Death of a Giant
Tweet Long ago, then-County Supervisor John Anson Ford said that Los Angeles didn’t have “a fixed elite.” Unlike virtually every other city in America, it still doesn’t. To its ever-lasting credit, it remains in motion, forever becoming. But it has always had giants. Paul Conrad, who died this week at 86, was a giant. He was a political cartoonist, that eccentric breed of j ournalist who can say more in a few artfully placed lines than an editorial writer... Read More
Susan Hartley to Open Santa Monica Tenants’ Rights Clinic
Tweet Santa Monica lawyer Susan Hartley will inaugurate the Santa Monica Tenants’ Rights Clinic on Saturday, September 18, 2010. She will assist Santa Monica tenants with landlord/tenant questions, provide counseling and advice about existing landlord/tenant problems, and furnish legal assistance referrals. Running as an independent for a two-year term on the City Council this fall, Hartley said, “I’ve long believed there was a need in Santa Monica for this type... Read More
Whither…mother and sun reunion
Tweet By Ava Tramer Beaches Partly cloudy Highs: 61-66; Lows: 54-58 Inland Mostly sunny Highs: 80-91; Lows: 52-57 Read More SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Whither…mother and sun reunion", url: "http://www.santamonicadispatch.com/2010/09/whither-mother-and-sun-reunion/" }); Read More
Our Inalienable Right to Make Fools of Ourselves
Tweet Freedom of speech is the inalienable right from which all other inalienable rights proceed. It is abused and misused every day, but any attempt to restrict or shut down the abusers and misusers would mortally wound this democracy, which remains a work-in-progress after more than two centuries. Some years ago, the City of Santa Monica’s employees began endorsing candidates for the City Council, which they have every right to do. According to a story in the Daily... Read More
All Over but the Counting?
Tweet The list of candidates for local offices whose names will appear on the November ballot Is long, and includes familiar and unfamiliar names. But, according to a very savvy political activist, the City Council race is all over but the counting. Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights (SMRR) will maintain the majority that it’s had for 22 years, he said, as “uninformed voters will cast ballots for names they know.” Read More SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title:... Read More
SM Democratic Club Makes First Cut
Tweet Having interviewed candidates for local offices in the November election, the 14-member executive committee of the Santa Monica Democratic Club voted on Sunday to determine which candidates the group would recommend that the full Club membership endorse at its September 15 meeting. Each of the nominees received at least 60 percent of the committee votes. The Committee nominated Ted Winterer and Kevin McKeown for four-year terms, and Gleam Davis and Susan Hartley for two-year... Read More
Santa Monica Loses Its Balance
Tweet Given the gloriously idiosyncratic character of the town and the bureaucratic mindset that rules City Hall, it was inevitable. Santa Monica is one of those small, storied places that’s on a first-name basis with the world. Like the ocean, which is its primary reason for being, it’s constant, but never still, forever becoming. And that’s why we live here. As William Faulkner said, “The past isn’t dead. It isn’t even past.” This gorgeous arena’s... Read More
