By John H. Whitehead That Rutherford Guy
AS USUAL, THE CONTENDERS FOR THE White House are making a lot of promises about what they will change if elected. They’re
By Terry O’Day Pico Neighborhood
In a small town like Santa Monica, it is strange to read a letter to the editor from a neighbor that speculates about your
By Saul Cohen Santa Monica Playing the traffic card Editor:
Your article about City Council candidates seeking and obtaining the endorsement from the union representing City of Santa Monica municipal
THERE’S A WHOLE SLEW OF TAX increase propositions on the ballot this fall. You’ll have to be a zillionaire just to pay ‘em all.
Proposition SM expands the
By Amanda Cushman Simple Real Food
AS A COOKBOOK AUTHOR MYSELF I AM CURIOUS TO check out new books that have come on the market and see what is out
“IT’S GREAT THAT NEW BUSINESSES have moved in to Lincoln and Rose including the Whole Foods market, which spent millions upgrading the entire building, parking lot, and area, something
“ALTERING FOR THE BETTER. VENICE needs to be so thankful for having Whole Foods clean up that area. We need to have all stores in Santa Monica clean up and
“WHOLE FOODS DOES ADD TO THE gentrification of Venice, but what’s really upsetting everybody is Whole Foods has said that they’re getting rid of the 99 Cents Store
“OVER GREED-IFICATION IS MORE LIKE it. I was working with Treesavers of Santa Monica. I came back to Venice one day to find to my shock and disgust that
“IN THE DOCUMENTARY ‘DOGTOWN’ they say the beach neighborhood in the ‘70s was dangerous, dirty, and filthy. It was paradise. Now the same $25,000 homes are $2.5 million
“GENTRIFICATION IS A BAD THING. Where are the drug dealers and gang-bangers going to live?”
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 13, 2008.
“DON’T YOU JUST LOVE THE WORD ‘gentrification?’ A nice euphemism for ‘over-development.’ Of course, Venice is about 30 years behind the overbuilt disaster that Santa Monica has become
