June
2010

#344

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CONTENTS

PAGE ONE

Lincoln Place Lives!

  • Photo by Jim Smith

RV Residents Under Gun (stick); Showdown is June 10

  • Schedule of Events

Lifeguard Stands Get A New Look for Summer

1,087 U.S. Casualties in Afghanistan - 37 this month
4,400 U.S. Casualties in Iraq - 6 this month;
1.4 million Iraqi Dead;
Cost of Iraq and Afghanistan wars: $1+ trillion

PAGE TWO

Staff Box, Mission Statement, Sustainers, Subscription rates

Letters:

  • Homes With Wheels - Therese Dietlin
  • City Doeesn't Care about Beach - Annette Robinson
  • Food Trucks - David of Slice Truck

PAGE THREE

"Death by Police Car" Victim's Family Files Suit

  • Photo by Karl Abrams

Color Comes to the Beach - CJ Gronner

  • Photo by CJ Gronner

Medical Marijuana Muddle - Greta Cobar

Ad: Big Give-Away Party Day, June 13 at United Methodist

PAGE FOUR

Cast An Informed Vote On June 8th

  • The Propositions on the June Ballot
  • Vote No on Prop. 14 - Lisa Green
  • What About The Judges? - Jackie Goldberg
  • Ad: Vote No on Proposition 14

Coming Next Month: The Beachhead's Annual Venice Celebration Issue

Ad: Tarot & Palmistry

PAGE FIVE

Housing is a Human Right: Math Whiz Needed? - Cindy Chambers

    Fun Things to do in Venice in the Summer - The Collective

    • Art by Frank Strasser

    PAGE SIX

    Tragedy of Errors Sinks Oil Rig - Roger Linnett

    • Photo by Tree Huggers

    Ad: Hoagies

    Ad: Alan Goldberg

      PAGE SEVEN

      From the Beachhead Archives - compiled by Roger Linnett & Jim Smith

      • Photo of 700 anti-war protestors on OFW, June 1970

      New Shop with an Old Feel Opens in Venice - Roger Linnett

      PAGE EIGHT

      Sinking Arizona - Jim Smith

      • Political cartoon by Joe Heller

      Art Walking - CJ Gronner

      • Art by Justin Herber

      Ad: Abbot's Habit

      PAGE NINE

      Butterface Stowell: Nov. 24, 2000 - May 18, 2009

      Saving Mother Earth: An Eyewitness Account of the World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth - Ron Ridenour

      • Photo by Ron Ridenour

      Ad: Poets rush the Boardwalk - Figtree Cafe

      PAGE TEN

      Beach Chair Reading - Jack Neworth

      Swami X Speaks

      Ad: Dale Newman Designs

      PAGE ELEVEN

      Poetry:

      • Beyond Palatable - Roger Linnett
      • The Man! - Essombe Sone Massoua
      • Do I Really Care? - krista schwimmer
      • For Dr. John - Mary Getlein
      • Vanishing - Sherman Pearl
      • How will it be? - Jim Smith

      Ad: Beyond Baroque Poetry Contest

      PAGE TWELVE

      SPARC and Beyond Baroque Host Event for Cuban Political Prisoner and Artist - Diana Block

      Ad: 70 Dodge For Sale

      PAGE THIRTEEN

      Lincoln Place Lives!

      • Photos by Elke Weiss and Jim Smith

      PAGE FOURTEEN

      SPARC and Beyond Baroque Host Event for Cuban Political Prisoner and Artist - continued from page 12

      Sinking Arizona - continued from page 8

      PAGE FIFTEEN

      Calendar

      PAGE SIXTEEN

      Ad: Venice Eco-Fest 2010

      Ad: The Farmacy

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