My brothers Zane and Richard have debated with me on almost a daily basis since we were old enough to talk. So when I heard Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman didn’t cast a vote in 28 years I knew that Zane and I would dissect the subject from every angle.
Having just flown back from the Indy 500 race, I was reminded of the importance of education and good hygiene. That’s why I donated $198 to the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District and encourage all 13,671 voters that voted yes on Measure A to donate $198 right now.
As donor ID no. 46, I gave the Santa Monica Malibu-Unified School District the $198 they asked for from the voters. If you were one of the 13,671 voters who believed Measure A was the right thing to do, you don’t need permission from anyone to send $198 or more to SMMUSD.
The debate surrounding the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District’s Measure A is more important than the vote. Instead of arguing back and forth about whether or not the emergency parcel tax is equitable or financially feasible for some during rough financial times, we should be asking these si
When candidate Sonia Sotomayor was in line to be a Supreme Court justice, besides her wealth of experience, the arguments in favor of her were best stated when she said: “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion th
Two years ago I voted against giving another dollar to support Santa Monica College. Today our local public schools scramble for money to make ends meet.
The Red Cross, working in Mexico, has protested the Mexican governments’ open support of police intimidation and bribery schemes targeting illegal aliens for years.
If you are a voter and want to keep your rent, utility tax and sales tax low and at the same time save the environment, have lots of happy, well-paid teachers, police and firemen, then you must vote to take money from corporate America.
Standard & Poor once again dropped California’s credit rating to one of the lowest in the nation. This means the world does not consider us to be responsible borrowers.
The people of Santa Monica have a wonderful opportunity to effect great change on their little part of the world without spending more money. My father was involved in a union at AT&T, and was a big advocate back in the day.
France? So, why should you care what other countries pay in taxes? For the same reason we take standardized tests, to see how we’re doing compared to the people around us.
Santa Monica is known for thinking in ways other cities don’t. So where’s that thinking as it relates to mass transit? Have you seen any city or area transit authority study comparing different methods of transport and the short- and long-term costs? No? That’s because they didn’t create one.
