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To the editor : Maybe we should turn to that old nickname of “The People’s Republic of Santa Monica” as a clue for why tourists are not coming and companies are not finding it a friendly place to do business ( “Struggling Santa Monica’s recovery plan: More cops downtown, luring back lost business,” Oct. 28). I just got back from Dubai and saw what a business-friendly environment can do to an economy. Try to get anything done in Santa Monica, meanwhile, and you will get trapped in a morass of bureaucracy. Plus, the prospect of going to downtown Santa Monica and being harassed by the homeless isn’t an attractive one for tourists.

Finding out why Santa Monica is called “The Pe

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