April
2008

#318

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CONTENTS

PAGE ONE

Is Venice Safe? – Old Poster: Venice the Safest Beach

Murder on the Beach; Killers Still At Large - Karl Abrams

How Do You Define Safe and Secure?

4,011 U.S. Casualties in Iraq; 1,194,935 Iraqi Dead

PAGE TWO

Staff Box, Mission Statement, Sustainers, Subscription rates

Letters:

  • The RV Controversy - Brett Pikey
  • Mary Getlein - Kitty Bratton
  • Operation Oakwood - 1 - Lydia Poncé

(More letters on page 10)

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PAGE THREE

The Missing Coastal Plan for Venice - John Davis

191 Lincoln Place Tenants, Evictees Sue Landlord, AIMCO Files Counter-Suit

Martians Steal Ray Bradbury House

Jane Harman Denied L.A. Labor Endorsement

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PAGE FOUR

NAFTA Is Sucking Immigrants Over The Border - Karl Abrams

Whole Foods Chops Down Whole Trees - Michael Zeno

Prop. 98's Hidden Agenda: Abolish Rent Control - Paul Hogarth

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PAGE FIVE

Racial Dreams and Nightmares: 40 Years Without Martin Luther King - Jim Smith

Photo Collage at Oakwood Recreation Center - Photo by Alexandria

PAGE SIX

5 Years, 4,000 U.S. Dead and One Million Iraqi Dead - Mission Still Not Accomplished - Jack Neworth

Arlington West - Photos by Will North and Alejandro Gallo

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PAGE SEVEN

Are Murals An Endangered Species? - Judy Baca

Mural in SPARC Parking Lot - Photo by Jim Smith

Vanished Murals of Venice

PAGE EIGHT

The Venice Beach Marching Society - Kathy Leonardo

Poetry

  • The Seeker - R.H. Dolman

Prop. 98's Hidden Agenda - continued from page 4

NAFTA - That Giant Sucking Sound - continued from page 4

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PAGE NINE

this paper is a poem

  • what i worry about - krista schwimmer
  • Environmental Angels - Jim Smith

The Venice Beat Poets (James Ryan Morris) - The Great River Outside the Mainstream - Shanna Moore

Four Poems by James Ryan Morris

  • She Said
  • The Hope
  • Face To Face
  • The Relief

PAGE TEN

More Letters

  • Operation Oakwood - 2 - Nancy Kolocotronis
  • Operation Oakwood - 3 - Ingrid Boon
  • Operation Oakwood - 4 - C. Grant
  • 31-Story Building - J. Elias
  • Rest Rooms on Ocean Front Walk - Gina Michel
  • RV Parking - Michael Millman

The Oakwood Basketball Clinic Youth

PAGE ELEVEN

Whole Foods Chops Down Whole Trees - continued from page 4

    Results of the March Beachhead Poll

    New Beachhead Poll - Do You Feel Safe in Venice?

    Community Events - day by day - Della Franco

    PAGE TWELVE

    The Saloon mural is back! - Photo by Alexandria

    Eyeballs mural - Photo by Alexandria

    Hidden Murals of Venice - Photos by Jim Smith

    • "Venice" mural on Sunset Ave.
    • Somewhere near Rose Avenue
    • A Central Venice alley
    • A Francisco Letelier mural hiding off Machado Avenue

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