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# Letter: Please don’t go
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/letter-please-dont-go/
- Published: 2012-08-31T20:29:27.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-03T21:00:44.000Z
- Author: Kevin Herrera
- Tags: Letters, Opinion, Bobby Shriver, city council, Politics, shriver, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-06 13:52

Editor:  
In your front page article of Aug. 13 ("Councilman Shriver won't seek reelectionn"), I read that Councilman \[Bobby\] Shriver won't seek reelection to the City Council. Bad news for Santa Monicans.  
There has been a trend to transform our charming, unique city into a block of high-rise condos. The council members receive election money from the developers, then vote for the developers' causes. Example, \[Mayor Richard\] Bloom.  
The only council member I know of who has had a more intelligent and honorable outlook has been Shriver. Who is going to take his place?

Toby Considine  
Santa Monica