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# ‘Friends of Santa Monica’no friends of reader
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/friends-of-santa-monicano-friends-of-reader-editor/
- Published: 2006-10-17T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T21:41:04.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Ruth and Jim Mount Santa Monica*

We have rarely seen such reprehensible and fallacious campaigning as the recent “hit piece” we received from an organization calling itself “Friends of Santa Monica College” and located in Burbank. They obviously hate Tom Donner, who is running for Trustee.

Donner has been an able defender of Santa Monica College’s fiscal stability for nearly 30 years through the terms of two dynamic presidents and has managed the fiscal affairs of the college through amazing growth and to statewide acclaim. He is being opposed by those with whom he has had to negotiate matters of pay and entitlements.

We think the faculty representatives are scared stiff that with Donner on the Board of Trustees there will be a knowledgeable member who can counter their machinations. We urge everyone we know to vote for Donner to shepherd Santa Monica College on to greater success.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 17, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/101706.pdf?ref=smdp.com)