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SMa.r.t.- Our Downtown Community Plan: Quantity or Quality?

July 7, 2017

July 7, 2017

One of the most important decisions our City Council will make this year could be approval of our new Downtown...

Open Letter: The ‘Chain Reaction’ Peace Sculpture Deserves to be Reinstated as Part of Santa Monica’s Public Art Collection

July 6, 2017

July 6, 2017

By Jerry Rubin and Marissa Rubin Paul Conrad’s 26-foot tall nuclear mushroom cloud peace sculpture ‘Chain Reaction’, which has now been...

Santa Monica’s Carol Ann Emmitt – A Lion For The New Century

July 3, 2017

July 3, 2017

By Kathryn Boole   “Where there’s a need, there’s a Lion!” Lions Clubs International is the largest service club organization...

Now There’s Likely at Least a Three-Year Wait for Single Payer

July 3, 2017

July 3, 2017

By Tom Elias   Single-payer health insurance that would cover every Californian has stalled, at least for now. Because Democratic...

SMa.r.t.-Where is The There, There?

June 30, 2017

June 30, 2017

Why I never/seldom go downtown and never really want to go there.   What is downtown for me, a resident...

Good Taste: The New Italiano in the ‘Hood

June 30, 2017

June 30, 2017

By Barbara Bishop   Does Santa Monica really need another Italian restaurant? If it serves its house specialty, the Bolognese,...

Our Drug Epidemic: Guns

June 26, 2017

June 26, 2017

By Steve Stajich   First, let me acknowledge that there are always hesitations before deciding to write, once again, about...

SMa.r.t.- Back to the Future

June 23, 2017

June 23, 2017

Does our City have a vision for its future? Do the current policies of our City Council, as Mr. Cole...

Holy Memories, Batman!

June 16, 2017

June 16, 2017

By Steve Stajich   One of the many affectations of the 60’s television series “Batman,” and there were many, was...

Violent Crimes: What Price Legal Definitions?

June 16, 2017

June 16, 2017

By Tom Elias   Words matter, we often hear in these days of a President notorious for loose verbiage. They...