2011
#355
CONTENTS
PAGE ONE
Lest We Forget
Japanese-American Memorial Marker Groundbreaking
- Photo: Karl Abrams
Depleted Uranium strikes friends and foes alike in Libya - Karl Abrams
Bumpy Ride on the Roadmap to Homes - Roger Linnett
114 Bombing Victims in Libya
1,563 U.S. Casualties in Afghanistan - 49 this month
4,452 U.S. Casualties in Iraq - 11 this month;
Up to 1.4 million Iraqi Dead;
Cost of Iraq and Afghanistan wars: $1.18+ trillion
PAGE TWO
Staff Box, Mission Statement, Sustainers, Subscription rates
Letters:
- Westerminster and Charter Schools - Sue Kaplan
- Swami X - Ron Grubaugh
Help Tsunami Victims in Japan
May Day 2011
When the law is wrong it turns the police into thugs - Clay Clairborn
PAGE THREE
The Vera Davis Center: The Plot Thickens - Jim Smith
- Vera Davis tile - photo by Jim Smith
- Sidebar: How You Can Make your Voice Heard
- Sidebar: Blogger Jimmydale – Jim Hubbard's Alter Ego Sounds Off
- Greta Cobar
Ad: Marla's Cafe
Ad: Nutritional Warehouse
PAGE FOUR
Earth Day Rally at the Santa Monica Airport
- Photos by Jim Smith
HAARP: Death Rays In The Hands of The Evil Empire? - Erica Snowlake
Juan's Hats - First in a series
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Ad: ATLI Handcrafted Furniture
Ad: Hoagie's
PAGE FIVE
Protected Bike Lanes Come to Long Beach. Why Not Venice?
- Photo by Joe Linton
Ad: Maria E. Montano for Congress
PAGE SIX
The World's Greatest Wino - CJ Gronner
- Photos by CJ Gronner
Viva Pachamama! - Bolivia Celebrates Law Granting Rights to Month Earth! - ENS and Erica Snowlake
Ad: Abbot's Habit
PAGE SEVEN
4 O'Clock in the Morning - Roger Linnett
Ad: Debut Album - Gerry Saint
PAGE EIGHT
Book Review: John Thomas: Venice Poet Extraordinaire - Fred Dewey
- Book Cover by Pegarty Long
Film Review: Venice West and the L.A. Scene - Mary Getlein
PAGE NINE
Poetry:
- Revolution in the Mind - Marty Noel-Nivoli
- 19:30 Saturday, April 23, 2011 - Roger Houston
- I Am From - Janei Lujan Valentine
- Untitled - Douglas Lamarthe
- The First of May- Jim Smith
- First Step - Mary Getlein
Swami X Speaks
PAGE TEN
Bumpy Ride on the Roadmap to Homes - continued from page 1
Depleted Uranium strikes friends and foes alike in Libya - continued from page 1
Summer Violence Hits The Beach – Months Early - continued from page 3
$1500/month - continued from page 5
Ad: Douglas Eisenstark - Acupuncture and Herbs
PAGE ELEVEN
Calendar - Compiled by Roger Linnett
Ad: Sponsor a Westminster Elementary School Student Art Banner!
PAGE TWELVE
Venetians Hear From Our Next Member of Congress (And Lots of Pretenders) - Jim Smith
- Photos by Jim Smith
Take A Look At These Candidates Before You Vote on May 17 - Beachhead Collective