WHEN YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT candidates or issues, just follow the money. Nowhere is this truer than with Proposition T, formerly known as the Residents’ Initiative to Fight Traffic.
THE CONTROVERSY OVER SCHOOL board incumbent Jose Escarce’s behind-closed-doors endorsement by the secretive Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights (SMRR) Steering Committee has raised questions such as, “Who
SAVE OUR CITY (SOC), A “HISTORIC coalition that represents a broad spectrum of the community,” has formed to oppose the Residents’ Initiative to Fight Traffic (RIFT) referendum on the fall
BLAST WEEK, A NUMBER OF SANTA Monicans trekked to City Hall and withdrew paperwork necessary to run for City Council, Board of Education, Community College Board and Rent Control Board.
THE CITY COUNCIL IS STILL REVIEWING the Land Use and Circulation Element (LUCE) update to the city’s general plan.
During his presentation last Tuesday, Jeffrey Tumlin, a principal in
COUNCILMAN, KEVIN MCKEOWN AND I strongly differ on traffic philosophy.
Because the vast majority of us must rely on private vehicles for our livelihoods, getting to school, home, shopping, medical
LAST MONDAY, IN AN ARTICLE ON traffic, the Los Angeles Times took the 1988 Santa Monica City Council to task for approving the Water Garden project, knowing that its traffic
Lead taking the lead? Surprise? No surprise bobby shriver just says ‘no!’
DIANE TALARICO RESIGNED AFTER LESS than two years as Superintendent of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District.
Last Monday, Memorial Day, I wrote about Army Pfc. Ross McGinnis, a 19-year-old soldier from Knox, Penn. Pfc. McGinnis was on patrol in Baghdad, Dec. 4, 2006, when
MY DEC. 25, 2006, “MY WRITE” WAS about Ross A. McGinnis, 19, of Knox, Pa; private first class Army. McGinnis was killed Dec. 4, 2006 when he smothered a grenade
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING me who’s going to run for City Council in November (as if I had a crystal ball). The fall election season starts
HAS ANYBODY ELSE NOTICED THAT our two chief governing entities — the city and the school district — ignore the pain and suffering of our most vulnerable citizens including disabled children with
