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# Thanks for nothing
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/thanks-for-nothing/
- Published: 2006-11-21T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T23:08:38.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Lori Emerson Santa Monica*

Editor: No doubt, George Weller will be celebrating a victorious and family filled Thanksgiving this week, surrounded by family members, loved ones and well-wishers. On the other side of town, the families of the 10 people that he killed will be seething over the empty chairs at their family's tables.

My heart and prayers go out to all of the families affected by Mr. Weller’s outright success in getting away with killing 10 people, injuring over 60 others and getting off with probation. Ten funerals, permanent disability and pain for 60 others, and (Weller) has to call into a probation office once a month as his punishment. Unbelievable.

How disrespectful, uncaring and pompous that he wouldn’t even show the victims an ounce of respect by attending his own sentencing hearing! If he can be wheeled to a doctor’s appointment, he easily could have been wheeled to the courthouse. Hopefully, he and his family will lose everything in the civil actions filed, but he probably protected his assets... after the carnage. There’s probably also a book deal somewhere in the future.

I hope he chokes on his turkey. That’s the only justice this community can hope for at this point.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 21, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/112106.pdf?ref=smdp.com)