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# Time to ring in a new era
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/time-to-ring-in-a-new-era-editor/
- Published: 2006-11-16T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T22:10:56.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Alan A. Rosenblum Santa Monica*

If the new Santa Monica City Council wants to make friends, the number-one law should be no more telephone campaigns. We received so many calls that we no longer answer the phone. If I did not vote by mail a few weeks ago, I would not vote. It is a pain in the rear.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 16, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/111606.pdf?ref=smdp.com)