“WE DON’T LIVE IN SOUTH CENTRAL and we don’t live in Venice. I lived in Venice recently and those choppers are up constantly for the gang bangers. If someone has been shot and somebody escaped then a helicopter is in order. If not, what’s the deal with the bird in the sky? This is Santa Monica, an up-scale area. The encroachment of sirens and all that is not necessary. The whole reason we’re here is the ocean and the peace and quite. If I wanted to live in South Central or Venice, I know exactly where they are and I could pay a lot cheaper rent.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 3, 2007. Read the original PDF.