Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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12: The Russian Defense Ministry claims to have dispatched 50 "Ukrainian Generals and officers" with a Kalibr missile fired from a ship in the Black Sea. The claim has not been confirmed by the Ukrainian side. It seems unlikely that so many Ukrainian officers would gather in one place, in a town 60 kilometers from enemy lines. Russia's defense ministry said on Sunday it launched missile strikes during the past 24 hours, with one attack by Kalibr missiles on a top-level...
June 15, 2022 - Pools of urine, tagged walls, drug addicts, and homeless squatters greeted downtown Santa Monica property owner John Alle as he arrived early to work the morning following the City Council meeting that approved extending the contract with Allied Universal Security. The security company is charged with patrolling the seven public garages and associated alleyways overnight until 6 am in the morning. The Block by Block Ambassadors take over patrol duty at 6 am,...
June 16, 2022 - Yesterday evening, a specialty store located in the 1300 block of the Third Street Promenade was robbed of nearly $20,000 in gold by a group invading the store. The robbery occurred at approximately 7:30 pm when it was still light outside. Property owner John Alle was right outside the store when he saw the robbery. The store owner is a friend of his. Alle says he saw a Safety Ambassador walk directly away from the situation when he realized something was...
June 14, 2022 - An editorial in the Santa Monica Mirror by Santa Monica College Board of Trustee Vice-Chair and Downtown Santa Monica, Inc. Chair Barry Snell advocating the continuation of the Downtown Ambassador program was met with a scathing retort from property and business owner John Alle. Snell claimed that DTSM, the quasi-governmental body charged with upkeep and promotion of the Third Street and Promenade, was "fully aware of concerns regarding public safety" in the...
July 4th is fast approaching, along with the devastating impact of fireworks. I know first-hand, as an illegal yet permitted fireworks show was responsible for the death of my dog last year. All fireworks are illegal in the city of Santa Monica. Despite restrictions, The Beach Club, a "members only" private club in Santa Monica, circumvents the law by claiming its parking lot sits over the city boundary in Los Angeles County. By doing so, last year, they received a last-minute...
June 14, 2022 - In a passionate letter to the Santa Monica City Council, former Mayor and Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights co-founder Denny Zane blasted Councilmember Phil Brock's proposed tax on the transfer of property, saying it was "poison pill" designed to undermine a competing - and much higher tax - proposed by Mayor Sue Himmelrich. His letter was rebutted by Santa Monica Audit Subcommittee member Marc Verville, an expert in corporate finance, who called Zane's...
A brave cat narrowly escaped certain death, after he came face-to-face with a coyote on a porch in Surfside, Texas. It was all caught on video, which may be seen on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/tony.gray.524/posts/5751409128221553 After swatting the coyote in the face a couple of times, the feline hides under a white lawn chair. The coyote tries to move it to get at the cat. The cat climbs the railing of the porch, and swats again at the Coyote when he comes to close...
Santa Monica residents will be limited to two-day per week outdoor watering schedules starting next month as part of the city's effort to conserve water amid a historic drought in California. At its Tuesday night's meeting, the City Council unanimously approved the new restrictions under Santa Monica's Emergency Water Conservation Ordinance which takes effect July 5. Under the new ordinance, all outdoor watering will have to be done in the evening or early morning, with no wat...
The SMFD reports an injured person and two rescued cats after a apartment fire on Kansas Avenue near Cloverfield. The press release from the SMFD is below. On Thursday June 16th, 2022 at 9:07 p.m. the Santa Monica Fire Department received multiple calls reporting a fire in an apartment building on the 2300 block of Kansas Avenue in the Pico Neighborhood. Upon arrival, Firefighters encountered a two- story apartment building with one unit on the second floor well involved with...
Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón recall campaign prompts gang member's push for deal (Video) Fox News national correspondent Bill Melugin reports on the recall effort against Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón and on a murder suspect's jailhouse audio obtained by Fox News. Fox News California voters think the entire justice system 'has become a joke': LA Deputy District Attorney (Video) Eric Siddall, vice-president of Association of Deputy District Attorney...
My first cat was a beautiful black and white cat named Murphy. Murphy was born at the home of the "cat lady" who lived down the block and fed dozens of cats, with no sterilization plan in place to reduce their population growth. Murphy was first taken in as a kitten by our neighbors, but their established cat would not tolerate another cat in the house. So Murphy came to live with us, and I had him for the rest of his life. My favorite memory of him was how he would sleep in...
