Santa Monicans are about to enter the throes of campaign season. Locally, we’ve got multi-million bond measures to improve school facilities; a parcel tax increase to clean up the bay; an initiative to make pot smokers the lowest priority for cops and the question of whether the city manager should have the ability to fire top department heads who deserve it. On the city government front, there are three City Council seats up for grabs, all three of which are occupied by incumbents running. If you haven’t heard from all eight of the candidates yet on their campaign platforms, you will. So this week Q-Line wants to know, “What do you want your elected leader to change in Santa Monica? What policies need to be created? What are the city’s issues?” Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your responses in the weekend edition. Please try to 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 26, 2006. Read the original PDF.