Keep your eye on playwright Jason Odell Williams. If he keeps writing plays as extraordinary and impassioned as his latest play, “Church and State,” he may in time be hailed
By Michael Feinstein. Inside/Outside. June 20, 2016
Most Santa Monicans and most Americans favor full disclosure of campaign donations for all elections. But there is a gaping loophole in
To the editor:
If direct democracy is the ideal, then Citizens United is its mirror opposite. By direct democracy, I mean one person, one vote. Under Citizens United the spending
Editor’s note: This monthly feature uncovers Santa Monica’s history by compiling notable city happenings from a century ago. The stories are found in old newspaper archives.
Upset about
More than $200,000 was spent in last year's Santa Monica College Board of Trustees race.
Six candidates sought four seats but the two losers, both challengers, outspent
Editor:
Recently the City invited members of the public to submit letters suggesting priorities that the committee to appoint a new City Manager should observe in making its selection.
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Spending in support of ballot measures last year more than doubled the combined ballot measure spending in the previous two elections.
Of the more than $1,315,000 that was
All that super-helpful campaign literature that clogged your mailbox and gave your mail carrier a hernia last election season cost political supporters a fortune.
While voter turnout was abysmally low
