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Venetians Speak Truth to Power at the Coastal Commission

• Photo: Emily Winters addressing the Coastal Commission
• A Day at the Beach with the Coastal Board - Jim Smith

1,144 U.S. Casualties in Afghanistan - 57 this month
4,409 U.S. Casualties in Iraq - 9 this month;
1.4 million Iraqi Dead;
Cost of Iraq and Afghanistan wars: $1.05+ trillion

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Staff Box, Mission Statement, Sustainers, Subscription rates

Letters:

• Albert Vera - Arnold Springer
• Vending on Ocean Front Walk - Della Franco
• Free Speech on Ocean Front Walk - Therese Dietlin

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Planes Over Venice, or Santa Monica - Laura Silagi, Stephanie Body, Ingrid Mueller, Joan Miner and Mindy Taylor-Ross

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How Venice Voted

Photo: Betsy Butler

Chart: Comparison of campaign spending and number of votes of Assembly candidates.

Chart: Venice vote by precinct

Bus Service Improves But Fares Go Up

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Is Real Independence for Venice Possible? - Jim Smith

• Obscure Facts About Venice
• Venice Cityhood Meeting - July 25
• Photo: Old City Hall

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Support Building for Japanese Internment Memorial at Venice and Lincoln Blvd.

Remarks of Former Interee Arnold Maeda to the Venice Neighborhood Council

Photo: Japanese-Venetians at Venice City Hall transit depot

Photo: Statement by General J.L. DeWitt

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Take Me For A Sea Cruise - CJ Gronner

Photos by Paul Gronner and Sean James

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A Day at the Beach - continued from page 1

• Photos of testimony

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A Day at the Beach - continued from page 1

• Photos of testimony

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Happy Birthday, Venice

• When Venice Stopped A (Police) Riot By Stopping A Parade - Carol Fondiller
• Poem: Everyday is Christmas - In Venice - Tina Catalina Corcoran
• Poem: Living in Venice - Mary Getlein

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Poetry:

• Venice as Mecca, Jerusalem - John Haag
• The Sounds of Venice - Abigail Templeton
• Dennis Hopper - Roger Houston
• Venice Dreams - Jim Smith
• Venice, Oh Venice - Cosmo
• Seen on the Paloma sidewalk, near OFW - Anonymous
• Into the Country of the Weak - krista schwimmer
• The Gulf - Hal Bogotch

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Swami Speaks

A Day at the Beach - continued from page 9

• Testimony to the Coastal Commission - Mary Getlein
• Photo: Celebration of vote against OPDs

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The Oil Spill and the Green Revolution - Stephen Fiske

• Photo: The oil slick seen from space

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When Venice Stopped A (Police) Riot By Stopping A Parade - continued from page 10

Warning: Pensions in Peril - DeDe Audet

Tragic Death on Prom Night - Greta Cobar

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Calendar

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