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.