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# Seniors need a break
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/seniors-need-a-break-editor/
- Published: 2008-01-28T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T18:13:13.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Malibu, #archive-import

*By Thomas Fakehany*

The school district covers both cities and the unincorporated area. I sat on the committee and insisted on the senior exemption in the original draft of Measure R because I was seeing seniors on fixed incomes driven out of the area by taxes. I confronted John Deasy numerous times on his promises of financial responsibility because he drove his previous school district in Coventry, RI. nearly bankrupt because of his misspending. I moved to Malibu in the early 70’s because I could not afford to live in Santa Monica.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 28, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/012808.pdf?ref=smdp.com)