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Lawsuit filed to protect civil rights of RV Residents - Peggy Lee Kennedy
Abbot Kinney Merchants Oppose Food Trucks - AKB Merchants

Photo: Frank Rios - by Pegarty Long

1,404 U.S. Casualties in Afghanistan - 49 this month
4,429 U.S. Casualties in Iraq - 2 this month;
Up to 1.4 million Iraqi Dead;
Cost of Iraq and Afghanistan wars: $1.1+ trillion

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Staff Box, Mission Statement, Sustainers, Subscription rates

Letters:

• Segregation - Ian Dean
• Cell Tower at Extra Space Storage? - Nancy McCulloch
• Why More Growth? - DeDe Audet

Nancy Cunningham, Community Activist, Dies - Lisa Zimble

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Ad: Nutrition Warehouse

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IN BRIEF:

Coastal Commission Body Slams City - John Davis

Venetian May Be Pardoned in Florida - Roger Linnett

How Venice Voted: Venice #2 in Marijuana Support - Jim Smith

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Lawsuit filed to protect civil rights of RV Residents
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Oversized Vehicles Banned by City Council
- Roger Linnett

Legal Aid Clinic Opens

Ad: Hoagies

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Hard Times Get Harder – Homeless Meals Cancelled - CJ Gronner

• Photo by Greta Cobar

Los Angeles City Council approves Venice Japanese American Memorial Marker motion

• Article by Phyllis Hayashibara
• Poem by Adelle Foley

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The Abbot Kinney Art Haus - Karl Abrams

Photos by Rachell Tatum

Ad: Ocean Blue

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Temple of Man Celebrates 50th Anniversary

Walking with the Beats on the Venice Boardwalk at Halloween - Jack Foley

Photos by Pegarty Long

Ad: Venice Bikini Bar

Ad: Don't Forget the Beachhead this Holiday Season!

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Theatre Review: Island of Brilliance - Suzy Williams

Swami X Speaks

Ad: T-Shirts: VENICE (where Art meets Crime)

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Poetry:

Angels - Krista Schwimmer


Stop the Ride - Jim Mussio


Basking in My Element - Roxanna Gómez Sequeira


To Bill Rosendahl - Mary Getlein


inside the Talking Stick - Roger Houston


Yo Saturnalia - Jim Smith

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Abbot Kinney Merchants Oppose Food Trucks
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Collage by Stuart Perkoff

This is the 42nd Anniversary Issue of the Free Venice Beachhead

From the first issue of the Beachhead, Dec. 1, 1968:

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Calendar - Assembled by Karl Abrams

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Lifeguard Stations Salute the Setting Sun - Photo by Jerome Stumphauzer

Venice Poetry Renaissance - Dec. 30 at Beyond Baroque - Sponsored by the Free Venice Beachhead

Beachhead@freevenice.org