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# People first, squirrels second
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/people-first-squirrels-second-editor/
- Published: 2006-08-03T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T19:07:46.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Marilyn Brennan Santa Monica*

Regarding the article “Squirrels are for the birds” (SMDP, July 21, page 1), if the City Council would only devote as much time and effort to the transient population as they do to the squirrel population we’d be way better off.

Priorities, people, priorities. November is coming soon.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 3, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/080306.pdf?ref=smdp.com)