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Articles from the October 24, 2016 edition


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  • Hillary Clinton Addresses Questions on her Plane, But Won't Talk About Her Health

    Stan Greene|Oct 24, 2016

    On her plane coming back from Las Vegas and Thursday night's debate, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton took reporters questions, something she has only very rarely done this year. "It's been a year and now we've finished our last debate and I'm feeling relieved and very grateful," Clinton said. http://www.theamericanmirror.com/hillary-laments-no-naps-final-debate/ "But I just wanted to come back and say hello. Some of you have been on the trail the whole time. No more debates. No more naps,"...

  • The Donald: "Hillary Got The Debate Questions in Advance"

    Observer Staff|Oct 24, 2016

    Donald Trump tweeted Thursday morning yet another conspiracy theory: Hillary had the answers in advance of last night's debate. "Why didn't Hillary Clinton announce that she was inappropriately given the debate questions- she secretly used them! Crooked Hillary." 7:56 AM - 20 Oct. 2016. Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump, let his last best chance to become president pass him by last night, ways Ben White of Politico. In an article entitled "240 years of Democracy vs. Donald Trump,"...

  • Second Tagger, "Pheb", Charged with defacing Venice Vietnam Memorial Wall

    Christine Emerson, Observer Staff Writer|Oct 24, 2016

    Today a second suspect was charged with defacing the Vietnam War Veteran's Memorial in Venice. Luis Daniel Median, 20, aka "Pheb," was charged with one felony count of vandalism over $400 damage with graffiti and one misdemeanor count of possession of tools to commit vandalism or graffiti. Medina and the first suspect charged, Angel Castro, 24, are accused of vandalizing the POW memorial wall on the 100 block of Sunset Avenue in Venice on May 26, right before the Memorial Day weekend. The wall...

  • Ignore The Push Polls: Santa Monica measure LV Isn't Complicated

    Alyssa Erdley|Oct 24, 2016
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    What is Measure LV? ​A great deal of information is being distributed regarding local measure LV, much of it via "push polls" over the telephone. A push poll is when the 'researcher' claims to be asking for your opinion but it is actually giving you an opinion. Much of this information is actually misinformation. Some of it is so inaccurate that it is the exact opposite of the truth. ​Here's the truth. ​It's not complicated. ​Measure LV requires new construction which does not conform to curr...

  • SMCLC Endorses Measure LV, Vasquez and Melkonian for Santa Monica City Council

    SMCLC|Oct 24, 2016

    SMCLC's Local Election Recommendations Vote YES on Measure LV (the LUVE Initiative): Recently, our City government has been forced to acknowledge that Santa Monica has "never" seen our current "volume of traffic," that we have reached "the tipping point," and that we are "overwhelmed." Our downtown regularly suffers from functional collapse. http://www.smclc.net/LUVE/LUVE9-7-16.html Yet City Hall's proposed Downtown Plan continues its failed city planning and guarantees traffic and congestion...

  • Liberty Mutual Advertises Accident Forgiveness Program, But Local DA's Won't Forgive It

    Christine Emerson|Oct 24, 2016

    Liberty Mutual Group agreed to pay a nearly million-dollar settlement regarding advertisements the insurance company aired for a car accident forgiveness program that is not available in California. Yesterday a civil complaint was filed in Riverside County Superior Court by district attorneys from Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Diego counties alleging unfair competition by Liberty Mutual through the airing of the misleading advertisements. Since 2014, the Boston-based insurance company has prom...