of quarantine and the more recent eruptions of protest and anger (in regions big...

News, Opinion, Santa Monica

SMa.r.t. Column: Two Principles for a New City

June 18, 2020 SM.a.r.t

Our City has been devastated by the coronavirus, by its economic fallout and just three weeks ago, by a looting...

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SMa.r.t. Column: Where Oh Where Is Our City Council? – Part 2

SMa.r.t. Column: Room to Breathe!

Column: Time for Newsom to Get Tough on Virus Scofflaws

YOU Are the Heart of the City!

A Worried People in a Distressed City

Wanted: A New City Councilperson

SMA.r.t. Column: Brushfires of Freedom!

SMa.r.t. Column: If It’s Not Okay…

Viruses are in the Air: Racism & COVID-19 in Small Town & Suburban America

SMa.r.t. Column: Two Principles for a New City

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