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2012
January
01 03 2012 What I Say Let's Celebrate.html
01 09 2012 What I Say Ironies of Redevelopment.html
01 17 2012 What I Say A Democratic Tea Party.html
2011
December
12 12 2011 What I Say Akedism.html
12 19 2011 What I Say Real Fears False Hopes.html
12 5 2011 What I Say Hitched.html
November
11 28 2011 What I Say Spreading it Around.html
11_21 2011 What I Say Wedding Cakes and Canyons.html
11 14 2011 What I Say Maine Ohio etc.html
11 07 2011 What I Say Virtuous Cycles.html
October
10 24 2011 What I Say If It's Not One Thing.html
10 17 2011 What I Say Don't Give it Away.html
10 10 2011-What I Say Air Tactics.html
10 03 11 What I Say Flying Blind.html
September
09 26 2011 What I Say Plaza or Park.html
09 19 2011 What I Say More Reasons to Live Here.html
09 12 2011 What I Say Maybe It Wasn't All About Us.html
09 06 2011 What I Say Hurricane Economy.html
August
08 08 2011 What I Say Its Local in Washington.html
08 01 2011 What I Say Not a Surprise.html
July
07 25 2011 Pedal Pushing.html
07 18 2011 Getting Bugged Driving.html
07 11 2011 Where Change is Gonna Come.htm
07 05 2011 Wrestling with Race.htm
June
06 27 2011 Bay City Redux.htm
06 20 2011 The Grade Is Gradual.htm
06 13 2011 Landmark Inflation.htm
06 06 2011 The Dead Hand of the Past.htm
May
03 28 2011 Wha I Say Papermate.html
03 21 2010 What I Say Civic and Papermate.html
03 14 2011 Bad Business Then and Now.html
April
04 25 2011 What I Say Destroying the-(Urban) Village to Save It.
04 18 2011 What I Say Downtown Connections
04 11 2011 What I Say Civic Budget battles
04 04 2011 What I Say Civic Virtue.html
March
03 28 2011 What I Say Papermate
03 21 2010 What I Say Civic and Papermate
03 14 2011Bad Business Then and Now
February
02 28 2011 The Buck Paused There
02 22 2011 Ministry of Funny Investigations
02_14 2011 Report on Oscar de la Torre
02_07 2011 Auto-Fetishism
January
01 31 2011 Due Process Downtown fairness
01 24 2011 Not an Insult.htm
01 18 2011 Politics Here There and Everywhere
01 10 2011 I Californian
01 03 2011 Henry-'s Birthdayl

2010
December
12 20 2010 Say Planning Forever
12 13 2010 Out of the Past
12 06 2010 Post Election
November
11 29 2010 Natl Politics 2010 Election
11-22-2010 Downtown Traffic
11 15 2010 Civic Center Park Plans
11 08 2010 Election recap.html
11 01 2010 Final Thoughts on the election
October
10 27 2010 City Council election Why They Fight
10-25-2010 Politics Without Power School Board Election-2010
10 18 2010 All Politics Are Local Except
10 12 2010 Propositioned
10 04 2010 Matrix 2008-10
September
09 27 2010 Civic Center Park designs
09 20 2010 Set a Good Example
09 13 2010 Winning by Losing
August
08 30 2010 What I Say Smart Equity
08 23 2010 Getting Away From It All
08 09 2010 The T Party
08 02 2010 Build a Tower in the Park
July
07 26 2010 Fools Rush in
07 19 2010 Let The Politics Begin
07 12 2010 Thanks for the Memories
07 06 2010 Concluding LUCE
June
06 28 2010 Playing the Percentages
06 21 2010 I've Told You 500 Times
06 14 2010 The Sidewalks Belong to the People
06 07 2010 Ironies of-LUCE
06 01 2010 Following Up
May
05 10 2010 The Costs of Low Transit Fares
05 05 2010 Your Yes Vote Should be in the Mail
05 17 2010 Public Transportation Social Service or Utility
April
04 26 2010 The Politics of Design Meets the Politics of Politics
04 19 2010 Another Poli Sci 201 Situation
04 12 2010 Perpetually Planning
04 05 2010 The Gruber Census
March
03 22, 2010 Change Happens
03 15, 2010 Tea Partying Not a New Thing
03 08, 2010 Other News
03 01, 2010 Politics Now, Politics Later
February
02 22, 2010 Measure T (Party) Redux
02 15, 2010 It's not the Traffic
02 08 2010 LUCE Change
02 01 2010 I NIMBY
January
01 25 10 To a Self Nurturing Activist Farewell
01 18 2010 Inspire Yourself
01 11 2010 A Serious Man
01 04 2010 Carrying On


2009
December
12 18 2009 Big Plans.htm
12 14 2009 And Two Years Become Six.htm
12 07 2009 LUCE First Look at a First Draft.htm
November
11 30 2009 Urban Cardiology.htm
11 23 2009 A Barnes Foundation for the 21st Century.htm
11 16 2009 Big Plans Afoot.html
11 09 2009 The Hits Keep Coming.html
11 02 2009 When Politics Reach the Gaseous Stage.htm
October
10 19 2009 Baseballs Been Very Good to Us.html
10 12 2009 Just Who Is Unsafe.html
10 05 2009 The Expo Maintenance Yard.html
September
09 29 2009 With the Return of the Liberal Mean the Return of the New Left.html
09 21 2009 Return to Seaview Terrace.html
09 14 2009 So Much Goin On.html
09 08 2009 Revolution is in the Report.html
August
08 31 2009 Tough on Lefties Revisited.html
08 18 2009 Building Community One Meal at a Time.html
08 24 2009 A Sleepy Beach Island.html
08 10 2009 Grown Ups Us.html
08 03 2009 Some Recent History Some New Thinking.html
July
07 27 2009 Complexity Is Reality.html
07 2009 July4BannersCollage.htm
07 20 2009 Westside Narcissism and Left Wing Rhetoric.html
07 13 2009 The Most Beneficial Benefit.html
07 06 2009 A Glorious Fourth.html
June
06 29 2009 Thought Association.html
06 22 2009 Since Ive Been Gone.html
06 15 2009 Denver Go for the Omelets.html
06 08 2009 Thinking 'bout My Generation.html
06 01 2009 High Irony Content.html
May
05 25 2009 Make the County the Solution.html
05 18 2009 A Quality Start.html
05 11 2009 What to Build What to Bond.html
05 04 2009 Thank You Steve Lopez.html
April
04 27 2009 I'll be Happy to Have Been Wrong.html
04 21 2009 Shovel and Bond Ready.html
04 13 2009 Capital Ideas.html
04 06 2009 More of Mencia.html
March
03 30 2009 My favorite Words in conflict.html
03 23 2009 Making a Center a Center.html
03 16 2009 Change in Historic Contexts.html
03 09 2009--The Convenient City.html
03 02 2009 A Gleam in Her Eye.html
February
02 23 2009 Outrage Whats Most Predictable.html
02 17 2009 Transit and Good Urban Design Unite.html
02 09 2009 John Percival Jones would be happy.html
02 02 2009 The Commonwealth of Los Angeles.html
January
01 26 2009 Hail to the Chief.htm
01 19 2009 Herb Katz Would Have Loved This.html
01 09 2009 Deaths in the Family.html
01 05 2009 Happy New Century.htm

2008
December
12 22 2008 End of The Year Thoughts.htm
12 15 2008 There We Go But For.htm
12 08 2008 Not So Invincible.htm
12 02 2008 Stair City East and Stair City West
November
11 24 2008 Our Man in the House.htm
11 18 2008 Altnernate Realities.htm
11 06 2008 My Wasted Youth.htm
11 03 2008 Who Are the Powers That Be.htm
October
10 31 2008 The City Council Election Part 2.htm
10 30 2008 The City Council Election Part 1.htm
10 29 2008 The School Board Election.htm
10 27 2008 Measuring and Propositioning.htm
10 20 2008 When Conventional Wisdom Masquerades as Common Sense.htm
10 13 2008 Money on the Ballot.htm
10 06 2008 Catch my RIFT.htm
September
09 29 2008 Matrix2006-08.htm
09 23 2008 The Next Phase.htm
09 15 2008 Those of Her Elk.htm
09 08 2008 Of Clubs and Parties.htm
09 01 2008 The Unseen Place Around the Bend.htm
August
08 25 2008 That Other Election.htm
08 18 2008 Spelling SMRR.htm
08 11 2008 A Political Lull.htm
08 04 2008 Shoot the Birds.htm
July
07 28 2008 The Narcissism of Ten Feet.htm
07 28 2008 Shoot the Birds.htm
07 21 2008 Santa Barcelona.htm
07 14 2008 For Good or Ill.htm
07 07 2008 One Story.htm
June
06 30 2008 Its About Power.htm
06 23 2008 Guest Column The Son Also Speaks.htm
06 16 2008 What a Difference a Few Years Make.htm
06 09 2008 Steps at a Time.htm
06 02 2008 Post Battered Commissioner Syndrome.htm
May
05 27 2008 Spread the Risk but Not the Liability.htm
05 19 2008 Getting Fluffed and Folded by the City.htm
05 12 2008 When Not to Have an Opinion.htm
05 05 2008 Historical Hysterical.htm
April
04 28 2008 Oodles of Trouble.htm
04 21 2008 And There Was Light.htm
04 15 2008 Who Lost.htm
04 07 2008 Turn Up the Lights.htm
March
03 31 2008 Flying Right.htm
03 24 2008 Do You Want Fries with that Urbanism.htm
03 17 2008 96000 and counting.htm
03 10 2008 Champions.htm
03 03 2008 Meshuggah Means Crazy in Any Language.htm
February
02 04 2008 Getting Primary Priorities Right.htm
02 11 2008 After a Super Tuesday.htm
02 19 2008 End Run with a Blunt Instrument.htm
02 25 2008 Democracy Big D.htm
January
01 07 2008 And if Denny Zane is 60.htm
01 14 2008 Move it LA.htm
01 22 2008 Crash and Learn.htm
01 28 2008 Not Yet Back in the Saddle.htm

2007
December
12 17 2007 Portable Landmark.htm
12 10 2007 Landmarking Another History.htm
12 03 2007 In the Flight Path.htm
November
11 26 2007 But Always Strong.htm
11 19 2007 The End In Sight.htm
11 12 2007 You Cant Win.htm
11 05 2007 Talking Trash.htm
October
10 29 2007 The Return of Railroad Avenue.htm
10 22 2007 It's Time to take the Pledge.htm
10 15 2007 Do Santa Monica Streets Belong to Fewer People?.htm
10 09 2007 100 Solutions or One.htm
10 01 2007 Showing Respect for Transit Heroes.htm
September
09 24 2007 That Old Time Religion.htm
09 17 2007 Home Is Where the Parking Is.htm
09 10 2007 Pride and Despair.htm
09 04 2007 Unintended Consequences.htm
August
08 27 2007 Bay City Mystery.htm
08 20 2007 Summers Over.htm
08 13 2007 Apropos of Niente.htm
08 07 2007 Journey to the Past.htm
08 01 2007 Ariel View.htm
July
07 23 2007 Making the Best of It.htm
07 16 2007 One-Way Ticket Yeah.htm
07 02 2007 No Bang for My Hypocrisy.htm
June
06 25 2007 It Talkes a Village.htm
06 18 2007 A Bigger Mess Part 2.htm
06 18 2007 A Bigger Mess Part 1.htm
06 11 2007 Should Mum Be the Word.htm
06 05 2007 The Council and the District Part 2.htm
06 04 2007 The Council and the District Part 1.htm
May
05 29 2007 People Who Govern.htm
05 21 2007 Schadenfreude and the Peter Principle.htm
05 14 2007 Quality and Quantity.htm
05 07 2007 A Big Part of the City.htm
April
04 23 2007 The Sky Is Falling Again.htm
04 16 2007 Getting to the Point to Point.htm
04 09 2007 The High Cost of Cheap Bus Fares.htm
04 02 2007 Turning Parking into a Park.htm
March
03 26 2007 Calming the Traffic Beast.htm
03 19 2007 Sometimes Less is Less.htm
03 12 2007 Tough Choices.html
03 12 2007 Public Meetings this Week.html
03 05 2007 Growing Old Urbanism.htm
February
02 26 2007 If Only Cars Could Go to School.htm
02 20 2007 Its the 40th Anniversary.htm
02 13 2007 A Faraway Perspective.htm
02 05 2007 Promenade to LACMA.htm
January
01 29 2007 Killing Machines and Deadly Streets.htm
01 22 2007 The Decline of Westside Civilization.htm
01 16 2007 Working the Late Shift.htm
01 08 2007 Ritual Column.htm

2006
December
12 18 2006 Holiday Shopping
12 11 2006 He Don't Get No Respect
12 04 2006 Thundering Over Faux Guacamole
November
11 20 2006 How Soon We Forget
11 13 2006 Be Positive
11 06 2006 The 2006 Election Negativity.htm
11 06 2006 For the Record.htm
11 03 2006 The 2006 The 2006 Election the Local Propositions.htm
11 02 2006 The 2006 Election College and School Boards.htm
11 01 The 2006 Election City Council Part II.htm
October
10 31 06 The 2006 Election City Council Part I.htm
10 29 2006 Matrix.htm
10 23 06 What's There to Say?
10 16 06--Rolling Out the Not Welcomat
10 09 06 And Living Is?
10 02 06--Body or Soul?
September
09 25 06--The Six and a Half Seasons of Southern California
09 18 06--Off the Top of Your Head Planning
09 11 06--Convenient Fictions and Unintended Consequences
09 05 06--Values or Data?
August
08 07 06 A--Santa Monicans Dream.htm
08 21 06--How I Found China.htm
08 28 06--Summers Over.htm
July
07 10 06 Going Coastal.htm
07 17 06 From the Police Blotter.htm
07 24 06 On the Other Hand.htm
07 31 06 Transported.htm
June
06 05 2006 Just Saying No.htm
06 12 2006 Catching Up with the News.htm
06 19 2006 A More Perfect City.htm
06 26 2006 Taking Liberties.htm
06 19 2006 A Strong City Manager form of Government
May
05 01 2006 Jane Jacobs is Dead.htm
05 08 2006 Make Room for Some Vets.htm
05 15 2006 More Parking More Parking.htm
05 22 2006 Back to the Beach Again.htm
05 30 2006 Politics in Paradise.htm
05 31 2006 Politics in Paradise Part 2.htm
April
04 03 2006 The Beach Belongs to the People.htm
04 10 2006 Not Only in Santa Monica.htm
04 17 2006 Grocery Store Urbanism.htm
04 24 2006 More California Dreaming.htm
March
03 06 2006 Eddie Lopez One of Us.htm
03 13 2006 Goodbye Eddie.htm
03 20 2006 City of Many Victims.htm
03 27 2006 Unscrambling Eggs.htm
February
02 27 2006 Talk About an Agenda.htm
02 20 2006 Gym Teacher Wisdom.htm
02 13 2006 Dont Forget the History.html
02 05 2006 Posh Environs.htm
January
01 03 2006 They Paved Paradise.htm
01 09 2006 Value Investing.htm
01 16 2006 The Whole Nine Feet.htm
01 23 2006 I Love LUCE.htm
01 30 2006 New Emerging Theme Distrust.htm

2005
December
12 19 2005 Another Late Night Civics Lesson.htm
12 12 2005 What's The Sudden Attraction.htm
12 06 2005 The Policy Wonk Tour.htm
November
11 07 2005 Just Vote No.htm
11 04 2005 Whats Wrong Civic Center.htm
11 04 2005 More Civic Center
October
10-31--2005 The Streets Belong to the People
10-24--2005 South of the Border
10 17 2005 My Chance to Be Nimby.htm
10 10 2005 When More was Okay.htm
10 03 2005 Challenged.htm
September
9-26-2005 Just a Bit Kinky Without the Mess
9-19-2005 If You Lived There
9-12-2005 The Essentials
9-05-2005 New Orleans and Us
August
8-29-2005 More Touristic Experiences
8-22-2005 (They) Have Guestroom; (We) Will Travel
8-8-2005 Graciousness and Theory
8-01-2005 Why I love local politics and why I don't
July
7-25-2005 Make 'em Walk
7-18-2005 Glengarry Glen Santa Monica?
7-11-2005 What's Wrong with These Pictures?
07 04 2005 Civic Center--OPCOs Vision
7-04-2005 Civic Center: Extra Innings
June
6-27-2005 Anxious Aspirations
6-20-2005 Personal Column
6-13-2005 Smart Urbanism
6-6-2005 Folding a Flag
May
5-23-2005 Affordable Housing for People or for Cars?
5-16-2005 Disgruntled
5-9-Hedges, Housing, Buses
5-2-2005 Meistering Fear
05 16 2005 May 16
05_23 2005 Affordable Housing
05_30 2005 House Poor
April
4-25-2005--(Sub)urban Planning
4-18-2005--It's Just Insane, or Should Be
4-11-2005--Sounding Good, Looking Good, Feeling Safe
4-4--2005--Principles, Politics: Farewell to Suzanne Frick
March
3-28-2005 Slinging It
3-21--2005 Counting Cars
3-15-2005 Ears
3-14--2005 Who Cares?
3-7-2005 Increase the Peace
February
2-28-2005---Sig Alert
2-21-2005--Survey This, Part 2
2-14-2005--Survey This, Part 1
2-7-2005--Don't Kid Yourself, Part 2
January
1-31-2005 Don't Kid Yourself
1-24-2005 The Sky's the Limit
1-17-2005 Follow the Money
1-10-2005 Progress
1-3-2005 A Diebenkorn Moment

2004
December
12-27--2004 Christmas For All
12-20--2004 Everyone into the Pool
12-13--2004 Matters of Height
12-6--2004 Developer Fatigue
November
11-29-2004 -Tall Order
11-22-2004 Suspicious Minds
11-8--2004 Up on Morals Charges
11-3--2004 Write What You Know
11-1--2004 All Politics is (a) Local, (b) Not Local, (c) Important, (d) All of the Above
October
10-29--2004 The College Bond and the College Board
10-28--2004 The SMRR Challengers
10-28--2004The Independent Challengers
10-27-2004 The Chamber Challengers
10-26-2004 City Council Candidates: The Four Incumbents
10-25--2004 They're Fighting City Hall
10-21--2004 What, Me Worry?
10-18--2004 Guide from the Perplexed
10-11--2004 Gangs? What Gangs?
10-4--2004 Is North Korea Bush's Poland? Is Traffic Improving?
September
9-27--2004 The Matrix
9-20--2004 A Landmark Tale of Two Garages
9-13--2004 Back to All Politics is Local
9-6--2004 The Big One
August
8-30--2004 The Slow Days of August
8-23--2004 Purple State
8-16--2004 Off the Grid
8-2--2004 More Prius on My Mind
July
7 26 2004 Feeding the Stereotype
7-19--2004 Faux Pastiche Revival
7-12-2004- Unusual Marketing; Politics as Usual; a Busy Week at City Hall
7-5--2004 City with a Past
June
6-28--2004 Home for the Holidays
6-21--2004 A Good Night's Work
6-14--2004 The 55 Percent Solution
6-7--2004 Where Ordinances are Ordinary, the Claude Rains Award and Big Hedges
May
5-24--2004 How to Have Clout in Santa Monica
5-17--2004 Bully Bully Bully
05 10 2004 Seaview
5-10-2004 My New Hero
5-3-2004 We Must Remember This... and That
April
4-26--2004 My New Best Friends
4-19--2004 Small D Democracy in Action
4-11--2004 Building a Better Downtown
4-5--2004 Downtown Again, Sure n' Begorra
March
3-22--2004 Happy News; or, a Tale of Two Cities
3-15--2004 Woof Woof
3-8--2004 Don't Go There
3-1--2004 Tea Tea and Marriage Marriage
February
2-23--2004 Propositioned
2-15--2004 Print the History
2-9--2004 As Santa Monica Goes, So Goes... Pacific Palisades?
2-2-2004 Five Pound Box of Money (Empty)
January
1-26--2004 No Time Like the Present
1-19--2004 $200,000 SUV's, An Exceptional Appointment, and Quake Memories
1-12-2004 We Must Remember That
1-5--2004 Not a Year for None of the Above

2003
December
12-22--2003--Ripped from the Headlines
12-15--2003--Harmonics and Disharmonics, Points and Counterpoints
12-8--2003--Soft Tissue Wounds
12-1--2003--My Night at the Phil
November
11-24--2003--Happy Thanksgiving and be Thankful the Planning Commission can't Continue it
11-17--2003--The Peyton Place of Planning
11-10--2003--Walling In and Walling Out
11-3--2003--Ungrateful Greens & Fences and Hedges
October
10-27--2003--Santa Monica: Population 85,000 Plus Two
10-20--2003--Got Them Old Target Metaphor Blues Again
10-12-2003---Running the Numbers
10-6-2003--- Retail Santa Monica: Furniture, Chocolate, and Politics
September
9-29--2003-- Errors Typographical and Otherwise
9-22--2003-- Swinging and Swaying
9-15--2003--What Becomes a Neighborhood Most
9-8--2003--Exigencies of Life
9-2--2003--Plan Check
August
8-25-2003--He has met the Enemy and he is him
8-18--2003--Recall Me Anything but Late for Sausages
8-11--2003--Lies, Damned Prevarications, and More Damned Distortions
8-4--2003--A Noisy Noise Annoys an Oyster
July
7-28--2003--Since I've Been Gone
7-21--2003--The World of Matter
7-14--2003--Old Dog, New Trick
7-7-2003--Parking Schizophrenia
June
6-30--03--2003 Seduced by Parking
6-23--03--2003 Paying for Squeaky Wheel Government
6-16--03--2003 Don't Spend it All in One Place
6-09--03-2003 -It's Only Money
6-02-05--2003 The New Nihilism
May
5-27--03--2003 You Think We've Got Problems
5-26--03--2003 Five Thousand Word Equivalent
5-5--03--2003 Madison Site, etc.
April
4-28-03--2003 The World is Watching
4-21--03-2003 -Tumbleweeds or Tipping Points?
4-14-03--2003 Market Value
4-7--03--2003 Two Chicagos
March
3-31--03--2003 Back Near Broadway
3-24--03--2003 When Less is Less
3-19--03--2003 A Fateful 48 Hours
3-17--03--2003 Who's Jerking Whom
3-10--03--2003 Feel-Good Resolutions and Train Wreck Planning
3-3--2003 Dedicated to Marco
February
2-24--2003--Tough on Lefties
2-17--2003--War, Peace and Tourism
2-10--2003--Proressive is as Progressive Does
2-3--2003--Take this Job, Seriously, and Let's Let the Good Times Roll Down Lonely Avenue
January
1-27--2003--The First Rule of Economics: Talk is Cheap
1-20--2003--Deficits
1-13--2003--Survey That

2002
December
12 30 2002 Domino Effect.htm
12 23 2002 Where Angels Fear to Tread.htm
12 16 2002 Score Another For Grown Ups.htm
12 09 2002 Cant See the Retail.htm
12 02 2002 Handsome Sandy.htm
November
11 25 2002 Who Takes the Low Road.htm
11 18 2002 History There is No Escape.htm
11 11 2002 Happy in the Aggregate.htm
October
10 31 2002 Pick em.htm
10 28 2002 Thank You Voters in Advance.htm
10 22 2002 Clarification.htm
10 21 2002 Print the Perception.htm
10 14 2002 Measure for Measure.htm
10 07 2002 Last of a Series.htm
September
09 30 2002 The Epidemic.htm
09 23 2002 Inoperable.htm
09 16 2002 Old Time Civic Religion.htm
09 09 2002 Up the Alley Down the Street.htm
09 03 2002 More Architecture More French.htm
August
08 26 2002 World Class City of the Self Deluded.htm
08 19 2002 Who Owes Who.htm
08 12 2002 Its Getting Hot in the Kitchen.htm
08 05 2002 There but For.htm
July
07 29 2002 Zoned Out.htm
07 22 2002 Talking the Talk.htm
07 15 2002 Dolce Far Niente.htm
07 08 2002 Its the Air Or the Water.htm
07 01 2002 Would the Real Santa Monica Please Stand Up.htm
June
06 24 2002 Thanks for the Ironies.htm
06 17 2002 A Question of Priorities.htm
06 07 2002 When the Wind Blows North North West.htm
May
05 31 2002 If You Lived Here.htm
05 24 2002 Squeaky Wheel Planning.htm
05 17 2002 Its a Shanda.htm
05 10 2002 A Freeway Runs Through It.htm
05 03 2002 Memories of a Bad Time not Forgot.htm
April
04 26 2002 Grief Enough to Go Around.htm
04 19 2002 The Light of Day.htm
04 12 2002 Black Diamonds Ice Thin Cover.htm
04 04 2002 Landmarking.htm
March
03 22 2002 Dead Ends.htm
03 15 2002 Hats On Heads Over Hearts and in the Ring.htm
03 08 2002 Prop U.htm
03 01 2002 The Silence was Golden.htm
February
02 22 2002 Could Judge Order Trial by Combat.htm
02 15 2002 Man Bites Dog.htm
02 8 2002 What if We Measured Our Plans in Cubits.htm
02 1 2002 Building for Tomorrow.htm
January
01 25 2002 When More is Less.htm
01 18 2002 Civic Minded.htm
01 11 2002 Follow the Anchovies.htm
01 04 2002 Tourist in LA.htm

2001
December
12 28 2001 Looking for a Silver Lining.htm
12 21 2001 Home for the Holidays.htm
12 14 2001 Something Causes Grumpiness in the City of Santa Monica.htm
12 07 2001 Without Prejudice.htm
November
11 30 2001 Westside Story.htm
11 15 2001 Homies.htm
11 09 2001 The World Series.htm
11 02 2001 The Santa Monica No Development Agency.htm
October
10 26 2001 Campaign 2002 Already.htm
10 18 2001 What Becomes a City Most.htm
10 11 2001 Take a Deep Breath.htm
10 05 2001 Now Then Where Were We.htm
September
9 28 2001 Looking Upwards into the Night.htm
9 21 2001 What Would Lincoln Do.htm
9 14 2001 Looking Over the Horizon.htm
9 07 2001 Some Have Greatness Thrust Upon Them.htm
August
8 31 2001 Parking Can't Live With It.htm
8 24 2001 Road to San Dimas.htm
8 17 2001 You Fought the Law and the Law Won.htm
8 10 2001 Free Recipe with this Column.htm
8 3 2001 Better Here Than in Philadelphia.htm
July
7 27 2001 Family Reunion.htm
7 26 2001 Louie Louie.htm
7 20 2001 Good Seats.htm
7 12 2001 Happy Birthday Santa Monica.htm
7 06 2001 Louie Louie.htm
June
6 29 2001 Join the Civic Center Process.htm
6 22 2001 Speaking of This.htm
6 15 2001 School Days.htm
6 08 2001 The Black Hole of Planning.htm
6 01 2001 Slow News Week.htm
May
5 25 2001 Not So Fast Please.htm
5 18 2001 Living the Living Wage.htm
5 11 2001 Politics Without Power.htm
5 4 2001 Clang Clang Clang Goes the Trolley.htm
April
4-27-2001-column Memo to MTA Board Be Bold.htm
4-23-2001 A Walk on the Pomenade.htm
4-20-2001-column Death Does Not Become Us.htm
4-13-2001-column Build it and They Will Come.htm\|
4-6-2001-column Once More with Feeling.htm
March
3-9-2001 -- Return to Target, A Play in Many Acts
3-2-2001 -- Mothers and Fathers and Sons and Daughters
February
2-21-2001 -- Target: Tale of Two Cities
2-16-2001--Target: Panic in the Streets
2-13-2001 -- First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage,,,
2-9-2001--Listen to the rhythm of a gentle bossa nova
2-2-2001--To Review or Not to Review
January
1-26-2001-- Left-overs
1-19-2001--Pondering Equality
1-5-2001--Trip the Light Fantastic
1-12-2001--Take Yourself Public

2000
December
12-29-2000--Traffic, Traffic, Everywhere, but What's a Guy to Think?
12-22-2000--My Favorite Words
12-14-2000--Mental Caries
12-7-2000--Who Do We Think We Are
November
11-30-2000--Hold 'em, Al
11-22-2000--Thanksgiving 2000
11-16-2000--Feel The Pain
11-9-2000--SMRR and Its Discontents
11-04-2000 -- Election Initiatives: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, theUnnecessary and the "What did you say, I can't hear you?"

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