Linda Armstrong AGE: (not stated) OCCUPATION: computer data entry operator MARITAL STATUS/CHILDREN: single YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? HOW long? (no neighborhood given) 10 years YOUR RIDE? bus OWN OR RENT? rent YOUR PASSION? Women’s rights WHAT ARE YOU READING? “The Fourth Deadly Sin” by Lawrence Sanders THE WATER AROUND THE SANTA MONICA PIER IS SOME OF THE MOST POLLUTED IN THE STATE AND POSES A SIGNIFICANT HEALTH RISK TO SWIMMERS. HOW DO WE CLEAN UP THE BEACH?
Filtration plants, daily cleaning of beaches.
WHAT’S A HIDDEN GEM IN THE CITY?
The library homelessness is far and away our city’s most pressing issue, according to daily press readers. What new ideas do you bring to the table? Do service providers help the down-and-out or merely attract more homeless and enable them?
House all homeless women. Keep cold weather shelters open all year. Open a large shelter in Venice (share the effort).
BEATLES OR STONES?
Stones HOW DO YOU SPEND A DAY OFF IN SANTA MONICA?
Head for the mountains around here.
Residents and elected officials often clash over the issue of gang violence — some advocate more enforcement, others call for more intervention and prevention strategies. Where would you focus resources?
Mentoring — keeping kids in school, guarantees of college, of a future.
If you could have lunch with any three people in history, who would they be? (spouse and children excluded) vlasta, boadicea, eleanor roosevelt local businesses provide the majority of the city’s general fund revenues, yet santa monica has a reputation for being a difficult place to do business. How would you entice more businesses, different businesses, to open up shop?
Streamline the permit process — weeks, rather than months.
What’s the biggest threat facing the quality of life in santa monica?
The deterioration of life in America (quality of).
COMFORT FOODS?
Pizza does the city need more parking spaces, or will that just attract more drivers? What incentives should the city offer to get people out of their cars?
Light rail, more Tide buses.
FREE FORM. WHAT’S PUTTING A BURR UNDER YOUR SADDLE?
Bashing the homeless.
WHY ARE YOU SO SPECIAL?
We all are.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 1, 2006. Read the original PDF.