A daily paper is essential to Santa Monica and you are unfortunately the only one it has. You have an excellent news editor and staff. Why waste their talents on your cheap joke paper of April 1, 2004?
The unstable bluffs and the homeless problem in Santa Monica are serious problems, not jokes to Santa Monicans. And those who find your articles on those situations funny need to have their head examined. No wonder there are so many who still bemoan the Outlook’s closing.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 7, 2004. Read the original PDF.