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# Sick of Santa Monica politics
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/sick-of-santa-monica-politics-editor/
- Published: 2003-12-31T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T03:25:47.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import, Homeless

*By Jim Azine Santa Monica*

I just finished reading your article about Santa Monica not getting any of the play from the Rose Bowl this year (SMDP, Dec. 30, page 1).

It’s very interesting to see how our illustrious council members play politics with the reason why. Maybe they should start to realize Santa Monica no longer has a very good reputation. As a 52-year resident of this city, I have watched its decline from a very clean, welcoming city to one that is full of homeless people whom this city now caters to instead of really trying to clean it up. We have become a city of unfriendly merchants. We have become a city that taxes its citizens to death and justifies it by lame-brain silly explanations. All this City Council cares about is keeping their position secure, so they wheel their so-called power around on all of us that choose to live here.

Well, they have made their bed, and now they can lie in it. I don’t feel one bit sorry for their crying about lost revenue and such. They had better stand up and smell the roses, and just maybe one day they will get their scent back. I care very much about where I live, but I am only one little cog in a wheel that needs several other cogs to complete that wheel. I would hope that there are several others out there who are willing to stand up to these power wheelers and let them know that we are as mad as hell and are now ready to do something about it.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 31, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/123103.pdf?ref=smdp.com)