November
2009

#337

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CONTENTS

PAGE ONE

Murder on Venice Boulevard - Jim Smith

  • Photo by Jeanelle Lee

Lincoln Place Tenants Going Home

908 U.S. Casualties in Afghanistan - 55 this month
4,353 U.S. Casualties in Iraq - 8 this month; 1,339.771 Iraqi Dead;
Cost of Iraq and Afghanistan wars: $925+ billion

PAGE TWO

Staff Box, Mission Statement, Sustainers, Subscription rates

Letters

  • Vending in Venice - Vicki Zinn (Ashworth)
  • After Obama...American Idol? - Alice Cramden

The Great Bird of the Beachhead - Chee Wah-Wah

PAGE THREE

In Brief:

  • Once More Into The Breach
  • "Reform" City Attorney Still Wants OPDs
  • Rapist On The Loose
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger, former Kindergarten Cop actor, reverts

On The Boardwalk - Treasure Maps - Ian Lovett

  • Photo: Maureen Cotter on the wall - Jim Smith

Ad: Surfing Cowboys

PAGE FOUR

Eyewitness to “Murder on Venice Blvd” - Ruth Fowler

Ad: Nutrition Warehouse

PAGE FIVE

Universal Health Care Versus the Corporations - Jim Smith

Political Cartoon - Khalil Bendib

Ad: Surfing Cowboys

    PAGE SIX

    Skills Center Here To Stay

    • Photo: Robin Hill

    Ad: Mystic Journey Bookstore

    Ad: Eko Zone

    Ad: Mission Accomplished

    Ad: LA Surf and Swim

    PAGE SEVEN

    Ad: Support the Free Venice Beachhead

    • Thermometer: 100 for the Beachhead

    PAGE EIGHT

    Steve Richmond, Venice Poet, 1941 - 2009 - Panos Douvos

    On the Boardwalk - Treasure Maps - continued from page 3

    Universal Health Care Versus the Corporations - continued from page 5

    Ad: Sunset Lodge Open House

    PAGE NINE

    Poetry:

    • Ode To A Snail – Krista Schwimmer
    • The Ballad of Bessie Mae – Jim Smith
    • the eye of sunset - hillary kaye
    • On The Re-Naming of Things - Stuart Perkoff
    • For My Friend - Mary Getlein
    • Finding Peace – Joanna Silva
    • Numisma-Twists – Hal Bogotch
    • Can’t Erase The Past - Nicole Rhoe

    PAGE TEN

    Murder on Venice†Boulevard – continued from page 1

    After Obama...American Idol? - Alice Cramden

    Ad: Black & White Tuxedo Chihuahua

    PAGE ELEVEN

    CommUnity Events - day by day

    • Photo: Venice Paparazzi

    PAGE TWELVE

    Beachhead's 41st Birthday - Beachhead Poets Read

    New Developments With Medical Marijuana Is Topic of Neighborhood Council Town Hall

    Ad: Venice Neighborhood Council Town Hall

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