With the start of election season, the Daily Press has made some changes to its Op-Ed page. The policy in place for the last two years has been if a column’s authors move from independent analysis to an active participation in local politics, the column will be suspended for the duration of the campaign. This year, members Santa Monica Forward and SMa.r.t. Thinking entered local politics in one way or another. Both columns were put on hiatus for the duration of the election and SMa.r.t. has decided to discontinue writing for the Daily Press.

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