March
2006

#294

March 2006 Beachhead - pdf file

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CONTENTS

PAGE ONE

Art: Tiny Dancer - Erica Snowlake

The Stealth Holiday - Celebrating Women - Yolanda Miranda

Venice Council Votes to Oppose MTA/RAD Project

Important Hearing on the MTA/RAD Project - March 9

Developer Busted - John Davis

Casualties in Iraq

PAGE TWO

Staff Box, Mission Statement, Sustainers, Subscription rates

Letters

  • Construction on Every Block - Janet A. Gervers
  • Shame on you - Spirit of Venice
  • Corruption in City Hall - Eva Pardo
  • Defends Bernard Ave. Project - Celeste Chada
  • Opposes Bernard Ave. Project - Doug Morris

PAGE THREE

Lincoln Place Seniors and Disabled Get Two-Month Stay on Evictions

Price of living get so high, the rich and poor they starta' cry -Bob Marley - Douglas Eisenstark

Photo: Sharon and Chuck Snow by Margaret Molloy

Tent City Report - C.V. Beck

    PAGE FOUR

    Marina Madhouse - John Davis

    MTA/RAD Deal: More Traffic, Less Parking and Parks

      Photo: Eric Mankin, with sons Nicholas and Jacob, speaks at GRVNC meeting - by Jim Smith

      RAD doesn't necessarily mean excellent - Jim Smith

      50 Years Ago in Venice

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      Ad: Dean Hillel Weiss, M.D.

      Ad: Douglas Eisenstark, acupuncture and herbs

      PAGE FIVE

      DEATH IN VENICE

      • Saanta Monica Police Shoot Oakwood Youth
        • Statement by the Police
        • A Community View - Lydia Poncé
        • From Jeffrey Smith's Mother - Belinda Thompson
        • Everybody is a star - Sly Stone
        • Photo of memorial - Lydia Poncé
      • Killer Beats Homeless Women to Death
        • Statement by the Police
        • A Community View - Erica Snowlake

      PAGE SIX

      Photo: A men's room in Queensland, New Zealand

      Graphic: Vessy Mink

      Poem to James Ryan Moriss - Shanna Moore

      Venice Musician Kathy Leonardo

      • Photo by Sunny Bak

      Post Office issues flag burning stamp

      Ad: Beachsites.Com

      PAGE SEVEN

      The latest in Affordable Housing from General Motors!

      Marina del Rey: The Big Showdown - S. Denyer

      PAGE EIGHT

      Folk Singer Utah Phillips Meets the Beachhead - Karl Abrams

      • Photo by Jim Smith

      Ad: Thump Them Back!

      Ad: Fidelity Educational Press

      PAGE NINE

      Poetry

      • ArchiTecTural inDiGESTion - Hal Bogotch
      • Have you seen my son? - Landi
      • I'm goin' to Needles - C.V. Beck
      • who are we - Hillary Kaye
      • Wake up Venice! - Stephen Longfellow Fiske
      • i believe - name withheld
      • I Am - Vessy Mink

      Ad: Dead Betty Dyes

      Ad: Circle of Peace - Saturdays at Noon

      PAGE TEN

      Women's Day - continued from page one

      Plan floated to make residents pay to park on street

      Ad: Jeffery Lynn Smith, RIP

      Ad: Eviction Defense Network

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      PAGE ELEVEN

      Global Warming Debate Heats Up - Sheldon C. Plotkin

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      PAGE TWELVE

      Art: Peoples Republic of Venice - Emily Winters

      Nothing succeeds like Cityhood - Jim Smith

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