2008
#317
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Dedicated to the Women of Venice
CONTENTS
PAGE ONE
Operation Oakwood – Search and Destroy
Photos of Community Meeting and Police - Alexandria
Oakwood Residents Demand Their Rights - Jim Smith
The View from Inside the House - Name Withheld
3,973 U.S. Casualties in Iraq; 1,173,743 Iraqi Dead
PAGE TWO
Staff Box, Mission Statement, Sustainers, Subscription rates
Letters:
- Town Hall on the OFW Ordinance - Paul Carey
- More on the Ordinance - Steve Schlein
- Venice Women on the Web - Pat Hartman
- How High the Fence? - Kevin Maloney
- How High the Fence on Rialto? - Brian Finney
(More letters on page 11)
PAGE THREE
The Fellowship of the Beachhead – or How I Got to be in Charge for a Change - Lynne Bronstein
An Ocean Front Ordinance – One More - Della Franco
Town Hall on Homelessness - Alexander Shankweiler
PAGE FOUR
Photo of the Oakwood Community Meeting - Alexandria
Two Anonymous Comments from the Community
Police Raid Results in Terror and Evictions - Peggy Lee Kennedy
Oakwood Residents Demand Their Rights - continued from page 1
The View from Inside the House - continued from page 1
PAGE FIVE
International Women's Day - Celebrate March 8 in Venice...
Bunny Luv - C.V. Beck
How Venice Voted: Obama Landslide in Venice - Jim Smith
Top Donors in Venice
Women are the Celebrities of the World - CJ Gronner
PAGES SIX AND SEVEN
A Few of the notable Women of Venice who are involved in their community - Photos by Alexandria, Jim Smith, Karl Abrams and others
A few more notable women... Adaawe
100 for the Beachhead - Become a Sustainer Today!
Ad: The Farmacy
PAGE EIGHT
Beyond Baroque is here to stay
Poetry
- The Vatican Rag - Marvin Klotz
- Tell Me Again - Mary Getlein
- Greedy Night - Lynette
- Hope Is Hip - S.A. Griffin
Ad: Doug Eisenstark
PAGE NINE
this paper is a poem
- Cold Ellison 1 - Philomene Long
- Praise for a lost Woman - hillary kaye
- Applause - Paula Ross
- After the rain - Jim Smith
The Venice Beat Poets (Philomene Long) - The Great River Outside the Mainstream - Jim Smith
Ad: Photos by Alexandria
PAGE TEN
Swami Speaks - X Swami X
Women Are the Light of the World - Erica Snowlake
Long Road to Lincoln Place - Ingrid Mueller
Fences - photo by Alexandria
Chain Stores Be Gone
Results of the February Beachhead Poll
New Beachhead Poll - Fences
PAGE ELEVEN
More Letters
- Billboard Blues - Grant Gordon
- Letter from Seattle - Tina Morehead & Steve Effingham
- Immigration - Ron Lowe
Protest March - 5th Anniversary of the Iraq Invasion - March 15
Community Events - day by day - Della Franco
Ad: More Reasons to Support the Beachhead
PAGE TWELVE
Poster: Woman - Painting by Mimi Bogale
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Ad: Playing Piano is a Blast!
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