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# City is not to blame in market crash
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/city-is-not-to-blame-in-market-crash-editor/
- Published: 2003-07-30T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T02:39:48.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import, Homeless

*By Lois Miller Santa Monica No sympathy for funeral home Editor:*

My family has lived in Santa Monica since the late 1920s. I have seen the city change from the lovely place it was then to the deplorable condition it is in now with the terrible homeless situation, ridiculous traffic patterns, inept city council, etc., etc. However, I do not feel the city is responsible for not putting up stronger barriers at the entrance to the farmer’s market to prevent the tragedy we suffered two weeks ago. The wooden barriers with the “no thru traffic” sign have been sufficient all these years. Just because a driver plowed through it is his fault, not the fault of the city. Put the blame where it belongs — on the driver and his family for letting him drive.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 30, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/073003.pdf?ref=smdp.com)