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# A lot of fingers to point
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/a-lot-of-fingers-to-point-editor/
- Published: 2007-02-10T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T00:02:11.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Pat Fitzpatrick Santa Monica*

I'm a frequent visitor to your beautiful city, where everything looks clean and cared for. However, I have discovered that beneath this beauty is a very dirty secret: (Santa Monica has) numerous raw sewage spills into the bay, most of which are not even reported to the public! (“Big dirty secret,” Jan. 26, page 1) I have recently seen a case of hepatitis A in a surfer. The doctors responded as though it’s a common occurrence! How can (city officials) encourage visitors and vacationers to come to their city when they have this secret — the bay is so polluted, people get extremely ill swimming there? The sand is equally dangerous, as the tides bring this filth to shore. This is a horrible thing, and the people and officials are somehow allowing it to happen.

You are killing your bay and harming all who go near it. Until something is done, I will spread the news of such crime as far as I can!

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 10, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/021007.pdf?ref=smdp.com)