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# Trust James, a Bubba Gump isn’t good
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/trust-james-a-bubba-gump-isnt-good/
- Published: 2002-03-28T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T00:11:19.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Pier, #archive-import

*By James Rizopulos*

Nice article (Wednesday). It’s amazing that I have not heard anything about this. The Santa Monica PRC is crooked, keeping members on to finish dirty business. I don’t see what A Bubba Gump will do for the community. I have seen what It did for Monterey, Ca.

Trust me it’s not good. How does one go about getting appointed to the PRC? I’m not defending Naia Sheffield. Maybe if she kept her restaurant looking a bit better than an “eyesore” then she wouldn’t be facing eviction. But a Bubba Gump!

Why don’t they just line the pier with Outback Steakhouse, Claimjumpers, Chili's, TGIFriday’s, and Ramano's Macaroni Grill? Then we’ll really be happenin'!

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 28, 2002.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/032802.pdf?ref=smdp.com)