> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.smdp.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # DP needs some sensitivity - URL: https://www.smdp.com/dp-needs-some-sensitivity-editor/ - Published: 2007-04-01T15:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-24T00:20:51.000Z - Author: Guest Author - Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import, Homeless *By Stan Wannabe Santa Monica* Editor: I don’t know if I’m alone in thinking this, but some of your headlines are a little too risqué and offensive. A good example can be found in your recent issue, “Union OKs workers to walk out of Albertsons” (Feb. 29, page 3). My mouth dropped open in horror when I read your extremely insensitive headline. What about the employees who can’t walk? Did you ever consider their feelings? I’m not in a wheelchair and I can walk perfectly fine — in fact, at 50 years old, I can outrun a puma — but I still found your headline to be very cold and mean. Shame on you. Stan Wannabe Santa Monica Brother in the streets can be in your pantry Editor: Where is the angry commentary on the homeless epidemic in Santa Monica? It’s been missing from the paper for several months now. Come on folks, this is not the Santa Monica Daily Stress we know and love! Since you seem to have lost all interest in the topic, let me bring it back to life with an important story I’d like to share with your readers. I’ve never really understood why so many Santa Monicans are angry at the homeless taking up space all over the city. They’re concerned with how it makes the city look to tourists and yet they’re not willing to take an active approach. The solution to the problem, I believe, is to do what I have done. I’ve adopted one. “Jonesy” is a great addition to our family. He makes for an amazing babysitter when we’re in a pinch. The kids are entertained for hours by his multiple personalities and discussions with invisible friends. In fact, my children’s invisible friends have become fast friends with Jonesy’s. We now have a dog-walker and no longer have to trouble ourselves with looking for a house-sitter when we travel. Leftovers in our house are a thing of the past. We no longer throw any food away... sustainable living! FB3,I think this is really the best solution for the city. Don’t think of it as hiding the problem, but more of a win-win situation for everyone. It will no longer be a dirty little secret. Annie Vazquez Santa Monica Loving the down-and-out Editor: I have no problem with the homeless. In fact, I love ‘em. I find nothing more entertaining than getting a couple of them liquered up and then paying them to beat the snot out of each other. Now, that’s quality entertainment. You can’t buy those kind of thrills. I say, the more the merrier. Perhaps the City Council wouldn’t mind sponsoring a few bouts at Barnum Hall. That would be a great way to get people streaming back into the old theater while providing a source of disposable income for the down-and-out. Ryan McPherson Producer of the independent film “Bumfights.” Skate shop design is ridiculous! Editor: I think it’s horrible that Jodi Doar has decided to tear down the historic Horizons West Surf Shop building and erect a building shaped like a giant skateboard. Hello? This is Santa Monica! Not Bakersfield! Annoyed resident Ocean Park Thanks for teaching green living techniques Editor: Well, hello there. I just want to thank you so much for running the announcement for the Green Living Workshops in Santa Monica last week. I just about lost my marbles in a stew of parsnip punch I was so excited! How lovely to mingle with interior decorators who share my passion for the most peaceful color of them all. But when I showed up, Lord Almighty, what did I see but a bunch of those environmental folks getting all riled up about something. And it certainly wasn’t the hand-quilted oven mitts I used to carry my hot dish over to the Wild Oats community room. I was a tad bit confused about why one of the ladies kept bringing up all these concerns about air quality during our discussion of green space. Perhaps she was referring to how the window treatment might billow a bit if we let too much of a breeze come in. Oh, those curtains looked so crisp along the celery accent wall next to those elegant sconces. Yes, I do understand that a bit of foliage could spice up a holiday wreath or garden bouquet lining a window sill quite nicely, but this lady was overly excited about plants. At least the rest of the group was able to continue relatively undistracted with our series on how to decorate our homes with the latest shades of spring green. Perhaps next time you post a Green Living announcement you could clarify that we specialize in interior decorating and not landscaping or this sustainability word that kept coming up. By the way, forest green is out, hunter green is in. So spread the word to all your readers! I saw some flatware in a lovely Kelley green — simply to die for! Glenda Sage Santa Monica Route 66 mix-up Editor: Your reporter got her facts mixed up as to the end of Route 66 in “Get a tick trying to find Route 66” (March 24, page 1). The end of Route 66 is not at the intersection of Lincoln Boulevard and Olympic Boulevard. The end is actually at Marguerita Avenue and Lincoln Boulevard. The rich people who live north of Montana Avenue were upset in the 1950s with all the traffic and lower income people who were coming into their neighborhood and paid off the city officials to move the route over to Lincoln and Olympic. Cause who cares about that area? Anti-Rich Richie Santa Monica New chief can’t hold predecessor’s holster Editor: I deplore police Chief Timothy Jackmon’s idea of cutting out portions of the city, mainly the Pico Neighborhood, and letting them become unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County just so we can cut down the crime rate and compete with the greatest police chief the city ever had — Chief James T. Buttz. It’s obvious that after only a few months on the job, Jackmon can’t hold Buttz’ holster. Buttz was not only good looking, intelligent and determined, but one hell of a statesman. Go back to the drawing board, chief. This idea is not right for Santa Monica. 0 2 1A 3 22 4 246 5 255 6 262 7 26F 5 270 8 29C 2 29D 3 2A5 5 73F 9 7FA 6 808 7 815 2 82D 3 835 5 959 A A37 B A46 C A74 D A75 2 A96 E A9F D B70 B B82 C B8D D B8E F BB9 2 BBA E BC2 D 1205 B 1211 C 121E D 121F 2 122F E 1238 D 145D B 146E C 147B D 147C 10 14A6 2 14A7 E 14AF D 16E1 B 16E9 C 16F4 C *Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 1, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/040107.pdf?ref=smdp.com)