Sun - October 1, 2006

ART ATTACK: Interview with Robbie Conal


By John O’Kane

John O’Kane: Since we both live in Venice, I guess you’re a few blocks outside the border, I’d like to ask you what your reactions are to the recently celebrated centennial? Venice is an alternative community after all, at least it hasn’t been gentrified out of existence yet. So in terms of your political motivations and work as an artist here, did you get charged up about the events?

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Venice: Where Recycling Is A Crime


By Y. Miranda

A new crackdown on the homeless in Venice by the LAPD is underway, say several of the homeless that I interviewed for this article.

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Lincoln Place: TENT CITY REPORT


By C.V. Beck

TENT CITY IS NOT WINDING DOWN...for those who still don’t know where we are: we are at the southeast corner of Frederick/California Streets, east of Ross, south of Ralph’s and west of Lincoln Place.

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Neighborhood Council Election Lightly Attended


By Jim Smith

Suppose they gave an election and nobody voted? Neither statewide political elections nor the much maligned neighborhood council seem to be able to attract many voters. The June 6 primary election turnout – 33.63% of registered voters – was the lowest in California history. To make matters worse, only 23.37 of eligible votes, those who could have registered and voted, bothered to do so. Can you blame that on George Bush?

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Neighborhood Council Approves Plush, Oversized Hotel for Brooks Avenue and Abbot Kinney


Ten months after it was first approved by the Council’s Land Use Committee, the Board of the Venice Neighborhood Council approved a 57-room, 4-story luxury hotel for 901 Abbot Kinney Blvd.

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Abbot Kinney Festival Attracts 50,000


By Kobe Maaeo

Shopping was definitely on the minds of the multitude, estimated by Festival organizers at 50,000, on Sept. 24 as they walked down Abbot Kinney Blvd. from Venice Blvd. to Brooks Ave. One store told the Beachhead they had raked in more than 15 Grand that day. A food booth said they were doing about $1,000 per hour.

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Poetry


• Venice Love Song - Mary Getlein
• Patiently I sit on the sand - Jim Mussio
• Crime Scene - Sherman Pearl
• How many more need to die for a lie? - B.B. Shapiro
• bird talk - Hillary Kaye

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Stem Cells: The Ultimate Panacea?


By Paul O’Lague, Ph.D

Dateline Earth 2176 A.D.
Longevity in most countries is now allowed to reach 250 years with most of those lived in good health. Past major killers - cancer and heart disease as well as many genetic diseases – have been eradicated by gene and organ replacement therapy of modified DNA and RNA viruses, bioengineered repair cells and in vitro grown organs. DNA data banks now allow typecasting individual behavior patterns, inherited talents, susceptibility to diseases, and criminal tendencies. This in turn has allowed more efficient use of public funds in education, medical treatment, and correction facilities. Control of population is now back to snuff with new worldwide termination stations. The future continues to look quite rosy.

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Astrological Cookery


By Judith Martin Straw

Libra (September 23 to October 22)

Libra is about balance. You Librans out there, you know. If it doesn’t work out to be just so, then it does not work for you at all. You need things to be a certain way, and no apologies.

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