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# Letter: Frustration over early library closures and limited late-night bus service
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/jack-neworth-send-comments-to-editor-smdp-com-laughing-matters-with-citys-drama-dp-is-a-savior-editor/
- Published: 2007-07-06T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T02:13:50.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Marcus Kohl Santa Monica*

Anger? Hate? Try pissed off that the library is closed at 5 p.m. on Friday night. And the SM bus doesn’t run past 10 p.m., because a ridership survey doesn’t foresee a need... Why do I have to walk six miles every night home?

But one saving grace — this newspaper and a $1.08 McChicken (sandwich).

That’s life. Now, maybe the average reader might reevaluate his drama of needless anger, but not by considering or contemplating the advertisement of a new Harry Potter movie or by mentioning the amusement park.

But real issues... because one day this life my be yours!

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 6, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/070607.pdf?ref=smdp.com)