July
2008

#321

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CONTENTS

PAGE ONE

Venice Still Has A Heart!

  • Introduction - Beachhead Collective
  • Venietians Not Pleased with Overnight Parking Districts - Amanda Renner
  • Alternatives Suggested to Parking Ban - Amanda Renner
  • Photos at hearing by Amanda Renner, Alexandria, Jim Smith

George Carlin, renown comedian and Venice canal resident, dies - Jack Neworth

4,113 U.S. Casualties in Iraq; 1,225,898 Iraqi Dead

PAGE TWO

Staff Box, Mission Statement, Sustainers, Subscription rates

Letters:

  • Moon Over Venice - Wendy Profit
  • On The Homeless - Dede Audet
  • A(nother) RV/Mobile home letter - Jason S.

Summer Intern Amanda Renner Joins Beachhead

Ad: Insurance Claims - Michael Millman, Attorney

PAGE THREE

Five Recent Murders Go Unsolved in Venice - Jim Smith

    Lincoln Place Still Fighting Back - Amanda Renner

    Is Venice Safe? Town Hall Says Yes - Mark Lipman

    Ye Olde Town Council Report - Erica Snowlake

    PAGE FOUR

    What do we see when we look our our window? Are we doomed to see only McSheds and blank walls? - Fabiola Wright

    Recycling Bins Set Up on Ocean Front Walk

    Flags or Freedom - James Preston Allen

    Ad: Venice Originals

    PAGE FIVE

    Free Venice

    • The Challenge of Freedom - Mark Lipman
    • Cityhood Redeemed – The 80 Year Venice Dream - Jim Smith
    • Same Story, Different Decade - Jeffrey Stanton

    PAGE SIX

    Once there was an amphitheater and beautiful murals...

    • Photos from SPARC

    Ad: The Farmacy

    PAGE SEVEN

    Another Break In The Wall, or Another Wall to Break? - Maria Elena Montano

    • Cartoon by David Minkler

    The Enneagram - Swami X

    • Photo by Regina Barton

    Ad: Market Gourmet

    PAGE EIGHT

    Book Review: Pat Tillman's "Boots on the Ground" – One Mother's Courage - Jack Neworth

    George Carlin, renown comedian and Venice canal resident, dies - continued from page 1

    Cartoon by Jeffrey Hirsch

    Ad: Karen's Kare

    Ad: Ojai Properties, John Kertisz

    PAGE NINE

    Poetry

    • Fire in the Lake - hillary kaye
    • Summer of Bukowski - Krista Schwimmer
    • The Mountains - Jim Smith
    • He'll Eat Your Breakfast - Hal Bogotch
    • My Government Won't Let Me - Mark Lipman
    • Poem After Living in Jazz Films - Lynne Bronstein
    • What Safety Means to Me - erica snowlake
    • In Venice Seedy? - Mary Getlein

    PAGE TEN

    From The Beachhead Archives, Oct. 1969 - When WE Run Venice - Sam Greenberger1

    Photo: Bill Rosendahl and Karl Abrams at the Venice Carnavale, June 7

    Alternatives Suggested to Parking Ban - continued from page 1

    Venietians Not Pleased with Overnight Parking Districts - continued from page 1

    Flags or Freedom - continued from page 4

    Another Break In The Wall, or Another Wall to Break? - continued from page 7

    Ad: Doug Eisenstark

    PAGE ELEVEN

    Community Events - day by day - Della Franco

    Who Ya Gonna Call? (Guide to public services)

    PAGE TWELVE

    First Venice Eco-Fest Attracts Thousands

    • Photos by Amanda Renner and Jim Smith

    Photo: Part of the crowd at the hearing on overnight parking permits, June 26 - Alexandria

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