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# Venice Big money behind election
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/venice-big-money-behind-election-editor/
- Published: 2003-03-15T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T01:49:31.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Venice, #archive-import

*By Victor Fresco Santa Monica*

Still haven’t decided on how to vote on Proposition A? Consider this: The initiative that put Prop. A on the ballot forced the city to hold a special election for just this one issue, which cost our financially strapped city over $100,000\. The big money interests that sponsored Prop. A hoped that by having a special election voter turn out would be low, which would benefit their side. If Prop. A passes, you can bet this type of expensive one-issue election will become more frequent as big money will see this as a way to pass all kinds of potentially unpopular initiatives which require low voter turn out to push through.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 15, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/031503.pdf?ref=smdp.com)