Richard McKinnon is running for City Council. The following answers were submitted in response to questions from the Daily Press.
Name: Richard McKinnon
Age: 57
Occupation: Business owner
Neighborhood: Wilmont
Frank Gruber is running for City Council. The following answers were submitted in response to questions from the Daily Press.
Name: Frank Gruber
Age: 62
Occupation: Author and lawyer
Neighborhood:
Name: Dhun May
Age: decline to state
Occupation: Teacher
Neighborhood of residence: Ocean Park neighborhood
Own/Rent: Own
Marital status: decline to state
Kids: Dr. Armaiti Khorshed May and Daniel
Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein is running for School Board. The following answers were submitted in response to questions from the Daily Press.
Name: Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein, Ph.D.
Age: 45
Occupation: College Professor
CITYWIDE — City Council candidates have spent more than $375,000 on their campaigns as they enter the final week of the race.
This money does not include the political action
CITYWIDE — Mayor Pam O'Connor returned a slew of $325 contributions from developers to whom she'd previously conferred a benefit but, according to the most recent campaign
MY WRITE — Two weeks ago (Oct. 13, 2014) I wrote about a new apartment building proposed for
500 Broadway at Fifth Street (formerly Fred Segal) that was before City Council
CULTURE WATCH — Privacy? Or liberty? No matter where you come down on the question of whether whistleblower Edward Snowden is a hero or a traitor, the documentary "Citizenfour"
CURIOUS CITY —WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON HERE? Less than two weeks until election day and more craziness unfolds daily.
Our mayor Pam O'Connor, running for
MY WRITE — The "do nothing" Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) Board of Education is way overdue for a shake-up. Thanks to dedicated teachers, most of our kids
Illogical and false
Editor:
The pro-Measure D ad in the Oct. 16 issue of the SMDP is illogical and false from start to finish. Consider this simple fact: Measure LC,
Frank Gruber talks about his hotel workers endorsements and how that will or will not effect his representation of residents in the City of Santa Monica. Squirm Night at the