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# Letter: Teacher raises should keep pace with rising housing costs
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/032207-story/
- Published: 2007-03-22T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T00:16:52.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Wallace Umber Los Angeles*

It seems that Scrooge is still alive and kicking. In Monday’s issue (“School contribution ineptitude,” March 12, page 4), we read that Boyd Willams is protesting a measly 5 percent raise for our teachers. In the same issue, we read of 55-percent and 91-percent increases in rental units. Shouldn’t teacher salary increases be geared to the rise in housing costs?

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 22, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/032207.pdf?ref=smdp.com)