Condoville

Posted by on Jan 6, 2009 in Personal, Santa Monica | No Comments

The volume of construction and demolition in the City of Santa Monica has been astounding for the last several years.  In letters to the editor in local newspapers like the Santa Monica Mirror and the Santa Monica Daily Press, casual chitchat with strangers, and other scuttlebutt, there’s sometimes been discontent when one hears from developers ...

Graffiti Hotline

Posted by on Jan 2, 2009 in Santa Monica | One Comment

For those of you live in or near Santa Monica and don’t like graffiti, I would like you to take a moment now to program the following phone number into your cell phone: (310) 458-2231.  That is the Santa Monica Graffiti Removal Hotline.  There you can leave a message requesting that graffiti in the city ...

9-0-4-0-what?

Posted by on Jan 2, 2009 in Santa Monica | No Comments

Santa Monica is one of the westernmost points of West Los Angeles.  It’s a wonderful place to live in many ways.  Hovering just around a population of 100,000 and possessing mild weather, there’s little to complain about, other than the perennial city problems of traffic and congestion.  The level of civic pride and community spirit ...