Editor:
I have just finished reading Matthew Gibbons' letter published in the April 6-7, 2013 edition ("The bad old days").
I got choked up by its powerful force as I read it aloud to my wife who was born here and has similar memories of "the bad old days."
Thank you for publishing Matthew's letter.
Nigel Stewart
Santa Monica
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 11, 2013. Read the original PDF.