Astra...
As I recall, contact approaches at SMO were prohibited under the LOA with the TRACON, and the tower was unable to approve them on their own. Spent a lot of time in that tower and never, ever had one.
As a side note: I've thought this before when reading your posts... you're not one of the old WB (not Warner Bros, but rather, the boss' name) King Air and WestWind boys, are you? Your ability to get through a sentence in a coherent way makes me think you're not, but I gotta ask!
PM me if you are!
Dave