March
2007

#306

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CONTENTS

PAGE ONE

The Women of Venice

3,164 Casualties in Iraq

PAGE TWO

Staff Box, Mission Statement, Sustainers, Subscription rates

Letters:

  • Calling all Beats - Shanna Baldwin Moore
  • Kundalini of Cacao - Steve Elphinstone
  • Pacific Resident Theatre - Maryjane
  • Abbot Kinney needs crosswalks
  • Bunny Lua
  • Pam Johnson
  • Mohammad H. Blorfroshan
  • Jennifer Everhart

In Brief - VNC Election Less Than Overwhelming

Ad: Flamenco Dance Classes

PAGE THREE

El Dia De La Mujer - International Woman's Day - Yolanda Miranda

Photo: Miranda, with a leader of the Oaxacan teachers' union

The High Cost of Free Parking...And the Havoc It Wreaks on American Cities - submitted by Milton Takai

In Brief:

  • Bill Rosendahl, Venetians celebrate new pedestrian-friendly curbs
  • Spark Your Inner Cre8tivity! - erica snowlake

PAGE FOUR

Is this the end of Democracy? - Jim Smith

Sidebar: A Case in Point - Ashley Osofsky

    PAGE FIVE

    Class Action Suit Settlement Helps Venice Homeless - Peggy Lee Kennedy

    Photo: Homeless belongings dumped by the LAPD

    Homeless Center Relocation Sparks Debate - C.V. Beck

    More Furor in East Venice - C.V. Beck

    Lincoln City - Tent City Report - C.V. Beck

    Ad: Market Gourmet

    PAGE SIX

    Interview with Navalette Tabor Bailey and Jataun Valentine - Rex Butters

    Interview with Poet Hillary Kaye - Rex Butters

    Interview with OFW Activist Della Franco - Rex Butters

    Photos by Rex Butters

    Ad: The Tree House

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    PAGE SEVEN

    Interview with Lincoln Place Tenants Association President Sheila Bernard - Rex Butters

    Interview with Peoples Attorney Amanda Seward - Rex Butters

    Interview with Venice Artist Kwanza - Rex Butters

    Interview with Venice Writer/Mothers D.W. Knowles - Rex Butters

    Interview with Health & Fitness Educator Debbie Merrill - erica snowlake

    Photos: all but Merrill's by Rex Butters

    Ad: Universal Art Gallery

    PAGE EIGHT

    Listen Gore: Some Inconvenient Ttuths About the Politics of Environmental Crisis - Mitchel Cohen

    PAGE NINE

    Poetry

    • Kerouacking - Austin Straus
    • The Cripple - Lynette
    • What I Listen For (for Jerry) - R.G. Cantalupo
    • The President's Woman - Tina Catalina Corcoran
    • Ravens - Hillary Kaye

    Strollin' on the Boulevard - CJ Gronner

    lilith - art by erica snowlake

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    PAGE TEN

    Iraqi Women to be Executed

    El Dia De La Mujer/International Woman's Day - continued from page 3

    Interview with Debbie Merrill - continued from page 7

    Interview with Amanda Seward - continued from page 7

    PAGE ELEVEN

    The good Bus(c)h wins one for us - C.V. Beck

    Photo of David Busch - C.V. Beck

    25 Years Ago in Venice - From the Beachhead Archives, March 1982, #147:
    No More Potatoes
    Over Easy
    And Out - Moe Stavnezer
    Read the full article here

    Astrological Cookery - Judith Martin Straw

    • General Forecast for March
    • Recipes/Forecast for Pisces

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    PAGE TWELVE

    Comm-unity Events - by the numbers

    Peace in Iraq, Justice in Venice - Vigil every Friday, beginning at 5pm, at the Circle

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