Editor: I was flabbergasted to read that the revamping of the downtown district is still not done. Didn’t we just finish major changes (expenses) creating a transit mall, etc. and even celebrate the “new” downtown. Now, the city has spent $54,000 to have the downtown public spaces assessed by a New York consulting firm. Why do we need a New York perspective? What do they know about Santa Monica? Wasn’t there a csult-ing firm in Santa Monica or the Los Angeles area that could have done the assess-
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 22, 2002. Read the original PDF.