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# Politicians should try talking
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/politicians-should-try-talking-editor/
- Published: 2006-11-16T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T22:10:47.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Steven Jankowski Santa Monica*

I wanted to thank you for printing Mark Shepherd’s letter on Tuesday, Nov. 14 (SMDP, page 4).

I cannot echo his outrage and concerns enough. I’ve had it with all the phone calls from every political crackpot in Santa Monica and California.

Do these people actually think these robo-calls work? Pissing people off is no way to get their vote. I’ve gotten so many of these annoying calls that I’ve made it a practice not to vote for anyone who calls me.

And so much for environment-friendly Santa Monica politicos. They must have cut down a whole forest endorsing McKeown, Davis, Katz and other leading “environmentalists.” It made me sick to see the amount of wasted paper in my mailbox for the whole month leading up to election day... yet another indicator for me who not to vote for.

I can only hope that local politicians will take Mr.Shepherd’s suggestion in the future by going out, knocking on doors, and talking to the people instead of inundating them with recorded phone calls and junk mail. At least then they won’t be able to hide their poor performance behind shallow campaign slogans, and I can give them a piece of my mind face to face.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 16, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/111606.pdf?ref=smdp.com)