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# Council flushed 58K down alley, er toilet
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/council-flushed-58k-down-alley-er-toilet-editor/
- Published: 2003-12-12T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T03:19:25.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Promenade, #archive-import

The Santa Monica city council needed to pay a consultant $58,000 to find out that the Third Street Promenade smells like a bum urinal (SMDP, Dec. 9, page 1). While we’re wasting money on consultants, could we get one to explain to the taxpayers why the City Council has lost touch with reality?

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 12, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/121203.pdf?ref=smdp.com)