E KEND DITIO EE N W a FREE Santa Monica Daily Press November 13-14, 2004 Serving Santa Monica for the past 1,096 days Volume 4, Issue 1 DAILY LOTTERY Burning desire SUPER LOTTO Homeowners cool 4 5 28 34 38 Meganumber: 9 Jackpot: $7 Million FANTASY 5 on college bond 10 11 28 31 38 DAILY 3 BY JOHN WOOD the overall vote, far less than col- Daytime: 3 0 7 Evening: 1 9 1 Daily Press Staff Writer lege officials projected. DAILY DERBY It’s unclear exactly how all of 1st: 06 Whirl Win SMC — Despite a dearth of the bond money will be used. 2nd: 05 Classic organized resistance, a $135 mil- While the City of Malibu has 3rd: 01 Gold Rush lion bond for Santa Monica entered into a formal agreement RACE TIME: 1:40.89 College narrowly passed at the with SMC to use part of the polls Nov. 2, garnering support money to purchase open space, NEWS OF THE WEIRD from local renters but failing to discussions between Santa Mon- BY CHUCK SHEPARD earn the backing of homeowners. ica City Hall and the college broke Residents in the North of down prior to the election. Most of In October, the school board in Puyallup, Wash., canceled Halloween Montana and Sunset Park neigh- the money will go towards reno- activities because of complaints from borhoods predominately voted vating SMC buildings and to other local Wiccans that the pointy-nose, against the bond, which will cost college projects. broomstick-riding "witch" icon of the holiday was offensive to their religion, the average Santa Monica home- Assuming college and city offi- which refers to its priestesses as owner nearly $60 a year, but may cials can strike a deal, a portion of witches. (In several other cities, in only set tenants back a little over what’s left over may be used to response to complaints from Christ- ians, officials moved trick-or-treating $10. Renters gave the bond over- fund a childhood education lab in day to Oct. 30 because Oct. 31 fell on whelming support, an analysis of partnership with City Hall, and a Sunday, which might be inappropri- Susan Tam/Special to the Daily Press election returns shows. some may go towards developing ate to celebrate what to some is "The (Top, left to right) Ryan Demirdjian, Corey Rodriguez, Johnny Maccini and Devil's Night.") Malibu residents also weighed athletic fields. Julien Zarmeño officially become members of the Santa Monica City Fire in on the bond, giving it just 0.1 That apparently wasn’t enough TODAY IN HISTORY Department on Friday. (Below) After the ceremony, Maccini surprised the percent more than the 55 percent it to convince the residents of Sunset audience, not to mention girlfriend Chrystal Herron, by proposing marriage. needed in order to pass. The bond Park, who gave the bond the cold- FIVE YEARS AGO: The Navy recovered the cockpit voice recorder from EgyptAir Flight was approved with 58 percent of See SMC, page 4 990, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean Oct. 31 with the loss of all 217 people aboard. Lennox Lewis became the undisput- Flicker of hope: FD ed heavyweight champion of the world, win- ning a unanimous decision over Evander Daily Press turns 3 Holyfield in . Donald Mills, last surviving member of the singing Mills Times article about Brothers, died in Los Angeles at age 84. takes on four more Local paper succeeding the Daily Press. The LA Times INDEX BY SUSAN TAM friend of seven years, Chrystal where others failed twice failed to sustain an ongoing Horoscopes Special to the Daily Press Herron, by having two buddies news product in the local Santa Lead the way, Sag 2 unfurl a giant banner from atop a BY JOHN WOOD Monica market following the CITY YARDS Daily Press Staff Writer Surf Report — Friday was a training tower. demise of the 123-year-old Even- Water Temperature: 64° 3 big day for Johnny Maccini, who Maccini had been planning ing Outlook in 1998. committed to both a new life and the stunt for weeks, and enlisted DOWNTOWN — The Daily Press Local news has never been in Opinion a new career within the same two- the help of others at the fire sta- turns 3 years old today. short supply. In the three years Island hoper 6 hour time span. Maccini is one of tion, including his battalion Launched in the aftermath of since the Daily Press launched, Letters to the Editor four fire academy grads that will chief, who knew a signmaker Sept. 11, 2001 by three former Santa Monica issues frequently Line in the sand 6 begin a new job as a firefighter in and also helped him work on the colleagues at a newspaper in have made national and interna- Q-Line Santa Monica next week. banner. Aspen, Colo., Santa Monica’s tional headlines, while local issues What’s old is new 7 Rookies Corey Rodriguez, A surprised Herron accepted only daily newspaper has grown have bitterly divided residents and State Julien Zermeño, Ryan Demird- and was congratulated by friends from its first print run of eight made for emotionally charged let- Suburban spill 8 jian and Maccini received their and family, including her grand- pages to today’s issue, which is 24 ters to the editor. new helmets and yellow shields, father Dale “Popa” Plueger, who pages. Each edition has been free. The fatal stabbing of a standout National which signify their first year on said he had no idea what The Daily Press has defied its Santa Monica High School stu- Healthy, wealthy, wise 10 the job. After the ceremony, Maccini had up his sleeve, but predecessors by turning a profit in dent. The rape and of a International family and friends armed with that he was supportive of the each of the last five months, some- Santa Monica College student. Warming up to the idea 19 video cameras and cell phones new firefighter. thing critics said was near impossi- Elderly driver Russell Weller’s Classifieds were asked to back away from “He’s one of six or seven ble in this oceanfront city of 84,000. deadly drive through a downtown Rooms with a view 21-23 the podium. It was then that other (firefighters) in line (in the “The corpses of dead dailies lit- Farmers’ Market. 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The Santa Monica College Music Department will present a holiday concert, jazz and more in December. All concerts are in the SMC Concert Hall, 1900 Pico Blvd., On Saturday, look for primary NW wind swell to mix with Today the unless otherwise noted. The lineup is: leftover SW swell. Northern LA spots with good NW exposure see water Is: ■ Friday, Dec. 3 at 7 p.m.: Jazz: John Beasley Quintet. Known for its intelligent knee-waist high surf, with some bigger chest high sets at top breaks. South Bay spots see more of the wind swell for waist and passionate music, this quintet will bring its special sound to SMC. Tickets are $10. ■ high+ surf at many breaks while top breaks hit shoulder high. Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 4 and 5 at 7:30 p.m.: “Christmas Celebration,” with Look for larger surf on Sunday as a new WNW swell builds. Winds the Santa Monica Methodist Church Chancel Choir joining SMC Concert Chorale, are mostly light in the morning, and build WNW in the 8-15 knot both under the direction of SMC music professor James Smith, and the Los Angeles range for the afternoon. Concert Orchestra. The program, narrated by actor Peter Graves, will be held at the First United Methodist Church, 11th Street and Washington Avenue, Santa Monica. Write us at [email protected] and tell us what the surf is doing today 64° Tickets are $15 general admission and $10 students and senior citizens. at your local break. ■ Tuesday, Dec. 7 at 4 p.m.: SMC Symphonic Band, under the baton of Peter Sheridan. Free. LOW TIDES HIGH TIDES ■ Thursday, Dec. 9 at 11:15 a.m.: SMC Percussion Ensemble, under the direc- Morning Height Evening Height Morning Height Evening Height tion of Matthew Altmire. Free. ■ Friday, Dec. 10 at 8 p.m.: SMC Chamber Choir, with Nike St. Clair, conduc- SATURDAY 2:23 1.8 3:55 -1.1 8:41 6.8 10:25 4.0 tor. Tickets are $5. ■ Sunday, Dec. 12 at 4 p.m.: SMC Concert Band, under the baton of Kevin SUNDAY 2:58 2.2 4:48 -1.1 9:20 6.8 11:30 3.7 McKeown. Tickets are $8. MONDAY 3:39 2.6 5:47 -0.9 10:05 6.6 N/A N/A For tickets and information, call (310) 434-3000 or (310) 434-4323. For tickets to “Christmas Celebration,” call (310) 393-8258. TUESDAY 4:29 2.9 6:54 -0.6 12:49 3.6 10:59 6.1 Cross paths with the ‘Black Cat’ WEDNESDAY 5:48 3.2 8:06 -0.3 2:22 3.7 12:06 5.6 By Daily Press staff THURSDAY 7:50 3.3 9:14 -0.1 3:40 4.0 1:33 5.0 Interested in a provocative night filled with forbidden, revolutionary and risqué FRIDAY 9:44 2.8 10:13 0.1 4:32 4.4 3:08 4.6 music and dancing? The “Night of the Black Cat” is a musical themed after the opening of the French Cabaret “Le Chat Noir” in Paris 1881. The event will be held at the Edgemar Center The Surf Report is sponsored by: for the Arts, 2437 Main St. on Friday, Dec. 3 at 8 p.m., as well as Saturday, Dec. 4 at 8 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 and $15 for students. Call (310) 392-7327, or visit the Web site at www.edgemar.org. Edgemar Center for the Arts is located in Frank Gehry’s architectural landmark building. Wishing you had an extra bedroom? By Daily Press staff

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Great investment opportunity. $699,000 Page 4 ❑ Weekend Edition, November 13-14, 2004 ❑ Santa Monica Daily Press LOCAL SMC doesn’t have plans in place for all of $135M bond SMC, from page 1 In the ’hood est reception citywide, with just 50 per- cent of voter support. Neighbors of the Here’s how a voter-approved $135 college have long complained that the million bond from Santa Monica campus continues to grow with little con- College, which required 55 percent sideration for the community. approval, fared in local neighbor- “A prime example is the parking struc- hoods: ture constructed on Pico Boulevard a few years back,” said Peter Tigler, who isn’t a Yes No resident of Sunset Park but lives near the Downtown 62.9% 37.1% college. “Pico area neighbors asked the Mid-City 61.9% 38.1% college to include their residential streets North of Montana 54.6% 45.3% in the traffic study and the college Ocean Park 63.3% 36.7% refused. The $20,000 addendum that per- Pico neighborhood 63.4% 36.6% haps would have indicated proper mitiga- Sunset Park 50.1% 49.9% tion would have been appropriate, but Wilshire-Montana 63% 37% instead the college was obstinate and Pico TOTAL 58% 42% neighbors sued. Unfortunately, we lost.” Santa Monica’s renter-dominated (Source: Percentages were calculat- neighborhoods, on the other hand, heavily ed based on an analysis of election backed the bond, election returns show. returns from the Los Angeles County The strongest showing was in the heart of Registrar-Recorder. Precincts don’t the eastside Pico neighborhood, where match up with neighborhood boundaries residents approved the bond with 63.4 exactly and four of Santa Monica’s 66 percent of the vote, followed by residents precincts were not tallied. One precinct of Ocean Park, Wilshire-Montana, and that overlapped equally into two neigh- residents living downtown and in the borhoods was counted twice, once for Mid-City neighborhood. each neighborhood.) Rent control officials at City Hall have yet to decide whether or not landlords will nerships with the city to renovate the his- be able to pass the tax burden onto ten- toric Marion Davies Estate at 415 Pacific ants. Coast Highway, revamp the pier aquari- Nancy Greenstein, a member of the um and help build botanical gardens at the SMC Board of Trustees, said despite Civic Center downtown, among other SANTA MONICA resistance from the college’s neighbors in projects. Sunset Park, the people she spoke with However, that proposal failed to garner overwhelmingly supported the bond. enough support from the SMC board. So General enthusiasm for the college may the plan was reduced and narrowly earned TRAVELERS’ HQ have been responsible for pushing an the board’s backing, sending it on to the early poll gauging approval of the bond polls, where the college spent upwards of above 70 percent, Greenstein added. $160,000 promoting it, campaign financ- “What I learned in being out there, ing disclosure documents at City Hall talking about it, is most people have a show. Santa Monica Citizens Against positive perspective of the college,” she Unfair Taxes spent less than $1,000 fight- said, pointing out that other tax increases ing the bond. on the ballot for public safety and emer- SMC trustee Annette Shamey, who gency room funding failed. “Either they originally voted against the bond propos- or their family members have taken class- al but later changed her mind, thereby es there. The seniors love the Emeritus sending the proposal onto the voters, said Privately Negotiated Air Fares Via: Center. 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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

maybe seen a couple of opinion pieces in the letters to the editor section that were not Drawing a line in the neighborhood driven by only emotion and feelings in regards to our president. Editor: I am a lifetime Democrat. I registered on a college campus in Florida when I was If the intent of the SMDP Nov. 8 article “SM residents stay true to their roots” 18 (20 years ago) and I never looked back. Over the past 12 years, however, I have (page 1) was to reveal how different neighborhoods throughout the city voted, further begun to notice a shift in the two parties. While the Republican party has been doing amplification is needed. The Wilshire-Montana neighborhood was described as the a slight shift toward the center, the Democrats have been on a bus moving towards the area “which runs between the two major east-west roadways from Ocean Avenue to left. the eastern city limit.” This is, in fact, two distinctive neighborhoods. The city recog- As a Democrat I was appalled that not only did our Commander-in-Chief, Bill nizes two neighborhood groups for this area. The Wilshire-Montana neighborhood Clinton, cheat on his wife and daughter and then lie about it under oath, but that the east-west boundaries are from 21st Street to the east and Ocean Avenue to the west. entire Democratic Party, the Hollywood elite, and anyone else who only voted for This area is almost exclusively multi-family residences. The Northeast neighborhood names with a D next to them, defended Clinton to the end. The party that had cham- is bounded by 22nd Street to the west and Centinela Avenue (the city limit) to the east. pioned women’s rights in the work place, the party who used to claim that truth is This neighborhood is predominantly single-family residences. what we should strive for, the party that used to be about doing what was right, was Unlike the Wilshire-Montana neighborhood, the Northeast neighborhood rejected now making a hypocrite of itself. Santa Monicans For Renters’ Rights endorsed candidates and opted overwhelmingly Then, over the last year, I decided that I was going to do something I had never for the local chamber of commerce backed candidates. Even SMRR-endorsed candi- done before, and that was vote for a Republican president. Why, you may ask? Well date Patricia Hoffman could do no better than a sixth-place finish in this neighbor- contrary to what some of my fellow Democrats are saying, Bush is not Hitler, Bush hood even though she resides there. does not hate gays, Bush does care about this country. Now do not get me wrong, I The vote tallies for the Northeast neighborhood of the top 11 City Council candi- do not agree with our president on issues like abortion, gay marriage, stem cell dates to date excluding absentee ballots are: research, etc. But with him I know I have a man of conviction. I know 100 percent Shriver 872 exactly where I stand with him. There is no worry he is going to do something I did- Katz 639 Dinalfo 595 n’t think he would. Morea 458 John Kerry, well the only thing my party would tell me about him was how much Bloom 458 we should hate Bush. How he had a plan to fix everything under the sun and how he Hoffman 348 somehow knew how the little people felt. I knew nothing of this man’s soul and the Genser 347 democratic party wanted me to help put him in the White House? Never. I would vote Loya 210 for Clinton again first. Feinstein 200 My main reason for writing this is to try and tell my fellow democrats to wake up. Cole 145 The voting machines were not tampered win. President Bush won more votes than Bauer 116 any other president in history. I asked everyone of my friends who were voting for Kerry if in fact they were voting for him or against Bush, it was 100 percent unani- Jeff Zangrilli mous, they were voting against Bush. Are we as Democrats so lacking in true leaders Santa Monica that we cannot put a candidate on the ticket that will instead tell me why I should vote for him or her instead of telling me why I should not vote for the other guy? It’s time to look long and hard into the mirror my fellow dems. You have become Why he voted for Bush what you never wanted to be. While both parties have their fair share of hypocrisy, Editor: our Democratic cup runneth over. Hitler is not the President of the . I read the SMDP just about every day as I walk out for lunch from my office on Billy G. Woody Fifth and Colorado. I think in the nearly two years that I have been doing this I have Santa Monica Home alone, but don’t send out a search party I a bad person for saying this? — there from meditation. I no longer think those ommend it to everyone once in while. were times when it was bliss. people who take a vow of silence one day When you reach the last day of your “alone MODERN When many of us find ourselves sud- a week are wackos. There was definitely time,” you’ll probably become aware of denly having the house to ourselves, we something spiritual about not talking and just how much you miss the people you’re TIMES react like kids whose parents are out of not hearing others talk for hours at a time. alone from. That’s another benefit of this BY LLOYD GARVER town. A friend of mine turns on really Short-term solitude works when you experience — it makes you appreciate the loud music and thinks about smoking a travel, too. It’s nice to share travel experi- people you’re usually around. cigarette, even though she doesn’t smoke. ences with those you love, but once in a But I didn’t have much time to wallow I love my family. I miss them when I enjoyed doing scandalously rebellious while, traveling alone can be great. First in those feelings on the last day. I was too I’m not with them. Now that I’ve said things like leaving my dresser drawers of all, when you walk through the airport, busy picking up seven days’ worth of those things, there’s absolutely no reason just a little bit open, and having two dif- you actually have one hand free. You can sports sections from various rooms, trying for any of you to e-mail me, chastising me ferent TVs on at the same time. I ate cere- go into the airport store and buy two Advil to remember where I put all those phone for supposedly being ungrateful at having al in bed, and there was nobody there to for $3, and nobody says, “Are you messages, and wondering what’s the best a wonderful family. I’m grateful. I appre- tell me that I was probably going to spill it crazy?” When you get to the hotel, you way to remove dried bran flakes from a ciate them. I know I’m lucky. But I also all over the covers. If I felt like going to a can stay in the first room they give you. 100-year-old quilt. think it’s time we all admitted that some- movie instead of eating dinner, I went to You don’t have to move because it’s too times it’s nice to be alone. It’s time for us the movie. If I didn’t feel like washing close to the elevator or too hot or too cold. (Lloyd Garver has written for many to come out of that closet — the closet dishes for a couple of days, I didn’t. I dis- And the big bonus is, you don’t have to television shows, ranging from “Sesame whose floor we dump our clothes on when covered, however, that for some strange start talking about where you’re going to Street” to “Family Ties” to “Frasier.” He nobody else is around. reason, they’re a bit harder to wash after a go to dinner while you’re finishing break- also has read many books, some of them in Both of my kids are off at college, so couple of days. fast. You’ll find a place to eat when hardcover. He writes the “Modern Times” when my wife went out of town for a There also was a very pleasant silence you’re hungry. column for CBSnews.com’s Opinion page week recently, I was all alone. Sure, there that permeated the house. I understand Again, I’d hate to be alone for a signifi- and can be reached at smdp@lloydgarver- were times when I was lonely, but — am why yogis and others derive so much cant amount of time, but I definitely rec- moderntimes.com). 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GUEST COMMENTARY BY ELAN JOURNO Arafat’s undeserved NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS ... VOTERS HOPE honor: The West’s shame This past week, Q-line asked: “What do you think the results of the Nov. 2 City Council elections mean?” What made Yasser Arafat’s final man) who turned his body into a bomb Here are your responses: days appalling was not the farcical pre- (is) the model of manhood and sacrifice varications about whether he were dead for the sake of Allah and the homeland.” ✆ “The three incumbents were re- elections and then the people vote for or alive, nor the soap-opera quarrel None of this dissuaded Western lead- elected on their track records. Bobby the same dictator again. It seems that the between his wife and his political ers, including President Bush, who Shriver was elected due to the fact that homeless problem in Santa Monica cronies. It was that so evil a man com- sought to marginalize Arafat somewhat, he is Maria Shriver’s brother, Arnold maybe isn’t so much a problem of the manded so much respect. from supporting the establishment of a Schwarzenegger’s brother-in-law, and elected officials but of the people who Since his airlift to a Paris hospital, as sovereign Palestinian state in areas gov- Ted Kennedy’s nephew. Those are high elect them. It seems that the people of the welcomed guest of the French gov- erned by Arafat’s provisional flying credentials in a democratic com- Santa Monica are either morons or they ernment and with throngs of journalists Palestinian Authority. And this was so munity that is in love with celebrity. just don’t take the time to study why the on the scene, Arafat’s death has been even though the evidence was abundant Still, his success will be measured on problems are created in the first place.” presented as the heartbreaking end of a that such a state would become a spon- improving that which still exists, not noble man. Reacting to a premature sor of terrorism. In 2002, for example, changing that which exists.” ✆ “Instead of us showing compas- report of Arafat’s death, President Bush Arafat’s forces were caught trying to sion for the homeless in Santa Monica, wished that “God bless his soul.” Upon smuggle into the Gaza Strip 50 tons of ✆ “I have lived in Santa Monica for it’s time that the homeless show com- Arafat’s death, Jacques Chirac lauded weapons and ammunitions, including 50 years and I have never seen a city passion for the citizens of Santa Monica him as “a man of courage and convic- one ton of C-4 explosives, and more council as bad as this one. I’m very and the people who try to use the parks tion.” The French gave him a military than 60 Katyusha rockets, capable of unhappy that we’ve brought in three but cannot because of the invective salute as Arafat’s coffin was sent to his hitting most cities in Israel. Santa Monica people to be in the coun- hurled at them by the homeless, and to funeral in Egypt, which many heads of Politicians eager to regard Arafat as a cil, but we got rid of the worst one of all do this when children are around makes state are expected to attend. heroic “liberator” of Palestinians were — Michael Feinstein. What Shriver will this especially onerous and that needs Why do the West’s politicians hold in also undaunted by his dictatorial rule do I don’t really know because he’s new, immediate attention and I hope that such high esteem a man who unleashed over the Palestinian Authority. That so we have to give him a chance. I voted Bobby Shriver is the man who comes in a ferocious campaign of international governing body systematically violates all the incumbents out. I didn’t vote for charging on the white horse.” terrorism that, across a span of 40 years, the rights of its citizens. Arafat’s any one of them, but I guess my vote did- has claimed the lives of thousands of “police” force — eight or so competing n’t do any good. If they don’t get rid of ✆ “If the people of Santa Monica Israeli, Lebanese, Jordanian, Palestinian gangs of thugs — arbitrarily arrests citi- the homeless, I don’t know what we’re vote in all these idiots that love the bums and American civilians? zens, confiscates property, and going to do. I can’t call the police more than anything else, they’re going Arafat specialized in high-profile his political opponents. The victims because they can’t do anything about it. to have a lot of bums more than anything attacks targeting civilians, in order to were denounced under the catch-all The city council doesn’t want anybody else, and maybe they deserve it.” inflict the severest psychological devas- charge of “collaborating” with Israel. to bother the homeless. I’m unhappy we tation. The slaughter of Israeli athletes at The PA’s chaotic judiciary made a got three people from the old council.” ✆ “Although the Chamber of the Munich Olympics; the assassination mockery of the rule of law; its judges of American diplomats in Sudan; the served not justice, but Arafat. ✆ Commerce didn’t do too well in the elec- “The overwhelming issue in Santa tion, I think the Santa Monica for Renters’ massacre of school children in Maalot, But far from condemning Arafat’s Monica is homelessness. Mr. Shriver Rights probably fared worse for two rea- Israel (a model for the recent mass mur- vicious rule, the European Union and addressed that issue very succinctly, uti- sons: One, they didn’t get their new can- der at a high school in Beslan, Russia); America supported it with hundreds of lizing full-page ads to indicate that he didates in, the two that were elected had the hijacking of the cruise ship Achille millions of dollars in aid. was the person to help find a resolution to been around for a long time, particularly Lauro, in which wheelchair-bound This extravagant tolerance of Arafat, the issue. With Mr. Shriver’s track record American Leon Klinghoffer was tossed given his blood-soaked record, is not due Genser, who I think has been on the city on the state level and with the inability of overboard — Arafat was responsible for to ignorance on the part of our politicians. council for almost two decades. And on the old council to find solutions for the these and hundreds of other kidnap- It comes from the precept that moral top of that, they were reported to have extreme homeless problem in Santa pings, car-bombings, hijackings, and judgment is an obstacle to action. This is Monica, it is hoped that Mr. Shriver will spent over $100,000, that’s $50,000 for brutal murders. Also, during the 1970s the view that moral principles are an bring a fresh look at the homeless issue in two candidates, that’s a lot of money to he fomented bloody civil wars in Jordan impediment to achieving practical aims, Santa Monica and be able to lead us into spend in a city the size of Santa Monica.” and Lebanon. such as peace. One should, on this view, light once again in the community. Many ✆ But did he not renounce his terrorist remain morally neutral — even though thanks, have a great week.” “The city council election has just ways later in life as though this would be one side may be clearly in the right — supported the understanding that voters enough to earn forgiveness? and try to engage both sides in gentle- ✆ “I think the votes of the Nov. 2 are not thinking what voting rights best Certainly in the 1990s European and manly negotiation — even though one election reflect that big money and big serve us as taxpayers and registered American politicians embraced Arafat side may be a murderous thug. political connections work to the detri- (voters). The vote for Shriver was cor- as a peacemaker, granting him recogni- Because moral neutrality is such an ment of the popular grassroots voters. rect and I wish that he will tell us what tion as a statesman. President Clinton obviously immoral policy, its perpetra- Also, cronism, thank yous for past he won’t do instead of what he will met with him more often than with any tors must blacken the good while white- favors, and the promise of future perks attempt to do. An added statement, how other international leader — 24 times in washing the evil. Hence, world leaders also played a very negative effect. could Santa Monica citizens vote for the eight years. And in 1994, Arafat co-won condemn Israel, the innocent victim who What’s fair about that?” Measure S? Something is really wrong.” the Nobel Peace Prize. But his willing- refuses to submit, and lionize Arafat, the ness to make peace with Israel was a ruthless killer. ✆ “I’m delighted with the results of ✆ “I think the results of the recent transparent lie. Though he publicly Arafat’s elevation to the dignity of a the Santa Monica election. Several of election in Santa Monica show that renounced terrorism in words addressed peace-seeking statesman is due to our the people I voted for did not get in, but Santa Monicans are sick and tired of the to Western audiences, he never did so in politicians’ moral corruption. Were he I’m delighted that Bobby Shriver did, same old garbage spewing from city action, nor even in words, when speak- judged properly, Arafat would long ago being that I had high hedges years ago, council and hope that Bobby Shriver, ing to the Arab world. have been dealt the punishment he and the city made a big deal about it and who had a very familiar name, might From the outset Arafat flouted practi- deserved. By sustaining him and perpetu- I said, ‘I’m Ann’s cutting me hedges handle all of that and set people straight. cally every provision of a 1993 peace ating the delusion that Arafat was really a down until you make one Jane Fonda I’m sure hoping that that happens.” accord — most notably the provision to well-meaning statesman, politicians com- cut ‘em.’ So that’s what happened. I’m quell terrorism against Israel. The vast mitted treason to his innocent victims. delighted. We’ll see what happens. I ✆ “I think the results mean that the armed “police force” he created actually know that this city is due for some election was rigged. The only other expla- conspired with and often actively sup- (Elan Journo is a junior fellow at the change so let’s see if it happens. I cer- nation for re-electing three members of a ported terrorists. And, calling for “mar- Ayn Rand Institute (www.aynrand.org), tainly hope it does. But I think now we group that has been so detrimental to our tyrs by the millions,” Arafat fostered the in Irvine. The Institute promotes the phi- have a better chance for having, shall we quality of life, is that the majority of vot- deployment of suicide bombers. In 2001 losophy of Ayn Rand, author of Atlas say, more interesting and more fair pol- ers, who are of course, renters, have been he told the family of one bomber: “The Shrugged and The Fountainhead. Send itics of this lovely Samolicious.” brainwashed into believing that without heroic martyrdom operation (of the reactions to [email protected]). SMRR, they would lose their homes. ✆ “The election results remind me of SMRR council members have now taken OPINIONS EXPRESSED are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of the Santa Monica Daily Press staff. Guest editorials from third-world countries where they have on the role of certain cult leaders whose residents are encouraged, as are letters to the editor. Letters will be published on a space-available basis. It is our intention to publish all letters we incompetent dictators that ruin the soci- followers finally lose their ability to con- receive, except those that are libelous or are unsigned. Preference will be given to those that are e-mailed to [email protected]. All letters must include the author’s name and telephone number for purposes of verification. Letters also may be mailed to our offices located at 1427 Third Street Promenade, ety and then finally it’s opened up to nect with reality.” Suite 202, Santa Monica, 90401, or faxed to (310) 576-9913. All letters and guest editorials are subject to editing for space and content. Page 8 ❑ Weekend Edition, November 13-14, 2004 ❑ Santa Monica Daily Press Lori Davette Ince STATE

– Sellers • Buyers – LA suburb faces a fall Another satisfied buyer and seller “They just don’t following a big blunder get any better! You’re the BY MICHAEL R. BLOOD ment authority which Gardena officials Associated Press Writer hoped would show the city was recover- best!.” ing. – STACY TRAPP GARDENA — A disastrous gamble in “We are pulling out the linings of our the insurance business has pushed this pockets and showing it to the bank and Los Angeles suburb to the brink of finan- saying, ‘We don’t have any money,"’ said Bulldog Realtors cial collapse and raised fears that Mayor Terrence Terauchi. Gardena’s bankers might try to seize city The implications of a default are so 1501 Main Street Suite 106 Venice, CA 90291 “ARE YOU parks, gymnasiums, even the swimming serious that officials have privately dis- READY TO BUY 310.503.3482 OR SELL?” pool. cussed begging homeowners for more 310.380.0830 vm direct With options scarce to meet a than $1,000 each. [email protected] December payment deadline, a city with While there has been talk of financial the slogan “Rich Heritage, Bright Future” trouble at City Hall before, there appeared could join the short list of municipal to be little recognition of how dire the sit- bankruptcies. In an ominous sign, uation has become until the City Council Back to Basics: Gardena just hired a team of lawyers who voted 4-0 on Tuesday to hire a team of specialize in defaults. lawyers who specialize in bankruptcy. Back to Balance “I don’t want to go bankrupt. I proba- Some Gardena officials remain opti- Join our four week program bly shouldn’t say that, but it’s certainly mistic. one of the things that’s an option,” said “I don’t think that’s going to happen,” to achieve a healthy lifestyle City Manager Mitchell Lansdell. “I had Police Chief Rod Lyons said recently through exercise, nutritional an employee come to me the other day when asked about a possible default. counseling and stress and ask me if they should be looking for a What went so terribly wrong? management techniques. job — if we are even going to be in busi- Like a lot of cities nationwide, ness at the end of the year.” Gardena was struggling in the 1980s to NextNext Session session Begins The creeping crisis in this working- keep up with ballooning liability insur- November 15Th class city of 60,000 — a commuter cross- ance rates. As lawsuits became more October 11th roads of strip malls and tightly packed common and damage awards ever bigger, homes once known for its annual straw- a grandmother’s sidewalk slip or a car No scales. No diets. No fads. berry festival — is a cautionary tale of crash blamed on a misplaced street sign Just balanced, healthy living. how misplaced confidence, bad luck and could leave a small city reeling. risky decisions can conspire to create a With a burst of entrepreneurial brio, 310.842.5657 municipal nightmare. the city used $10 million of a $14.9 mil- Located at the A dozen years ago the City Council lion bond issue to create Municipal Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel took a step that, by alternating accounts, Mutual. www.stateoftheheartfitness.com was either boldly innovative or as dicey as “We got a lot of reports back from a trip to the local Hustler Casino: it used insurance advisers that it was a good thing $10 million in borrowed money to start and we could make money on it,” said the Municipal Mutual Insurance Co. former City Councilman James Cragin, The idea, unprecedented in California, who served on the company’s board of was to do two things at once — cover the directors. city against costly lawsuits while churn- Though independent on paper, the AGreat Place To Anchor ing out a profit. company had close ties to the city. As a In the end, Municipal Mutual did nei- policyholder, Gardena had a seat on the ther. board. Jim Gregg, a city official who Great Food...Great Cocktails...Great Crew... GREAT FUN!! On Dec. 15, Gardena must pay a $26 helped establish the company, later million bill, an amount nearly as much as became its president. it raises each year from local taxpayers. The state licensed the company for Much of that was sunk into the insurance business in 1993 and Gardena became its company, which is effectively dead, but inaugural customer. more than $6 million also went toward a But the company sputtered and — in soured homebuyers program. what now looks like good money after With no cash to pay its obligations bad — Gardena issued more than $20 mil- Gardena could default, as neighboring lion in new bonds in 1995 to pay off the Orange County did in the 1990s. A initial round of debt. default doesn’t mean police will stop “We took one credit card and went, patrolling Gardena’s streets or the ‘Give us another credit card,"’ Lansdell garbage collector won’t come, but it could said. “Did we make the right decision ...? ripple into layoffs and service cuts while No, we didn’t.” making it more difficult and costly for Now the company is under state over- Gardena to borrow money. sight, all but shut down. What’s more, the financing that was “It’s like being CEO of the Titanic,” used to create the insurance company and said Dennis Evans, the sole employee. a soured homebuyers program was Several insurance industry officials secured with city property. Lansdell and called the venture unprecedented. FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE BAND other city officials said that if the city “It appears that no other municipality defaults, the banks could be legally enti- has tried to do what Gardena did,” said LATE NIGHT HAPPY HOUR tled to seize gymnasiums, tennis courts, Jim Hamilton, an insurance expert at the $3 MILLER DRAFT $3 WELL VODKA parks, the pool, the community center, a National League of Cities. bus-repair yard — even the police station There’s good reason for that, according November 12TH PIXEL and firehouses. A lawyer with a firm the to Gregory Trout, chief operating officer city recently hired, however, said that the at Bickmore Risk Services, a Sacramento- Full Bar • Restaurant • Live Music banks cannot seize public assets. based self-insurance services company. Heated Patio • Delivery Lansdell said the city is negotiating “Selling insurance is high risk with low Low Carb Menu Available! with the banks, which he identified as profit margins,” Trout said. 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PAHRUMP, Nev. — When Steve Marsh congested freeways have been flocking to And it’s not just the Sunbelt. Lured by first drove into this dusty town in the Western cities like Pahrump. The future You don’t have to tell retirees in the nostalgia of rural towns and outdoor shadow of glitzy Las Vegas, he took one will bring more of the same: The Census Pahrump that the West is THE place to recreation, retirees have turned Western look at the gravel roads and sagebrush Bureau says the population of those 65 retire. They live in the third-fastest grow- towns into retirement hot spots. Florida flats and grunted: “This is in the middle of and older will increase more rapidly in the ing county in the nation for those 65 and and California have long been Meccas. nowhere.” West than in any other area of the country. older. Only about 5,000 seniors call Nye But today, Bend, Ore., St. George, Utah, Pahrump may not look like much. But While retirees settle in, states are figur- County home, but that is more than three Sheridan, Wyo., and Silver City, N.M., it boasts miles of clean, open space and is ing out how to keep up with an aging pop- times the number that lived here in 1990, are hip places to be. surrounded by desert mountains. The ulation. Will there be enough doctors and according to Census Bureau figures. Laura Ridley and her husband, a retired weather is mild, the housing cheap and nurses? Hospitals and nursing homes? leads the country in the senior real estate developer, traded Georgia for national parks are nearby. Will housing be affordable? population boom. From 1990 to 2003, the Cody, Wyo., four years ago. She speaks It was enough for Marsh and his wife, "This affects all of us,” said Idaho Gov. state’s 65 and older population almost dou- about the West in postcard-perfect words. Donna, to move here to retire. Dirk Kempthorne. “It’s life, and it’s time bled — from 129,107 to 250,787, accord- “We can be in the park (Yellowstone) in “We love it,” Marsh said, relaxing after a that we step up, recognize it, identify the ing to census numbers. Alaska, Arizona, See BOOM, page 16 Population growth in the West may bridge rural vs. urban vote

BY ANGIE WAGNER Albuquerque. and that he is religious. Colorado voters sought more moderates. Associated Press Writer They symbolize the great change “I think you can listen to him and know Voters may have wanted off the “God, sweeping the West — rapid growth and when he speaks to you that there’s God guns and gays agenda,” said Colorado LAS VEGAS — Linda Deymonaz lives increasing urbanization. The question is: inside him,” she said. State University political science profes- in a quiet world with no traffic jams, no Do the booming cities offer hope for In liberal Portland, Ore., Haven coffee sor John Straayer. shopping malls and no movie theaters. Democrats, or will newcomers help shop worker Melissa Jenks, 22, said living Sperling thinks it’s something else — She drives on dirt roads in her small town Republicans expand their reach across the in a city gives her a different view. Colorado voters may be changing as the and measures change by the new Philly region? “I think you’re just exposed to more. In state’s economy does. cheese steak sandwich on her market’s To John Sperling, founder of the the rural community, it’s more about fam- “When you develop a high-tech econo- menu. University of Phoenix, the red-blue divide ily and religion and taking care of your my, you begin to think in terms of science The 345 people in Dyer, Nev., are four is really retro America or “old America” house,” she said. and technology. You begin to think hours and a world away from Las Vegas, versus metro America or “new America.” Every Western state except New maybe creation doesn’t really make where casino marquees change by the In his book “The Great Divide: Retro Mexico voted as expected. The so-called sense,” he said. “Slowly, but surely you minute and neighborhoods seem to sprout vs. Metro America,” Sperling defines left coast — Washington, Oregon and begin to decide maybe the Bible isn’t up overnight. retro states as home to conservative, reli- California — went for Kerry with strong absolutely accurate. Suddenly you begin It’s more than just a way of life that gious residents who depend on agriculture support from the cities while the inter- to think the world operates in different divides these two places, however. Last or mining for their economy. Metro states mountain West went for Bush. New ways.” week, it was red and blue, the colors that have a more high-tech economy and resi- Mexico, which has a Democratic gover- From 2000 to 2003, the population in mark the rural and urban boundaries dents are religious moderates and more nor, narrowly went for Al Gore in the the West grew by 5.2 percent, more than across the West. accepting of differences in class, ethnicity 2000 presidential election and then any other area of the country, according to Esmeralda County, home to Dyer and and sexual orientation. switched to Bush this year. U.S. Census Bureau numbers. The West the least populated county in Nevada, In Dyer, there may only be 345 resi- But Democrats made inroads in will continue being the fastest-growing voted for President Bush in the presiden- dents, but on Sundays they can choose Republican-dominated Colorado. area of the country at least through 2025, tial election. Las Vegas’ Clark County between four different churches. While the state voted for Bush, resi- figures show. went for Sen. John Kerry, and it was the Deymonaz, 55, owner of the Esmeralda dents elected a Democratic U.S. senator Hispanics have helped fuel growth in only Nevada county to go Democratic. Market, voted like most residents there — — Ken Salazar — and put Democrats in the West, and Democrats had hoped they In the red states of Nevada, Colorado for Bush, who received 134 votes to control of both the state House and Senate might tip the balance for Kerry. He still and New Mexico, there were urban Kerry’s 34. She likes the president’s for the first time since 1960. won the bulk of the Hispanic vote — 70 islands of blue in Las Vegas, Denver and down-to-earth style, conservative values Some political scientists believe See VOTE, page 18

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Sincerely, the Staff at your daily newspaper Page 12 ❑ Weekend Edition, November 13-14, 2004 ❑ Santa Monica Daily Press NATIONAL Senate welcomes more of Newt’s foot soldiers BY DONNA CASSATA after the Republican tidal wave. Associated Press Writer “We’re now seeing the fruits of the polarization of the House,” said Burdett WASHINGTON — Call them Newt’s dis- Loomis, a political scientist at the ciples. University of Kansas. “It predated the These hard-charging conservatives Senate. The natural progression is into the learned their political tactics in the House Senate.” from former Speaker Newt Gingrich, the One of those House veterans is Sen. one-time backbencher-turned-Pied Piper Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, who was who led the 1994 Republican revolution elected to the Senate in 1994. Two that swept Congress. months into his term, Santorum and some During the past decade, a handful of GOP senators tried to strip Sen. Mark these conservatives moved to the Senate, Hatfield, R-Ore., of his chairmanship of determined to push it rightward and break the Appropriations Committee because of hidebound rules that would inhibit their his opposition to a balanced-budget bare-knuckles House style. Come amendment to the Constitution. January, there will be more than a hardy The effort failed but set in motion few of them. Republican term limits on committee Elections from South Dakota to the chairmanships. Carolinas increased their numbers in the Flash ahead to 2004. Sen. Orrin Hatch, Senate and set the stage for a political and R-Utah, is set to step down as Senate legislative tug of war. On one side are Judiciary Committee chairman due to conservatives who interpreted the victo- term limits. Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., is ries of Nov. 2 as validation of their views; in line to take his place. But the day after on the other, the Senate, a sanctum of the Nov. 2 election, Specter angered con- compromise and pragmatism. servatives when he said it would be tough The question is which one — the insti- for the Senate to confirm anti-abortion tution or its members — prevails. judges. The right has demanded that “A couple of characteristics of the Specter be passed over for the post. Senate will curb their House habits,” said Santorum, a member of the leadership John J. Pitney, a political science profes- as the Republican Conference chairman, sor at Claremont McKenna College in put out a general statement of support for California. He mentioned the 60 votes Specter. Republicans will decide next necessary to break a filibuster, bipartisan week whether Specter gets the post. coalitions that often produce legislation, “Santorum has been more co-opted by and the demand on senators from a larger, the system than have the others,” said more diverse population than a single Paul Weyrich, a leading conservative. “I House district. think when they get into leadership they "A broader range of political pressures drink a different kind of water.” Got Pet will temper their impulses,” said Pitney, But Weyrich argued that senators do Got Pet who still expects the House veterans to not like being pressured by outside see legislating “through the prism of par- groups, and bypassing Specter would be Food?Food? tisan warfare.” seen as a dangerous precedent. “By golly, After a bitter presidential election and if these Christians can overthrow a chair- harsh charges in congressional races, the manship,” said Weyrich, who expects numbers and changes in the Senate indi- Specter to become the committee chair- cate plenty of dissent. Republicans will man. Consolidated Pet Food hold 55 seats and Democrats 44, with one Conservatives emboldened by the elec- Consolidated Pet Food Democratic-leaning independent. tion results, particularly in the Senate, Gone are many of the lawmakers with will press for stricter restrictions on abor- makes reputations for reaching across the aisle, tion and a constitutional amendment to some of the Southern Democratic moder- ban gay marriage. ates and Republican moderates from the At the center will be Senate Majority HOME DELIVERIES West. In their place are GOP conserva- Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn. A potential tives, such as Oklahoma’s Tom Coburn, presidential candidate in 2008, he faces and more liberal Democrats, such as the demands of making the Senate run and Illinois’ Barack Obama. keeping the Republican base content. Adult Original Some 52 senators will be products of “You see someone like Frist or (former the House, including 30 Republicans. Of Majority Leader Trent) Lott bending to Adult Small Bites those GOP members, close to a dozen realities from a place farther right than Adult Large Breed were in the House when Gingrich was their predecessor,” Loomis said. working to reverse 40 years of “They’ve got to make it work. They drag Adult Lamb Meal & Rice Democratic rule or were elected shortly it along in its strange way.” Senior Original Light Adult Light Small Bites

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Re-evaluations of threatened For more information and to RSVP email [email protected] rebuilding threatened and endangered species listings for the northern spotted owl Valet parking is available or parking can be found on the street runs of salmon, and the Northwest Forest and marbled murrelet will be done soon. Plan, which balances logging against fish Anderson added the Forest Service will and wildlife habitat. have a hard time doing anything if the The environmental groups that have administration continues cutting the opposed the president every step of the agency’s budget and personnel. way say they will continue fighting those “The Northwest took a big hit this overhauls in courtrooms and the halls of year,” Anderson said. “We’re going to DoDo youyou havehave Congress. hear a lot of talk but not a whole lot more “In his acceptance speech, (President action when it comes to Healthy Forests.” Bush) said he wanted to be president of all On salmon, NOAA Fisheries communitycommunity news?news? Americans and reach across the aisle to do Northwest Regional Director Bob Lohn bipartisan legislation,” said Jay Ward, said “job one” will be reaching out to ... Submit news conservation director of the Oregon Indian tribes and others as the first recov- ... Submit news Natural Resources Council in Portland. ery plans come out next year for some of releases “The current roadless policy his the 26 groups of salmon listed as threat- Email to: administration is attempting to ram ened or endangered. [email protected] through is not bipartisan. It goes against Two key issues continue to develop: a or fax 310.576.9913 nearly every interest group from conser- new federal policy that counts hatchery vationists to hunters, anglers and fish with wild fish in assessing Columbia Sportswear. They’re going to Endangered Species Act protection, and turn it over to the governors of some of the latest attempt to satisfy a federal judge Santa Monica Daily Press those red states.” with a way to protect salmon from being Mark Rey, the agriculture undersecre- killed by hydroelectric dams in the tary who oversees the U.S. Forest Service, Columbia Basin. said he did not want to speculate how the After Bush said he was committed to roadless rule would turn out. keeping dams on the Snake River in EVERYTHING MUST GO Chris West, vice president of the Washington that tribes and environmen- American Forest Resource Council, a tim- talist had wanted removed, NOAA ber industry group in Portland, said he is Fisheries came up with an approach that more interested in seeing full implemen- accepts the dams as part of the landscape. Liquidation Sale tation of the Healthy Forests Restoration “We have no latitude about whether we Act, enacted this year to boost prescribed will protect (salmon),” Lohn said. “We Drastic Price Reductions...Up To 75% fires and thinning projects that reduce the still have a great deal of latitude how we spinet, console, baby grands, large grands danger of wildfire. work with others to protect them. “We’re not seeing that much of it in the “Despite the spats we have about bio- & digital pianos West,” West said. “We lucked out with a logical opinions the Northwest really has Nothing Will Be Held Back ! light fire year this last year. Hopefully a long history of states, tribes and other we’ll get more of this work done before agencies generally working together.” we have another bad fire season.” Charles Hudson, spokesman for the Up To One of Rey’s top priorities is boosting Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish the total acreage treated under Healthy Commission, noted that Lohn attended a 75% Forests from 4 million acres this year to 8 recent tribal conference on lamprey, an million acres, which would be on track to eel-like fish that could soon be added to Off treat the 80 million acres most in need Endangered Species Act protection, every 10 years. adding another layer of restrictions on With the war in Iraq and tax cuts, fund- dam operations. ing will be tight, but Brian Kennedy, “In the last four years, we’ve seen a spokesman for the House Resources number of rollbacks in protections,” for Committee Chairman Richard Pombo, R- salmon habitat, said Hudson. “Given the Calif., said members of Congress will be current trend, we would anticipate the “fighting very hard” to boost support. next four years a lot of time will be spent Rey said only 270,000 acres of the 4 in the courtroom.” million treated produced any kind of logs Bill Bakke of the Native Fish Society or fuel for biomass generators, which is not encouraged by the hatchery policy ost se! should satisfy environmentalists who and expects it to be challenged in court L ea t feared Healthy Forests would be a license once it is finished. r L us Ou e M ! for logging of old growth forests. “This is the administrative attempt to W VE “Over 50 percent of it was in the wild- reframe the Endangered Species Act MO land-urban interface,” said Rey. “That without actually changing the law,” will increase as we get community-based Bakke said. 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SALT LAKE CITY — Gov.-elect Jon Huntsman Jr. said breaks to small business, cutting capital gains taxes and Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day this week he is open to changing the state’s restrictive matching other states’ economic incentives. Saints are forbidden to drink, and the laws reflect that. liquor laws, often derided nationally as absurdly compli- But he also aims to overcome Utah’s age-old image as Utah has no open-door saloons; patrons of the state’s cated and annoying, as part of an aggressive campaign to a state dominated by the Mormon faith, a solidly conser- only full-service liquor clubs must sign up and pay a boost Utah’s image and its economy. vative Legislature and liquor laws that regulate every- membership fee before imbibing, a rule that discourages In an hour-long interview with The Associated Press, thing from the manner of drinking at commercial estab- drop-ins. the Republican frequently cast Utah as an economic lishments to the disposition of private wine collections. The myriad regulations require drinkers to completely underachiever that sorely needs a boost to pay the bills Huntsman said he wants to play up Utah’s more posi- drain a glass or bottle before they can get a waiter to pour for everything from highways to a burgeoning public tive aspects, including its work ethic, entrepreneurial another round. For home, Utah retailers offer only weak- school system. spirit and an educated, tech-savvy work force. He said ened beer with 3.2 percent alcohol content. The stronger He said Utah exists in “splendid isolation” to econom- the state was turning more diverse and “in 15 to 20 years stuff can be bought only at out-of-the-way state-run ic realities, lagging behind every surrounding state “in we’ll be seen as something except a homogenous state.” liquor stores at exorbitant prices. the most competitive neighborhood of any region in the Huntsman, a Mormon who abstains from alcohol, said Huntsman acknowledged the Mormon church, which United States.” He cited the turnaround of Colorado, a he’s “heard a lot of carping about the liquor laws. I want opposed any loosening of the laws for the 2002 Winter “failed state 20 years ago” after an energy bust, as a to look at it. 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LOS ABANDONED that is studying whether to put Pitkin County, Colo., home to Aspen, www.14below.com Alzheimer’s units in assisted living facili- led the country with an average home ties, the availability of nursing assistants See BOOM, page 17 Santa Monica Daily Press ❑ Weekend Edition, November 13-14, 2004 ❑ Page 17 NATIONAL Entertaining elderly takes jobs and housing BOOM, from page 16 options” centers, where older adults can learn about new careers, take classes, vol- price of $946,036. Teton County, Wyo., unteer and socialize. presents... home to Jackson and a gateway to Telemedicine — doctors practicing Yellowstone National Park, was third from afar by voice, data and video hookup th with an average price of $650,526. — may see greater use in remote commu- Nevada is helping launch a pilot pro- nities in the West. Kempthorne said a new The 29Annual ject to build an affordable, assisted living hospital in Salmon, Idaho, will use Boys & Girls Clubs home in Las Vegas. The 90-unit facility is telemedicine extensively. of Santa Monica scheduled to open next year. Homebuilder States will also need more transporta- Del Webb, a leader in housing for 55 and tion options. Using school buses to trans- older, now offers a variety of price ranges port seniors while students are in school is for its Sun City communities in Nevada, one idea, Kempthorne said. dinner, Arizona and California. “While we are getting used to the cur- But preparing for an older population rent generation of retirees and near- auction is more than just making sure health care retirees, there will be a gap,” said Daniel is adequate and housing is affordable. It’s also about quality of life and making sure Perry, executive director of the Alliance for Aging Research. “They will be mov- & jobs are available for the many retirees who plan to continue working. ing to more far-flung areas. There’ll be a raffle States will need to attract companies gap between now and when health care that want to hire older workers and busi- and transportation services and entertain- ment catches up with them.” nesses will have to accommodate job- Friday, November 19, 2004 sharing and employees who want to work The Idaho governor hopes his yearlong from home, said Clare Hushbeck, an work on long-term care paid off and that his Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel economist with AARP. fellow governors will include the issue in “It does require big vision,” she said. their state-of-the-state addresses next year. “It’s not an easy thing to wrap your mind “You don’t have to look very far down around, but it’s coming.” the road with regard to your budgets,” In Arizona, the Virginia G. Piper Kempthorne said. “You’re going to be Charitable Trust recently awarded grants impacted one way or another. You better to four communities to create “life get ahead of the curve.” Tickets available please call Taura at 393-9623 Page 18 ❑ Weekend Edition, November 13-14, 2004 ❑ Santa Monica Daily Press NATIONAL States wonder if newcomers will alter elections VOTE, from page 10 home to Phoenix, remained solidly in the were encouraged by New Mexico’s sup- major changes. In the city, things change Bush column. port for Bush. drastically. A building down the street is percent in Arizona, Colorado, New In Elko, Nev., Jon Farrow brought his “Certainly population switches do not there next week.” Mexico and Nevada — but Bush saw city views to the country. Farrow, 23, was change the dynamic of the political map,” Fagan predicts rural areas will see a increased Hispanic support. raised in Las Vegas and after living in said Jano Cabrera, spokesman for the population surge as baby boomers retire The West is becoming more urban, New York, moved to rural Elko. He was Democratic National Committee. and seek a lower cost of living and more with cities like Las Vegas and Phoenix among 3,047 people in the county who “But each election is different and the open space. experiencing the greatest growth, said Bill voted for Kerry. The majority — 11,935 true focus from either the Democrat or the For now, Frey said cities will enjoy the Frey, demographer with the Brookings — went for Bush. Republican perspective isn’t so much to most growth, but urban sprawl will mean Institution, a Washington think tank. “If you get people moving from the keep track of migration shifts but to offer more Hispanics and low-income residents Clark County, home to Las Vegas and cities moving into rural areas it certainly a compelling message.” nearly 1.7 million people, already domi- will mix things up a bit,” said Farrow, a Chris Tucker, 29, an employee at a moving into suburbs and rural areas. nates Nevada with 71 percent of the desk clerk at the Thunderbird Motel. Barnes and Noble bookstore in Denver That will further change the political state’s population. And demographers Most people who move to another who voted for Kerry, wasn’t surprised at landscape in the West, but how much and expect it to almost double over the next place like Farrow tend to keep the politi- the rural-urban divide. how soon remains to be seen. decade and boost its dominance to 74 per- cal views they already had, said Mark “People who live in cities are more “The gray area between rural and urban cent of the state’s population. Fagan, a sociologist and retiree migration used to things changing on a daily basis. is what’s going to continue to be gobbled But will newcomers change the way expert at Jacksonville State University in You live farther out in the country and up,” Frey said. “The red part of it will cities and states vote? Alabama. things remain the same from day to day,” grow a little bit faster, but it’ll get bluer In Arizona, the answer this year was Both political parties say migration to he said. “That kind of security is more over time. I think the bluer will occur not “no.” Fast-growing Maricopa County, the West gives them hope. Republicans important to you. You don’t like to make in four years, but in eight.” RUN YOUR DBAs IN THE DAILY PRESS FOR ONLY $80. INCLUDES FILING FEE, RECEIPT AND PROOF OF PUBLICATION. CALL US TODAY @ (310) 458-7737 Santa Monica Daily Press ❑ Weekend Edition, November 13-14, 2004 ❑ Page 19 INTERNATIONAL Studies suggest global warming is clear, present danger

BY MATT CRENSON States, spring arrives about two weeks findings into account as it continues to every spring. AP National Writer earlier than it did 50 years ago. Tropical review the science,” State Department The Arctic is also particularly sensitive bird species have appeared in Florida and spokesman Richard Boucher said in a to warming because its plants and soil Global warming has had little notice- along the Gulf Coast. Species such as statement released Tuesday. hold less water than more temperate envi- able impact in Washington, D.C. Edith’s checkerspot, a butterfly native to The United States faces a potential ronments. That means more energy reach- Politicians in the nation’s capital have western North America, have started showdown with other members of the ing the ground is dedicated to heating the been reluctant to set limits on the carbon dying out at the southern reaches of their Arctic Council on Nov. 24, when repre- surface instead of evaporating water. dioxide pollution that is expected to warm ranges. sentatives of the organization’s members The atmosphere is thinner in the Arctic the planet by 4 to 7 degrees Fahrenheit “Responses to climate change are are scheduled to meet in Iceland to con- than it is farther south, which also intensi- during the next century, citing uncertainty being seen across the U.S.A,” said sider climate change policy recommenda- fies warming. And while temperate zones about the severity of the threat. Camille Parmesan, a biologist at the tions. shed some of their extra heat by shipping But that uncertainty may have shrunk University of Texas in Austin. She is the The atmospheric concentration of car- it north in ocean currents and meteorolog- somewhat with the release last week of co-author, with Hector Galbraith of the bon dioxide has risen from 280 parts per ical fronts, the Arctic is the end of the line two scientific reports suggesting that University of Colorado in Boulder, of million in 1800 to 380 parts per million in that respect. global warming is not just a hypothetical “Observed Impacts of Global Climate today due to the combustion of fossil A small minority of scientists remains possibility, but a real phenomenon that Change in the U.S.” The report was fuels. Carbon dioxide causes warming unconvinced that increasing atmospheric has already started transforming especial- released Tuesday by the Pew Center on because it heats up more when exposed to carbon dioxide can be held responsible for ly sensitive parts of the globe. Global Climate Change, a nonpartisan but sunlight compared to other atmospheric the recent warming, arguing that natural Overall, the reports say, Earth’s cli- not disinterested research organization gases. variability explains most if not all of the mate has warmed by about 1 degree dedicated to providing sound scientific Scientists have always expected the trend. Fahrenheit since 1900. In the Arctic, information about global warming. Arctic to respond earlier and more “It’s very complicated and I believe where a number of processes amplify the Parmesan and Galbraith acknowledge intensely than other regions to the buildup people who claim they understand ... are warming effects of carbon dioxide, most that nothing in the report would strike the of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, just overestimating drastically their abili- regions have experienced a temperature average person as particularly alarming. thanks to several phenomena that make ty to do science,” Chylek said. rise of 4 to 7 degrees in the last 50 years. They also allow that some of the past cen- the Far North especially sensitive to cli- Scientists aren’t the only ones who That warmth has reduced the amount tury’s warming might have happened mate perturbations. When warmer tem- have noticed the Arctic warming trend. of snow that falls every winter, melted even if humans hadn’t been pumping car- peratures melt snow, for example, the Inuit hunters in Canada and Saami rein- away mountain glaciers and shrunk the bon dioxide into the atmosphere. But they bare ground that is exposed absorbs more deer herders in Finland have detected Arctic Ocean’s summer sea ice cover to argue that the changes they describe heat than the white surface did, causing shifts in the migratory behavior of ani- its smallest extent in millennia, according should be taken as a “very clear signal” yet more warming. A similar thing hap- mals. In some cases, people whose elders to satellite measurements. Swaths of that climate change will have significant pens when sea ice melts, exposing open taught them decades ago how to forecast Alaskan permafrost are thawing into effects in coming decades. water. storms from wind patterns and cloud for- soggy bogs, and trees are moving north- “The canaries in the coalmine are In the past three Septembers the Arctic mations have lost their predictive abilities ward at the expense of the tundra that squawking, and we should absolutely take sea ice has melted back 12 percent to 15 to new weather patterns. rings the Arctic Ocean. that seriously,” Galbraith said. percent beyond its normal minimum “One of the unique things about Arctic These changes seriously threaten ani- The Bush administration has argued extent. communities is how much they’re tied to mals such as polar bears, which live and that not enough is known about climate “It almost suggests that maybe we’re the land, and that’s why this is such a big hunt on the sea ice. The bears have change to justify major efforts at fore- about to reach a threshold beyond which deal for them,” said Harvard University already suffered a 15 percent decrease in stalling or preventing future warming. the sea ice may not be able to recover,” geographer Shari Fox Gearheard. their number of offspring and a similar The Arctic report, released Monday, said Mark Serreze of the National Snow Farther south, where the changes have decline in weight over the past 25 years. If was commissioned by the Arctic Council, and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colo. been far less extreme and most people live the Arctic sea ice disappears altogether an international commission of eight Ice in the interior of the Arctic pack far removed from the subtleties of their during the summer months, as some countries, including the United States, and normally remains frozen from year to climate, a warmer world remains a hypo- researchers expect it will by the end of the six indigenous groups. It was written by a year, growing thicker with each season. thetical realm of scientists and environ- century, polar bears have little chance of team of 300 scientists. But the recent increase in melting has mentalists. But the latest reports suggest survival. “The report will be a valuable contri- eaten into much of that multiyear ice. So that in some of the world’s more populat- Things are less serious in the lower 48, bution to the literature on potential while the Arctic Ocean still freezes over ed places, astute observers may soon where the effects of climate change have regional impacts of climate change, and each winter, more of the solid cover now begin to noticing that the climate is been more subtle. In much of the United the United States government will take its consists of thin single-year ice that melts changing. holiday iant sale g Looking for that unique gift? OVER 125 VIDEO GAMES & PINBALL MACHINES UP TO 60% SAVINGS

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By The Associated Press Students face a grueling schedule in their first weeks. Mutton, traditionally from a sheep aged over two They are expected to rise at the crack of dawn, polish years, was one of the most commonly consumed meats LOS ANGELES — Bill Maher is being sued by a their own shoes and do their own ironing. in Britain for centuries before World War II. woman who claims he shook her at a party and welched Major Gen. Andrew Ritchie, the academy comman- Changes in farming practices and a decline in wool on promises to marry her and buy her a home in Beverly dant, said Thursday the young royal should expect to be prices contributed to its demise, with lamb replacing it Hills. treated the same as all other soldiers. on British dinner tables. Nancy “Coco” Johnsen, a former model and flight “You will meet some fierce sergeants who will main- attendant, is seeking $9 million and other unspecified tain that philosophy. Everyone will have to prove them- LITTLE ROCK — From the queen of soul to a king of damages, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Los selves here,” he said. comedy, celebrities are set to fete the opening of the Angeles Superior Court. It accuses the political comic The prince will be known as Mr. Wales or Officer Clinton Library. of fraud, battery and assault. Cadet Wales. An e-mail seeking comment from Maher wasn’t His bedroom will have a single bed, sink and The week’s excitement will come to a peak Thursday immediately returned Thursday. He couldn’t be located wardrobe and he will initially be allowed only one fam- when former President Bill Clinton’s library is dedicat- by telephone for comment. ily photo — although there are numerous pictures of his ed. Johnsen claims she fell in love with the HBO “Real grandmother Queen Elizabeth II at the college. Aretha Franklin will perform with the Arkansas Time” host during a 17-month relationship that began in Harry, who recently had an early morning scuffle Symphony Orchestra on Tuesday night. January 2003. with photographers outside a London nightclub, will be “This is a tremendous opportunity for celebration for According to the lawsuit, Maher convinced Johnsen expected to be in bed by midnight. In the first five the community and for us to work with the queen of to quit her career and in return promised the two would weeks he will not be allowed to wear civilian clothes or soul,” said William Vickery, executive director of the marry and have children, that he would reimburse her drink alcohol. Arkansas Symphony Orchestra. for clothing and other expenses necessary for her to The prince, who is third in line to the throne behind From Monday through Thursday, political satirist accompany him as a “power couple,” and that he would his father, Prince Charles, and elder brother, Prince and former “Saturday Night Live” cast member Al support her for the rest of her life. William, gained a place at Sandhurst academy after Franken and radio co-host Katherine Lanpher will He also promised to buy her the house in Beverly passing his Regular Commissions Board assessment. broadcast “The Al Franken Show,” a liberal talk radio Hills where Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez once lived program, live from Little Rock. or give her money to buy a similar house, the lawsuit LONDON — Prince Charles took a swipe at the fast- “The point of his political satire is relevant for the contends. food culture as he launched a campaign to get more Clinton opening,” said Laura Hupp, co-chair of the ben- But after she quit her job, Johnsen said, Maher “ver- Britons eating mutton. efit committee that invited Franken. bally abused” her, and at a party last May he became Charles, who was joined by chefs and farmers for the angry and shook her, causing back and neck injuries. Mutton Renaissance Luncheon at London’s Ritz Hotel, John Glenn, the former astronaut and former U.S. She left his home and ended the relationship in May, said the ease of fast food may be to blame for the fall senator, will help open the exhibit “Space and the Johnsen said. from favor of mutton, which requires slow cooking for Presidency” at the Museum of Discovery in downtown best results. Little Rock on Wednesday. LONDON — Prince Harry will receive no royal treat- “In a world where fast food seems to be the order of Later that evening, a free concert with rock bands ment when he joins the British army next year, the com- the day this may be a message that takes time to perco- Better Than Ezra, The North Mississippi All-Stars and mander of his military college said. late beyond the restaurant,” he told guests who were fed B-Side will perform at the Riverfest Amphitheater. The The 20-year-old prince will begin studies at the pres- mutton dishes, including some made from sheep reared concert will be followed by a fireworks display billed as tigious academy in January. on his own Highgrove Estate. the largest Arkansas has ever had.