By Jack Neworth While Labor Day is upon us, I confess that lately I’ve been doing very little “labor,” unless you count clicking a remote control. With the Olympics, the Democratic Convention, […]
August 2008 – Book Review: The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder
Written by Vincent Bugliosi (A Book Review by Jack Neworth) As his time in office winds down George Bush speaks of retirement wistfully. He looks forward to playing golf, cutting brush and […]
August 2008 – Beyond Baroque in peril, again?
Beyond Baroque, Venice’s poetry center, is still without a lease at the old Venice City Hall, 681 Venice Blvd. It has been more than five months since the Los Angeles City Council […]
July 2008 – Cityhood Redeemed – The 80 Year Venice Dream
at the edge of a city enormous with enemies –Stuart Perkoff, Venice poet By Jim Smith In May, the Venice Town Council was reestablished as part of the city of Venice to […]
June 2008 – Good Bill, Bad Bill
Good Bill – Councilmember Bill Rosendahl Applauds Same-Sex Marriage Decision I am elated and moved beyond words by the news that the California Supreme Court has struck down the ban on same-sex […]
June 2008 – From the Beachhead: Come on, Bill!
Bill Rosendahl has been, in most respects, an excellent representative for Council District 11, including Venice. He has stood up for Lincoln Place tenants and has opposed many of the most outrageous […]
June 2008 – Art Walls May Close July 1 Due to Lack of Funding
By Stash Maleski The Venice Art Walls are scheduled to be closed to painting starting July 1, when the last of the city of Los Angeles funding for the current program runs […]
June 2008 – Vote To Save Rent Control On June 3 – No On 98
By Jack Neworth In my many years living in an apartment, my experience with landlords it that 4 out of 5 of them are, for lack of a nicer term, greedy. The […]
May 2008 – $1.7 Million Withdrawal From Venice Surplus Property Funds
By Jim Smith The Los Angeles City Council voted on April 8 to take $1.7 million from a Venice trust fund to pay for four projects in the community. $800,000 in Venice […]
May 2008 – Housing, Homelessness, And The Butt End Of The City Budget
By Peggy Lee Kennedy If you follow the news you know that the Mayor came out strongly in favor of “Public Safety,” in the city’s 2008-09 budget, which includes increasing the LAPD […]
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