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# Airing concerns: Reader takes exception to ads
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/airing-concerns-reader-takes-exception-to-ads-editor/
- Published: 2006-11-01T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T21:59:08.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Tricia Crane Santa Monica*

I applaud your newspaper for giving the proper placement to “Attack on the airwaves” as the lead story of the day (Oct. 25, page 1).

The vicious and misleading ads paid for by the managers of Shutters and Casa del Mar hotels may attack Kevin McKeown for supposedly being soft on crime, but it’s clear to anyone who follows city council meetings that the real reason these ads and mailers are being sent out by hotel operating company Edward Thomas Management Company is because Kevin McKeown has not made it easy for developers.

We resident taxpayers are lucky to have Kevin McKeown on our city council. Kevin is a man of integrity and a true blue protector of the long-term interests of the residents, standing up against the powerful commercial forces that would otherwise very quickly and permanently alter the face of our city.

There is much money to be made in the exploitation and development of Santa Monica. This is a desirable place to live and the pressure will always be there from developers. Thanks to Kevin McKeown for representing the interest of residents who favor controlled growth, smart growth, and all efforts to maintain the human scale that makes our city special.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 1, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/110106.pdf?ref=smdp.com)