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# Santa Monica Defeat Measure S, send ‘strong message’
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/santa-monica-defeat-measure-s-send-strong-message-editor/
- Published: 2003-05-31T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T02:16:28.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Malibu, #archive-import

*By Krista Grossman*

I am sorry that the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District is facing serious cash problems, but it’s time to hold the state and city accountable for their budget shortfalls and let them know they can’t keep coming to us for more money to fix their mistakes. If we don’t send a strong message now by voting against Measure S, we are being co-dependents in their inability to properly run a government.

How about keeping a perfectly good Main Library and giving the $77 million earmarked to pay for the new one to the school district? It’s time to think outside the box for once rather than continue to think about new ways to empty our pockets.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 31, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/053103.pdf?ref=smdp.com)