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# Behind the curtain
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/behind-the-curtain-editor/
- Published: 2008-09-10T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T20:58:56.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Jane Dempsey Santa Monica*

Thanks to the Daily Press for printing Bill Bauer’s story about who is behind each side of the traffic measure Proposition T on the November ballot (“Following the money, page 4, Sept. 8). It’s the first time I’ve seen any local paper reveal who is pulling the strings behind the campaign. I suspected developers would be seeing red over anything that limits development, but I was surprised at just how much money developers are spending and how almost none of the donations come from every day residents. No on T isn’t a grassroots campaign. It’s another AstroTurf campaign by developers who want to hoodwink residents. Thanks Daily Press for pulling aside the curtain on this charade.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 10, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/091008.pdf?ref=smdp.com)