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# Throwing stones
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/throwing-stones-editor/
- Published: 2008-08-29T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T20:53:44.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Alan Toy Santa Monica*

In his tirades against Jose Escarce, Mr. Hamilton frequently uses the term “falls on deaf ears.” If he is so tuned to the needs and sensitivities of students and others who have disabilities in the district, why does he continue to use this pejorative term?

The disability community deserves better too, Mr. Hamilton. Maybe when you try to rally the community around your better-than-thou glass houses you should be more careful about throwing your own thoughtless stones.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 29, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/082908.pdf?ref=smdp.com)