By Carl Schwarz Santa Monica
I agree 100 percent with Bill Bauer’s great article, (SMDP, Oct. 31, page 4) on the wasteful and extremely bad use of funds (even if you agree with the “homeless objective”) in Santa Monica. Let’s get rid of the SMRR City Council, John Maceri and Julie Rusk. Far more could be done for the homeless if Santa Monica didn’t waste funds by putting them in very expensive locations — convenient to harassing businesses on Third Street — but outside of Santa Monica would be far cheaper and could help more people. None of Santa Monica’s activities will slow down the city as the “center for homeless” with greater numbers deciding to “settle here.”
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 4, 2003. Read the original PDF.