March
2009

#329

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CONTENTS

PAGE ONE

Venice Couple Lives Happily Ever After - Thanks to Fawn Walenski

  • Venice Woman Tossing Terra Cotta Planter, Hits Gunman - Philomene Long
  • Photo: Fawn Walenski and Jonathon Thays - by Martha Brown-Andrade

Celebrate International Women's Day with Beachhead Women Writers and Poets - Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd. at 7pm Sunday, March 8

4,251 U.S. Casualties in Iraq; 1,311,696 Iraqi Dead;
660 U.S. Casualties in Afghanistan, Cost of Iraq: $600 billion

PAGE TWO

Staff Box, Mission Statement, Sustainers, Subscription rates

Letters:

  • I Say No to Permit Parking - Cristina Rojas
  • Aanti, anti-OPD - Ty Allison

PAGE THREE

Coastal Commission, Neighborhood Council Wrestle With Permit Parking

  • Coastal Commission Agrees with OPD opponents - Will Hold Hearing in June - Jim Smith
  • Irregularities Charged in Venice Neighborhood Council Vote - Peggy Lee Kennedy
  • Permit Parking Vote Targets Venice Homeless- Michael Linder

New and Cool - Get breaking news in Venice from the Beachhead - www.twitter.com/VeniceBeachhead

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PAGE FOUR

Lucy Parsons - A Life Dedicated to Justice - Caeli Thibeault

Threat to Holiday Venice Sparks Oakwood Vigil

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PAGE FIVE

Interview with Rebel Woman Assata Shakur - Margot Pepper

Triumvirate set to take over Los Angeles - Jim Smith

PAGE SIX

Photos of the month:

  • VNC election - Calvin Moss
  • Coastal Commission - Jim Smith
  • Measure B Town Hall - Jim Smith

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Ad: Who Reads The Beachhead? - Edizen Stowell, Venice Paparazzi

PAGE SEVEN

Diana Rodgers and the MV Farmer's Market - Erica Snowlake

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PAGE EIGHT

Book Review: The Enemy Within. 2,000 Years of Witch-Hunting in the Western World. Written by John Demos - Reviewed by Krista Schwimmer

Swami X Speaks - Film Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons & Other Musings

International Women's Day

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PAGE NINE

Poetry:

  • The Women of Venice - Jim Smith
  • In The City - Lynette
  • Four Daughters - Lynne Bronstein
  • Wolf Woman - Krista Schwimmer
  • Green Shoes/Zapatos Verdes - Antonieta Villamil
  • Mysterious, the woman - RF Wagner
  • Toe Dancing in the Snow - Cristina Rojas

PAGE TEN

Irregularities Charged in Venice Neighborhood Council Vote
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Permit Parking Vote Targets Venice Homeless
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Photo: VNC Election - Calvin Moss

PAGE ELEVEN

From Venice to D.C. - An Open Letter to President Obama - Peggy Lee Kennedy

Response to Annexation of Venice by Jeffrey Stanton: City Then, Cityhood Now, Cityhood Forever - Jim Smith

Ad: Tarot & Palmistry - Krista & Michael

PAGE TWELVE

Calendar

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