Shriver’s Courage, Too Much Money and Kudos

October 14, 2008

Dear Editor,

I’ve been a resident of Santa Monica for more than 40 years and a small business owner for 20 of them. I care deeply about our community and closely follow Santa Monica politics.

In an election where so much developer money is being spent to punish the foes of unregulated growth, it takes courage for a council member running for re-election to stand up for his convictions. ("Shriver Supports Prop T," October 10, 2008)

Bobby Shriver has done just that. He has stood up against developers and taken a stand motivated by what is best for our city and our community.

I’ve been impressed with Shriver’s commitment to making the world a better place to live through his work on AIDS in Africa and I am impressed with his commitment to making Santa Monica a better place to live.

Jacob Samuel
Santa Monica

October 14, 2008

Dear Editor,

It is very unfortunate that our beach town is being hijacked by big developers whose goal is to build mega projects, take the profits and run, leaving residents with more and more traffic congestion. They've been doing it for more than 10 years and want to do it as long as we will let them. ("Major Developers Bankroll Prop T Opposition," October 9, 2008)

It's a month before the election and I'm already exhausted by the endless lies the No on Prop T committee is mailing me. Why can't we ban contributions from out-of-town developers or anyone from running campaigns in our city? Santa Monicans are smart and engaged and can decide our future ourselves -- we don't need big money from outside our city to tell us how best to vote.

Shame on these out of town developers, shame on the "community leaders" who are the local faces on their profit-driven campaign and shame on the incumbents who take their dirty dollars.

Sincerely,

Fred Alexander
Santa Monica

October 13, 2008

Dear Editor

Great writing Mr. Dellinger, we need more please. ("Ain’t the Obama-Worshipping Westside Liberals Great?" October 9, 2008)