Tue - April 1, 2008

Murder on the Beach; Killers Still At Large


By Karl Abrams

The body of brutally beaten 25-year old Nathan Alan Morgan was discovered on March 9. The victim’s body was found partially buried in the sand on the beach near Ocean Front Walk and Breeze Avenue.

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How Do You Define Safe and Secure?


* Murder on the Beach – The cold-blooded murder of Nathan Alan Morgan and his dog was captured on video. Page 1

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Letters


• The RV Controversy - Brett Pikey
• Mary Getlein - Kitty Bratton
• Operation Oakwood - 1 - Lydia Poncé
• Operation Oakwood - 2 - Nancy Kolocotronis
• Operation Oakwood - 3 - Ingrid Boon
• Operation Oakwood - 4 - C. Grant
• Rest Rooms on Ocean Front Walk - Gina Michel
• RV Parking - Michael Millman

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VENICE LCP REDEUX: The Missing Coastal Plan for Venice


By John Davis

What the hell is an LCP, is it like a BLT? And what is the Coastal Zone, a place where those near the coast get zoned? In 1972 when many other environmental laws were being passed like the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act, another very important piece of legislation appeared to protect valuable coastal resources and strike a balance with proposed development but focusing more on protection of the environment.

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191 Lincoln Place Tenants, Evictees Sue Landlord; AIMCO Files Counter-Suit


On March 14, Lincoln Place Garden Apartments attorneys John Murdock and David Lefkowitz went to court to add more tenants and former tenants to their lawsuit against AIMCO, Apartment Investment & Management Co. The suit is designed to make AIMCO pay for on-going disruption to the lives of 191 tenants and evictees at the largest apartment complex in Venice.

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Martians Steal Ray Bradbury House


The house at 662 S. Venice Blvd. where Ray Bradbury wrote the The Martian Chronicles is missing. The plaque on the house telling the story of the writing of the classic book is missing also.

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Jane Harman Denied L.A. Labor Endorsement


The Los Angeles County Federation of Labor turned thumbs down on U.S. Representative Jane Harman, who represents Venice, even though she has no opposition in the June primary.

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NAFTA Is Sucking Immigrants Over The Border


By Karl Abrams

When the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) began on New Year’s Day 1994, a new age of free trade prosperity was expected to begin. Hundreds of thousands of US jobs would be created, immigration from Mexico would slow to a trickle and the living standards on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border would rise to new heights of economic abundance. Unfortunately, this never happened.

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Whole Foods Chops Down Whole Trees


By Michael Zeno

Fourteen trees have been cut down at the soon-to-be Whole Foods Market parking lot in Venice to make way for 'new' trees.

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Prop. 98’s Hidden Agenda: Abolish Rent Control


By Paul Hogarth

To learn about Proposition 98's agenda, look no further than Dan Faller, President and Founder of the American Owner's Association (AOA) - the largest landlord group in California. In a nine-page essay published in the association's magazine, Faller complains heatedly about rent control, calls pro-tenant elected officials "terrorists" and "suicide bombers," compares the effort to pass Prop. 98 with World War II, says that renters "choose not to provide for themselves," and - with rhetoric that channels George Bush - tells landlords: "you are either for us or against us in this fight for your freedom and property rights."

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Racial Dreams and Nightmares: 40 Years Without Martin Luther King


By Jim Smith

If the Reverend Dr. King was alive today, he would weep at the lack of progress between races. It is hard to believe that we lost him 40 years ago. It was on April 4, 1968, that an assassin, or assassins, shot the great civil rights leader on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, where he had gone to support a strike by the city’s Black sanitation workers.

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5 Years, 4,000 U.S. Dead and One Million Iraqi Dead – Mission Still Not Accomplished


By Jack Neworth

Last month marked the 5th anniversary of the Iraq war. That’s a year and a half longer than WW2, but the news is back to business as usual which means in-depth coverage of stories like Ashley Dupre (Eliot Spitzer’s call girl) being offered a million dollars to pose nude in “Hustler Magazine.” What a country.

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Are Murals An Endangered Species?


By Judy Baca

Within the borders of the city of Los Angeles all murals must receive a permit from the Cultural Affairs Commission before they can be painted on public or private property.

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The Venice Beach Marching Society


By Kathy Leonardo

You may remember seeing The Venice Beach Marching Society creating quite a spectacle, singing on the Venice Beach Boardwalk. They created a Venice ritual every Saturday afternoon, following the horrific devastation of Hurricane Katrina.

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Poetry


• what i worry about - krista schwimmer
• Environmental Angels - Jim Smith
• The Seeker – R.H. Dolman

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FOUR POEMS BY JAMES RYAN MORRIS


She Said

there is a time
for us, & a place
for that – the poem.

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The Venice Beat Poets – The Great River Outside the Mainstream – JAMES RYAN MORRIS


By Shanna Moore

Winter of 1959 and the boardwalk was bare, riding my bicycle along the boardwalk from Santa Monica down the coast. I'd stop at the Carousel, a gay bar on the Venice boardwalk where all the dudes and dudettes did a line dance...I loved joining in. One day this guy with the eyes of the ocean was sitting on a table watching me dance...our eyes met and never moved away, this poet taking me in as I was digging those eyes. Later we talked and walked, my bicycle between us, from Venice to Santa Monica. He just blew in from New York, this man of many words; I had a suitcase full of poetry I had written and never showed anyone and I wanted to show him.

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The Oakwood Basketball Clinic Youth


The Oakwood Basketball Clinic youth celebrate receiving new basketball sneakers from a corporate donor.

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Results of the March Beachhead Poll


March’s poll was on whether Venetians approve of oppose the city ordinance that limits a property’s front fence to 3.5 feet. 54% said they opposed it, while 27% said they supported it, and 8% didn’t care or were unsure.

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