A toast to bureaucratic fusterclucks – Sometimes they can save the day: Great news – Because the City shut off public comment, they gotta START THE WHOLE PROCESS OVER! Hot damn! Via […]
VENICE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IS RESET BY THE CITY CLERK
Elder Abuse
In my last article, in the July issue, I ran off topic a bit, reminiscing about The West Side Tenants Union etc., but I will stay on topic this time, I promise! […]
MOTHERS ARE CRYIN (after the recent terrorist attacks)
Mothers, fathers & children are cryin everywhere loved ones dyin. Terrorist monsters human trash from dumpsters. Everywhere killers & nuts tryin to blow up people’s guts. Bullets flying innocents dying. The world […]
Poetry: Lost
Lost. Lost Days turn into Lonely Nights. Alone. To Be Alone. What is it? To Feel Alone? How do we Forget our loneliness? When it is puncturing the skin with its relentless […]
Poetry – For the Statue of Liberty
Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside […]
Poetry: “Venice Yes”
By Jim Smith, from “If The Dead Had Email” Yes! Venice is a beach town Not a highfalutin suit-and-tie town The waves come and go ‘cause they’re free, and, yes indeed, so […]
“You Can Check Out” – Excerpt from Eli Elliott’s book
…available at Elienation.com) “The whole place could go up in smoke in ten minutes. That’s the charm of Los Angeles” -William Burroughs “You can check out any time you like, but you […]
Running VenICE
by ICE As far as my run, well, like I said it is a daily 10 mile trek along sun soaked Venice Beach and the Santa Monica shoreline filled with my many […]
Why Property Owners Should Vote NO to the Venice Beach Business Improvement District
Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) are, by design, controlled by a very small group of commercial property owners, excluding the voice of most paying into the BID and completely excluding residential property owners, […]
What are Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) and Why Should Venice Community Members Be Concerned?
What is a BID? Business Improvement Districts (“BIDs”) are public-private partnerships, established under State and local laws that give Cities the power to form districts in which all businesses in the district […]
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