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# Keeping it local
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/keeping-it-local-20080827/
- Published: 2008-08-27T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T20:51:27.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Events, Pier, #archive-import

While Santa Monica features a number of attractions that consistently draw visitors from outside the city, there are some that believe they attract trouble. A gang-related shooting last Thursday appears to have occurred just as the Twilight Dance Series concert was letting out at the pier confirming some of those fears.

So this week’s Q-Line question asks: Would you rather have the city become an isolated, sleepy beach town that would lack many of the superb services we covet, or continue with high-profile events and attractions that bring prosperity to the area?

Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your answers in the weekend edition of the Daily Press. Please limit responses to a minute or less.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 27, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/082708.pdf?ref=smdp.com)