Learn More
Home Opinion Page 7

Opinion

Editorials, letters to the editor, and other community opinions about Santa Monica.

The Real Challenge for Santa Monica’s Public Employee Pay Scales

0
This piece was originally published on Santa Monica City Manager Rick Cole's blog, The Long View. In a recent post, I acknowledged public concerns about the City of Santa Monica’s salaries and benefits, sparked by a misleading...

Election Analysis: LV Lost Big, Bigger Than You Think

0
The following piece first appeared on The Healthy City Local. I haven’t written here for a while. It’s easy for a little hiatus to become a long vacation, especially over the holidays, and especially, if you...

When the Wealthy and Privileged Hijack All the Narratives—Including Convincing the Poor that Housing...

0
This piece was originally published on Santa Monica Next's sister site, Longbeachize. It’s frightening when the wealthy hijack the narratives of the good. And they did so brilliantly in 2016 and will continue to do so this...

More on Santa Monica’s DCP: Discretionary Review and Parking

0
This post originally appeared on The Healthy City Local. As I’ve written in two recent posts, tomorrow night the Planning Commission will review the Santa Monica Downtown Community Plan (DCP). After staff makes revisions to the...

Not-Inspirational: More on the Downtown Community Plan

0
This was originally published on the Healthy City Local. In my rant a few days ago I promised (threatened?) to come back with substantive analysis of the Downtown Community Plan (DCP), which the Planning Commission...

Santa Monica’s Long Municipal Nightmare

0
This piece originally appeared in The Healthy City Local. For a liberal like me, it’s hard not to be cranky after Donald Trump’s TKO (i.e., Electoral College) defeat of Hillary Clinton. True, my mood was elevated...

Gruber : Preliminary Thoughts on Last Week’s Election

0
(Note : This article first appeared in the Healthy City Local. - DN) Shell-shocked after the presidential vote, I’ve been slow putting my thoughts together on the local election. In fact, when analyzing local elections...

A Happy City in an Unhappy World

0
With election day nearly a week behind us the dust is beginning to settle and a clearer picture of the political landscape at the national, state, and local levels is emerging. One thing is resoundingly...

Gruber: Local Politics Is Personal Politics

0
This article appeared yesterday in The Healthy City Local. Over the weekend my son Henry wrote a note to his Facebook friends explaining why he felt so personally threatened by the candidacy of Donald Trump....

Community Voices: When It Comes to Voting, the Enemy of Your Enemy Is Not...

0
The following is a response from downtown community member Babak Mozaffari. For voters in California, the first look at this November's ballot has often been accompanied by a sense of shock and horror. There are...

Why We’re Not Taking a Position on Measure V, the College Bond

0
(As we prepare for our pre-election party on Thursday, we're going to take a closer look at the other two ballot propositions on the ballot next Tuesday. - DN) There's an old saying, "don't let...

Endorsement: Yes on GS and GSH

0
(As we prepare for our pre-election party on Thursday, we're going to take a closer look at the other two ballot propositions on the ballot next Tuesday. - DN) Measure LV isn’t the only local...

Gruber: LV Isn’t Just Anti-Development, It’s Anti-Capitalist

0
(This article first appeared in The Healthy City Local) This is another in my series of posts about the rationalizations that otherwise liberal voters use for supporting Measure LV. Of all of them, the one...

Gruber: There’s a Disconnect Between Local Politics, National Politics, and Development Politics

0
(This article originally appeared on The Healthy City Local.) I spend too much time on Facebook, but I have learned a few things there. One is that there’s a disconnect between local politics and the...

Community Voices : Rev. Jim Conn Explains CLUE’S No on LV

0
By Rev. Jim Conn, Retired United Methodist Minister and Former Mayor of Santa Monica The Santa Monica Committee of CLUE, Clergy and Laity United for Economic-Justice, opposes Measure LV on the Santa Monica ballot in November. We urge...
- Advertisement -
Learn More

Recent Posts