2008
#324
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CONTENTS
PAGE ONE
Who Do You Love? – For President
- Ralph Nader - Jim Smith
- Cynthia McKinney - Mark Lipman
- Barack Obama - Chuck Bloomquist
Gunman on Abbot Kinney Blvd. Kills Man, Shoots Woman in Fact - Jim Smith
- Photo of Adam Pacheco Memorial on AKB
4,176 U.S. Casualties in Iraq; 1,273,378 Iraqi Dead; 606 U.S. Casualties in Afghanistan, Cost of Iraq: $558 billion
PAGE TWO
Staff Box, Mission Statement, Sustainers, Subscription rates
Letters:
- McCain offers a chocolate teapot and Barack a steaming one - Clare Kitchen
- Suzanne's Angels - 1 - Bruce Deile
- Suzanne's Angels - 2 - Moira Nordholt
- More letters on page 10
Ad: Insurance Claims - Michael Millman, Attorney
PAGE THREE
In Brief: Change Your Eating Habits
103 Appeals Filed Against Permit Parking In Venice
What happened at the Venice Neighborhood Council meeting? - Jim Smith
Political Cartoon: Fundamentals are strong - Khalil Bendib
Ad: Doug Eisenstark
PAGE FOUR
What's Cookin' At Lincoln Place: We're Not Dead Yet! - C.V. Beck
- Photo: Tree Trimming at Lincoln Place - D. Shep
It's How You Play the Game - Mark Lipman
Murder on Abbot Kinney - continued from page one
Beachhead corrections
Ad: Venice Town Council
Ad: Ralph Nader for President
PAGE FIVE
The Venice Surplus Property Fund: A Secretive City Fund Meant for Venice - Jim Smith
- What You Can Do
Photo: Venice In The Snow
PAGE SIX
Swami X Speaks
- Photo by Regina Barton
Terrence Leon Sullivan, RIP - Regina Barton
My Life In An RV - R. Mann
- Photos: Little RVs, Big RVs
PAGE SEVEN
The 26th Annual Abbot Kinney Festival
- Photos by Edizen Stowell, VenicePaparazzi.com
Ad: The Farmacy
Ad: Big Daddy's & Sons
Ad: Mission Accomplished - Cartoons by Khalil Bendib
PAGE EIGHT
Back in the 20th Century with the Free Venice Beachhead - Moe Stavnezer
- Photo: Beachhead Collective, circa 1979
Poem for the Poets - Shanna Baldwin
Memories of Venice, 1956 - Christine Fulbright
PAGE NINE
Poetry
- Poession - Krista Schwimmer
- Blessed - Rex Butters
- A Soldier's Prayer - Mark Lipman
- Del Taco #57 - RF Wagner, Jr.
- The Ravings of People - Jim Smith
- Secrets to the Moon - Hillary Kaye
- Venice Eco-Fest - Panos Douvos
- IOU, All - Tina Catalina Corcoran
PAGE TEN
Vote Nader - continued from page 1
Vote McKinney - continued from page 1
Vote Obama - continued from page 1
Letters:
- Haters of Homeless People - Peggy Lee Kennedy
- Homelessness - Here We Go Again - Mark Lipman
- Corruption (page 11) - Samuel Brantley
Ad: Karen's Kare
PAGE ELEVEN
Oppression 101 - Mary Getlein
Ad: Beachhead Needs You
Ad: Ojai Properties, John Kertisz
PAGE TWELVE
Community Events - day by day
Ongoing Events and Location Guide
Beachhead Recommendations on the Propositions - Beachhead Collective
VOTE - Art by Jeff Hirsch