By Greg Garrison Santa Monica
We the people of Santa Monica have selected a number of people to represent and serve us. The majority of money that is paid to Santa Monica is in the form of taxes we pay. The city is the largest property holder. This property is being purchased with our money and they claim it as their own. How can that be?
We pay for every homeless shelter and for every meal the city provides for them. Are they repressing us? Frankly, it sickens me and it goes on and on.
We pay for the trash bins. We buy the trash trucks. We pay the salaries of the men and women who operate them. I have never entered a council meeting where the council members greeted me with a real “thank you” for allowing me to serve you. Have our judges ever thanked us for their position? It’s time for us citizens to stand up and oversee the government or replace them, and the time to do that is when it comes to voting.
By the way, there is some good news — our police department has a fast responding team — the meter maids.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 25, 2006. Read the original PDF.