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# Readers asked to call in comments by Thursday for Friday's paper
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/091703-story-20030917/
- Published: 2003-09-17T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T02:56:33.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Community, Santa Monica, #archive-import

> “Do the city’s politicians do enough to keep locally-owned business here? What should be done?” — This week, Q-Line wants to know

Call (310) 285-8106 with your response before Thursday at 5 p.m. We’ll print them in Friday’s paper. Please limit your comments to a minute or less. It might help to think first about the wording of your response.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 17, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/091703.pdf?ref=smdp.com)