THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2004 Volume 3, Issue 252 FREE Santa Monica Daily Press A newspaper with issues DAILY LOTTERY Chain gang SUPER LOTTO Fundraiser guilty 17 18 28 33 39 Meganumber: 19 Jackpot: 7 Million FANTASY 5 of bilking school 15 39 21 11 37 DAILY 3 Daytime: 7 2 3 Evening: 9 9 8 to turn himself in DAILY DERBY BY CAROLYN SACKARIASON 1st: 01 Gold Rush him on supervised release for three 2nd: 07 Eureka Daily Press Staff Writer years. Tonken was ordered to 3rd: 04 Big Ben report to United States Marshals, RACE TIME: 1:44.23 A celebrity fundraiser who who will designate a correctional bilked a private school in Santa institution for him on Sept. 22. NEWS OF THE WEIRD Monica out of more than $500,000 Tonken, who faces separate BY CHUCK SHEPARD will turn himself into authorities civil lawsuits with similar charges, this month. ■ Games Floridians Play: Shannon pleaded guilty on Dec. 9, 2003, to Kramer, 35, was hospitalized with seri- Aaron Tonken was sentenced mail and wire fraud for setting up ous burns after (according to police) try- last week to 63 months in prison elaborate charity fundraisers, and ing to toss a lighted firework at his girl- for his scheme to defraud donors then keeping profits for himself. friend from his car during an argument; however, he overestimated the burn and underwriters in connection He has since filed for bankruptcy. time, and it went off in his hands with his promotion and production Westside Waldorf School on (Jacksonville, Fla., March). And Aravis of charitable events. United States Fourth Street is one of the victims Walker, 23, was killed when his car exploded during a session in which he District Court Judge Dale S. named in a civil suit, which was would light fireworks and toss them out Fischer ordered Tonken to pay levied by the State of California the window at passersby; one of the fire- approximately $3.8 million in resti- Attorney General’s Office this works didn’t clear the window but rico- cheted to the back seat, where it ignited tution to his victims, and placed See CHARITY CASE, page 6 the rest of Walker’s fireworks. ■ In July, a transit system police officer in Washington, D.C., arrested, hand- cuffed and searched Stephanie Willett, Surf and turf: PCH 45, an Environmental Protection Agency scientist, detaining her at a police station for about three hours because she was finishing up the chewing of her PayDay a dangerous divider candy bar inside a Metrorail station, in violation of the no-eating rule. Transit BY GENEVA WHITMARSH traffic to get to the beach. It’s a officials pointed out that Willett had been Daily Press Staff Writer risk he says is worth the reward, as warned by the officer a minute before the waves along the coastline are not to enter the station while eating the PCH — Rich Sproul is a self- candy bar, but she thought if it was com- Crill Hansen/Special to the Daily Press widely known for their appeal to pletely in her mouth as she walked in, described risktaker of a surfer who surfers. A group of kids play their day away on Wednesday at Clover Park. braves crushing waves on a regu- she was safe.. There haven’t been any acci- lar basis. But the one thing that dental pedestrian-vehicle colli- QUOTE OF THE DAY truly frightens him? The dart he must make across the Pacific sions this year in the area from “My music is best understood by Chamber urges to up the ante Topanga Beach to Mulholland children and animals.” Coast Highway each time he parks By Daily Press staff Highway, according to officials at IGOR STARVINSKY (1882-1971) Commerce Board of Directors his car and heads for the ocean. recently endorsed the multi-mil- “I’ve almost been hit at least 20 the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s INDEX SIXTH STREET — The local lion dollar bond introduced by times by people who are on the Department Lost Hills station. Horoscopes chamber of commerce has thrown Santa Monica College a few white line or a little over it,” said Last year, there were four acci- Do something fun, Virgo! 2 its support behind both a $135 months ago. If approved by 55 Sproul, 45 and a Santa Monica dents, with alcohol considered a Local million bond measure and a tax percent of city voters, the bond resident. “I’m not scared of much, contributing factor in two of the Conventional wisdom 3 increase on hotel rooms, both of will provide for the construction but that highway does scare me.” mishaps. Surf Report which will be decided on by vot- and upgrades to several buildings Sproul is one of hundreds of But earlier this week, Sproul Water temperature: 70° 3 ers this November. at SMC, new open space in Santa pedestrians who routinely park happened upon a vehicle-pedestri- Opinion The Santa Monica Chamber of See CHAMBER, page 7 along the highway, then dodge See ROAD RAGE, page 6 Life on the edge 4 Business Bet your assets 8 Sax great Clemons to headline Twilight’s swan song National By Daily Press staff tributed to bands such as his own The Temple of Soul, is the A who’s who 9 Red Bank Rockers, the Jerry crowning achievement on Clem- Summer is drawing to a close Garcia Band, The Grateful Dead, ons’ long and distinguished list of International and, tonight, so is the weekly Mucho dinero 11 and Ringo Starr’s All Starr Band. accomplishments. A 12-piece Thursday Twilight Dance Series. However, for the past 20 years he metro-rock unit, Clemons leads the Comics The featured artist is Clarence Gotta giggle 12 has been most widely revered as a ensemble of musical talent through Clemons, whose career spans star member of Bruce Spring- a labyrinth of dynamic songs. The Classifieds three decades. Clemons is widely Ad space odyssey 13-15 steen’s E Street Band, which some result is a “communion of soulful known for the distinctive saxo- deem the greatest rock ’n’ roll sax, rocking guitar and spirited People in the News phone sound that he has con- Hi-yaaaa 16 band in the world. See JOY OF SAX, page 7 Clarence Clemons

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[email protected] Maya Furukawa ...... [email protected] Santa Monica Daily Press ❑ Thursday, September 2, 2004 ❑ Page 3 LOCAL Conventional wisdom: SURF REPORT Of whirlwinds, loopholes BY MARK WRIGHTON In the political system, there is angst Special to the Daily Press about the cost of elections and the alleged Today the influence of money. Some believe that the Expect 2-3 ft.+, knee- to chest-high sets, occasionally 4 ft. The 2004 Republican National Con- Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act and poor-fair conditions. water Is: vention shifted into high gear on Tuesday of 2002 (BCFRA) actually made great The southerly swell mix really backs down by Thursday, as the focus moved from foreign to strides in limiting the influence of money although it looks like we will start to see some small increases in domestic policy. Another sign of the con- in elections. The enormous costs of the local NW windswell through the day. Most spots will hold in the vention’s faster pace was the sharp ankle-waist high range while the well-exposed standouts see convention go a long way toward contra- some bigger sets. increase in the number of places I wanted dicting that belief, however. to be at any given time. Of course, by this According to the Campaign Finance I mean the number of receptions and par- Write us at [email protected] and tell us what the surf is doing today 70° Institute (www.cfinst.org), the Demo- at your local break. ties honoring various party dignitaries. cratic convention cost $65 million, and As a member of the New Hampshire the Grand Old Party here in New York Republican Party (but hiding behind the $110 million. Combined, the parties LOW TIDES HIGH TIDES “undeclared” label available in the raised a little more than $100 million of Morning Height Evening Height Morning Height Evening Height Granite State), I have access to the break- the cost from private contributors, which SATURDAY - 1:42 1.0 1:42 0.3 7:32 4.5 8:03 5.2 fast and social events given for the dele- is up from about $9 million in 1992. A gation throughout the week. The state’s ruling by the Federal Election Commis- SUNDAY - 2:21 0.3 2:12 0.4 8:20 4.5 8:28 5.7 status as a 2004 presidential battleground sion created this “loophole” in cam- MONDAY - 3:01 -0.4 2:44 0.7 9:09 4.5 8:58 6.1 and its first-in-the-nation presi- paign finance rules. Thus, dential primary encouraged despite BCFRA’s best TUESDAY - 3:44 -0.1 3:17 1.1 9:59 4.3 9:31 6.4 visits to the New efforts to ban “soft WEDNESDAY - 4:30 -1.3 3:51 1.5 10:52 4.1 10:08 6.5 Hampshire events from money” contributions to THURSDAY - 5:20 -1.4 4:29 1.9 11:52 3.7 10:49 6.4 prominent party mem- the parties, private bers — some of whom interests have a means FRIDAY - 6:16 -1.3 5:12 2.3 1:02 3.5 11:37 6.1 just might be thinking to continue to con- about a run in 2008. tribute large sums to The Surf Report is sponsored by: Senate Majority the parties’ efforts. Leader Bill Frist But one must also (Tenn.), Sen. Chuck remember the hundreds Hagel (Neb.) and New of parties and receptions York Gov. George Pataki being held throughout have spoken to the dele- Gotham this week. gates. Many state delegations Whether someone will think will see none of these officials at more highly of corporations, or SURF CENTER santa monica all this week. work to provide them with government Tuesday afternoon found me facing a “goodies” as a result of these parties is a choice among three places I wanted to be. point for debate. Some are concerned with bbCoreCore SurfSurf//LifestyleLifestyle ShopShop bb I was interested in seeing George H. W. the surface appearance of impropriety Bush and George P. Bush at a reception while still others worry about the access 1451 THIRD STREET PROMENADE put on by the Hispanic Alliance for and influence gained by sponsorship of IN SANTA MONICA ¥ 310.656.CURL Progress Institute at the Roosevelt Hotel; these events. Others might just scratch the NASCAR reception at Chelsea Piers their heads and wonder if anyone can and the American Association of Political actually be bought with a couple of glass- Consultants event at The Loft in es of watered-down sangria. Midtown. I opted to see the 41st president Despite reformers’ best efforts to of the United States and went to the choke the supply, money always finds a Roosevelt Hotel. way into the political world. Most times, The reception was in an ornately-deco- Some 2,500 delegates descended upon economy and Iraq. reform efforts geared toward removing New York City this week for the This week, Q-Line wants to know, “Do rated and spacious ballroom of the the influence of money in the system Roosevelt Hotel. Before the former presi- Republican National Convention. the national conventions typically affect actually lead to more of it floating around Pre-convention polls showed the race the way you vote? Can President Bush’s dent and his grandson spoke, the emcee in unanticipated ways. True reform will exhorted us to thank the corporate spon- to be evenly split, as Democratic chal- speech sway you one way or another in come, not by eliminating money from the lenger John Kerry has lost some of the light of your current leanings?” sors (after all, the watered-down sangria system, but by sending more men and steam garnered in Boston a month ago. Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 did not just magically appear). women of incorruptible integrity to office. This — and similar episodes at other Candidates traditionally enjoy a bounce in p.m. and we’ll print your response in the events this week — prompted me to con- (Mark Wrighton is spending the year in popularity immediately following conven- weekend edition. Please limit your com- sider the cost of the convention, the sup- Washington as a congressional fellow. He tions. A Time magazine poll suggests that ments to a minute our less. It might help to porting events, and campaigns in general. can be reached at [email protected]). Bush has gained ground on Kerry on the think first the wording of your response.

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As old Those in Madison Square Garden buddy Toby Keith might say, “we put a tonight would tell you Bush made up for boot up somebody’s ass.” Yee haw. the seven-minute brainlock by taking out “And they will continue to hear from Afghanistan and Iraq quicker than you us,” said Rudy Giuliani, bursting with could spell them, and by putting the bravado on Monday night, as he revisited whole rest of the world on a constant dan- the now-famous words shouted through a ger alert far more severe than our highest bullhorn from atop the rubble at Ground red. Throughout the Garden, banners and Zero in response to the worst attack ever placards have reassured us that we are “A on American soil. A nouveau-American Nation of Courage,” something too easily hero of sorts because he happened to be mayor of New York one black September lost in the realization that we wage one- day, Rudy pulled the wild card out of a sided, pre-emptive war against helpless stacked deck and dealt it all around nations because we’re afraid they might Madison Square Garden to kick off the do something someday that might hurt us. Republican National Convention in a city For a gang that detests Hollywood, the LETTERS TO THE EDITOR that took the brunt of it on the day that GOP has leaned on it a little this week. changed everything. He served notice that They pulled out one of Tinseltown’s the high-stakes game for leadership of finest, our own Governator, to tell us on America will be played with the GOP Tuesday “why-you-are-a-Republican-but- This bud’s for you just-don’t-know-it-yet.” It sounded like Editor: holding a full house, nines over elevens. What 9/11 changed, as much as any- he was saying you’re Republican if you On behalf of all the staff of Silvercrest, the Salvation Army Senior Residence in like war, greed and Hummers, but it may Santa Monica, I would like to extend a special thank you to the following people thing, was the political life of one George W. Bush, who takes the podium tonight in have just been the accent. who have so generously donated plants, pots, soil and compost to the refurbishing And it’s been learned from reliable of our courtyard. It has meant a great deal to me to see my dream of turning this area an attempt to seal the deal with America for another four years, based on nothing sources that the opening line of the Bush into a place of peace and beauty actually happening. The flowers that now grace the acceptance speech tonight will borrow planters bring smiles to the faces of the residents as they explore the courtyard to so much as the fact that, similar to Rudy’s political fortune, he happened to be from a memorable Hollywood acceptance see the progress as it takes shape. President of the United States of America speech of yesteryear. “You like me, you Although there is still a lot to do and more generous donations needed to finish on that fateful day. In an exclusive inter- really like me,” he will say, perhaps sur- the job, I want to acknowledge the people who have been the means for making this view with conservative caricature Rush prised that polls across the nation show project happen, for without them this would not have been possible: Limbaugh — someone no leader of any him pulling out in front despite a presi- Tom Givvin of the Marina Del Rey Garden Center; Debbie Stone of the Malibu free world should ever associate himself dency that slowly but surely yields disas- Gardens; Majors Cal and Glenda Prouty, Silvercrest Administrators; and Piroska with — Bush admitted earlier this week ter after disaster. His proudest domestic Mohos, a Silvercrest resident. that “9/11 is the defining moment of my achievement — huge tax cuts for the And to all the Silvercrest residents who have dug into their pockets to donate presidency.” wealthiest in the midst of a money-burn- money towards the project. It uplifts my spirit to receive such generosity from the He’d do well tonight not to mention ing war of his own making — has led the people in our community. how the defining moment of his presiden- nation into record debt, while the number cy began — sitting in front of a classroom of Americans living in poverty has Eunice Scott of elementary schoolchildren, already increased during all three years of his Santa Monica aware that a jetliner had crashed into one leadership. of the World Trade Center towers, the He will be the first President in 75 President was reading along with them a years to end his term with less Americans Thank you, Officer Joe story about a goat when Chief of Staff employed than when he began, as the only Editor: Andrew Card walked over and whispered occupation for jobless millions in this Regarding the article “Officer Joe Analco: From the streets to the beat” (SMDP, into his ear that “a second plane hit the country is the deadly, bottomless occupa- Aug. 23, page 1), I am writing this editorial in response to the outstanding interview other tower. America is under attack, sir.” tion they see in Iraq on TV, resulting from with Officer Joe. Over the many years, the youth of the community heard the ice- The Commander-in-Chief took a a half-baked rationale for rushing to breaker of Officer Joe’s change of path — Officer Joe stole a vehicle never car- moment to absorb the news, then another unnecessary war. And Bush himself jacked. … and another. He took many more admitted this week that his signature “war Thank you, Officer Joe, for almost two decades of heartwarming real life sce- moments to absorb it, in fact. It’s hard to on terror” is not winnable. Not surprising- narios to the government students of Olympic High School. say what part of “America is under attack, ly, respect, support and good will for the Officer Joe, you still visit my classroom at Olympic High School daily. You ask, sir,” was so hard to get. Maybe it was the United States around the world continues to ride off into the sunset. “How so?” I will tell you. “sir.” Whatever, our man in charge sat in Even the President’s father admitted as Anytime I hear a student using profanity in my classroom, I only have to say, that chair and continued to read about that goat for a full seven minutes before much in a mid-convention interview. The “Excuse me,” and they respond, “What code did we violate, Ed. Cd.48900 I?” “Oh, springing into action. Like Ari Fleischer, elder Bush said, “Yes, there is a diminish- they respond.” Thank you, Officer Joe. the White House press secretary during ing regard for America, but that will be When a student shares with me that they think they were treated unfairly, I the first two Bush years, said at the con- redeemed by a change of people.” respond, “Some people are the letter of the law and some are the spirit of the law, vention this week, “You never really He didn’t say which people. just learn to work with the person.” Thank you, Officer Joe. know about a leader until a crisis hits.” On Sept. 11, you again visit my room when the music of Ray Charles echoes They try to sell the freeze-up as an (Ron Scott Smith can be reached at “God Bless America.” Thank you, Officer Joe. example of his compassionate leadership [email protected].) Thank you for all the years of enriching my government class. You again visit my room when the students are seated in their seats at the beginning of second peri- od waiting for the start of our successful criminal justice class at Olympic that you were instrumental in creating. Thank you, Officer Joe, for the wonderful partnership between Olympic and SMPD. Thank you for telling me I have potential. But most of all: Thank you for your friendship.

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The civil trial against Tonken arranged for a major donation from the Cynthia recovering well. Tonken is scheduled to begin in January. Gershman Foundation that never fully came through, “If we were to get any money back from this lawsuit It’s unknown if the criminal case will be used in the officials said. it would provide us with part of the capital to develop civil court proceedings. Tonken, who has offices in Beverly Hills, allegedly more programs,” he said, adding Waldorf recently “We were building evidence before the feds got brought two donors to the school in January of 2001 — opened an early childhood center on 15th Street. “We are involved,” said Tom Dresslar, spokesman for the Cynthia Gershman, a trustee of the Cynthia Gershman not distracted by the case or the promise of moving ahead Attorney General’s Office. “The judge will make a deci- Foundation, who signed a pledge to Waldorf for in building a stronger community school.” sion based on the evidence we present.” $650,000, and Loren Arbus, who agreed to put on four Waldorf School is just one of many organizations and The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Tonken used the con- annual fundraisers. individuals Tonken allegedly defrauded, according to tributions for his personal benefit, including payment of After paying Tonken for arranging the donation and prosecutors. Among them are fundraisers with Diana personal loans and the purchase of luxury items. In a putting forward a good-faith deposit, the school was left Ross, Milton Berle and the cast of the television program scheme reminiscent of “The Producers,” he routinely hanging. Waldorf ended up having to foot the bill for “Ally McBeal.” promised more than 100 percent of the net proceeds from vendors at one of the fundraisers that was meant to be In the state’s civil suit, prosecutors allege Tonken took the events to multiple charities. donated by Arbus, officials said. more than $1.7 million from Waldorf, charities support- Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Zwicker said the And shortly after the first event fell apart, Gershman ed by former President Bill Clinton, comedian Whoopi case isn’t over. withdrew her “irrevocable pledge,” which sent the school Goldberg, and actors Michael J. Fox and Michelle “It’s never over,” he said. “We are continuing to further into an economic tailspin. Gershman didn’t provide investigate other people that helped him.” any reason for the change of heart, school officials said. Pfeiffer, among others. The civil lawsuit, which seeks a permanent injunction Surfers scooting across PCH face a harrowing ordeal ROAD RAGE, from page 1 ensure that the pedestrians crossing the highway are safe, oughfare is more dangerous than anything you can think said Yugal K. Lall, public works director. Many of the of,” said Lall. “People don’t see them. It has to be flash- an accident about a quarter-mile north of Topanga 50,000 drivers who pass through the area each day are ing.” Canyon. There, he saw a lifeless body lying in the road- tourists who don’t know the area or, in times of a high According to Sgt. Phillips Brooks of the Lost Hills way, and hasn’t been able to shake the image. tide, are staring at the ocean instead of the road. station, most times pedestrians don’t use the crosswalks Police said the accident was a suicide, with the pedes- Lall said CalTrans has recently installed two lighted anyway, opting to park and then walk across the high- trian jumping in front of cars before being fatally injured. crosswalks, and the city will soon place six speed advi- way, irregardless of the crosswalks. But to Sproul — who didn’t know the nature of the col- sory warning devices along the highway. The devices At Malibu’s Surf Rider Beach, for example, there isn’t lision at the time — it was a wake-up call. inform drivers of the posted speed limit and advises them a traffic signal, and the crosswalk is a bit east of the “It stunned me,” he said. “I started thinking, what can of their current speed. beach. Most pedestrians would rather dodge across traf- we do? Can we build little walking bridges? It would cost There are currently crosswalks at traffic signals, but fic than walk to the crosswalk, Brooks said. a fortune, but, hey, we pay sales tax. city officials say there are no plans for additional painted Brooks agrees that painted crosswalks could be more “Where’s it going?” crosswalks along the highway. hindrance than help, as they could lead to rear-end acci- The City of Malibu is already taking precautions to “The installation of crosswalks along a major thor- dents. “The PCH has an extremely high accident rate, but most of those are rear-end accidents,” he said. “In fact, Every 33 seconds someone dies of heart disease... Do your part! it’s so congested that it makes enforcement almost impossible. The road hinders us from doing our job.” Officials say speeding is more prevalent on the east COME JOIN US IN THIS YEAR’S HEART WALK end of Malibu, where it’s the least populated. 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They were suspected of release of people he says are “assassins, ... terrorists.” The fourth was Luis Posada Cariles, whom Castro has plotting to assassinate a head of state, Fidel Castro, but Moscoso announced the pardon six days before the described as “the worst terrorist in the hemisphere.” He convicted only of a lesser charge of endangering public end of her term as president. President-elect Martin is believed to be in Honduras. safety. Torrijos was taking the oath of office Wednesday in the Posada left Cuba after the 1959 revolution and has To some, it looked like a clear case of international presence of Secretary of State Colin Powell and other spent much of his life seeking Castro’s ouster. He trained terrorism. To others, the four were freedom fighters try- foreign dignitaries. for the CIA-organized Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961, ing to liberate their homeland. The State Department response may have been influ- though his group did not reach shore. They were arrested in Panama during an Ibero- enced by election-year politics, particularly the adminis- He is wanted by Venezuelan authorities for the 1976 American summit in 2000 after Castro claimed he was tration’s interest in keeping the Cuban-American vote in bombing of a Cuban civilian jetliner that had taken off being targeted for assassination. President Bush’s column this November, much as it was from Caracas. All 73 aboard were killed. However, Panamanian courts ruled there was not in 2000. Posada and his colleagues say they were in Panama to enough evidence to accuse the men of attempted murder. Cuba has long complained about what it sees as a U.S. help a Cuban official defect. They say they were framed They were exonerated of the most serious charge facing double standard on terrorism. It insists the United States by Cuban agents. them, possession of explosives, and convicted of the less- harbors countless criminals from the pre-Castro military Many in South Florida see the four as heroes. Shortly er charge of endangering public safety. All received regime. It also alleges the United States has done nothing after the convictions last April, more than 400 people prison sentences. to stop Florida-based anti-Castro groups from launching turned up at a $100-a-plate fund-raiser in Miami to help Debate over the case has resurfaced with the decision armed attacks on the island. cover the costs of an appeal. Their sentences ranged from of Panamanian President Mireya Moscoso last week to In response, the United States maintains that Cuba seven to eight years. pardon the four. supports groups on the U.S. list of foreign terrorist orga- With the pardon, no appeal was needed, and there Among some Cuban-Americans in Miami there was nizations and provides a haven for numerous fugitives were hugs and handshakes last Thursday as a welcoming jubilation. The Cuban government was furious. The State from U.S. justice. Cuba is one of seven countries on the crowd greeted the three exiles at Opa-locka Airport in Department declined to criticize Moscoso’s action. U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism. Miami. “This was a decision made by the government of Moscoso said she decided on the pardon for humani- One, Guillermo Novo, was quoted by the Miami Panama,” State Department deputy spokesman Adam tarian reasons, claiming she was fearful her successor Herald as saying: “I dreamt of this day, but I did not have Ereli said. “We never lobbied the Panamanian govern- would extradite the men to Cuba, where they would the confidence that it would come. This is a triumph. ... ment to pardon anyone involved in this case, and I’d await a firing squad. It was the Cuban exile community that did this.” Broadway Bush is a hit in New York — for one week only BY WALTER R. MEARS Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney after the gavel their candidates in New York five times since 1868. AP Special Correspondent falls and the balloons drop at the Garden on Thursday Conventions are essentially reruns, played out as night. Unless they’re here to tap the city’s big money though there was business to be done, when in fact, all NEW YORK — There is no “Fiddler on the Roof” at donors at fund-raising affairs. the decisions are set and all but impervious to challenge. the Republicans’ Madison Square Garden convention. The public opinion polls show Democrat John Kerry For the Republicans there could have been some hag- Those are security guys with submachine guns. leading Bush by a landslide in New York. Gov. George gling — perhaps even a bit of quasi-debate — about And while New York may be a “Wonderful Town” for Pataki put the best spin he could on it Sunday. high-test platform issues like abortion, gay rights, budget President Bush & Co. this convention week, it will be “Obviously, New York is one of the most difficult races deficits. But the management saw to it that all that was anything but on Nov. 2. — states — for the president to carry,” Pataki said on settled firmly and quietly before most of the delegates got The GOP convention, like the Democrats’ before it, ABC. “But we’re going to make the case. We’re going to to town. has a lot in common with those Broadway revivals — old make the Democrats fight here.” So when the curtain goes up at 10 a.m. on Monday to shows, new audiences. An easy walk up Broadway, just Maybe. But Pataki also had to concede that the Bush take care of perfunctory odds and ends of routine busi- past “42nd Street,” which is playing there, too. campaign is not going to be spending any money on New ness, it will be as familiar as the old songs they’re play- That’s show business, and so are today’s national York. No point wasting campaign time or cash in a state ing on Broadway. What suspense there is at the Garden political conventions. When the shouting stops, Kerry is virtually certain to carry anyhow. isn’t about politics, it is about the security threats that Democrats dominate the vote here. So New Yorkers That’s why the Republicans have not held a conven- have made some delegates edgy, even with a cordon of won’t be seeing much — if anything — of President tion here before, while the Democrats have nominated 22,000 security people deployed. Politicians inside the security barriers, marchers and demonstrators outside, police and federal security people trying to make sure it stays that way. Police estimated that more than 100,000 demonstrators waving placards and chanting slogans against Bush and the war in Iraq marched down Seventh Avenue, past the Garden, on a hot, sunny, Sunday afternoon. This is a city wearing the scars of 9/11, a convention just four miles from Ground Zero. The war on terror is one of Bush’s chief, chosen issues. “We’ve been attacked, we know there are those who want to do it again,” Pataki said. “And this president is providing tremendous leadership.” Without waiting for the opening curtain, the political drama critics already were producing their reviews of the Republican script. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., called it a bait and switch performance because of all the prime TV time performers who differ with Bush and the party platform on topics including abortion rights and other social issues. Among the big name convention performers are for- mer New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Arizona Sen. John McCain, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Pataki and Mayor Michael Bloomberg. It’s a moderate proces- sion to the microphones of a conservative convention. “They’re going to talk about things that they are not really committed to ... leaders who don’t have any influ- ence in Washington,” Clinton said. Giuliani had a predictably different explanation. “We do want to demonstrate that we’re a party of broad opin- ion,” he said, “that we have accomplished what Ronald Reagan wanted us to do ... getting the votes of indepen- dents and lots of Democrats.” Santa Monica Daily Press ❑ Thursday, September 2, 2004 ❑ Page 11 INTERNATIONAL Billions of tax dollars THE SPACE NEWLY from undocumented RENOVATED WESTSIDE workers up for grabs DANCE CLUB THURSDAY BY MARK STEVENSON work (done) in violation of the terms of a 8:00pm Associated Press Writer visa.” ALL PRO COMEDY The wages of undocumented workers SHOW AS SEEN MEXICO CITY — For the 14 years he are “illegitimate earnings, and whether ON COMEDY CENTRAL worked as an undocumented migrant in some of that money is going into the sus- the United States, Carmelo Rivera saw up pense file is basically irrelevant,” said to $30 deducted each week from the $300 Jack Martin of the Federation for to $500 he earned as a vineyard worker. FRIDAYS American Immigration Reform, FAIR. LIVE MUSIC The deductions were supposed to pay for Dan Griswold of the Cato Institute in FEATURING: his retirement. Washington, a nonprofit public policy FAST TIMES But like millions of other Mexicans research foundation that has worked to THE COMPLETE who worked under false Social Security promote Social Security privatization, ‘80s EXPERIENCE numbers, he’s unlikely ever to see a notes that “these people pay into the sys- penny of it. tem, and few ultimately collect anything. In fact, if a group of U.S. Congressmen These are some of the lowest-paid work- CALL FOR GUEST LIST INFO has their way, undocumented migrants ers. They deserve to receive some kind of would be permanently barred from ever benefit from their contributions.” DJ H O seeking to reclaim tens of billions they Griswold notes the migrants’ payments HIP-HOP2 AND paid into Social Security. Instead, the are “gravy for Social Security” because money will go to fund American citizens’ the money from the suspense file is even- SPINNING 80’S POP retirement. tually rolled into the agency’s general BETWEEN SETS Neither migrants nor their government fund — where it helps finance pensions appear to be fighting the issue, despite for American citizens. what’s at stake: a little-known Social Some funds wind up in the suspense NO COVER BEFORE 10 PM Security account called the “earnings sus- file due to the misspelling of U.S. citi- pense file,” which grows at a rate of about zens’ names, or other administrative $6 billion a year and now stands at about errors. SATURDAYS $376 billion. But migrants appear to be the largest LA BAILANTA The account is sort of catchall for mis- SALSA & HOUSE contributors by far. Some of the last esti- SOUTH AMERICAN STYLE matched names and numbers, but is fund- mates on the amount paid into Social DOORS OPEN AT 9 ed mostly by undocumented migrants, Security by undocumented workers were many of whom don’t know the money produced in 1994 by the Washington- $10 AT THE DOOR exists. based Urban Institute, an economic and Some see it as the price of working in social policy research organization. America. At the time, the amount was estimated SUNDAYS “People work under made-up (Social at about $2.7 billion a year when there INTERNATIONAL Security) numbers because they don’t GROOVE were about 5 million undocumented FEATURING have any choice,” said Rivera, 34, of migrants. But researcher Jeffrey Passel DJ BOBBY K southern Oaxaca state. As for the lost estimates the migrant number has dou- $15 AT THE funds — the only retirement savings for bled. DOOR, LADIES him and his wife — “that’s just something Assuming, as Passel’s studies did, that FREE BEFORE you take in stride. It’s part of the cost of about half of them work on the books, 10:30PM the rules they have.” even at minimum wage their contribu- Many migrants are unaware they can tions would now total at least $3.35 bil- “The get credit for past contributions, even if lion annually. That would be a little more “The made under false numbers, if they later than one-half of 1 percent of the $533.5 Space” get legal residency and present receipts or billion collected in Social Security tax (Formerly,(Formerly, Lush)Lush) pay stubs. payments in 2003. For private party “It’s not very common, and it is not For private party Supporters of the ban say that when info please call. necessarily very easy,” said Mark Hinkle, undocumented workers claim lost years info please call. a spokesman for the Social Security of payments, they also build up more 2020 Wilshire Blvd., Administration in Washington. Juan Jose qualifying time for a pension, something (310)(310) 829-1933829-1933 Nino Tejedor, who heads the migrant that could add millions of low-paid work- affairs office for the Mexican state of ers to Social Security and add to project- Veracruz, says he doesn’t know of a sin- ed Social Security shortfalls because low- 21 AND OVER gle case. paid workers cost the system more. Some migrants like Rivera are afraid of A U.S.-Mexico accord signed in June being punished if they admit they worked allows legal workers to qualify for some illegally. “We try to have as little contact retirement benefits based on time worked with the authorities in the United States as in the United States. But it doesn’t possible,” he said. address the larger problem of undocu- Hinkle says privacy rules bar his mented migrants. agency from reporting past visa violations Rohrabacher’s aide, Aaron Lewis, to police. But some workers are using acknowledges the bill is currently lan- both false names and numbers, making it guishing in a House committee, but notes virtually impossible to ever prove a claim. that “the profile of the issue has certainly As difficult as the process already is, been raised” in the wake of the U.S.- some lawmakers want to make sure no Mexico accord. illegal migrants ever receive any Social Indeed, earlier this year an advocacy Security. A bill submitted to the House group for the elderly delivered about last year by Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, a 125,000 signatures to congressmen urg- California Republican, would “forbid any ing them to “stop payment of our Social Social Security credits for illegal aliens or Security benefits to illegal aliens.” Can’t find the Daily Press in your neighborhood? Call us. We’ll take your suggestions. (310) 458-PRESS (7737) Page 12 ❑ Thursday, September 2, 2004 ❑ Santa Monica Daily Press COMICS Natural Selection¨ By Russ Wallace

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The Paris Hilton collection, which ranges in price A group that includes radio pioneer Hugh Jarrett, Instead, Zypries said “the Cabinet has decided that from $15 to $95, is available exclusively at keyboardist Chuck Leavell, composer Mary Lou we will not appeal,” adding that the German high court Amazon.com. It includes necklaces, earrings, a charm Williams and opera singer Mattiwilda Dobbs will agreed with the decision. bracelet, a belly chain and a belly bar, all in sterling sil- ver and pink crystal. receive the GEORGY Award this year for their contri- “I just looked into my style and looked through my butions to the state’s music heritage. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — In Bosnia, jewelry and things I liked and used that when I was where one man’s hero is often another man’s villain, designing and sketching,” Hilton told The Associated BERLIN — Germany has accepted a European court some citizens have decided to honor a man that Serbs, Press Wednesday. decision that Monaco’s Princess Caroline can stop the Croats and Muslims can all look up to — kung fu great Hilton, 23, worked with a designer and modeled the publication of photos of her and her family, despite Bruce Lee. jewelry shown on the Web site. complaints by news organizations. Lee is best remembered for taking on dozens of bad “I thought my fans would want to have part of me, The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, guys in a series of kung fu films, including 1973’s something I designed,” she told the AP. “A young girl is France, ruled in June that three German magazines — “Enter the Dragon.” able to afford it; it looks expensive but it’s not.” Bunte, Freizeit Revue and Neue Post — violated The statue of the Chinese action hero in the ethnical- Eager fans can also buy a copy of her memoir, Caroline’s privacy rights by publishing photos of her ly divided city of Mostar is intended to remind people of “Confessions of an Heiress: A Tongue-in-Chic Peek and her children in their private lives. Lee’s lesser known values — “loyalty, friendship, skill Behind the Pose,” to be published Tuesday by Fireside, It rejected a 1999 ruling from Germany’s supreme and justice,” said Veselin Gatalo, a writer who helped and the DVD of the first season of her reality TV show, court that allowed the photos on the grounds that come up with the idea. “The Simple Life,” with her friend Nicole Richie. Caroline, who is married to Prince Ernst August of Gatalo and a friend, Nino Raspudic, grew up on Hilton bristled at the suggestion that she’s able to Hanover, was a public figure. Bruce Lee movies. They persuaded Boris Jovanovic, a design jewelry and record an upcoming CD because of German Justice Minister Brigitte Zypries said sculptor from Mostar, to create the statue of Lee “as if her socialite fame. Wednesday the Cabinet decided against an appeal after he was alive and kicking.” "I have a great line of jewelry and I have a great concluding that the European ruling, which is not bind- They hope to install the statue by November. The site voice,” she said. “The product is there, so people can’t ing for national courts, does not explicitly curtail the is symbolic — the Spanish Square, in the center of the say anything.” media’s right to report on politicians. city, some 45 miles south of the capital Sarajevo. Yet the Association of German Newspaper Mostar was both physically and psychologically ATLANTA — Singer Ray Charles and music pub- Publishers urged the government to change its mind, scarred in Bosnia’s 1992-95 war, which killed hundreds lisher-entrepreneur Bill Lowery will be honored Sept. decrying the decision as an “excuse for censorship.” of thousands of Serbs, Croats and Muslims and left the 18 during a ceremony when the Georgia Music Hall of In its ruling on the eldest daughter of Prince Rainier country divided into a Serb republic and a Muslim- Fame inducts four new members. of Monaco, the European court said German courts “had Croat federation. The hall of fame honors musicians and music indus- not struck a fair balance” between the press’ right to Even now, Roman Catholic Croats and Muslims still try professionals who are Georgia natives or live in the cover the princess and the right to privacy of a person live apart, sending their children to different schools, state. Both Charles and Lowery were among the first who attends many public events. watching their own TV stations and cheering for rival group to be inducted into the hall of fame in 1979. It said that while the press had a right to take pictures soccer teams.