Steve Afriat
Steve Afriat has managed the campaigns of four of the five current council members and raised thousands of dollars to elect them. Afriat also represents clients such as Cohen Brothers Realty, whose proposed megacomplex on Santa Monica Boulevard is the focus of intense debate. And his role as both a campaign manager and lobbyist have led some residents, and Councilmember John Heilman, to call for a ban on holding both roles at the same time.
Defiantly not ARIFfFFFAT
Be careful what you wish for, because this title may be something to be reviled and not revered. Like many, I first read this article without paying attention to the “caveat” for better or worse and I allowed my emotions to prevail over the pragmatism to which I aspire and for or this and my subsequent “knee jerk reaction”, I owe Hank Scott an apology. The idea of Person of the Year caters to our vanity and Wehoville’s application of Time Magazine’s original 1927 concept is provocative. The title Person of the Year could be duplicitous by intention, but I… Read more »
We appreciate all the suggestions that our readers have sent our way through this Comment device. But there seems to be confusion among some who question why their comments aren’t being publicly posted. The story above says “Use the comment section below to choose from among them (the people mentioned as under consideration) or suggest someone else we should be thinking about. We won’t post the comments, but we will list who our readers have recommended when we announce WEHOville’s Person of the Year in the first week of January 2014.” We don’t want to turn this recommendation process into… Read more »