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Venetians Cheer As California Coastal
Commission Says No to Permit Parking

• Photo by www.yovenice.com
• Eyewitness account - Ian Lovett
• After the Coastal Commission Vote - Where Do We Go From Here - Jim Smith

4,323 U.S. Casualties in Iraq - 20 this month; 1,320,110 Iraqi Dead;
716 U.S. Casualties in Afghanistan - 26 this month, Cost of Iraq and Afghanistan wars: $874 billion

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Staff Box, Mission Statement, Sustainers, Subscription rates

Letters:

• Gail Gordon and Sonny Zorro -Therese Daniels
• Retake OFW for the People - Clay Claiborne
• Michael Jackson - Shannon O’Brien

Michael Jackson cartoon - Shannon O'Brien

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Who Owns the Beach? - John Davis

Pastor Tom Ziegert is leaving

Advertisements on the Beach - Letter and photo by Cory Zaun

Israel Levin Center Needs Help

Freemasonry in Venice - Michael Wamback

• Photo: Original lodge building at Main and Marine

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Coastal Commission Says No to Permit Parking – continued from page 1

• Photo: Coastal Commission meets the neighborhood - www.yovenice.com
• Photo: More happy Venetians after the Coastal Commission voted 9-1 against OPDs: Left to right: Rich Mann, Pam Emerson, Jim Bickhart, Linda Valentine, Jautan Valentine, Naomi Glauberman (behind sign), Calvin Moss, Peggy Lee Kennedy, Steve Clare, Susan Millmann.

After the Coastal Commission Vote –
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? –continued from page 1

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Students Continue Campaign for Memorial for Japanese Who Were Taken to World War II Camps

Cops Target Venice Gambling Dens, 1948 - Michael Linder

• Letters: Wendy Santiago, Bryan Barrera, Fernando Ayllon, Carla Montes-Carrillo, Adam Schemerhorn, Mike O’Dell, Kathrin Covarrubias, Luz Maria Napoles

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The Beachhead and Mayor Villaraigosa Honor Swami X at Beyond Baroque - Karl Abrams

• Photos by Jim Smith

Photo: Venice 4th of July Parade, circa early 1970s. Bob Wells (under the Viet Cong flag), Marvena Kennedy (in the car, wearing sunglasses). On Ocean Front Walk in front of the Lafayette Cafe.

Happy Birthday Venice! - July 4, 1905

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Book Review: If Everybody Had An Ocean....- Amy Dewhurst

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On the Boardwalk – The Lottery - Ian Lovett

• Photo: Ocean Front Walk in 1975 - Rich Mann

Venice and the Eco-Fest: What a Day! What a Life! - Eino Hill

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Poetry:

• Venice would be perfect - Jim Smith
• Ode to Aung San Suu Kyi - Vessy Mink
• Today - Honeybee Henderson
• I Would - Karl Abrams
• In the Name of God (the Murder of Dr. Tiller) - David Rovics
• the city itself - Stuart Perkoff
• Just Outside Ralph’s Grocery On Lincoln Boulevard – krista schwimmer
• The Fall of Empires - Mark Schulman

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On the Boardwalk – The Lottery – continued from page 8

• Painting by Ray Packard

What a Day! What a Life! – continued from page 8

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Calendar - Lydia Poncé

The Toltec I Ching Comes to Venice, July 12.

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Sonny Zorro, King of the Boardwalk - Painting by Therese Daniels (see page 2)

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