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# Seeing through the haze
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/seeing-through-the-haze/
- Published: 2007-05-28T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T00:52:53.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

Transparency in government is a hot topic these days. The public’s need to know is often trumped in favor of privacy.

This week’s Q-Line question asks: Do you think the Council was correct in withholding funds or is it overstepping its bounds?

Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your answers in next weekend’s edition of the Daily Press. Please limit responses to a minute or less.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 28, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/052807.pdf?ref=smdp.com)