Views of Santa Monica City Council Election
The people of Santa Monica are finally realizing--the SMRR Emperor has no clothes! We don’t have to blindly accept SMRR council candidates, because our rent control is protected with or without them.
I applaud Fire Capt. Rob Wirtz for his courage to say that public safety, not rent control, is the issue this time.
JAMES MACANO
Santa Monica
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