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# Letter: Fountain uncertainty
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/letter-fountain-uncertainty/
- Published: 2013-10-16T02:24:30.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-03T21:28:08.000Z
- Description: Editor: Your City Hall fountain story (“Gates around City Hall fountain to come down,” Oct. 12-13) seems to say, in summary, “Santa Monica is having trouble getting water to flow downhill. Replacing 52 rose bushes with concrete is a thorny issue!” Will it dribble? Will it hold? Guess it depends (pun
- Author: Daniel Archuleta
- Tags: Letters, Opinion, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-06 13:37

![A fence surrounds the fountain at City Hall. There have been delays related to a leakage issue. (Daniel Archuleta daniela@www.smdp.com)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/55/9f/559f9abc-8372-4a2e-8c2d-27386da4e363/content/images/smdp-com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2024/07/101213-_-cty-fountain-2.jpg)

A fence surrounds the fountain at City Hall. There have been delays related to a leakage issue. (Daniel Archuleta daniela@www.smdp.com)

Editor:

Your City Hall fountain story ("Gates around City Hall fountain to come down," Oct. 12-13) seems to say, in summary, "Santa Monica is having trouble getting water to flow downhill. Replacing 52 rose bushes with concrete is a thorny issue!"

Will it dribble? Will it hold? Guess it depends (pun intended).

Kieran Connell

Venice