Neighborhood Council Election, Sept. 10-11: VOTE as if your town
depended on it
Beachhead endorses Venice Progressive candidates
in long-delayed vote
Finally, the
Neighborhood Council may be back in business. Its demise last November at the
hands of the city of Los Angeles, and the failure to call follow through on a
scheduled June election, did a disservice to Venice at a time when our town was
under assault from a legion of developers.
Quite a few of the Venice Progressives
spent hours and days trying to keep the Neighborhood Council alive so it could
respond to the developers, the Ocean Front Walk lottery, the Centennial
celebration, the selection of public art in the Circle and the host of other
events that have keep Venice humming during
2005.
We believe the Venice
Progressives have earned the trust of Beachhead readers (we can’t speak
for all Venetians) and deserve our votes in the Sept. 10-11 election at Venice
High School.
We’re also impressed
that in these days of slick politicians who don’t talk about real issues
because it might alienate some voters, the Progressives have a detailed platform
and have shown a willingness in the past to actually try to implement
it.
There are a variety opinions among
the Beachhead Collective on such subjects of growth, definitions of noise versus
music, torsos, etc., but we are of one mind when it comes to preserving Venice
as a place where low-income people – residents and visitors – can
feel welcome.
That simple pleasure is
in jeopardy these days due to the invasion of cookie-cutter buildings, high
fences, and believe it, or not, gated
communities.
The Barbarians are at the
gates, or rather, the Barbarians are putting up the
gates.
We feel fortunate that there are
so many Venice Progressives who are willing to – almost literally –
stand in the way of the bulldozer.
There are a few other candidates who
are running, but at press time, unlike the Progressives, they had not told us
much about how they stand on the
issues.
We, therefore, urge our readers
to get out and vote for the Progressives.
Posted: Thu - September 1, 2005 at 08:33 PM