By Mary Hubbell Santa Monica
I keep receiving unsolicited mailers from a local group who call themselves “Santa Monicans for Sensible Priorities.” I don’t know who the acting members of the group are as it is never stated on the mailers. It only indicates that they are a nonprofit agency.
I sense that they are more likely a small group of elite business owners who have a hidden agenda. Why else would they consistently report negative comments about Councilmember McKeown?
I have found Kevin McKeown to be one of the few councilmembers who consistently reaches out to the community and genuinely cares about issues that are important to all. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that he supports rent control, affordable housing and a living wage. All of these issues are probably not popular with some business owners in Santa Monica, specifically the large hotels.
I find the content of the message in the mailer to be nothing but a negative diatribe. I have written to them to ask that they remove me from their mailing list.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 31, 2006. Read the original PDF.