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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2014
Volume 13 Issue 300
Santa Monica Daily Press
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THE ELECTION DAY ISSUE
Our take: Election 2014
Drowsy California election could bring low turnout MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer
LOS ANGELES Trendsetting California is where you look for the next new thing. But on Election Day, expect to see mostly the same old thing. Candidates in the state were headed toward all but inevitable outcomes on Tuesday in races for governor, lieutenant SEE VOTE PAGE 8
California drought discussion heats up BY KELSEY FOWLER Daily Press Staff Writer
MAIN LIBRARY An increasingly rare storm hit the Los Angeles area Halloween night, bringing rain, but not much relief to the ongoing drought. The upcoming Santa Monica Farmers SEE WATER PAGE 8 Courtesy photo PREPARED: Election workers have spent weeks preparing for today’s vote. Visit www.smvote.org to find a polling place and for voter information.
BY DAILY PRESS STAFF If you’re picking up the newspaper today, hoping to find our voting recommendations: Sorry. With a few exceptions, we’re going to leave it up to you. Endorsements are especially tricky this year when a philosophical divide over the
value of new development seems to splinter this city. Several major newspapers across the nation have done away with endorsements entirely. Instead, we’d like to present you with our take on the candidates and the measures and provide a couple endorsements where there seem to be particularly obvious choices. Why did we wait until today? We don’t
want our language quoted in the campaign mailers that have choked mailboxes throughout our city. Millions of dollars have been spent this campaign season, with much of it going toward the campaign literature full of out-of-context quotes from local newspapers. SEE CANDIDATES PAGE 12
Final campaign notes: Last-minute spending BY DAVID MARK SIMPSON Daily Press Staff Writer
CITYWIDE This time tomorrow, it’ll all be over. Santa Monica’s electorate will have selected at least one new member for its City
Council. In the campaign’s final hours candidates, companies, and organizations are throwing a few last minute Hail Marys. Most notable is the more than $64,000 spent over the course of three days by hotel
owners on mailers and robocalls slamming candidate and Planning Commissioner Sue Himmelrich. Ocean Ave, LLC., which owns the
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