February
2009

#328

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CONTENTS

PAGE ONE

All Shook Up - John Davis

  • The Big One - Classic Poster by Ron Cobb
  • Map of the Venice Quake

What Should Be Done With The Postal Annex? - Carolyn Rios

4,236 U.S. Casualties in Iraq; 1,307,319 Iraqi Dead;
644 U.S. Casualties in Afghanistan, Cost of Iraq: $592 billion

PAGE TWO

Staff Box, Mission Statement, Sustainers, Subscription rates

Letters:

  • Postcard from Venice (Italy) - Lance Diskan
  • Parking and Homelessness - Casey Bowen

Alternate Proposal to Permit Parking - Mark Lipman

PAGE THREE

Showdown on Permit Parking?

  • The Main Event - Coastal Commission meets Feb. 4
  • The Local Event - Neighborhood Council meets Feb. 21
  • Venice Votes - Mark Lipman
  • Can we work this out? - C.V. Beck
  • How Overnight Parking Districts Became An Issue in Venice?
  • Photo: No Parking 2am to 6am - Jim Smith

PAGE FOUR

First Lecture of 2009! - R.F. Wagner, Jr.

Correction: Big Bill's Automotive found, at last. Photo by Peggy Lee Kennedy

Letter:

  • Vote No on Measure B - DeDe Audet

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PAGE FIVE

Solar Power to the People? What's Wrong With Measure B - Jim Smith

From the Beachhead Collective: The March 3 Election – A real snoozer

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PAGE SIX

An Island of Mystery - Jim Smith

  • Sidebar: How Artists Survive In Cuba - Jim Smith
  • Photos by Jim Smith

My Friend Sponto - Carol Fondiller - continued from page 1

Sponto is gone - Suzy Williams - continued from page 1

  • Photo of Sponto - Leland Auslender
  • Photo of Sponto - eye~m~drc
  • Photo of inscriptions to Sponto - Jim Smith

PAGE SEVEN

Venice Says Good Bye to Sponto - Eric Yarber

  • Photos by Venice Paparazzi

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PAGE EIGHT

We All Scream for N'ice Cream - Yolanda Miranda

Poem: Snapshots of the Unemployed - Sherman Pearl

Swami X Speaks

Venice Says Good Bye to Sponto - continued from page 7

  • Photo: Venice in 1925 - from Venice California - Coney Island of the Pacific, by Jeffrey Stanton

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PAGE NINE

Poetry:

  • Letter to the Brother taken by War - Antonieta Villamil
  • Winter - hillary kaye
  • Ah Romantics, Thus Are We - Mark Lipman
  • Gaza, 90291 - Jim Smith
  • Monday Morning Errands - krista schwimmer
  • Untitled - Jack Cross
  • Hiroshima - Jessica Aden
  • Commitment (to Mark "Sponto" Kornfeld - Suzanne Verdal

PAGE TEN

Venice History – Was the Annexation of Venice to Los Angeles in 1925 a good idea? - Part 2 - Jeffrey Stanton

Alternate Proposal to Permit Parking - continued from page 2

Island of Mystery - contined from page 6

PAGE ELEVEN

Put A Little Love In Your Heart - Amy V. Dewhurst

Island of Mystery - contined from page 7

PAGE TWELVE

Calendar

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