By Julia Reeves Santa Monica
Regarding the diatribe of Michael Beattie as it appears in the opinion section of the Sept. 23 edition of the Santa Monica Daily Press, I would like someone to enlighten me about the "number of articles published in the many daily and weekly papers here in Santa Monica that blame the homeless for just about everything that is wrong with our city." While I have read opinion letters and articles pertaining to the homeless problem, I have not once read anything that blamed the homeless for EVERYTHING that is wrong with Santa Monica. "Are we really that selfish to think that the poor people of Santa Monica are the ones to cause all our problems?" I have only read about problems that homelessness causes in Santa Monica. I have not read anything that singles out the homeless as being responsible for "all our problems." "It's extremely easy to blame a part of society that has no voice, political or otherwise"? Since when don't the homeless have a voice? Give me a break!
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 24, 2002. Read the original PDF.