To the editor: Possibly we must always flip to that previous nickname of “The Individuals’s Republic of Santa Monica” as a clue for why vacationers usually are not coming and corporations usually are not discovering it a pleasant place to do enterprise (“Struggling Santa Monica’s restoration plan: Extra cops downtown, luring again misplaced enterprise,” Oct. 28). I simply obtained again from Dubai and noticed what a business-friendly surroundings can do to an financial system. Attempt to get something completed in Santa Monica, in the meantime, and you’re going to get trapped in a morass of forms. Plus, the prospect of going to downtown Santa Monica and being harassed by the homeless isn’t a horny one for vacationers.
Discovering out why Santa Monica known as “The Individuals’s Republic” and addressing these points head-on can be a superb begin in rebuilding the picture. Extra police and occasions on the Third Avenue Promenade usually are not solutions; they’re Band-Aids.
Steven Pokress, Santa Monica
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To the editor: Putting in new parking meters in entrance of companies, elevating the charges and making entry extra restrictive is just not the best way to spice up the town financial system.
It simply harms retailers and angers consumers.
Kathy Horbund, Venice
