By Jennifer Conrad Santa Monica
Kevin McKeown is one of the best city councilmen that Santa Monica has ever had and we are lucky that he wants to keep the job. McKeown is good for our city. He is compassionate and is able to listen to an issue, even if it isn’t his issue, and understand it. He always has time for his constituents. Kevin McKeown is not bad for Santa Monica residents, the environment or the animals; he is bad for the big businesses and that is why they have spent countless dollars to attack him. They want to make that money back and I am sure they will if they defeat him, but it will be Santa Monica’s loss. Big businesses are fighting him ostensibly for his policies on homeless, but in reality the battle is because McKeown is deeply passionate about maintaining Santa Monica’s charm and will not succumb to big business’s need to destroy our lovely city and make megadollars doing it.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 3, 2006. Read the original PDF.