Ballots Still Uncounted, Many Candidates and Cam- Paigns in California Remained on Pins and Needles Thursday Awaiting the Results of Undecided Races
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FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 2012 Volume 11 Issue 179 Santa Monica Daily Press BOSTON IS THE PLACE TO BE SEE PAGE 13 We have you covered THE KINDA FIGURED ISSUE Drama plagues Wilmont election BY ASHLEY ARCHIBALD appear on the organization’s ballot in an residents between Montana Avenue, meeting on Saturday, specifically to invali- Daily Press Staff Writer upcoming board election. Wilshire Boulevard, 21st Street and Ocean date the slate of candidates and prevent the The vote would determine the new lead- Avenue. group’s first contested election in recent WILMONT A coalition of residents are accus- ership of the Wilshire Montana The group says that the board members memory. They argue that’s a violation of the ing the governing board of a neighborhood Neighborhood Coalition, popularly known created new rules days before the election, group of voter fraud if their names do not as Wilmont, an organization that represents originally scheduled for Wilmont’s annual SEE WILMONT PAGE 11 Necropsy finds Santa Monica mountain lion died Auctions hits from gun shots end of the line BY DANIEL ARCHULETA Managing Editor Huge summer event caps PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY The results of a 19-year stint at Bergamot necropsy has determined that the mountain lion killed in Downtown on May 22 died BY ASHLEY ARCHIBALD from gun shot wounds, the Santa Monica Daily Press Staff Writer Police Department reported Thursday. The finding ends early speculation that BERGAMOT STATION Santa Monica perhaps the animal died from smashing its Auctions has reached the end of the line after head against a glass enclosure. The necropsy 19 years at Bergamot Station, but it’s going conducted by the California Animal Heath off the rails with a bang. and Food Safety Laboratory System in San The auction, an institution on Los Bernardino ruled that out. Angeles’ Westside, will have its final event The killing of the big cat prompted pub- this weekend, a three-day affair that will fea- lic outcry in the form of letters to local ture over 500 works of contemporary and media outlets and even a demonstration on modern art including pieces by Pablo the lawn of City Hall denouncing the han- Picasso and the Japanese artist Takashi dling of the situation. Murakami. The mountain lion was found in The soiree is a send-off to the business, Downtown last month, prompting safety offi- which will be displaced when the building in cials to come up with a plan to detain the cat. which it’s housed, with the clinical title of A responder from the Department of Fish Building C, is demolished later this year to and Game tried to sedate the cat, but to no make way for arrival of the Exposition Light avail. After what was essentially a three-hour Rail Line in 2015. standoff it ended when police officers shot “Demolished, liquidated, leveled, kaput the animal. It died at the scene. and then rebuilt as a train station,” said As a result of the shooting, the SMPD is Robert Berman, the owner and curator of reviewing its policies regarding the handling Santa Monica Auctions. of wild animals in an urban setting. Berman has occupied a space at It had been 30-plus years since the last time Bergamot Station for almost two decades, a mountain lion was spotted within city limits. and will continue to do so until the entire The police department has planned a meet- arts center closes, he said. ing with representatives from nonprofit animal He moved there from a row of galleries groups and government agencies to hash out a SPREADING SAFETY Daniel Archuleta [email protected] on Broadway. Wayne Blank, the entrepre- new plan to handle like situations in the future. Gary Marshall, an engineer with the Santa Monica Fire Department, shows Maria Morrison neur who created Bergamot Station, tempt- The meeting is schedule to take place (right) how to properly perform CPR Thursday on the Third Street Promenade. During the ed him to join the fledgling arts community. later this month. three hours the department was doing the demonstration they reported helping nearly 300 In that time, he built a company with a people learn how to perform the potentially life-saving technique. [email protected] SEE AUCTION PAGE 10 BACK OR UNFILED Gary Limjap TAXES? (310) 586-0339 In today’s real estate climate ... ALL FORMS • ALL TYPES • ALL STATES Experience counts! SAMUEL B. 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Members of the L.A. Market, which returns to the West County Beekeepers Association Coast this weekend. Patrons will be and HoneyLove will present a lively able to look through wares and and informative program about meet the artisans behind the items. urban beekeeping. The event will be For more information, followed by a screening of the film call (808) 422-7362. “Queen of the Sun.” For more information, call (310) 458-8681. All the right sounds Barnum Hall, Hunting for vintage goods Santa Monica High School California Heritage Museum 601 Pico Blvd., 7 p.m. 2612 Main St., 9 a.m. — 4 p.m. The cadences of Debussy, Brahms The 12th annual Antique & and other composers will fill the air Contemporary Tile Sale returns to showcase vintage finds. There is an at the Samohi Choral Spring early bird special that costs $15. Concert. All choirs will perform at Regular cost: $8. For more informa- this event and special awards will be tion, visit web.mac.com/calmuseum. given. Each graduating senior will be honored, and in line with tradition, Camp your way alumni are invited to the stage to Santa Monica REI sing the Duson Irish Blessing and 402 Santa Monica Blvd., the Samohi Hymn of Praise. For 11 a.m. — 2 p.m. more information, including tickets, Get the drop on all things camping. call (310) 395-3204. Learn about the right gear to use and how to use it from outdoor Music on revue experts. For more information, visit Theatre Arts Studio Stage, SMC REI.com/SantaMonica. 1900 Pico Blvd., 8 p.m. On two feet The Santa Monica College Musical Santa Monica Pier Theatre Workshop will present “The 8:45 a.m. — 3:30 p.m. Rhythm of Life,” a musical theater Get your board and head to the revue showcasing numbers from Santa Monica Pier Paddleboard Broadway hits this weekend. The Race & Ocean Festival taking place performance will pay a special trib- on the beach south of the pier. Malibu Golf Club is a privately owned ute to composers Cy Coleman and There will be races, an ocean swim $ golf course which extends open play to the public. Jerry Herman, both of whom won and live music complete with hula Situated high above Malibu in the picturesque several Tony Awards for their work. dancers. The event benefits Santa Santa Monica Mountains, with various sloping For tickets or more information, call Monica-based environmental non- 55 topography, this course is one of the (310) 434-4319. profit Heal the Bay. For more infor- most beautiful in Los Angeles. mation, visit pierpaddle.com. 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Democratic leaders ground” with the Democratic governor on in agreement with the governor, they oppose They have not said where that money should are meeting privately with Gov. Jerry Brown how to close the state’s entire $15.7 billion Brown’s proposal of about $2 billion in cuts come from. to try to avoid about $2 billion in proposed deficit. The Legislature faces a June 15 dead- to the state’s welfare-to-work program “We have the same objective, which is to welfare cuts as next week’s budget deadline line for passing a balanced budget.