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# Can the McKeown smear campaign
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/can-the-mckeown-smear-campaign-editor/
- Published: 2006-10-27T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T21:50:56.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import, Homelessness

*By Paula Goldman Santa Monica*

Tim Dubois and the Edward Thomas companies are spending thousands of dollars on mailers smearing incumbent City Councilman Kevin McKeown, in the guise of standing up for family businesses and our community of Santa Monica.

They do not live or vote in our town. If they spent half the money they’re wasting in their smear campaign on the root causes of homelessness, their purported “cause,” Santa Monica would be a safer place.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 27, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/102706.pdf?ref=smdp.com)