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# Spinning from bias?
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/spinning-from-bias/
- Published: 2006-05-29T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T18:06:59.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Don Wagner Santa Monica*

I can’t stop laughing about the headline “Support Running Deep” (SMDP, May 22, page 1).

The article says that there is “majority support” among residents to double stormwa-ter parcel fees — a majority of whom? Four hundred of the 90,000 of Santa Monica residents were apparently polled by a firm for $25,000.

Approximately two-thirds of the selected 400 residents supported higher fees. So, about 250 residents in Santa Monica support increasing stormwater fees. “Support Running Deep?”“Majority?”“Support?”

I don’t care too much about the fees, but you should tell it like it is without your spin. Are we in Santa Monica the only ones responsible for the pollution of the bay?

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 29, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/052906.pdf?ref=smdp.com)