September
2004

#277

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PAGE ONE

Park Plan Perils People’s Picnics by Amber Hartgens

They’re Bluffing - By John Davis

Pelicans think asphalt mirages in Arizona are real

PAGE TWO

Staff Box, Mission Statement, Sustainers, Subscription rates

Letters

  • Lincoln Center - C.V. Beck
  • Anna Haag - Peter Young and Claude Hayward

Peace and Freedom Party picks Peltier for President

Amazing Similarities

PAGE THREE

Letters Debate Neighborhood Council Status - Greg Nelson and the GRVNC Board

When good newspapers go bad

Why didn't GRVNC postpone the election for 90 days as Nelson advised?

PAGE FOUR

Crime Wave Hits the Beach - Men with guns steal property from homeless

Lincoln Center creeping back

PAGE FIVE

Playa Vista II approved by L.A. planning commission – Fight goes on

Town Hall meeting on Playa Vista Phase 2

Petition to withhold approval of Playa Vista Phase Two Project

20 Years Ago in Venice

PAGE SIX

Road Trip to Bohemia - Jim Smith

PAGE SEVEN

The Canal Festivals 1969-75:
Fighting City Hall Venice Style

PAGE EIGHT

Artists gunned down in Venice - John Davis

CONGRATULATIONS! You may already be classified as a gang members.

Ad - Beachsites.com

PAGE NINE

Poetry

  • Moses - Shanna Moore
  • When I imagine love - Hillary Kaye
  • Bird of Paradise - Marc Bouron
  • it’s too hot to talk - Paul Tanck
  • Venice California is a city born of a peculiar madness
    - Stuart Z. Perkoff

REVIEW by Carol Fondiller of “Border Crossings” by Lynne Bronstein

Buzzin' at the Bistro - By Suzy Williams

Spirit of Venice Award & Poetry Contest - John Kertis

PAGE TEN

Recent Actions of the Grass Roots Venice Neighborhood Council

Congratulations to Destiny DeMarras - Beachhead Collective

PAGE ELEVEN

Calendar

Venice Bulldogs

PAGE TWELVE

Jazz at Palms Court

Abbot Kinney Festival