By J.C. Williams You see them all the time. The man with filthy, splitting shoes revealing blackened toenails, leaning on his shopping cart outside Alan’s Market or the Venice Library. The woman […]
Who Do You Love? – For President
In early September, the Beachhead put out a call to Venetians to write about their favorite candidate for President. Of the six candidates on the California ballot, no one responded supporting Bob […]
Vote for Ralph Nader
By Jim Smith I want to start this article about why you should vote for Ralph Nader by saying that I hope Barack Obama defeats John McCain. There is some difference between […]
Vote for Cynthia McKinney
By Mark Lipman How lucky we are to be in California. While states like Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are forced to fight it out between the lesser of two evils, between one, who […]
Vote for Barack Obama
By Chuck Bloomquist Barack Obama is the wisest and, indeed, the only reasonable choice for President. I have a long and enduring admiration for real mavericks such as Eugene Debs, Norman Thomas, […]
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 —— McCain offers a chocolate teapot and Barack a steaming […]
What happened at the Venice Neighborhood Council meeting?
By Jim Smith The Venice Neighborhood Council (not to be confused with the Town Council or the Community Council) met on Sept. 16. Here are some of the highlights (and lowlights). • […]
It’s How You Play the Game
By Mark Lipman Let’s try to put things in terms that people can understand. At the behest of a handful of power elites, George W. Bush decided that he wanted to invade […]
The Venice Surplus Property Fund: A Secretive City Fund Meant for Venice
By Jim Smith There has not been a detailed report to the community in years on the status of the Venice Surplus Property Fund, meant “just for Venice,” despite repeated requests to […]
Beachhead Recommendations on the Propositions
Prop. 1 – High Speed Rail Bonds – Yes Bonds are the worst way to finance anything, but a bullet train network in California will never get built overwise. Prop. 2 – […]
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