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# No breaks for free lunch
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/no-breaks-for-free-lunch-editor/
- Published: 2003-11-13T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T03:14:20.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Promenade, #archive-import, Homeless

*By Jayne Gordon Santa Monica*

You have got to be kidding me, (guest commentary by Ann Petersen, SMDP, Nov. 10, page 4). It’s not enough that we try to find shelter and feed the homeless, allow them to sleep in our doorways and parks and panhandle on the Promenade, now we have to worry when we buy them lunch whether or not they are gluten intolerant? Give me a break.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 13, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/111303.pdf?ref=smdp.com)