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# Limping out of the gates
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/limping-out-of-the-gates/
- Published: 2006-09-28T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T21:26:50.000Z
- Author: Kevin Herrera
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

CITY HALL — How ironic that on the evening when elected officials issued a proclamation declaring October “Disabilities Awareness Month,” an ornery, disabled senior citizen was booted out of the City Council Chambers — walker and all.

It’s not that our elected officials are cruel. They weren’t even the ones

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 28, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/092806.pdf?ref=smdp.com)