“SAMOHI’S BASEBALL TEAM HAS proven their worth. They have achieved a higher level than they ever have in 20 years. So how do you think those baseball players feel when their baseball field is worse than the one in Compton, including all the facilities. Across the street, a parking structure that has 600 spaces available is closed all the time. That’s where the money in the city has gone. It’s hard to sit on those broken bleachers and watch your kids play baseball, knowing your city is spending its money across the street, in the Governator’s — Mr. Fitness’ home town. They have a ghetto field. They deserve a Santa Monica field.”
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 22, 2007. Read the original PDF.