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# Malibu schools shouldn’t be subsidized
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/malibu-schools-shouldnt-be-subsidized-editor/
- Published: 2003-02-13T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T01:34:06.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Malibu, #archive-import

*By Marjorie Campbell Santa Monica*

The school funding crisis is just one aspect of the breakdown of the social contract and can’t be remedied in the current political climate. Anyone who wants to contribute $300 to the schools, following Councilman Bob Holbrook’s exemplary lead, should certainly do so. But a parcel tax, which equates a small condominium with a monster mansion, is patently unfair.

And why should Santa Monica residents subsidize the schools of Malibu, a remote enclave of some of the richest people on earth?

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 13, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/021303.pdf?ref=smdp.com)