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# Stop pumping cash into schools
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/stop-pumping-cash-into-schools-editor/
- Published: 2008-01-11T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T17:53:59.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Malibu, #archive-import

*By Marjorie Campbell Santa Monica*

Even beyond the total regressive nature of “parcel taxes” (my one-bedroom condominium is a “parcel” and a 40-acre spread in Malibu is a “parcel,” both charged the same amount). Why are Santa Monicans willing to keep subsidizing Malibu’s schools?

There should be a moratorium on school funding until this issue is addressed.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 11, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/011108.pdf?ref=smdp.com)