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Letters to the Editor: An old nickname might hold the clue for remedying Santa Monica's issues

'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,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

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