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Summer in Venice - Photo by Tony Vera; Photo from city of L.A. archives

Welcome to Summer in Venice – A Guide for Visitors and Residents - Jim Smith

How Others See Us

• Another Kind of Life - Peter Rajchert
• Venice is seedy? - Clare Kitchen

4,084 U.S. Casualties in Iraq; 1,213,716 Iraqi Dead

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Staff Box, Mission Statement, Sustainers, Subscription rates

Letters:

• Child Care - Karen Reeves
• Scam going on - Name Withheld

Results of the May Beachhead Poll: Should RVs have designated parking areas in Venice?

New Online Beachhead Poll: Is Venice too crowded in the summer?

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IN BRIEF:

• VNC Tables Homeless and RV Task Force Committees
• Colonoscopy Required on Homes
• Military Plane Violates Venice Airspace
• Save Venice Manor Apartments

City of Venice Town Council Revival! - Erica Snowlake

Vandalism on Pacific - Getting the rules straight with the LAPD - Cristina Rojas

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Good Bill - Councilmember Bill Rosendahl Applauds Same-Sex Marriage Decision

Bad Bill - Councilmember Bill Rosendahl Calls RVs "Blight" on our community

Come on, Bill! - Beachhead Collective Editorial

From Greed to Green - Stephen Longfellow Fiske

The Poverty of the Soul - Stephen Longfellow Fiske

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From the Beachhead Archives - 30 Years Ago in Venice (June 1978, #102) - Last of The Great White Walls - Wendy Reeves

Ocean Front Walk - Sliced and Diced - Diagram of New Ordinance Layout

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The Venice Carnevale Is Coming, June 7

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Art Walls May Close July 1 Due to Lack of Funding - Stash Maleski

• Art: "Saint" by Asylm and "Mi Vida Muerte" by Vyal
• Art: "Portrait" by Von
• Art: "Untitled" by Mario

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Folksinger U. Utah Phillips has Died - Karl Abrams

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Vote to Save Rent Control on June 3 - No on 98 - Jack Neworth

Mobile Home Park and Apartment Owners Are The Primary Funding Sources for Yes on 98

Poetry

• Venice, 2007 - Alexa Hilal

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Poetry

• I have become earth - Jim Smith
• Crossing - hillary kaye
• Venice Beach - Slim Diamond

The Venice Beat Poets (John Haag) - The Great River Outside the Mainstream - Jim Smith

• John Haag Photo - Larry Sullivan

Poem by John Haag

• History Lesson
• Venice as Mecca or Jerusalem
• Dawn Over Venice

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Another Kind of Life - continued from page 1

Venice is seedy? - continued from page 1

A Guide to Venice for Visitors and Residents - continued from page 1

Photo: A beautiful day on the canals - Jim Smith

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Swami Speaks - X Swami X

From Greed to Green - continued from page 4

Community Events - day by day - Della Franco

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