The folks from Macerich Co. went before the Planning Commission recently to ask for permission to sell alcohol into the early morning hours to people eating or drinking in the outdoor dining areas of restaurants on the third floor of Santa Monica Place.
For an entity that must rely on the good will of the public, parents and students, it seems that the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District is always shooting itself in the foot.
City Council recently reviewed plans for a new 8,300-square-foot branch library in Virginia Avenue Park adjacent to the existing Thelma Terry building.
There’s nothing that instills admiration for your local bus company then when the bus you’ve been waiting for for 20 minutes passes your stop. I had taken my aging TR-6 into European Exclusives for servicing last Tuesday.
Last August, I was approached by Oscar de la Torre, who was running for his third four-year term on the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education.
Most of the complaints I hear from friends and neighbors deal with local traffic issues. I received an e-mail last week from a long-time friend about people in dark clothing riding bicycles without lights or reflectors on the sidewalk at night in Ocean Park.
Three council persons who’ve accepted thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from developers dug in their heels on campaign finance disclosure again at Tuesday’s City Council meeting.
I must be the luckiest man in the world. Every time I open my Gmail, someone wants to give me money. I’m talking millions of dollars, folks. My Gmail account receives dozens of e-mails each day.
Last Tuesday, Councilman Kevin McKeown requested that his colleagues vote to ask city staff to look at additional campaign financial disclosure regulations involving City Council members who’ve received campaign contributions from a person, company or entity with business before the council — primar
Tomorrow night, Councilman Kevin McKeown will present a plan for additional financial disclosure requirements from persons sitting on the City Council.
Continuing the 2010 Sammies — my figurative awards for all things good, bad and ugly in Santa Monica politics and governance. The “Feeding at the Public Trough” Sammy goes to Harry Keiley and the Santa Monica-Malibu Classroom Teachers Association.
It’s time to bestow the Annual Sammies — figurative awards to deserving local folks who blew it big time, fell on their face or grabbed the golden ring.
