SMCLC Files Complaint Against Deceptive Mailings
Linked to Pam O’Connor’s Campaign The Santa Monica Coalition for a Livable City (SMCLC) is filing a complaint with the Santa Monica City Attorney and City Clerk today concerning two misleading and widely disseminated mailers to Santa Monica voters by a group calling itself “Santa Monicans for Quality Government.” The complaint will ask the City Attorney and the City Clerk... Read More
NO AND NO!
According to the lead paragraph of a story in the Daily Press (10/15), “The City Council on Tuesday got its first chance to formally weigh in on early-stage concepts for what is likely to become the most significant public space in Santa Monica — and the council’s most lasting legacy.” No and no. The subject of the story is the six-acre park that will be installed... Read More
Who’s Running the City?
The sad, sour truth is that this great old beach town and its mostly smart, funny, spirited, wildly diverse, progressive residents are ruled by a handful of people. We are not referring to the Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights (SMRR) City Council majority, which has reigned for 22 years, but to the SMRR “steering committee,” which rules the rulers. In 2008... Read More
Mayor, Council Disagree
Photo credit Once again, Mayor Bobby Shriver and his City Council colleagues divided sharply on fundamental issues. During a discussion of a proposed development agreement with Agensys, a biotech company, at last Tuesday’s Council meeting, Shriver criticized both the staff report and company officials’ answers to several questions, and subsequently cast... Read More
Susan Hartley in Council Race
Community activist Susan Hartley, who lives in Sunset Park, announced Wednesday that she is running for one of the two-year terms on the Santa Monica City Council in the November election. A member of the board of Friends of Sunset Park, Hartley is a former vice-chair and member of the Airport Commission, a leader of both the campaign to prevent the City from destroying... Read More
