By Rob Martin Santa Monica
If the city wants to make the streets more pedestrian-friendly (“The Green Mile,” July 21-22), if they want to “entice” us to walk the streets, they first must be secure for passage.
So long as the city supports the homeless-industrial complex (OPCC, Step Up, Chrysalis, Clare....) that invites and promotes the homeless, bums, vagrants and drunks to reside, drink, fornicate and poop in our streets and alleys, the average citizen will prefer to drive.
So long as the city allows gang members, drug dealers and felons to live in public housing, prevents landlords from evicting them, and their allies at SMMUSD overcrowd the schools with out-of-district students, the good citizens of this city will not feel safe to walk the streets.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 28, 2007. Read the original PDF.