By Eric Biren Santa Monica
It sounds to me like Nimbyism is alive and well north of Montana (“The case of the not-so-mellow celloist,” Feb. 24-25, page 20). If those neighbors are upset about a Santa Monica public school teacher teaching his private students classical music in their neighborhood, then they should just leave beautiful Santa Monica and go live in either a gated community like Leisure World, where they can live in a bubble, or buy an estate in Bel Air, where they can isolate themselves from any community whatsoever.
If they are drawing barricades against classical music impacting their world, then they need to move to someplace really quiet... like Idaho.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 27, 2007. Read the original PDF.