WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 2003 Volume 2, Issue 168 FREE Santa Monica Daily Press A newspaper with issues L O T T O City takes on banks, FANTASY 5 05, 08, 26, 34, 36 DAILY 3 loses in high court Afternoon picks: 6, 8,8 Supreme Court refuses to privately charge each other for their Evening picks: 3, 3, 5 customer’s withdrawals. DAILY DERBY hear ATM bank fee case Councilman Kevin McKeown 1st Place: 07, Eureka brought the issue to the forefront in BY JOHN WOOD October 1999 after he realized he 2nd Place: 08, Gorgeous George Daily Press Staff Writer 3rd Place: 02, Lucky Star was charged twice when he used Race Time: 1:49.86 After nearly four years of litiga- ATM machines in San Francisco’s tion, Santa Monica has lost its bat- Chinatown. NEWS OF tle with the banking industry. THE WEIRD The Supreme Court refused to by Chuck Shepard hear on Tuesday an appeal by the “I’m glad it’s over Giving up on their own terms: cities of Santa Monica and San with and I wish and Stephen Ray Carson, 29, in a standoff Francisco, which in 1999 passed with police, said he wasn't giving up identical ordinances that banned hope we can get back until he finished the crack cocaine he fees on ATM withdrawls. had just bought with the proceeds of a Santa Monica was the first city to normal now. I hate robbery. (Police got him anyway.) (Panama City, Fla., January) Motorist in California to take on the banking to say ‘I told you so,’ Christina L. Willis, 36, who was finally industry by banning what officials caught by police following a 30- — and many consumers — regard but I didn’t think (the minute chase after she hit an officer as a “double charge.” with her car, still refused to get out The high court’s ruling allows ordinance) was legal until she had finished her beer (Fairfield, Ohio, January). Motorist Troy banks in Santa Monica to continue C. Stephani, 32, trying to elude a charging whatever amount they when we imposed it.” police chase so that, he later said, he Carolyn Sackariason/Daily Press want in ATM fees to non customers. could finish his crack cocaine, took a Peter Wallerstein, of the Whale Rescue Team, loads up a sea Leland Chan, a lawyer for the — BOB HOLBROOK wrong turn and accidentally drove into lion that was having seizures on the shore of Bay Street California Bankers Association, Santa Monica City Councilman the police station parking lot Beach on Tuesday. The animal will be treated with fluids. (Medford, N.Y., April). called the cities’ laws bogus. “The cities attempted to do what QUOTE OF they believed to be a consumer He said Tuesday consumers are THE DAY Sea lions washing up on protection ordinance,” he said. getting “nickled and dimed to “In the first place, God made “Our position is simply the cities death” by bank fees. And he said idiots. That was for practice. shore dazed, confused had no authority to regulate the it’s unlikely that federal officials Then he made school boards.” pricing of national bank services.” will do anything about it. “That’s why we had to act local- – Mark Twain BY CAROLYN SACKARIASON Peter Wallerstein, who runs Withdrawal fees, made common ly,” McKeown said. “We’re not Daily Press Staff Writer the Whale Rescue Team, a non- in the mid-1990s, range from $1 to politicians that are supported by big INDEX profit group that patrols Los $3.50 per transaction for non-cus- banks or huge corporate donations, A poisonous algae responsible Angeles County beaches, trans- tomers and are often accompanied so we were willing to go for it. Horoscopes for killing and harming hundreds ferred a sea lion to San Pedro by a separate fee charged by the “This is and always was a local of sea mammals last spring has Marine Animal Care Center on customer’s bank. Sort it out, Gemini ...... 2 consumer protection issue,” he cropped up again. Tuesday. City officials and consumer added. “Santa Monicans are paying The algae, which is known as The sea lion had washed up advocates explain it this way: Local more than they should at ATMs, and bridal plankton, begins to bloom on shore at Bay Street Beach and Customers who use an ATM SM has new finance guru .3 we simply want (the banks) to do in May and extends into June. was having seizures. machine at a bank other than their something about that.” The algae has caused a large Wallerstein noted last year’s own pay not only a $1.50 fee, but $2 Opinion With a 4-3 vote, the Santa number of dazed and confused situation was the worst he’d ever more tacked on by their own bank. Driven to distraction . . . . .6 animals to wash ashore in Santa Then there’s a third fee that rarely is Monica City Council passed the experienced. He received up to 50 ordinance that made it illegal for Monica and other Southern calls a day for rescues last year. discussed publicly that’s called an State California beach communities in “interchange fee.” That’s a fee cus- banks to charge the fee. But within See SEA LIONS, page 4 Gov. Davis fights back . . . .8 recent weeks. tomers don’t see because the banks See FEES, page 4 International Battles continue in Iraq . .10 Gasoline cleanups lag despite $2 billion fund surplus Santa Monica wells effected contamination isn’t being spent. The $230 million settlement Santa Monica Sports Motorists have paid a tenth of a cent tax on reached with oil companies last year is the Chang cries in France . . .11 By staff and wire reports every gallon of gasoline into a special cleanup equivalent of a 2 cents a gallon “tax” on every fund each time they’ve pulled up to the pump gallon of gasoline sold in California for a year, Classifieds Toxic plumes from 143,000 leaking under- for the last 17 years. estimates the Renewable Energy Action Project. $3.50 a day ...... 13 ground storage tanks are awaiting cleanup Santa Monica shut down seven wells sup- The Leaking Underground Storage Tank across the nation, including Santa Monica. plying half its water in 1996 after discovering trust fund brings in an average $180 million Back Page Yet nearly $2 billion motorists have MTBE had migrated into a water supply that already paid to clean up the soil and water could have provided for 13,000 families. Real world news ...... 16 See CLEANUP, page 5 TAXES ALL FORMS • ALL TYPES • ALL STATES

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New city finance director named By Daily Press staff The chest-high waves are rolling in, and local breaks are packed It has been announced that Stephen C. Stark will replace Mike Dennis as City with wave-starved surfers. Today the Hall’s finance director. Tuesday’s mix of SW swell was accompanied by a small, consis- water Is: Stark, who is currently working with the city of Santa Clarita, will take over the tent WNW wind swell. post in Santa Monica, effective June 30. Dennis is retiring from the city after 20 BAD NEWS: The SW will start to fade this evening. years. GOOD NEWS: The mixture will hold for fun waves this morning. 57º Following a national recruitment by executive search firm Bob Murray and OUTLOOK: NW wind swell remains fairly consistent through Sunrise: 6:00 a.m. Associates, Stark was one of two finalists interviewed by City Manager Susan the week. Sunset: 7:58 p.m. McCarthy and Assistant City Manager Gordon Anderson. With a strong back- ground in financial and management services and information technologies, Stark LOW TIDE HIGH TIDE has been director of administrative services and city treasurer in Santa Clarita for 11 Morning Height Evening Height Morning Height Evening Height years, overseeing a $118 million budget and staff of 56. “Santa Monica will benefit in the coming years from Steve’s experience as a SATURDAY 12:11 2.1 12:03 0.4 5:31 3.9 6:51 4.7 financial manager and his excellent business sense,” McCarthy said. “He has been SUNDAY 1:04 1.5 12:41 0.7 6:37 3.8 7:17 5.0 well regarded by his colleagues and staff in Santa Clarita. I look forward to work- MONDAY 1:46 1.0 1:13 1.0 7:31 3.8 7:40 5.2 ing with him on the fiscal challenges ahead for Santa Monica, which he is fully capable of meeting.” TUESDAY 2:22 0.5 1:40 1.3 8:19 3.7 8:03 5.4 Stark has overseen major technological advances, such as the replacement of WEDNESDAY 2:55 0.1 2:06 1.6 9:02 3.7 8:25 5.6 Santa Clarita’s core financial system, development of its Web site, including e- commerce, and the development of a community-wide technology plan. He THURSDAY 3:27 -0.2 2:31 1.8 9:43 3.6 8:49 5.7 designed the city’s first long-range financial plan, developed a fiscal impact model FRIDAY 3:59 -0.4 2:56 2.1 10:23 3.5 9:15 5.8 to analyze the financial impact of development and annexations on the city’s oper- ating budget, and has negotiated development agreements, as well as financial The Surf Report is sponsored by: incentives for the attraction and retention of businesses. “I’m looking forward to the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead in Santa Today’s Special: Store Hours: Monica,” Stark said. “I’m honored to join an organization that includes an out- standing finance department staff and strong executive management team.” Teriyaki Open From 1989 to 1992, Stark was director of management services and internal audi- Chicken Daily from tor for the city of Fontana, where he’s credited with being part of the team that Sandwich Th s am to helped the community through some very difficult fiscal and organizational times.  e he tax included Tast dwic pm He spent 11 years prior to that in Arlington, Tex., where he was internal audit man- iest Hawaiian San ager and assistant internal auditor. includes: Pickles or coleslaw Broadway Santa Monica french fries or salad Local woman to travel back to Iraq and drink By Daily Press staff

The Santa Monica Public Library and the League of Women Voters of Santa Monica will host a free public program featuring Kelly Hayes-Raitt, who sits on the Santa Monica Commission on the Status of Women, at the Montana Avenue Branch Library, located 1704 Montana Avenue, on Saturday, June 14, 2003 at 2 p.m. Hayes-Raitt visited Iraq for 10 days in February, just five weeks before the onset Last week, one Santa Monica neigh- This week, Q-Line wants to know, of the U.S. bombings. She spoke with hundreds of women and children to see first- borhood experienced three separate, “What can be done, if anything, to hand the effects of the 1991 bombings and U.N. sanctions. Hayes-Raitt is returning gang-related shootings. No one was end the cycle of violence and bring to Iraq for two weeks in June and July 2003 to talk again to the women and children injured. The violence was nothing new peace to the Pico neighborhood.” to residents of the Pico neighborhood, to see the impact of the latest Iraqi war. Call (310) 285-8106 with your Hayes-Raitt will share photos and stories of the women and children of Iraq, who have struggled for decades with response before Thursday at 5 p.m. revealing their messages of peace. gang, gun and drug-activity. We’ll print them in Friday’s paper. The Montana Avenue Branch Library is wheelchair accessible. For special dis- Santa Monica Police arrested four ability service, call the Branch Library at (310) 829-7081 at least three business people late last week in connection with Please limit your comments to a minute days in advance. the shootings. More suspects are being or less; it might help to think first about For more information, contact the Santa Monica Public Library at (310) 458-8600. sought. the wording of your response. 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In July of 2000, a U.S. District Judge in consider it, but it’s always an uphill bat- tle,” he said. “We felt Congress back in San Fransico struck down the bans after 2 Months FREE Rent the mid-90s had made clear they intended Bank of America, Wells Fargo and other state and local governments to regulate in California banks filed a lawsuit seeking + FREE Lock consumers’ interest. ... The courts con- their repeal. cluded differently.” Call for details Walker upheld the banks’ argument Martikan said the cities’ only recourse that federal law, which governs nationally is to lobby for federal legislation, which is chartered and federal savings banks, unlikely. Instead, he recommended con- trumps any local restrictions. The banks sumers educate themselves about how not say they are protected by the National to fall prey to excessive fees. OPEN 7 DAYS Banking Act and the Home Owners Loan Officials in the Santa Monica City Act, which govern them. Attorney’s Office could not be reached for In essence, Walker said those congres- comment. Call About sional acts prevent cities and towns from Adam Radinsky, the deputy city attor- restricting the fees either by council vote ney handling the case, has said in the past FREE Truck or referendum. that federal banking regulations do allow The cities then appealed to the 9th U.S. local governments or city voters to adopt Rental Plan Circuit Court of Appeals. But the panel of such rules. He said Arkansas, Mississippi three judges also overturned the laws. The and Wyoming have rules limiting the SELF court of appeals also ruled that only the amount of ATM fees banks may levee. STORAGE federal government, not city councils or Some city officials said Tuesday they MEMBER local voters, may create such regulations. were relieved to see the lawsuit come to The San Francisco-based appeals court an end, adding the city wasted thousands ruled that federal banking regulations of dollars in attorney hours. adopted by Congress allow banks to “I’m glad it’s over with and I wish and charge fees for ATM usage and Santa hope we can get back to normal now,” said (310)829-2525 Monica and San Francisco voters had no Councilman Bob Holbrook. “I hate to say authority over the issue. ‘I told you so,’ but I didn’t think (the ordi- 3250 OLYMPIC BLVD. • www.selfstorage.net/aaolympic City officials then appealed the decision nance) was legal when we imposed it.” to the Supreme Court, where justices refused to hear the case and offered no comment. (The Associated Press contributed to Owen Martikan, of the San Francisco this report.)

CITY OF SANTA MONICA NOTICE Whale rescue team has INVITING APPLICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENTS TO THE DISABILITIES COMMISSION secured spot for operations SEA LIONS, from page 1 Last year in LA County, 132 sea lions came in alive for treatment and 233 of When the algae blooms it releases a them died, Cordoro said. Eight live dol- The Santa Monica City Council is now accepting applications for appointment of two (2) toxic substance called domoic acid, which phin were treated for domoic acid poison- members to the Disabilities Commission. Commissioners must be residents of Santa is ingested by small fish like sardines. ing last year and 17 died, Cordoro said. Larger animals then eat those fish and Monica and have significant experience in the disability community. So far this year, one dolphin has been become sick. treated and eight have died. The substance doesn’t appear to affect Just like last year, because there are so The State Political Reform Act requires certain officeholders to disclose their interest and people because they do not swim far many animals to be treated, the marine and enough from the mainland to come into income that may be materially affected by their official action. The applicants appointed fisheries service has issued a 48-hour watch contact with it. But scientists warn that on the ones found beached. If a sick mam- to serve in this position will be required to file a Statement of Economic Interest (Form humans can become ill after eating fish mal is found on the beach, they will be mon- poisoned by the algae. 700) with the City Clerk’s Office upon assuming office, and annually thereafter. itored for 48 hours before being transported. The toxin affects the animals’ nervous “It’s like establishing a triage system,” systems and can cause disorientation, vio- Cordoro said, adding if a person finds a lent seizures, comas and death. Applications and information on Commission duties and disclosure requirements are sick animal on the beach, report it imme- What Wallerstein is noticing this year is diately to the Santa Monica animal con- available from the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 1685 Main St., Rm. 102 (submit applica- that there are a lot more sea lion pups that trol office or the nearest authorities. tions at this location), by phone at (310) 458-8211 or on-line athttp://pen.ci.santa-moni- are either washing up on shore sick or dead. “If an animal is placed on watch, a sign “Their moms are so stressed out and is posted,” Cordoro said. “Don’t feed ca.ca.us/communication/cityforms/Board_Comm/index.htm. All current applications trying to survive that they are dumping them, don’t throw water on them, just (those received in the past 12 months) will be considered; re-applying is not necessary. their pups,” he said. leave them alone.” Animals found in Los Angeles County Wallerstein would prefer that all the are transported to the San Pedro Marine animals receive treatment immediately. Applications due by Noon, Tuesday, June 17, 2003. Animal Care Center where they are treat- “It just prolongs their suffering,” when ed. They are given intravenous fluids and placed on a 48-hour watch, he said. Appointments to be made by City Council June 24, 2003. treated with heavy doses of antibiotics This year, Wallerstein at least has bet- before being released. ter response time when an animal is Joe Cordoro, a wildlife biologist for reported as sick. He used to work out of Disability-related assistance and alternate formats of this document and all application the National Marine and Fisheries his home in Topanga Canyon, but the LA materials are available upon request by calling (310) 458-8211 or emailing Services, said so far this year, 12 live sea County Board of Supervisors recently lions have been found on LA County authorized funding for the Whale Rescue [email protected]. beaches and 22 have died through May Team to have a secured spot at 20. He added that because June is the Dockweiler State Beach, between prime month for sea lions to give birth, The Disabilities Commission meets the first Monday of every month Manhattan Beach and Marina Del Rey. rescuers expect to see increased numbers. “We’ve got a RV spot and a 35-foot (except holidays) at the Ken Edwards Center, 6:30-9:00 P.M “We are only in the first month,” he trailer,” Wallerstein said. “We are right in said. “June will tell us a lot.” the center of the south and the north.” Santa Monica Daily Press ❑ Wednesday, May 28, 2003 ❑ Page 5 LOCAL Money for MTBE cleanup GERMAN CAR SERVICE continues to be stockpiled Specialist in Repair of Porsche • VW • Audi • BMW ¥ Best alternative to high dealer prices CLEANUP, from page 1 Accounting Office say the need is there, ¥ Complete service and repair and senior EPA officials say the agency every year. But critics say presidents ever could spend more money than Bush’s ¥ 6 month or 6000 mile guarantee since have kept much of the money budget provides if it can be spent on pre- ¥ Locally owned and operated since 1965 tucked away to help paper over the feder- vention as well as cleanup efforts. al budget deficit. As a result, the fund now Whitman announced last week that she is 2202 OLYMPIC BLVD., SANTA MONICA • (310) 829-2563 has ballooned to $1.9 billion, a surplus leaving the administration. projected to reach $2.1 billion by the end In California, Santa Clara County resi- of the next fiscal year. dents pay nearly $1 million a year to pro- “They can use the surplus in this fund tect drinking water wells from spreading to hide the deficits in other funds,” said toxins. And millions more are being spent Tom Osborne, spokesman for the Society on problems like those in Anaheim, Los of Independent Gasoline Marketers of Angeles, Riverside, South Lake Tahoe America. “So a problem that could have and San Diego, which has a a plume been close to being taken care of has not beneath Qualcomm Stadium where the been taken care of.” Super Bowl was played in January. Leaking gasoline tanks are a problem in every state. But the best known contami- nant is MTBE, or methyl tertiary butyl ether, used for more than two decades in “It is a boatload of about a third of states mostly in the Midwest and Northeast to make gasoline money, and it’s going to burn cleaner and thereby cut air pollution. continue to pile up. A States including California have Southern California PUBLIC DUMP banned the use of the product, and tenth of a cent builds up Transfer Company Congress is considering a four-year IN SANTA MONICA phase-out of MTBE use. 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tus quo, which would continue to make our schools ... horrible?) Apartments don’t produce gang violence Secondly, you equate a child getting a quality education with that child’s future Editor: “opportunity to achieve to their highest potential.” Chuck, according to you, you Every family has its triumphs and tragedies. Community Corp. of Santa Monica received a “private school” education. What happened? Now do you really think you (CCSM) is no exception. It is a bittersweet irony that in the same month we feature should be a spokesman espousing the benefits of a quality education? in our newsletter a successful young teacher at Edison Elementary School who grew Thirdly, isn’t it interesting that you don’t own a business or a home or any proper- up in our housing, a young man living in our housing is arrested for robbery. Same ty in Santa Monica, yet you are very willing to tell those of us that do that we should neighborhood, same property owner, different outcome. get out our checkbooks, once again, to “rescue” the schools because of a poorly man- Those who think that CCSM causes gang shootings are wrong. Gang violence in aged government? the Pico neighborhood precedes CCSM’s existence and we do everything within our Finally, how much money will you personally be donating to the SMMUSD to power to reduce such violence. That includes working closely with the police, the “save” our schools? Yeah, I thought so. courts and our neighbors. In fact, over the years, we counseled and then evicted sev- CHECK PLEASE! eral families living in housing we purchased in that neighborhood. But for most of our families, our housing gives them the financial stability that allows them to focus on Tony Street raising their children. Santa Monica Our tenants suffer the same violence, fears and uncertainties as everyone else. The recent round of shootings and arrests tells us that more work needs to be done to rid See LETTERS, page 7 our community of a few bad apples. CCSM is committed to do just that, with the help of our neighbors and police. P.S. Press reports that suspect Terence Brown or his father lives in our 17th Street building are incorrect.

Joan Ling Executive director, Community Corp. of Santa Monica

Homeless columnist should buck up Editor: So which is it Chuck? Are you “homeless and living in Santa Monica” (Charles Springer’s From the Street column SMDP 5/26/03) or are you “a formerly homeless man living in Santa Monica” (SMDP 5/19/03)? It seems lately that you are a little schizophrenic. But, I digress. Recently in one of your many uninformed opinion submissions, you claim a con- nection between the shootings in the Pico neighborhood and the alleged under-fund- ing of our education system. Now for the sake of this discussion I will put aside your blatant, although typical, omission of parental responsibilities in raising these kids or any indictment on people who have kids when they are, in fact, too poor to provide adequately for their offspring. Having said that, a few things to consider: Firstly, the budget “crisis” hasn’t happened yet so how can you tie these recent incidents in Pico to the future shortfalls? (Or, are you saying that our Santa Monica schools are currently horrible and that we just need some money to maintain the sta- Driven to distraction: A crash course for stupid drivers Book of World Records for stupidity. it’s true that someone stepping on the phone in the car, even if it’s turned off. Let’s talk about those license holders brakes at 9 a.m. causes the traffic jam at 4 Finally, there is the worst, most INCITES who think that driving is a contact sport. p.m., then 87 percent of all traffic is heinous, original sin of driving. Take this You know the type. They’re next to you at caused by Volvos. News flash, you’re driv- simple test. Sit in the car, hands on the By Ed Silverstein the light. It turns green. This sends a sig- ing the safest car in the world, live a little. steering wheel. Extend your fingers until nal to their brain that it is time to deter- And you Humvees, you’re a bunch of they touch that stalk that emerges out of mine if their car really can go 0 to 60 in bullies. Allow me to let you in on some- the steering column. Do you know what 5.9 seconds while executing seven lane thing, four-wheel-drive is not meant for this is? Have you ever used it? You’re changes with no more than four inches of climbing over Volkswagens. And let’s be “Drivers Wanted.” I briefly register the clearance. Finally they screech to a stop at real, a car that big that seats only four is driving along enjoying a beautiful sunny three-foot letters plastered on one of the the red light on the next block, having the only good reason for joining the day, when suddenly you are rushing at the ubiquitous billboards that in Los Angeles arrived there 2-10ths of a second and one Green Party. back of the car in front of you who has substitute for both landscaping and sky- car length ahead of you. And here’s the Then there’s the phone people, the sec- abruptly slowed without warning and for line. It is at that exact moment that the blue dirty little secret: We know who they are. ond most annoying group on the road. no explicable reason until they make that Honda, two cars ahead, decides to make a Almost all of them are exclusively men Phone people fall into several subsets: turn that they didn’t bother to signal. Or left turn. The problem is that the driver is who invariably fall into four categories: Those who lose the ability to depress the you see that SUV stopped in the left lane in the right lane and in order to execute Agents, lawyers, frat boys (which really gas pedal, those who lose the ability to use obviously waiting for a pedestrian to this maneuver she must slash across four isn’t a different category because they’ll the brake pedal (usually while hurdling cross? You stop, they make a left and you lanes of traffic while being distracted by probably become agents and lawyers) and toward the back of my car), the mentally think how nice it would be to get them a her two young children. She apparently any person who plays their car stereo loud disturbed who transfer the emotions of dinner invitation with Hannibal Lecter. considers the odds acceptable and in fact enough to turn my vehicle into a magic their conversation (usually with their ex) People who don’t use turn signals are the completes the turn successfully — that is fingers massager. My own personal theo- to their driving, drifters who suddenly only legitimate argument against if you don’t take into account her nearly ry is that these drivers are compensating can’t remember what those white lines are Darwinism because if natural selection taking out a half a dozen vehicles and col- for small penises. for, and 12 steppers who need 12 moves to lectively eliminating about 12,000 miles Then there’s the flip side, those octoge- make a one handed turn (also usually really worked, drivers who don’t use turn worth of normal brake wear. Two thoughts narians in the first Cadillac they ever while hurling toward my car). Here’s a signals would have been killed off long instantly go through my head: The bill- bought, basically a boat with fins, crawl- general rule. If you can’t walk and chew ago by the drivers with the small penises. board should read “Drivers Wanting,” and ing 25 miles below the limit (which is 30) bubble gum at the same time, which Southern California, reputedly the car taking up two or more lanes. To them I depending what study you want to believe (Ed Silverstein is a freelance writer liv- capitol of the world, has an abundance of have only two words: Fort Lauderdale. is 60 to 80 percent of all people residing in ing in Santa Monica. Steer all comments drivers that should be in the Guinness Right behind them are Volvo owners. If California, you have no business having a to [email protected]).

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LETTERS, from page 6 ous problems that will not go away by themselves. The state-wide funding cuts to the public schools is our most immediate crisis. Santa Monica and Malibu voters have to Parcel tax not a level playing field act now to save our community! Editor: I am talking about Proposition S — a local, district wide property tax of $225 per I find it refreshing to see so many NOMO people pleading with everyone to sup- parcel per year for the next six years. Seniors would be exempted, so those of you on port Proposition S. After all, for them, the $225 tax is almost equal to what they would fixed incomes do not have to fear being priced out of your homes. This measure is spend for a pleasant night at Michael’s — not a big deal. desperately needed. Without it our schools will be devastated. We’ll be forced to make $13 million in budget cuts, which means we’ll lose 91 teachers, class size will And they don’t seem to think there is anything wrong with their paying the same increase and many valuable programs will be eliminated. This will be a devastating amount as a low-income family in the east Santa Monica area. After all, the poorer blow to the quality of our education. folks should be happy to help improve Roosevelt and Franklin schools. Somehow, it Santa Monica-Malibu schools are among the best in this state and the property helps them too. owners in this district enjoy high property values, which are directly linked to the Since these socialist millionaires are so intent on everyone chipping in to improve value of our public schools. A yes vote on S is not just a vote for public schools, it is the community, let’s propose doing it by what we can afford to pay. Why not pro-rate a vote for our community. It is in every resident’s interest to support our public the contribution to the education coffers by the value of the property? Therefore, the schools. This is the case even if your child goes to private school, or if you have no NOMO folks, who seem to know what’s best, would be made to “contribute” to give school-age children. If you own property in Santa Monica you benefit by keeping the much more than the poorer folks. I’m sorry. My ears are ringing from the howls of quality of the schools high. We’re not suggesting you vote yes on S for altruistic protest coming from the direction of San Vicente Boulevard. motives, do it for selfish reasons. Do it because you want to keep your property val- And perhaps landlords do have the anti-Prop S signs up to show concern for their ues high. $225 per year is a small price to pay to protect your biggest investment. rent-control paying tenants. After all, aren’t the owners allowed to pass on the increase? To those of you who oppose the flat property tax because it’s regressive, we agree it is regressive, but vote for it anyway. Initially, we thought we’d prefer a tax based Kevin Skoglund on assessed property value but it turns out a tax like that would cause renters to bear Santa Monica an even higher proportion of this tax. On average, S will cost renters an additional $2 per month, whereas another type of tax could be 10 times that much. Our renters, par- ticularly low income families with kids in the public schools, get much more out of Parcel tax a good investment the tax than they’ll be asked to give. If S doesn’t pass our community will deteriorate Editor: and that hurts everyone who lives here. We are 17 year residents of Santa Monica (our first seven years in Ocean Park and the last 10 north of Montana). We have a second grader at Franklin Elementary and a Ann Payson and Rob Ulin kindergartner starting this fall. I love this city and our schools, but we have some seri- Santa Monica Don’t believe the naysayers of school parcel tax Misrepresentations, distortions, and lies. ■ 994 students per guidance counselor, more counselors. To improve literacy and Most gratifying, our most challenged Those are the three legs holding up the two times higher than the national average students’ access to books and other infor- schools, which had the lowest API scores shameful and cynical campaign against of 490 and ranking last among the states. mation sources, we have hired more in the district in 1999, have made the most the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School ■ 4,379 students per librarian, five librarians. To raise the achievement of rapid gains. Three schools in our district District’s school funding measure, called times higher than the national average of low-achieving students, we have devel- have been California Distinguished Measure S, that is being waged by a hand- 873 and ranking last among the states. oped innovative intervention programs. To Schools, and one recently won a National ful of residents who are willing to sacri- ■ 482 students per school principal or provide our students with a well-rounded Blue Ribbon Award. fice our children and our schools in order assistant principal, 37 percent higher than education that includes the arts, we have Clearly, the picture painted by the evi- to further their own political agenda. the national average of 352 and ranking maintained an award-winning music pro- dence is not that of a mismanaged, waste- One of the biggest lies promulgated by 48th among the states. gram. As a result of these targeted efforts, ful public school district. Quite the con- the opponents of Measure S is that our ■ 2,468 students per district adminis- our district has just under 20 students per trary, the picture that emerges from an school district is mismanaged and waste- trator, three times higher than the nation- teacher, 635 students per counselor, and objective and dispassionate assessment ful. In fact all the evidence points, com- al average of 828 and ranking 48th 2,540 students per librarian, all better than of the data is that of a district that has pelling and convincingly, to the opposite among the states. the California figures, though still far focused its limited funds where they will conclusion. California public school officials have worse than the national averages. do the most good. It’s a district that has It’s essential to understand that done everything they could to spare teach- Recently, opponents of Measure S have striven to provide our students with a rig- California public schools have been ers from cuts relative to other types of per- alleged mismanagement and waste based orous, well-rounded education. It’s a dis- severely underfunded for years. sonnel. Nonetheless, the on the fact that our dis- trict that has attained high levels of aca- According to the journal, Education consequences of our trict’s per student demic achievement despite enormous Week, the most recent report card on the state’s dismal funding Guest spending on teachers is challenges and contributes to the quality 50 states, in 2002 California schools for the public schools 19 percent higher than of life in our communities. spent $7,236 per student, nearly $300 include very large class- Commentary the average in Los Tragically, California’s budgetary below the national average of $7,524 and es, inadequate numbers By José J. Escarce Angeles County. This is fiasco and the resulting devastating ranking 31st in the nation. However, this of counselors and librar- perhaps the most aston- impact on public school funding threat- figure does not account for regional dif- ians, and skeleton ishing, ignorant and ens our district’s successes and accom- ferences in the cost of living — a dollar administrative staffs in both schools and odious distortion of all. Yes, we do spend plishments. Our district simply cannot goes much farther in Idaho, Nebraska, or district offices, not to mention serious more on teachers than most other districts absorb a shortfall of $13 million — more Mississippi than in our home state. shortages of nurses, classroom aides, cler- in the county, but this is not due to higher than $1,000 per student — without Adjusting for regional cost differences ical staff, maintenance and repair staff, salary levels. It’s because of our district’s severely damaging the quality of the edu- reduces California’s spending to $6,161 custodians, gardeners, and transportation emphasis on hiring and retaining the most cation our students receive. per student, nearly $1,400 below the and food workers. qualified teachers available. Our district’s school funding measure, national average and our ranking plum- Our own district has been more fortu- According to DataQuest, a repository Measure S, is a crucial component of our mets to 46th among the states. nate than many in California. Thanks to of public school data maintained by the communities’ effort to keep our schools Chronic underfunding has forced pub- the wisdom, foresight, and generosity of California Department of Education, our as nearly whole as possible. If Measure S lic schools in California to reduce or the citizens of our communities, we have teachers average 14 years of experience does not pass, the negative consequences eliminate numerous valuable programs been able to spend more than $400 more compared with a county average of 12 will be immediate, severe, widespread, and enduring. and services over the past two decades. per student than the California average, years. Only 11 percent of our teachers Please don’t believe the distortions For most districts, any fat in their opera- though it is important to realize that this hold emergency credentials compared and lies told by the opponents of Measure tions disappeared years ago. Recent cuts is still far below the national average with 18 percent in the county. Most when regional differences in cost of liv- remarkably, 53 percent of our teachers S. Please support a high-quality educa- have whittled away plenty of meat and tion for our students and a high quality of have begun to dig into bone. According ing are taken into account. have masters degrees or doctorates com- The additional funds have been careful- pared with 31 percent in the county. life for our communities. to EdSource, a nonprofit, independent Measure S needs two-thirds of the vote ly targeted to improve the education our The talent, qualifications, and dedica- organization that conducts research on to win. Please vote YES on Measure S. public education, in 2001 California pub- children receive. For example, to improve tion of our teachers, combined with our lic schools had: instruction in the classroom, we have district’s focus on high academic stan- (José J. Escarce, M.D., Ph.D. is vice ■ 20.6 students per teacher, 28 percent hired more and better teachers. To dards and its intervention programs, help president of the Santa Monica-Malibu higher than the national average of 16.1 improve the advice and guidance our high to explain the high levels of academic Unified School District Board of percent and ranking 48th among the states. school students receive, we have hired achievement among our students. Education) Page 8 ❑ Wednesday, May 28, 2003 ❑ Santa Monica Daily Press STATE SHANE Gov. Gray Davis’ allies RESTAURANT & BAR announce anti-recall effort BY ERICA WERNER effort seeks to divert critical taxpayer dol- Associated Press Writer lars to the re-running of last year’s election at a time when state and local budgets are ECLECTIC COMFORT CUISINE LOS ANGELES — In the first public stretched to the breaking point.” sign that Gov. 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Justices disagreed. violate the rights of a gravely police sergeant kept question- Lawyers for the man, who wounded farm worker by ing him even after he said he was blinded and paralyzed interrogating him at the hospi- did not want to answer. after being shot in the eye and tal without reading him his Martinez, who was never spine during a scuffle with an Miranda rights. charged with a crime, was left officer, claim he was in excru- But Oliverio Martinez may blind and paralyzed. ciating pain and begged the still be allowed to collect dam- Justice John Paul Stevens officer to leave him alone. ages on grounds that his con- compared the interrogation to An interview transcript stitutional due process rights “an attempt to obtain an invol- shows that Martinez told the were violated by the 1997 hos- untary confession from a pris- lawman: “I am choking. I am pital room questioning, the oner by torturous methods.” dying, please.” The officer court said in sending the case The man filed a civil rights replied: “If you are going to back to California for more lawsuit against the city of die, tell me what happened.” consideration. Oxnard and the police sergeant. The Supreme Court is The ruling means that Justice Clarence Thomas, expected to take a broad look at police officers cannot be sued writing for the majority in part Miranda warnings, which begin for failing to read someone of the ruling, said that Sgt. Ben with, “You have the right to their rights, known as Miranda Chavez did not violate remain silent,” in the term that rights, if the person is never Martinez’s Fifth Amendment begins this fall. Justices have prosecuted, the attorney for the right against self-incrimina- chosen three cases to review. sergeant in the case said. tion. He was joined by Chief Associated Press “Police officers are less Justice William H. Rehnquist This a July 2001 file photo of likely to be second-guessed and Justices Sandra Day Oliverio Martinez, who was O’Connor and Antonin Scalia. shot five times by an when they’re discharging a Oxnard, Calif., police officer very hard job under complicat- Justice David Souter agreed in after a struggle in Oxnard in ed and high pressure circum- a separate opinion, joined by 1997. A fractured Supreme stances,” Washington lawyer Stephen Breyer. Court ruled Tuesday that a Lawrence Robbins said. An appeals court had ruled police officer did not violate Martinez was shot five that police coerced a confes- the rights of the gravely times by police and then sub- sion from Martinez, in viola- wounded Martinez by inter- jected to a lengthy interroga- tion of his rights, and that his rogating him at the hospital tion as he awaited medical statement could not be used as without reading him his treatment. He was never told evidence in his excessive-force Miranda rights.

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Hours later, someone dropped a The violence in Fallujah, a hotbed of grenade from an overpass apparently try- support for Saddam Hussein, was the lat- ing to hit a moving Humvee. No one was est in three deadly days for the U.S. mili- injured. Also that night, a Humvee driven tary in postwar Iraq — further evidence by three military police officers hit a trip the country remains a perilous place for wire, triggering an explosion. There were its American occupiers. no injuries. Eight American soldiers have died in In the other incidents this week: Iraq since Sunday — in direct attacks, ■ On Monday, one American soldier accidents and explosions. Nearly two dozen have been injured. Hours after the was killed and another was wounded attack in Fallujah, two American military when their convoy was ambushed in northern Iraq. police officers were wounded in rocket- ■ propelled grenade assaults on a Baghdad Also Monday, one soldier died and police station. three were wounded when their vehicle “You’ve always got to be worried,” hit a land mine or a piece of unexploded said Sgt. Ariel Saez, 28, a soldier with the ordnance in Baghdad. 1st Armored Division manning a Baghdad Ali Haider/Associated Press ■ On Sunday, a U.S. soldier was killed checkpoint. “You hear the gunshots con- A U.S. Army soldier sits on his Bradley Fighting Vehicle in front of the munici- and another injured when a munitions stantly at night. It makes you wonder if pal council building in Fallujah, 30 miles west of Baghdad, Iraq on Tuesday, dump they were guarding exploded in it’s one of us being put down. We always hours after a firefight left two U.S. soldiers and two unidentified attackers dead southern Iraq. The blast was not thought worry about it.” and nine other American troops injured. to be a result of hostile action, Central Whether recent incidents are connected built factories. killing 18 Iraqis and wounding at least 78. Command said. is unclear. The American general command- Today, while much of Iraq appears to The United States said people in the ■ A U.S. soldier died Tuesday and two ing troops in Baghdad said the attacks, be outwardly accepting the U.S. presence, crowds fired first, but Iraqis insisted no were injured in a road collision near the which he blamed on extremists loyal to people in Fallujah is openly angry. one shot at the Americans. town of Tallil. Saddam, appeared to be uncoordinated. “Every Iraqi is ready to sacrifice his life On Sunday alone, there were three ■ Also Tuesday, a soldier drowned in “It’s very small groups — one or two for resistance,” said Safa al-Jubair, a 27- ambushes against Americans in Baghdad, an aqueduct in northern Iraq. people — in isolated attacks against our year-old street vendor in Fallujah. “We are all along a highway between the city center In yet another incident, five children soldiers,” said Maj. Gen. Buford Blount 26 million Iraqis and we are all resisting and the airport, said Lt. Clint Mundinger, a swimming in a Baghdad canal were injured III, commander of the 3rd Infantry and, God willing, occupation will end.” U.S. Army intelligence officer. Tuesday when a grenade — apparently Division, which fought its way to Baghdad Protests against the U.S. Army’s pres- In one, an explosive was placed onto thrown at American soldiers — flew past and is now trying to keep the peace. ence in Fallujah turned violent twice in the highway in the path of a Humvee car- them and into the canal, according to a wit- On Tuesday afternoon, six Iraqis were April when soldiers fired at crowds, rying four U.S. soldiers and detonated as ness. Two of the children were badly injured. being interrogated about the shooting in Fallujah, a city where Saddam had many strong supporters — and a place where FBI-CIA ‘matrix’ is key to tracking threats bitterness at the Americans has been par- ticularly aggressive. Two Iraqi attackers BY CURT ANDERSON condition of anonymity, described it as a daily compendium of a were killed in the firefight. Associated Press Writer few pages to 30 or more. Each threat is entered in tabular format, “Who knows what they were thinking with those considered the most severe listed first. WASHINGTON — The decision to put the country on high No threat is ignored, and even known hoaxes are reported, when they engaged U.S. soldiers?” said alert for a terrorist attack was based largely on a top-secret daily Maj. Randy Martin, a spokesman for the officials say. “We put everything in there,” one federal law report produced by the FBI and CIA that details every sign of a enforcement official said. Army’s V Corps. “I know we suffered threat, from intercepted e-mails to satellite photos to clandestine casualties, and the enemy paid a price for Sometimes only pieces of the Matrix get out publicly, leading whispers of spies. those casualties.” to a distorted view of reasons behind heightened vigilance for Running up to 30 pages, this threat “matrix” has become part Details of the incident, which hap- terror, officials say. Last week, some news reports focused on of President Bush’s morning routine in the fight against terror. pened around midnight at a Fallujah traf- threats on Internet sites — never corroborated or specific — that Each day Bush is at the White House, Attorney General John fic checkpoint, some 30 miles west of attacks could be imminent in New York, Washington, Boston Ashcroft, FBI Director Robert Mueller and CIA Director George Baghdad, were hazy. and the Eastern coastline. Initial reports said the Americans were Tenet brief the president in the Oval Office about threats facing the United States at home and abroad. Officials stressed the Matrix provides a cumulative snapshot fired upon from many directions, includ- that, taken together, gives officials a broad picture of the overall ing from a mosque, U.S. military officials The crux of their briefings is the document formally titled “Terrorist Threats to U.S. Interests Worldwide,” or more infor- ebb and flow of threats. said. But townspeople said only two men Each entry includes the type of source, such as a human opened fire, and both were quickly cut mally, the “Daily Threat Matrix.” The high level of threat “chatter” collected worldwide and informant, intercepted signal or computer e-mail. Precise details down by American forces. are withheld to protect the intelligence source and method, and Martin said two vehicles had pulled up detailed in the Matrix was a key to the Bush administration’s deci- sion Tuesday to raise the terror threat level from elevated (yellow) even these general entries are given in a classified code for an to the checkpoint together, and when a additional layer of security. search of the first turned up weapons, men to high (orange). The other main consideration was recent deadly Also included are possible targets and which terrorist group in the second vehicle opened fire and bombings in Saudi Arabia and Morocco that officials say point to threw a grenade. The intensity of the a resurgence of activity by the al-Qaida network. might be plotting an attack, if that is known, and some notes assault “would suggest the possibility” Officials say they expect the alert level to remain high at least about a threat’s level of credibility or corroboration. The Matrix that it had been coordinated by occupants through the Memorial Day weekend. also describes possible methods of attack and, perhaps most of the two vehicles, said Capt. Tom In recent congressional testimony, Mueller said the Matrix is important, lists what government action has been taken to avert it. Bryant, another V Corps spokesman. produced “to ensure we are working off a common knowledge For the FBI, this action could mean obtaining an emergency U.S. troops captured six of the attackers, base” as officials assess threats from al-Qaida and other groups warrant — Ashcroft sometimes is awakened in the middle of the U.S. Central Command said in a statement. as well as individual “lone wolf” extremists and violent home- night for his signature — to set up secret surveillance and tap Fallujah’s 200,000 residents benefited grown radicals. telephones of suspected terrorists in the United States. greatly from Saddam’s regime, with its The document is “a list of every threat directed at the United The Homeland Security Department might notify sensitive young men awarded positions in the States in the past 24 hours,” Mueller said. industrial sites about threats to their installations. The CIA could Republican Guard or jobs in government- Government officials familiar with the Matrix, who spoke on step up efforts to penetrate foreign groups that might be plotting.

Can’t find the Daily Press in your neighborhood? Call us. We’ll take your suggestions. (310) 458-PRESS (7737) Santa Monica Daily Press ❑ Wednesday, May 28, 2003 ❑ Page 11 SPORTS Chang, Seles, Roddick say ‘au revoir’ to Roland Garros BY HOWARD FENDRICH No. 3 Juan Carlos Ferrero, who lost to Costa in the AP Tennis Writer 2002 final, advanced in straight sets, while No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt and three-time champion Gustavo Kuerten each PARIS — Michael Chang cried at the French Open dropped a set. Tim Henman, the four-time Wimbledon for the second and last time. semifinalist, also won and plays Todd Martin next. Back in 1989, they were tears of joy after he won the Hewitt wasted four match points before defeating tournament. On Tuesday, a lifetime later, they were tears Brian Vahaly of the United States 6-4, 6-1, 6-7 (6), 6-3. of sadness after he hit his final shot here. Vahaly remembers watching Chang’s run to the Chang’s farewell to Roland Garros ended with a 7-5, French Open title. 6-1, 6-1 loss to Fabrice Santoro in the same spot that the “He had incredible intensity,” said Vahaly, 10 at the American claimed his lone major title. “It’s bittersweet,” said Chang, who’ll retire after the time. “Americans didn’t play well here then, and it was U.S. Open. “It’s disappointing to lose in the first round. inspiring to see him.” But it feels good to be able to play my last match on cen- Chang, 31, no longer has the game that carried him to ter court.” that championship and three other Grand Slam finals that Also bidding adieu at the clay-court Grand Slam were he lost, including at the 1995 French Open. No. 6-seeded Andy Roddick and three-time champion “I love getting out there and competing,” said Chang, Monica Seles — who might not be back. It looked as if honored in a postmatch ceremony. “I just don’t feel that defending champion Albert Costa would lose, too, but he I’m able to sustain it in the way that I have.” constructed the biggest comeback of his career after He’s won one ATP Tour match all year, is ranked being a game from defeat. 142nd, and he needed a wild-card invitation to get into Roddick was considered capable of contending. He his 16th straight French Open. He started well but quick- reached his first major semifinal at the Australian Open, and ly faded against Santoro, a 30-year-old Frenchman on the he won a clay-court tournament in Austria last weekend. downside of his career. Instead, he heads home after the first round, just like “I have so many images in my head from his victory last year, beaten by Sargis Sargsian 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-2, 6-4. in 1989. It seems so odd to me that he’s leaving,” said “It’s weird going from feeling like you’re playing pretty Santoro, who ended a seven-match losing streak. well,” Roddick said, “to not really knowing what you’re After his last point at Roland Garros, Chang turned to doing out there.” the ballboys and motioned: He wanted the match balls, He still has time to learn; this was only his 10th Grand which he put in his racket bag. The fans gave Chang a Slam event. standing ovation for several minutes while he slowly Seles, by contrast, has played 40, winning nine. And walked to the middle of the court twice to wave goodbye. she never exited in the first round until Tuesday’s 6-4, 6- Michel Euler/Associated Press How long has he been around? His French Open 0 disappointment against Nadia Petrova. USA’s Monica Seles backhands to Russia’s Nadia debut, as a wild-card entry in 1988, ended with a third- Seles, 29, plans to take some time off to see if her Petrova during their first round match of the French round loss to John McEnroe. The next year, Chang injured feet heal. If they don’t, she might retire. Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros stadium in became the first U.S. man to win at Roland Garros since “I know I’m in the later stages of my career. I don’t Paris on Tuesday. Tony Trabert in 1955 and the youngest Grand Slam win- have the luxury of taking five-to-six months off. At the two sets and led 4-1 in the third, then was a game from vic- ner ever. same time, I don’t want to have surgery,” the tourna- tory at 5-4. Costa, meanwhile, couldn’t seem to control his One reporter wondered Tuesday how Chang has ment’s 12th-seeded woman said. shots or his temper. He yelled at himself and his coach changed since those heady days. Could this be her last French Open? “If I can’t prac- (“What a disaster!”) and drew jeers from the crowd when “I’m actually a bit taller and better looking,” he said. tice the level that I want to, yeah, definitely. And if I can, he smashed his racket in the third set. “You got that, right? You’re writing that down?” then for sure not,” she said, “because this is not the way But Roitman’s right leg I would like to leave.” — and nerves — began to Other seeded losers: No. 13 Elena Dementieva, No. 17 cramp in the fourth set, and Amanda Coetzer and, among men, No. 18 Agustin Calleri. Costa pulled out a 6-7 (3), Venus Williams, Lindsay Davenport, Jennifer Capriati 2-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 victory, Happy Birthday, Ross and Kim Clijsters eliminated overmatched opponents, the first time he’s won after dropping 13 games total. losing the first two sets. Costa dropped that many in the first two sets alone “Let me be honest against Sergio Roitman, a slender Argentine with one with you...” tour-level match victory — and that came three years ago. Roitman lost in quali- fying here, making it into “At the end of the main draw only when the day...” players withdrew. But he played like a star for nearly two hours Tuesday. With a laserlike forehand, he won the first “Soup to nuts.”

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It also matches the number for a call center to a group minute flight Sunday in a plane identical to the one he of five Colorado talk-radio stations. Ron Nickel, senior flew over Germany during World War II. The flight was vice president for the Radio Colorado Network, was a birthday gift from his family. worried about what would happen Tuesday, the first reg- “I never thought I would be able to do this again,” he ular office workday since the movie’s release. said before the flight. “This is the most fun I’m going to “My receptionist is going to go crazy,” Nickel said. have in 58 years.” The P-51 entered the war in 1943 and served as an Town’s history doesn’t add up escort for B-17 and B-24 bombers. By The Associated Press God is in the phone number Atlantic City offers $1,000 slots BIGLERVILLE, Pa. — This small town in central By The Associated Press By The Associated Press Pennsylvania recently celebrated the 100th anniversary PINELLAS PARK, Fla. — Dawn Jenkins isn’t in of its founding — 36 years after celebrating its 150th. ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The cost for the most the new Jim Carrey comedy “Bruce Almighty,” but her Historians looking at courthouse records years ago expensive slot machine tokens in Atlantic City may phone number is — and that’s become a problem. had apparently confused records of Biglerville with soon double. In the film, Carrey stars as a mortal who receives the those of the founding of Idaville, a village about six The Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, scheduled to open powers of God. The character of God tries to reach miles north. this summer, has been given temporary approval to offer Carrey’s character by repeatedly leaving a phone num- As a result they believed Biglerville, sometimes machines that accept $1,000 tokens. The most expen- ber on his pager. called the Apple Capital of Pennsylvania, was 86 years sive token now in use in Atlantic City is $500. But instead of the usual 555 prefix used by most tel- older than it was. The $1,000 coins are in limited use in Las Vegas but evision shows and films, God’s number is a common “The records were talking about a town that was half will make their debut in Atlantic City at the Borgata. exchange — one too common for Jenkins’ liking. It’s way between Gettysburg and Carlisle,” said longtime “There will be some players that will love to give this her cell phone number. Biglerville resident Marion Harbaugh. “Biglerville isn’t machine a shot,” said Paul Tjoumakaris, the casino’s She’s been getting about 20 calls per hour, with halfway.” vice president of slot operations. callers asking for God before hanging up. Idaville is. Of the casino’s 3,640 slot machines, two will accept “What am I to do?” Jenkins wrote on an Internet Harbaugh, who was one of the people in charge of the $1,000 tokens, two will accept $500 tokens, 10 will forum. Reached by telephone by the St. Petersburg the festivities back in 1967, said she found out about the take $100 denominations and 16 will accept $25 coins. Times, Jenkins declined further comment, saying only error six months ago. “It was quite a shock,” she said. The top payout for the $1,000 machines is $1 million. she wants to hire an attorney. Officials from Universal The Casino Control Commission approved the new Studios did not return telephone calls from the newspa- A man reunites with fighter jet tokens in time for the Borgata’s scheduled opening in per Monday. By The Associated Press late July. The commission will hear public comment on Jenkins isn’t alone in her plight. The number on the slot machine proposal through July 18 before mak- Carrey’s character’s pager matches the number of a MESA, Ariz. — As a present, a former World War ing a final decision. South Carolina woman who declined to give her name, II pilot got to do something he hadn’t done in almost six Not all casino-goers are enthralled with the idea. but said she’s been “getting aggravated to death” by the decades: fly in P-51 Mustang. “That’s way out of my league,” said Rose Heeghan, incessant calling. Leroy Steiger, wearing his old flight suit, took a 25- 72, of Margate. “I don’t even play $1 slots.” DID YOU KNOW?: Music was sent down a telephone line for the first time in 1876, the year the phone was invented.

UCLA Extension Saturday, May 31 Conquer Your Critical Inner Voice: Overcoming Imagined Limitations With Lisa Firestone, Ph.D. and Joyce Catlett, M.A. The Glendon Association, Santa Barbara, CA

Are you pursuing your life as a fully vital human being, or are you unintentionally living some- one else’s prescription for your life? Are your actions based on what you really feel and believe or on negative programming from your past? This workshop can help you counter negative thinking and live free from imagined limitations. Through videotapes, interactive discussions, and exercises, Dr. Firestone and Ms. Catlett, coauthors of Conquer Your Critical Inner Voice will challenge your customary ways of thinking about yourself, your relationships, and your career, and will suggest actions you can take to expand your boundaries and achieve more fulfillment in life. Join these presenters as they explore such important questions as:

■ How do guilt and shame affect us in our everyday lives? How do negative thoughts about ourselves keep unnecessary feelings of shame and guilt alive in us? How can we successfully overcome these barriers to self-realization? ■ How do destructive thoughts and attitudes undermine our efforts to achieve our full potential in our work lives? Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, Charlie Chaplin and Bugsy Siegel ■ How does the inner voice interfere with intimacy and closeness in our relationships? hese guests from our past stayed here long before we had fax machines ■ How can people challenge the destructive thoughts or voices that influence addic- and data port two-line phones! Whether you are planning a wedding or tive behavior and break free of these patterns? executive retreat, we have the site for you. Come and experience a busi- ■ How can we deal effectively with negative thinking that leads to a destructive spiral Tness hotel by the sea where our past is part of our present. of depression and hopelessness? 1415 Ocean Avenue • Santa Monica, California 90401 Saturday, May 31, 2003 (310) 395-9945 • (310) 451-3374 UCLA – 3126 Rolfe Hall at 9:30am-5:00pm [email protected] http://www.georgianhotel.com Course #N9201 ■ Fee $80 For registration info call (310) 825-9971 Reservations: 1-800-538-8147 • Apollo: KH 82884 Sabre: KH 16683 Worldspan: KH LAXGE System One/Amadeus: KH SMOGEO