By Mark Shepherd Santa Monica
Where else in the world will police arrest people for doing sit-ups and stretches on a grassy median, but ignore the homeless passed out on sidewalks? Where else are non-resident dogs treated like criminals in city parks, but the local school board packs classrooms with students from surrounding districts? What other city’s leaders are mesmerized by the affordable-housing-at-all-costs mantra, but squashes a for-profit builder’s attempt to develop low-income apartments?
Only in Santa Monica: Eight square miles of socialist hypocrisy and precious little common sense.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 8, 2007. Read the original PDF.