By Carla Barrett Santa Monica
I read with interest last week about the new business that will be selling sexually explicit items soon on Lincoln Boulevard near Pearl Street. I have not yet seen any response from the city of Santa Monica regarding this business and why it is being allowed to operate across the street from a pre-school, one block from Olympic High School and five blocks from two elementary schools. It amazes me that a few years ago this was the same city that was raging a ridiculous fight over a Hooter’s Restaurant opening near the Promenade. Well, where are the questions now about the appropriateness of this new business and its affects on the surrounding neighborhoods?
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 7, 2005. Read the original PDF.