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8 17 18 26 47 Meganumber: 37 Jackpot: $17M 1 11 14 30 31 A place in the sun Meganumber: 12 Jackpot: $60M 3 4 10 22 35 The city’s Chronic Homeless Program is impacting lives MIDDAY: 4 8 6 EVENING: 4 4 9 Kevin Herrera/Daily Press BY KEVIN HERRERA ing on the streets of Santa Monica. tim — preferably an older, vulnera- Caseworker Suzie Daily Press Staff Writer 1st: 05 California Classic STREET SMARTS In her late 40s, and sober for the ble woman like Mendez. 2nd: 04 Big Ben de la Rosa (left) and her client, Donna first time in decades, Mendez no For 25 years, alcohol clouded her 3rd: 11 Money Bags Mendez, reminisce about their first COLORADO AVENUE — After longer wanted to deal with the daily judgment and dulled the pain, RACE TIME: 1:49.34 Although every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the winning number encounter nearly two years ago. spending more than half her life routine of packing up her three bug- enabling her to survive on the information, mistakes can occur. In the event of any discrepancies, California State laws and California Lottery regulations will prevail. Complete game information and prize claiming instructions are available at California Lottery retail- Mendez, 50, was living on the streets sleeping on concrete and carrying all gies filled with belongings and move streets. Without it, the harsh realities ers. Visit the California State Lottery web site: http://www.calottery.com for 25 years before de la Rosa helped of her possessions every step she took, them from one corner of the city to of homelessness and aging hit hard. Mendez find an apartment under the Donna Mendez realized that, at her the next in efforts to avoid police or NEWS OF THE WEIRD city’s Chronic Homeless Program. age, it was too difficult to continue liv- predators hunting for their next vic- See CHRONIC HOMELESS, page 10 BY CHUCK SHEPARD

Arrested recently and awaiting trial for murder: Bruce Wayne Potts, 34 (DeSoto, LOCAL Texas, February); Oral Wayne Nobles, 71 Tenants file (arrested in Kingman, Ariz., on a The thin red line Massachusetts warrant, April); Ronald Wayne Spencer Jr., 19 (Richardson, Texas, April). Arrested and suspected of suit to stave murder: Darrell Wayne Lewis, 32 (Tempe, Ariz., March). Sentenced for murder: David Wayne Hickman (Dallas, off evictions May); Anthony Wayne Welch, 27 (Viera, Fla., March). Committed suicide while BY MICHAEL J. TITTINGER serving life in prison for murder: John Wayne Glover, 72 (Sydney, Australia, Daily Press Staff Writer September 2005). VENICE — In case there was any TODAY IN HISTORY doubt as to whether the 50 or so Today is the 161st day of 2006. remaining tenants being evicted There are 204 days left in the year. from Lincoln Place Apartments In 1801, the north African state of Tripoli Photo courtesy planned to go quietly into the night, declared war on the United States in a Margaret Rose Roberts, 62, has been a group of united residents filed suit dispute over safe passage of merchant missing since leaving her Sunset Park this week against both the property vessels through the Mediterranean. home on May 21. She was wearing the owners and city of Los Angeles in INDEX clothes in which she is pictured. efforts to stay put. Horoscopes On Thursday, the Lincoln Place Tenants Association (LPTA) took their Take some time, Cap 2 Husband’s search Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press case to Superior Court in downtown Snow & Surf Report Abby Sher paints the sidewalk along Main Street on Friday as a symbolic Los Angeles, charging the buildings’ Water temperature: 66° 3 for wife continues gesture for peace. Sher plans to spend one hour six days a week in silence owners with attempting to circumvent State BY CAROLYN SACKARIASON while painting a red line down the middle of sidewalks throughout Santa earlier agreements made with the city Gold at the end of Rainbow 4 Daily Press Staff Writer Monica. According to Sher, the paint symbolizes blood dripping from an IV, and tenants regarding the scale of the Q-Line which she believes depicts the fallen soldiers of the war in Iraq. complex redevelopment project, and Matters for the mall 6 SUNSET PARK — It was a night City Hall with failing to enforce those Commentary just like any other night. Rejelio agreed upon terms. Policeman weighs in on pot 7 Muñoz went to bed with his wife Al-Qaida needs ‘terror celeb’ According to LPTA president National and expected to wake up with her. Sheila Bernard, 80 units have already Marketing the environment 8 But when he awoke on the morning By The Associated Press with jarring, gruesome attacks car- been evicted, 58 of which were International of May 21, she was gone and hasn’t ried out by a network of foreign and locked out by the Sheriff’s Depart- Al-Zarqawi saw troops 11 been seen since. WASHINGTON — With the demise Iraqi fighters. Counterterrorism ment on Dec. 6, 2005. The remain- When Margaret Rose Roberts, 62, of charismatic terror leader Abu officials have said al-Zarqawi served ing tenants of Lincoln Place — a MOVIETIMES who suffers from paranoid schizo- Musab al-Zarqawi, al-Qaida will be as a worldwide jihadist rallying garden court complex on Elkgrove ‘Inconvenient’ showtimes 19 phrenia, didn’t return home after looking for a new sales approach in point and a fundraising icon. Avenue constructed between 1949 Comics three hours, Muñoz called the police its fundraising campaigns. “The terrorist celeb, if you will,” and 1951 — are considered either Strips tease 20 and filed a missing person’s report. Al-Zarqawi had become a key said Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich. elderly or disabled, given a year to Classifieds part of al-Qaida’s marketing: He was “They are selling the success of Ad space odyssey 21-23 See MISSING WOMAN, page 13 a terror operator who stole headlines Zarqawi in eluding capture.” See LINCOLN PLACE, page 12

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The AIDS epidemic may have been lost in the minds of the general public but not at Crossroads School in Santa Monica. After immersing themselves in a three-day retreat focusing on AIDS, the local teenagers are ready to share with the community what they know about the ongoing problem and how to help. On Sunday, June 11, the eighth through 12th grade Crossroads School’s AIDS Ambassadors will join the UCLA AIDS Institute to present lessons, dramatic sketches, songs and poems that focus on the global AIDS pandemic and HIV prevention. An infor- mal buffet will be served. The students have brought the presentation to other Los Angeles-area schools after completing the UCLA AIDS Institute’s Teen AIDS Ambassadors program, a three-day retreat where they learned the history of U.S. AIDS and HIV activism and how to con- duct peer-to-peer education. SNOW CONDITIONS DATA PROVIDED BY ONTHESNOW.COM SURF CONDITIONS WATER TEMP: 66° The Santa Monica forum will occur at 6 p.m. in the community room at Crossroads Norton Campus & Sports Center, 1715 Olympic Blvd. BEAR MOUNTAIN SWELL FORECAST ( 3-5 FT ) Established in 1992, the UCLA AIDS Institute is a multidisciplinary think tank draw- THIS WEEKEND WE’RE EXPECTING SOME OCCASIONAL SETS FROM THE CLOSED SOUTH TO ROLL IN FROM FORERUNNER ENERGY OF OUR SWELL DUE ON ing on the skills of top-flight researchers in the worldwide fight against HIV and AIDS, SUNDAY THE 11TH. SETS RIGHT NOW ARE LOOKING INFREQUENT, AND the first cases of which were reported in 1982 by UCLA physicians. Institute members AROUND WAIST HIGH + AT SOUTH FACING BEACHES. JUNE MOUNTAIN include researchers in virology and immunology, genetics, cancer, neurology, ophthal- LONG RANGE SYNOPSIS TRACKING SW’ERS FOR 17TH AND 19TH... mology, epidemiology, social science, public health, nursing, and disease prevention. CLOSED Their findings have led to advances in treating HIV as well as other diseases such as hep- atitis B and C, influenza and cancer. MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN TIDE FORECAST FOR SANTA MONICA NEW SNOW BASE DEPTH LIFT HOURS RUNS OPEN LIFTS OPEN Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences is considered one of the leading college (24 Hrs) 0” 84”-108 7:00 am - 2:00 pm 35 4/28 SATURDAY CONDITIONS: Machine Groomed, Spring, Corn LOW TIDE N/A N/A N/A N/A preparatory schools in the nation. In addition to its acclaimed academic studies, the HIGH TIDE N/A N/A N/A N/A school offers a notable arts program, school officials said. In its 34-year history, it has MOUNTAIN HIGH SUNDAY developed a reputation for progressive education and academic excellence with virtually LOW TIDE N/A N/A N/A N/A 100 percent of its students graduating to distinguished colleges. CLOSED HIGH TIDE N/A N/A N/A N/A MONDAY For more information, call (310) 829-7391, ext. 513. LOW TIDE 12:21 AM 2.03 FEET 11:28 AM 1.34 FEET MT. BALDY HIGH TIDE 5:30 AM 3.26 FEET 6:24 PM 4.68 FEET Boys and Girls Club president a youthful spirit CLOSED TUESDAY LOW TIDE 1:09 AM 1.42 FEET 12:03 PM 1.61 FEET By Daily Press staff HIGH TIDE 6:43 AM 3.19 FEET 6:48 PM 5.02 FEET SNOW SUMMIT WEDNESDAY Longtime Santa Monica community member Allan Young has captured the spirit of youth. LOW TIDE 1:49 AM 0.81 FEET 12:37 PM 1.85 FEET The Spirit of Youth Foundation announced earlier this month at a garden party host- CLOSED HIGH TIDE 7:45 AM 3.22 FEET 7:13 PM 5.37 FEET ed by the British Consul General Bob Peirce and Ms. Sharon Harroun, the first Annual THURSDAY LOW TIDE N/A N/A N/A N/A Spirit Awards were presented to Allan Young and John W. Mack. The award is given to SNOW VALLEY HIGH TIDE N/A N/A N/A N/A individuals who have made a significant contribution to the development of youth. CLOSED FRIDAY Young, president and CEO of the Santa Monica Boys and Girls Club has grown up in LOW TIDE N/A N/A N/A N/A HIGH TIDE N/A N/A N/A N/A the club since 1956, and became president in 1979 and is credited with its and the Southern California’s Boys and Girls Club success and expansion. His dedication to youth has been recognized with many awards. Mack, who recently retired as president of the Los Angeles Urban League after head- ing the league for almost 36 years, has worked tirelessly for the advancement of young people. Mack began his career with the Urban League in Flint, Mich. in 1964 and was appointed executive director in 1965. Mack continues his community work as president PROUDLY BROUGHT TO YOU BY of Los Angeles Police Commission and board member of numerous community nonprofit organizations. Spirit of Youth Foundation was formed in 1993 by its chairman Dennis Storer, then THE Q-LINE executive director of the British Business Council, in the aftermath of the Los Angeles Riots, in the recognition that the future’s leaders need to know and understand diversi- RESPONSES ty. Its primary role is to help youth with disadvantaged backgrounds, and who have leadership capabilities, to travel to foreign countries to experience culture, history and democracies, and establish enduring friendships. ARE IN!

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100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1800 Santa Monica 90401 State 4 WEEKEND EDITION, JUNE 10-11, 2006 A newspaper with issues Gay old time Centers begin catering to gay senior crowd BY LISA LEFF cialized senior developments across the Associated Press Writer country are either up and running or in the works. SAN FRANCISCO — Like other gay men In such senior-heavy locales as California, in their golden years, Jack Norris and Arizona and Florida, as well as less tradition- Seymour Sirota had heard the horror stories. ally gay-friendly places like North Carolina An elderly lesbian couple is housed on and Texas, builders have found a market in a separate floors of a nursing home and kept segment of the gay population that worries from seeing each other. A gay retired college getting old will mean going back in the clos- professor feels compelled to keep his sexual et. orientation a secret after his roommate at an “In a retirement community, you want to assisted living facility asks to be transferred. be with people of like minds and like inter- “I thought,‘We are not going to be in that ests, whether it’s a golf community or a reli- situation,"’ the 67-year-old Norris says gious community,” said Bonnie McGowan, crisply. “This is not going to happen to us in who is spearheading Birds of a Feather, a our final days.” second gay senior complex in New Mexico. That’s how the two New Yorkers, partners “Until I feel safe walking down the street for 14 years, landed at Rainbow Vision, a holding a woman’s hand ... and not feel like just-completed senior community in Santa I’m going to offend even one person, there is Fe, N.M. From the private dining room a need for this.” named after Truman Capote to the cabaret Besides personal safety, specialists in gay where ‘60s teen icon Lesley “It’s My Party” aging issues offer other reasons why the so- Gore was scheduled to appear this weekend, called Stonewall Generation, named for the everything about the 146-unit retirement 1969 New York riots that marked the begin- village was designed with the comfort of ning of the modern gay movement, needs graying gays and lesbians in mind. and craves places of its own to retire. As the generation of gay men and les- Among them are the years of stigma and bians who came out in the 1960s and ‘70s reaches retirement age, about a dozen spe- See GAY SENIORS, page 5 State Visit us online at smdp.com WEEKEND EDITION, JUNE 10-11, 2006 5

ON THE NET Senior homes Rainbow Vision www.rainbowvisionprop.com Need a Good Lawyer? GAY SENIORS, from page 4 Lesbian and Gay Aging Issues Network “Your Local Santa Monica Attorney” isolation many gays who are over 50 experi- www.asaging.org/networks/LGAIN enced, that may have left them estranged from their families, financially insecure and from the AIDS crisis. The 26 rented assisted childless. living units comprise a section of the com- “There is a real sense of disenfranchise- plex called The Castro, after the San A PROFESSIONAL LEGAL CORPORATION ment and also a sense of independence, of ‘I Francisco neighborhood that has long been 2001 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica CA Civil Litigation don’t want to be dependent on family, I want a center of gay culture. 310/453 8320 www.lawgross.com Consumer and Business Disputes to be dependent on community,"’ said Judy “Just as we have set the trends in music Dlugacz, founder of the San Francisco-based and fashion, (gays and lesbians) will be set-

lesbian travel company Olivia Cruises and ting trends for the redefinition of family and 01591599 Resorts. community,” Silver said. Olivia is currently scouting land in the Steven David, a postdoctoral psychology Palm Springs area for what Dlugacz hopes fellow at the University of California, Los will be the first of several high-end resort Angeles who counsels and researches older communities geared toward mature lesbians gay men, said the concept of gay senior who are looking either for a vacation home housing gets mixed reviews from his clients. or a place to retire. He has spoken to some who think living in a Joy Silver, developer of Rainbow Vision, gay environment sounds fun and others who also plans to expand to Palm Springs, a think it sounds awful, “just like some desert community already popular with gay straight people like retirement communities tourists. and some don’t.” “Back in the day, we could identify each Meanwhile, some in his field oppose the other because the only place to be gay was a idea of separate communities for gay sen- gay bar,” said Silver, who views her Santa Fe iors, which also have taken off in Canada property as somewhere for baby boomer and parts of Europe, as voluntary self-segre- gays to live their later years as residents of a gation. “There has been an argument of, majority. ‘Should we be creating these places in the “Now, we have more options and we may first place or forcing society to accept us?"’ be more out, but it’s still going to be hard to he said. find friends or partners,”she said. “It doesn’t For his part, Jack Norris says that battle help to live in a gay-friendly community can wait for the next generation. without any other gay people.” He spent years in a job where he had to Along with second chances — Silver is silently endure anti-gay jokes. Sirota, who is planning to throw a prom party “for those of 80, did not tell his family he was gay until the us who didn’t go to senior prom with the two men got together. DO YOU HAVE COMMUNITY NEWS? person we wanted to” — Rainbow Vision Norris said even talking publicly about Submit news releases to [email protected] or by fax at (310) 576-9913 was designed to foster a sense of immediate their new life at Rainbow Vision felt like a belonging. revolutionary act. Visit us online at smdp.com The fitness center was named after les- “Seymour was worried maybe we would bian tennis pioneer Billie Jean King, for be getting too much exposure,” he said. “But example, while services for those requiring then I said, ‘We need to be like Rosa Parks. ongoing medical care reflect lessons learned We can’t sit in the back of the bus."’ Opinion 6 WEEKEND EDITION, JUNE 10-11, 2006 A newspaper with issues Letting nature take its PLENTY IN STORE FOR SHOPPING MALL This past week, Q-Line asked: course just won’t do “What would you propose for the shopping complex in the heart of downtown?” Here are your responses: women can get phony spray-on tans that nobody thinks are real. Unless they discover ✆ “Sixty years ago during World War II and idents downtown plan is already a done deal.” MODERN something dangerous about the sprays — before the Marina del Ray inlet was dredged TIMES which they probably will, since they discover ✆ along Pacific Ocean water to flow freely into “I would love to see Santa Monica Place BY LLOYD GARVER something dangerous about everything — the Marina Harbor, I would ride a Palamino have a discount department store like Target the use of this product not only gives a stallion Apache style with just a hackamaw or K-Mart or anything like that, or a Penny’s desired look, but can actually save lives. bridle with no bit along the Pacific Ocean’s or a Mervin’s. I quit shopping in Santa Monica Then there’s the teeth-whitening fad. water edge from Manhattan Beach to Venice because all you have is a bunch of little bou- EDITOR’S NOTE Lloyd Garver is on vacation. This Natural human teeth are not blinding white Beach. I had to stop at Venice Beach due to tique places, and most of the people I know column originally appeared in June of 2005. in color. But now, thanks to advertising and traffic congestion that existed in Venice don’t shop in Santa Monica; we just don’t. societal pressures, people are bleaching their Beach and Santa Monica Beach even back And we eat, we go to the restauraunts but we In case you haven’t noticed, breast teeth. And those with bleached teeth don’t then. I trust that the new Santa Monica Place don’t shop here because you don’t have any implants are bigger than ever. Surgically- care if they look unnatural. They figure if developers will take into consideration the discount department stores. I think it’s a big enhanced breasts are on the rise, and the you need sunglasses to look at them, that’s horrors of traffic congestion that now exist in mistake. I know there’s a lot of pressure; I trend shows no sign of pointing downward. your problem. Santa Monica and build a parking structure know the lobbyists of the Bayside District, Approximately a quarter of a million So, it seems that much of the “I don’t care that will allow cars to enter and exit quickly you know all the little stores, they drove out American women have their breasts if it looks natural or not” craze has to do and efficiently.” the idea of a Target but I still think it would be enlarged each year. It used to be that women with self-esteem. Instead of being ashamed a wonderful idea, and I know that it would be were secretive about these enhancements of using human-made things to change their ✆ “They should build something like The very well-supported. There’s a huge number and desperately wanted them to look natu- looks, people are proud of their purchased Grove in Hollywood or something like that, of working-class people, senior citizens who ral. Now, the artificial look is apparently per- appearances. The attitude is simply, “I feel but not have any type of chain stores; just are retired, single people, and families who fectly acceptable to some women. They don’t better about myself looking this way, and I have stores that are individually owned would like a true discount department store care if it’s obvious that they’ve had surgery, don’t care who knows about it.” because we have enough chain stores in this in Santa Monica. We have enough beautiful they just like the way they look. In fact, a bra If all of these “super-natural” looks stay in town already. But it doesn’t really matter what things in Santa Monica. Why don’t you get company, brastraps.com, recently intro- fashion, will our DNA evolve to include they build because the bums will probably be something that’s realistic for the population?” duced a bra whose purpose is to give the them? For quite a while, I’ve believed that allowed to take it over like they do everything wearer the appearance of having breast babies will soon be born with the innate else and stink that place up, too.” ✆ “The parking structures downtown are implants. It is “designed to create a natural ability to be experts at computer games and depressing to walk past. They look like cosmetically enhanced look.” I guess “natu- genetically predisposed to be able to watch ✆ “For the proposed new shopping complex gloomy jails for cars — places to avoid, dan- ral cosmetically enhanced” is no longer an one TV show while taping another. downtown I would propose a couple of gerous places. I would propose putting busi- oxymoron. Similarly, if people of the opposite sex find things. Get rid of the tacky street performers nesses at street level, maybe a big used So, some people must feel that phony- all these artificial looks attractive, will natu- and bring back peace and quiet. Secondly, bookstore like The Strand in New York. But of looking, gravity-defying breasts look better ral selection and the survival of the fittest strict enforcement and removal of all the course, I would never get past the bookstore than what nature had in mind. This move lead to our genes being altered? Will people cruddy bums, and maybe third definitely and shop in all the other places.” away from imitating nature to creating a in future generations be born with a propen- would be more restrooms for the visitors and new, acceptable look has had precedents. sity to have ludicrously large chests, no fat, a shoppers and definitely have them with ✆ “What I’d like to see in downtown is a Years ago, a woman would never want peo- perfect tan, no hair except on their heads, guards and people to keep cleanliness and Mecca for homeless people so they could ple to know that she dyed her hair. The big and white teeth bright enough to light up law and order and all the rest within.” ask for more change and accost people, advertising slogan was, “Only her hairdress- the neighborhood? It’s quite possible. And if maybe fewer bathrooms and, wait a minute er knows for sure.” Now, women who have you think I’m exaggerating, consider the ✆ “To all the Dr. Evils, it should have a tribute — we already have that in our downtown.” orange hair or brand new blond highlights name of that bra that tries to give women the to Musselini, that we had to spend all that don’t care that “everyone knows for sure.” unnatural look. It’s called, the “Evolution.” money for rope to hang him by his heels, the ✆ “What I propose for the shopping mall Men also are in on the cosmetic surgery champion of the evil — the Bush’s, the very replacement is no replacement at all. What is boom. Hair transplants, liposuction and laser (Lloyd Garver has written for many television shows, rich, stingy capitalists, I’d like to dedicate a the problem? Why do we have to rip off the hair removal are all on the increase for them. ranging from “Sesame Street” to “Family Ties” to statue to them — the people with evils, roof and ‘modernize’ the shopping mall? It’s The chest or “pec” implant is another popular “Frasier.” He also has read many books, some of where the evil people are.” not broke — please don’t fix it.” procedure for men. Our culture is apparently them in hardcover. He writes the “Modern Times” col- obsessed with chests regardless of gender. umn for CBSnews.com’s opinion page and can be ✆ “I would suggest that they put in eateries ✆ “In terms of what is needed in the new In the middle of winter, both men and reached at [email protected].) that are wheelchair-friendly for disabled peo- Santa Monica Place Mall, we obviously ple. Different kinds, like maybe a hamburger require a Target store that the city denied; LETTERS TO THE EDITOR joint, maybe an Italian joint, maybe a Greek- there would be sufficient parking for that. We joint, maybe even a pie joint. Pedestrian- require a new, state-of-the-art multiplex the- friendly, wheelchair-friendly, with beautiful ater complex that the city of Santa Monica, What’s in a name? shrubbery like night-blooming jasmine and for whatever reasons known best to people Editor: such, and maybe some pools with water lilies working within the city, can’t seem to get As a Santa Monica resident, you received a letter requesting suggestions to name the and swans, evocative of Monet.” built. We certainly need the much in-demand short road just south of Colorado Avenue leading to PCH. I was astonished to read the Trader Joe’s market. The Santa Monica Place new street name “Moomat Ahiko.” My first thought was that the name sounded like a ✆ “Can you spell taxpayer dummies? The Mall now has to be more egalitarian — it can- WWII Japanese combatant — perhaps it was meant to appease our Japanese tourists. As Macerich Company made a bad real estate not just simply be a series of clothing stores soon as I got home I searched the Internet, no such luck. Certainly our council members investment, so to make money they need to appealing to teenagers and people in their could have picked a name more reflective of our beach community that everyone would build condos. Twenty-one stories was their mid to late 20s.” understand, i.e. Seascape Drive, Ocean View Road, Sea Breeze Road, etc. first choice. The fallback position will be eight According to Councilmember Richard Bloom the name means: “breath of the ocean” stories because that’s the height the City ✆ “About your question of the shops down- in the language of Gabrielino Tongva Native Americans who were indigenous to this Council will allow to be built downtown. I can town, I’d like to see something user-friendly area. Now you are one of the select few who know the meaning of the name. To be fair, see an architectural disaster like the $70 mil- for some of us older people, not just the all council members did not approve this bewildering street name. lion library. What is badly needed is an archi- stores for the youth and for tourists, but Comments to councilmember Richard Bloom at [email protected] tect — not Frank Gehry, but a Howard Roark, something useful like a JC Penny that we to fuse what’s left of a beach-town atmos- used to have downtown, maybe a drugstore, Fred Alexander phere with visionary planning and architec- just some very useful kind of shops.” Santa Monica ture. I have an idea for three big stores meshed with several smaller ones, open ✆ “I would like to see a Target or a Wal-Mart space, a supermarket, 40 condos, nothing or a K-Mart come into Santa Monica Place. over three stories, and a way to integrate this Last month I spent $300 at Target in Los DO YOU HAVE COMMUNITY NEWS? into the existing mall and the low-income Angeles, Culver City. I spend all of my tax dol- Submit news releases to [email protected] or by fax at (310) 576-9913 housing rent area, plus Main Street. But it’s a lars someplace else. I’d love to be able to do fools dream — the City Hall’s unknown-to-res- it here.” Visit us online at smdp.com

OPINIONS EXPRESSED are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of the Santa Monica Daily Press staff. Guest editorials from residents are encouraged, as are letters to the editor. Letters will be published on a space-available basis. It is our intention to publish all letters we receive, except those that are libelous or are unsigned. Preference will be given to those that are e-mailed to [email protected]. All letters must include the author’s name and telephone number for purposes of verification. Letters also may be mailed to our offices located at 1427 Third Street Promenade, Suite 202, Santa Monica, 90401, or faxed to (310) 576-9913. All letters and guest editorials are subject to editing for space and content. Opinion Visit us online at smdp.com WEEKEND EDITION, JUNE 10-11, 2006 7 GUEST COMMENTARY BY GREG SMILEY A cop’s perspective on pot priorities I would like to respond to the many com- pending. This means any pending calls, Further investigation led us to the discovery ority” had this initiative been in effect at the ments and opinions from your readers including parking violations, would send a of 245 pounds of marijuana inside the sub- time of this call. Officers would have been regarding the proposed ordinance requiring citizen’s legitimate complaint about the odor ject’s apartment. It was later learned that the directed to other calls first and may have the Santa Monica Police Department to make or visible use of marijuana within a resi- adult male had sold over 700 pounds of mar- been delayed several hours as a result. You adult marijuana offenses its lowest priority. dence to the bottom of the dispatch queue. I ijuana earlier that day for an estimated street may think the previous account was an iso- The proponents of this initiative would like would like to provide you with a recent value of over a quarter of a million dollars. lated incident, but officers often discover you to believe that this ordinance would, as example of why this would be a bad idea. But that was not the worst part of this more serious crimes when investigating the they put it, “free up police resources to focus While working patrol just a few months incident. Let me tell you about the conversa- odor of marijuana. on serious and violent crimes.”But the truth is ago, I responded to a call from a Santa tion I had with the adult male’s 4-year-old Our goal is to provide this community that although the use of marijuana by adults Monica resident concerned about the odor of niece. After she led us to the 245-pound with the highest quality of law enforcement in a private residence is already treated as a marijuana coming from an apartment. When cache of marijuana stored in the apartment, services. It is our responsibility to provide a low priority by the police department, this the first officer on the scene arrived, he she told us that her uncle had picked her up safe environment for our residents, business ordinance could actually further tie up police approached on foot and observed a bag of from school earlier that day with a gun in his owners and visitors. resources because it requires additional what appeared to be marijuana in the back hand and several bags of marijuana in the This initiative makes no sense from a pub- reporting by our officers and the department. seat of a mini van parked in front of the area vehicle. She explained how he drove around lic safety standpoint and it is bad public pol- By making such incidents the “lowest pri- in question. I arrived shortly thereafter and with the gun in his hand and made several icy. We believe that it interferes with officers’ ority,” this initiative would prevent the observed an adult male exit the apartment stops throughout Santa Monica. Adult, per- lawful performance of their duty to remain police from responding to investigate a com- where the van was parked. The officer and I sonal use of marijuana is not entirely harm- responsive to our community’s safety needs. munity member’s call for service concerning detained the adult male and quickly discov- less; it still requires someone to deliver it. the adult, personal use of marijuana unless ered that he was in possession of a loaded .38 Based upon the way this call was received, (Greg Smiley is the chairman of the Santa Monica there were no other law enforcement calls caliber handgun concealed in his waistband. it would have been assigned the “lowest pri- Police Officers Association.)

GUEST COMMENTARY BY JOHN W. WHITEHEAD It’s up to Christians to fight for freedoms of all religions Amidst a sea of memorial plaques at the stones or memorial plaques. Included among permitting symbols of other religions and good nation that stands in silence and remem- Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial the 30 approved symbols are those that repre- non-religions, the government is clearly bers those who were loved and who, in return, Cemetery, one space remains blank. sent such mainstream religions as Christianity, engaging in viewpoint discrimination — loved their countrymen enough to die for That space is waiting to be filled by a Judaism, Islam and Hinduism. The list also which is a shoddy way to treat someone who them. Yet, we must try to honor them — not plaque honoring the life and sacrifice of includes more obscure religions like Konko- has died in service to his country. for their sakes alone, but for our own. And if 34-year-old Sgt. Patrick Stewart, who was Kyo Faith and Seicho-No-Ie. And while the list Having posthumously awarded the words cannot repay the debt we owe these killed in action on Sept. 25, 2005, when his does not include a symbol for the Wiccan faith, Bronze Star and Purple Heart to Sgt. Stewart, men, surely with our actions we must strive to helicopter was struck with a rocket-pro- incredibly enough, it does include symbols for the U.S. government intends that he should keep faith with them and with the vision that pelled grenade as it flew over Afghanistan. atheism and humanism. be remembered for his bravery and sacrifice. led them to battle and to final sacrifice. But it may be some time before Sgt. Whatever one’s opinion might be about Yet what his widow, Roberta Stewart, will If we are to keep faith with Sgt. Stewart Stewart is remembered with a memorial the Wiccan faith, there should be no doubt remember is the fact that her husband died and the other brave men and women who plaque. That’s because his war widow and in anyone’s mind that the First Amendment defending the country that is denying him have died in service to the United States, the Department of Veterans Affairs are at to our U.S. Constitution provides for reli- the right to express his religious freedom. then we must remember that all rights hang odds over the Stewart family’s request to gious freedom for all individuals of all faiths Hours before official Memorial Day cere- together. That is both the genius and the have the Wiccan pentacle, a five-pointed — whether they are Christians, Jews, monies were set to begin at the Northern strength of the American system. star surrounded by a circle, placed on the Muslims, atheists, Wiccans and others. Nevada Veterans Cemetery, Patrick Stewart’s Although our country was founded on a plaque. As of May 31, government offi- The United States Supreme Court has rou- widow gathered at a park a few miles away to Judeo-Christian base, the Framers of the cials have refused to allow the Wiccan tinely held that viewpoint discrimination by hold an alternative service in honor of her U.S. Constitution understood that religious symbol to be placed on Stewart’s plaque. the government against particular expressions husband, his faith and his service to his coun- freedom was for everyone, not just Sgt. Stewart identified himself as belong- of religion is unconstitutional. In the Supreme try. Speaking to a gathering of approximately Christians. In other words, the only way that ing to the Wiccan faith. Although Wiccans Court’s 1963 ruling in Sherbert v. Vernor, 200 friends and family, Roberta Stewart freedom can prevail for Christians is for are not considered part of America’s main- Justice William J. Brennan observed, “The declared, “This is discrimination against our Christians to stand up and fight for the stream religious establishment, they are a door of the Free Exercise Clause stands tightly religion. I ask you to help us remember that minority beliefs and religions of others. growing minority. According to 2005 closed against any governmental regulation of all freedoms are worth fighting for.” Without it, freedom will most likely be Defense Department statistics, approximate- religious beliefs.”In that same opinion, Justice How do we remember? lost. And we will be left wondering whose ly 1,800 active-duty service members identi- Brennan wrote that “Government may neither We do so by renewing our resolve to pre- freedoms we are really fighting for. fy themselves as belonging to the alternative compel affirmation of a repugnant belief, nor serve and protect our freedoms. As President religion that subscribes to magical activities penalize or discriminate against individuals or Ronald Reagan remarked as he looked out (Constitutional attorney and author John W. and Earth worship. groups because they hold religious views upon a sea of headstones at Arlington Whitehead is founder and president of The Rutherford According to federal guidelines, only abhorrent to the authorities.” National Cemetery on a Memorial Day Institute. He can be contacted at [email protected]. approved religious symbols — of which there Yet by refusing to place the Wiccan sym- many years ago: Information about The Rutherford Institute is available at are 30 — can be placed on government head- bol on Sgt. Stewart’s memorial plaque, while The sight before us is that of a strong and www.rutherford.org.)

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Visit us online at smdp.com National 8 WEEKEND EDITION, JUNE 10-11, 2006 A newspaper with issues Green investments just might pay off BY TIM FOUGHT officials say is a good thing for the planet. such markets in the Pacific Northwest. based Ecotrust organization, said volumes are Associated Press Writer The idea is to create markets for environ- Advocates say such schemes could benefit measured in a few millions of dollars, but ought mental benefits, for example by imposing Oregon’s Willamette River, expected to be sub- to be in the billions, trillions and “bazillions.” PORTLAND, Ore. — You wouldn’t think of limits on emissions of carbon dioxide or wet- ject to new regulations intended to cool water The markets, however, have attracted big buying a couple of tons of carbon dioxide lands development and then allowing players temperatures to improve fish habitat. A market players. Last year, two global financial insti- emissions or a breeding pair of red-cockaded in the market to trade development rights. A mechanism could allow cities and industries to tutions, the European group ABN Amro and woodpeckers for your retirement accounts. group of activists and others, including a pay farmers to plant trees to shade upstream U.S.-based Citigroup, said they were backing But for some investors, those might look Goldman Sachs executive and a Bush admin- reaches and tributaries of the river. an online site — Ecosystem Marketplace — like good investments — which some envi- istration official, gathered in Portland The markets in such benefits are small. that tracks prices and developments in environmentalists, financiers and government Wednesday to consider ways to create more Bettina von Hagen, a leader of the Portland- ronmental markets. The site was developed by a nonprofit conservation group, Forest Trends, whose The Daily Press connects you with consumers who are most likely to buy. leader, Michael Jenkins, has nurtured the idea of trading in environmental benefits since a 1999 conference in Katoomba, Australia. Even though the site tracks some markets that haven’t recorded any transactions for 1 voted #1 by Santa Monica residents direct reach to LOCALS months, Jenkins said it has begun to supply one of the prerequisites of public trading: audited distribution 19,0003 weekly readership 239,400 transparency, or a common pool of information for investors. average readers per copy 2.1 local source for TOURISTS “We’re trying to build this brick by brick,” he said at the beginning of the meeting. daily readership 39,900 75% of readership is 25-54 years old For environmentalists, he said, there’s urgency in trying new tacks. Measures of useful tool for BUSINESSES AFFLUENT educated readership environmental benchmarks from climate change to habitat loss show “we’re not winning,” he said. “It’s been kind of a difficult pill for many in the environmental community to accept,” he said. “Historically, the market has not 5 FREE been good for the environment, just as it has 2 quarter page display ads not been good for poor people.” Call today 310-458-7737 ON THE NET www.ecosystemmarketplace.com

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$15,359 $2,200 07/04/06 Local 10 WEEKEND EDITION, JUNE 10-11, 2006 A newspaper with issues Making life ‘a little better each day’ CHRONIC HOMELESS, from page 1 she added. “It was just getting a lot harder to where I would be without it, maybe dead, Hall spends annually on homeless services, live on the street. It wasn’t like it was 25 years but definitely still on the streets.” which is 2 percent of the general fund. Last “I got old,” said Mendez, her arms gently ago, and neither was my health.” Following several rejections by the feder- year, that amounted to $3.7 million. folded in her lap as she sat in an office at the Today, Mendez said she has a new lease al government, Mendez was declared dis- Homeless service providers do not receive OPCC Access Center, a place on Seventh on life. Not only is she celebrating two years abled last year due to her arthritis. She extra funding under the program, instead Street and Colorado Avenue where the down- of sobriety, attending Alcoholics Anony- receives slightly more than $1,000 a month their caseworkers have put in extra hours to and-out can shower, eat a meal and receive mous meetings religiously, Mendez also is in government aid. “There’s just no way I work inside the program’s parameters, said counseling or access other social services. “I living indoors, which is something she never could have saved enough money for an officials at OPCC and St. Joseph. had gotten sober on the streets, and without would have thought possible as one of the apartment by myself. No way.” Before the program’s expansion, the City the alcohol … I began to realize that my body city’s “chronically homeless,” a term used by Mendez owes her newfound good for- Council had dedicated $20,000 a year for was getting run down. In those few moments government agencies for someone who, tune to a woman she calls her guardian two years to hire a social worker to help when I was sober and had some clarity, that’s despite intervention, has spent several years angel, Suzie de la Rosa, a caseworker at coordinate the effort, Miyasato said. when I realized how bad my body ached.” living on the streets or in shelters. OPCC. It was de la Rosa who first As a comparison, one chronically home- Mendez, now 50, dressed in a tan Mickey With her one-bedroom apartment on approached Mendez at Reed Park in late less individual cost City Hall more than Mouse sweatshirt and jeans, her long black Sixth Street and Santa Monica Boulevard, 2004 and offered her a chance to live indoors $8,500 a year over a three-year period, much hair combed closely to her face, rubbed her Mendez said she can finally put the past through City Hall’s Chronic Homeless of which was the result of 62 arrests and 48 knee and wrists where bones were broken behind her and start fresh. Her rent is $1,204 Program, a relatively new venture which paramedic calls. That doesn’t include visits to during drunken stumbles or confrontations a month, of which Mendez pays $320. The brings the city’s five homeless services the emergency room, Miyasato said. City offi- with the abusive men she married. remainder is covered by the federal and local providers together to focus on the most cials tracked one homeless individual in Santa “The laws are getting tougher now. The governments. severe cases of homelessness. Monica and measured the calls for service, his city is getting a lot stricter and you have “I’m looking to extend my life and make arrest record, the number of times he was signs going up everywhere telling you, ‘you it a little better each day,”she said. “The pro- SEALING CRACKS IN THE SYSTEM jailed and was treated by paramedics. can’t sleep here’ and ‘you can’t sleep there’,” gram has been wonderful. I don’t know Under pressure from residents and business “I believe that with (the Chronic owners to dramatically reduce the number of Homeless Program), if it becomes wide- homeless in Santa Monica, the City Council in spread, can really show terrific results,” said 2004 created the Chronic Homeless Program, City Councilman Richard Bloom, a member “Medical Breakthrough For Sciatica, which is essentially designed to be a more effi- of Bring LA Home, a coalition dedicated to cient and effective way to organize the distribu- ending homelessness in 10 years. “What this tion of homeless services. program does is it brings everybody involved Back Pain Caused By Herniated Disc” Before the program, providers such as together so that we can all be on the same OPCC, Step Up On Second, the St. Joseph page and present an unified message that res- Center and the CLARE Foundation were onates every time there is an opportunity to Santa Monica– A new free along with Strength Restoration working almost entirely independent of one interact with someone who is homeless, and report has recently been Therapy (SRT) is 91% success- another, as were the police and fire depart- that message is ‘we are here to help.’” released that reveals how ful in treating debilitating back ments. Those agencies would often deal with As part of the program’s expansion, serv- the same chronically homeless individuals ice providers will work with a three-person breakthrough medical technol- pain. For your free report call daily, but rarely communicated with each team of professionals who will focus on 30 ogy is offering new hope for 1-888-790-1933 and listen to other to better coordinate care. That meant homeless individuals at a time, helping them sciatica and back pain suffer- the toll-free 24 Hr. recorded mes- homeless people were slipping through the receive counseling, medical care and apply cracks, receiving meals at one location, but for federal aid such as Social Security. Once ers. 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We’re confident we the 85 enrolled, 14 are still homeless, four are can do both.” refusing service, six are in jail or hospitalized Since its creation, 85 people have been and the whereabouts of 12 remain unknown. enrolled in the program, with 21 being One person has died, Miyasato said. placed in permanent housing and 27 in tem- Those who are enrolled in the program, porary or transitional housing. Its success many of whom have had drug or alcohol has been praised by The Los Angeles Times addictions, are not tested to see if they are and is considered by New York City home- still using. And there is little incentive for less officials as being an effective model to them to pursue a higher level of income, enhance the continuum of care. New York because if a client earns more money than he City has a similar program called or she is currently receiving in Social Community Collaboratives, in which police Security, general relief or disability pay- and fire departments work directly with ments, there’s a chance they will not qualify service providers, the religious community for as much rental assistance or could lose and residents to identify chronically home- their housing voucher, putting some back on less individuals and assist in their recovery. the streets. As for the drug testing, Julie DeRose, direc- A PROGRAM WITH SUBSTANCE tor of homeless services for the St. Joseph The City Council in March approved an Center, said clients who are abusing drugs or expansion of the Chronic Homeless Program, alcohol would not commit to the program pumping an additional $178,560 into rental because of the dedication it requires, and case- subsidies. Another $256,554 was allocated for workers would most likely not approach them services such as social workers and rental because there is a higher risk of failure for deposits. City Hall also applied for and someone under the influence. received a grant from the U.S. Department of “These are people who have been Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in through quite a lot, and the last thing we the amount of $948,000 to provide the bulk would want to do is pressure them into a sit- of the rental subsidies. That money is in addition to what City See CHRONIC HOMELESS, page 11 Local Visit us online at smdp.com WEEKEND EDITION, JUNE 10-11, 2006 11

posed to do and what you can’t do, where Call it a comeback not to be caught sleeping, where to eat, “I was scared. They wanted to take me out of my element CHRONIC HOMELESS, from page 10 shower, get clean clothes, medical help,” Mendez said.“You’ve got it down to a science … and learn how to deal with landlords, bills and house uation in which they may suffer from anoth- and then someone approaches you with an cleaning. It’s a little overwhelming. er failure, which can be a dramatic setback in offer you can’t refuse.” getting them housed,” DeRose said. “It takes But Mendez did at first. It took de la Rosa Basically, I didn’t know how to do any of that.” a lot of effort for our caseworkers to build a few visits to get Mendez to trust her enough the trust and to build a relationship with our to listen to what the program had to offer. DONNA MENDEZ clients, and the last thing we would want to “I was scared. They wanted to take me out A CLIENT OF THE CITY’S CHRONIC HOMELESS PROGRAM do is to damage that relationship.” of my element … and learn how to deal with DeRose said much of the substance abuse landlords, bills and house cleaning,” Mendez become so restrictive that they have pushed me,” said Haro, who became homeless five is a symptom of other problems, either med- said. “It’s a little overwhelming. Basically, I more landlords to opt out of the program. years ago when he lost a construction job ical or emotional, and once those core issues didn’t know how to do any of that.” Wonder said the amount of money offered and was forced by his mother to move out. are addressed, the abuse goes away. for each voucher pales in comparison to He said he lived in his car, taking odd jobs “We definitely support a period of stabi- SWEPT UNDER THE RUG what landlords can get by renting to those when he could, but after a while he couldn’t lization before someone is placed in perma- Since moving into her apartment just who are not considered “low income.” keep his head above water and drowned in nent housing,” DeRose said. “We encourage over a year ago, Mendez has had to learn a “(Landlords) are less eager to accept debt, forcing him to lose his last valuable people to go into rehab and address the lot of skills, from how to use her dishwasher vouchers now,” she said. “However, there are possession, his car. issues which are troubling them. It happens to making sure her bills are paid each those who have accepted tenants on Section “At that point, I felt like all hope was lost,” at different times for different people.” month. Everything seems new to her, she 8 and other housing assistance because they Haro said. “But after working with folks at St. Mendez, who was introduced to alcohol said, including vacuuming. feel these folks deserve to have a nice, com- Joseph, and becoming enrolled in the program, at an early age by her mother, said casework- de la Rosa remembers receiving a call fortable and secure place to live.” I’m now on my way to getting my own place. ers need not worry about drug abusers or from Mendez shortly after she moved into DeRose said Upchurch and Haro are My only goal is to get my G.E.D. and maybe in alcoholics enrolling in the program because her apartment. Mendez was frantic, afraid close to securing housing and should sign a year or two, purchase another car and keep those who are under the influence will not that she would be evicted for putting thin leases soon. But there is still concern for oth- continuing in the direction I’m going.” want to commit to the responsibilities that lines in her carpet from the vacuum cleaner. ers, including families, who are often the Upchurch, who has been diagnosed with come with it, including having to meet with It turned out, the lines were simply most difficult to house together because of a mental disability and cannot work around caseworkers several times a week. caused by the vacuum’s wheels, and would the lack of apartments big enough to accom- large groups of people, said he hopes to find “If a person wants to get off the street, they disappear within a few hours, “but Donna modate more than two people. an apartment and possibly “a woman.” have to be willing to do something to help didn’t know that,” de la Rosa said. “She “We’ve had a lot of success, but the costs “It’s going to be a journey,”he said. “I still themselves,” Mendez said. “You can’t just come thought she had ruined the whole carpet. It are increasing and it is becoming more chal- don’t know what I’ll do, but one thing’s for into a facility like (OPCC) and automatically be was quite refreshing actually, to explain it to lenging,” DeRose said. sure, I don’t want to go back to the streets.” put in housing somewhere. You have to do her and walk her through the process. Firmly entrenched in her apartment, some kind of work … and have some kind of Donna has really come a long way.” WHAT LIES ON THE ROAD AHEAD Mendez is looking to continue attending her income, because housing is very difficult to find Mendez said she still doesn’t use her dish- As soon as Haro, 45, finds an apartment, daily AA meetings while trying to maintain her around here. General relief isn’t going to cut it.” washer and just recently turned on her elec- he said he wants to work towards receiving new life indoors. She doesn’t have any big plans. tric oven for the first time. She didn’t cook his General Education Diploma, and then “I just want to make sure I keep what I THE YEARS FALLING AWAY anything. She just wanted to see if she knew hopefully land a permanent job. He current- have,” she said. “Sometimes I think about Those enrolled in the Chronic Homeless how it worked. ly works as a cashier at LAX, but the job is going back out (on the streets) for a night Program are, by definition, the most difficult “You’re just so used to not having to worry seasonal. He currently resides in a transi- and sleep with some of my friends. But just to reach. They’ve been homeless the longest about anything except yourself,” Mendez said. tional housing shelter. my luck, I’d get a ticket for sleeping and it’s and are the most resistant to change, accord- “Then you’re brought indoors, into this envi- “I think a happy ending is coming up for not worth it just to relive the moment.” ing to service providers. ronment that you are so unfamiliar with. It’s “It’s really about baby steps in the begin- hard for people to understand, but having ning,” said de la Rosa, Mendez’s caseworker. lived on the streets for 25 years, things like a “There are serious trust issues because many phone or just learning how to interact with (homeless) have been abused, robbed, taken your neighbors, those are all new to me. I have advantage of. It’s really scary for them and to learn what that’s like all over again.” sort of inconceivable for them to think that they will be in their own home. You just have FINDING A PLACE TO HANG YOUR HAT to keep trying, and after a while you begin to While adjusting to a new home can be see a little ray of hope and then it just takes difficult, locating an apartment that is on a life of its own.” affordable in Santa Monica can prove to be Mendez said she became homeless in her even more of a challenge. early 20s after a failed marriage. However, Johnny Haro and Billy Upchurch are she admits as a teen she ran away from home clients of the St. Joseph Center. Both said in constantly, rebelling against authority and interviews in May that they have been wait- the alcoholic mother who force-fed her pre- ing for at least four months to find an apart- scriptions drugs and booze as a child to keep ment in or around Santa Monica that would her quiet. The alcohol became a way for accept housing vouchers. They found there Mendez to forget about her problems, but in are very few available, because many land- the end, it contributed to her prolonged bat- lords no longer accept vouchers as they can tle with homelessness. get more money on the open market. “There are quite a few women who have “It’s been rough finding a place, just been married and eventually grow into because you’re talking about Santa Monica — drugs or alcohol,” Mendez said. “It’s either a pretty competitive place to look for an apart- involved in the beginning (of the marriage), ment,”said Upchurch, 35, who became home- creating that shift to fail, or it gets picked up less about three years ago after a company he along the way.” was working for in Bakersfield laid him off Following her divorce, Mendez said she and he had no means to get back home to lived in a car and got a job at fast food Texas. He managed to hitch a ride to Santa restaurants or waitressing at bars. A few Monica, a place he heard had services for the months turned into a few years, until she homeless. Upchurch is currently living on the eventually lost her car and began sleeping on streets here while he waits for an apartment. the streets. She grew up in San Bernardino, “My caseworker and I have been all but bounced around the Los Angeles area around the city, it seems, and we’ve had while she was homeless. some luck in finding places,” Upchurch She moved to Santa Monica because the added. “But it hasn’t been easy.” word on the streets from her fellow homeless DeRose said one of the biggest obstacles friends was that Santa Monica was more in the program is mastering the housing compassionate than other cities. Mendez component. As rents continue to rise and heard the city was kind to people like her, more affordable housing is converted into offering programs and free food. Years then condos, the more difficult it becomes to find turned into decades, until living on the landlords who will accept vouchers. streets became routine. Gwen Wonder, executive director of the “When you are on the streets so long, you Action Apartment Association, which repre- know how the police work and you know sents landlords in Santa Monica, said the how to get by every day — what you’re sup- rules regarding subsidized housing have Local 12 WEEKEND EDITION, JUNE 10-11, 2006 A newspaper with issues Evicted tenants are pushing back LINCOLN PLACE, from page 1 vacate their homes under current eviction laws. Still, they fear they may soon meet a similar fate with Apartment Investment and Management Company (AIMCO) — the nation’s largest private landlord — as the filing of unlawful detainers can begin as soon as September 1. “This is not over. We are not letting this be over,” said a defiant Bernard on Friday. “We want justice to be done.” AIMCO plans to redevelop the 35-acre property, placing condominiums and luxury apartments on site with 140 low-income units. AIMCO has typically declined to comment on negotiations with tenants because of a gag order imposed by the mediator. In previous interviews, Patti Schwayder, vice president of government relations and communications for AIMCO, said the company offered a “generous” relocation package to tenants, which has played a large part in the site’s declining occupancy. AIMCO has also offered 140 units of affordable housing to former tenants. The suit filed this week was brought under the California Environmental Quality Act, on behalf of longtime tenant Ingrid Mueller. Among its charges are that Los Angeles is illegally refusing to enforce redevelopment conditions, including compre- hensive tenant protections it had previously worked out with the owners. The protec- Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press tions, the suit alleges, had been offered in GONE, BUT NOT FORGETTING (Top) Tenants are escorted out of their apartments by Sheriff’s 2002 by the developer as an inducement in Department personnel after being evicted from Lincoln Place in December. (Right) Los Angeles City order to gain approval from the city to rede- Councilman Bill Rosendahl attempts to calm down tenants at Lincoln Place Apartments in Venice velop the apartment complex as apartments after they were forced out last year to make way for a condominium redevelopment project. The and condominiums. Lincoln Place Tenants Association this week filed suit to have the evictions rescinded. AIMCO, however, was just a 50-percent owner of the 52-building complex at the Friday that his office had yet to see the suit, tive with a judge. time the redevelopment tract map was but hasn’t given up on finding an amiable “It’s a shame we have to do what the city approved, and is sole owner today. solution to what has become “an ongoing attorney should be doing to protect the city’s The steadfast tenants contend City issue.” people from real estate speculators.” Attorney Rocky Delgadillo is backing down “We have been working with the mayor’s The lawsuit asks the court to order Los Fabian Lewkowicz/File Photo to AIMCO in the company’s efforts to office and City Council to find a mediated Angeles officials to enforce the mitigation increase the density of the project and ren- solution,” said Diamond. “We feel we have measures it adopted in 2002. It seeks an der the tract map null and void because it been receptive to their (tenants’) concerns, injunction against all eviction proceedings “This is not over. We are was never recorded. participating in all the mediation efforts. We until the tenant relocation measures have “I wouldn’t say all the members of the don’t think we’ve turned our backs on them been complied with or modified in a public not letting this be over. city have turned their backs,” explained at all. hearing, in line with the Court of Appeals We want justice to be done.” Bernard. “Councilman (Bill) Rosendahl has “We’re hopeful this can all still be worked opinion. been in our corner from the start. The out.” It also seeks an order restraining mayor’s office has been supportive. The Meanwhile, the restless tenants still occu- AIMCO’s evictions under the Unfair SHEILA BERNARD Council has been supportive. The City pying less than one-tenth of the remaining Business Practices Act. PRESIDENT, LINCOLN PLACE TENANTS ASSN. Attorney’s office has been rebuked for its 696 units — there were 795 units prior to “At issue is whether the public can trust legal opinion, but they’re not changing their demolition — aren’t so hopeful. that conditions imposed on a project’s The site has been largely abandoned in wrong story.” The tenants charge in Thursday’s lawsuit approval will actually be enforced,” said the face of the ongoing legal battle between According to the LPTA, the Court of that Delgadillo’s office, despite losing the Mueller, a 62-year-old disabled tenant.“Both residents and the owner that began shortly Appeals in August of 2005 ruled that miti- appeals case, has persisted in advising the AIMCO and the city promised me I could after 1992, when AIMCO proposed a rede- gating measures on the property adopted by City Council in hush-hush “closed sessions” stay at Lincoln Place when they blessed this velopment plan that called for 850 total the City Council are not “mere expressions that the tenant conditions are somehow dif- grandiose redevelopment scheme. Then they units, most of which would be market-rate of hope” but must be enforced, regardless of ferent than the demolition conditions, there- turned around and evicted most of the ten- condos. whether the map was recorded or not. fore, they are not enforceable. They further ants and tore down some of the buildings to According to the LPTA, the project devel- The court ruled that the city and AIMCO contend that Delgadillo has caved to the make way for their condos before the court oper specifically offered and agreed not to had violated the conditions of the project threats of a lawsuit from AIMCO’s attorneys stopped them. evict tenants, but City Attorney Delgadillo approval when AIMCO demolished five — Latham & Watkins — rather than getting “I look to the court to make them stand failed to stop the demolitions and was hand- Lincoln Place buildings in 2003, and that the their backs. by their promises to keep me and the other ed a rebuke by the Court of Appeals last Denver-based apartment giant had the legal On May 30, the City Council voted down remaining elderly and disabled tenants in summer. The court subsequently ordered obligation to comply with the conditions of a motion by Councilman Bill Rosendahl (8- our homes and our community,” said the city and AIMCO to pay the plaintiffs’ redevelopment that they had originally 5) to record the tract map conditions, Mueller. “At this stage in our lives, being attorney fees for forcing them to act as a signed for in 2002, unless the project is despite strong support from Mayor Antonio evicted is terrifying.” “private attorney general” to enforce state revised through public hearings. Villaraigosa and fellow Council members The case of Lincoln Place has served as a law. City officials, the tenants charge, have Janice Hahn, José Huizar, Tom LaBonge and rallying cry for renter groups in the wake of Now, according to the LPTA, Delgadillo is continually reneged on their promises made Tony Cardenas. the state’s Ellis Act, which allows owners to refusing to enforce the tenant protections in 2002, and refuse to challenge the “eso- Rosendahl’s chief of staff, Mike Bonim, evict tenants in order to get out of the land- adopted by the City Council in 2002, and has teric” interpretation of subdivision laws. As a said on Friday that his office had yet to lord business. provoked another lawsuit against the city by result, the remaining elderly and disabled receive a copy of the lawsuit. Lincoln Place Apartments, completed in the tenants to enforce the same state laws. tenants have been living under the threat of “The fight has now shifted from the 1951 by Modernist architects Ralph Vaughn and “We just want for the city to uphold the eviction for more than a year while AIMCO Council Chamber to the courtroom,” said Heth Wharton, was originally backed by the laws and protect its people,” said Bernard. negotiates a better deal and increased prof- Bernard, a tenant of Lincoln Place since Federal Housing Authority to support World “We want the tenants to remain in their its. 1988. “AIMCO’s threats of expensive law- War II veterans and their families. However, it homes, and for the evicted tenants to be able Jonathan Diamond, a spokesman for Los suits have been effective against the city. We has been privately owned since. There are 45 to come back. We want the evictions to Angeles City Attorney’s Office, said on don’t think AIMCO’s threats will be so effec- buildings remaining following demolition. stop.” Local Visit us online at smdp.com WEEKEND EDITION, JUNE 10-11, 2006 13 Trickle down ergonomics

Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press Surfers take a ride on the small waves produced at Bay Street one recent morning. Husband presses on MISSING WOMAN, from page 1 they instructed her to come back when she had an appointment. Since that time, he has been scouring the city “They said she looked clean and had her in search of his wife with whom he has spent purse,” Muñoz said, adding Roberts was the last 35 years. wearing the same clothes that is in the pic- “You would have thought that covering ture he put on the flyers. 900 miles, I would have found her,” Muñoz He is now in contact with Roberts’ doctor said Friday, while driving in West LA looking and the medical community, particularly for Roberts. “I’ve been under the bridges, in mental institutions where she might end up. the bushes ... I’ve got to cover everywhere. I Santa Monica Police Lt. Frank Fabrega can’t take any chances. said Roberts’ information has been shared “It’s like the planet just swallowed her. It’s with law enforcement agencies throughout weird.” the country. Muñoz said Roberts left their Sunset Park “If she is stopped by an officer, they will house without her psychiatric medication, see that this information was posted,” he which allows her to function normally. He’s wor- said. ried that she is not in her right mind and is vul- Since Roberts’ disappearance, Muñoz has nerable to the predators who lurk on the streets. been getting up at 5 a.m. each day to contin- “I can’t sleep because I keep thinking ue looking for Roberts. He has combed about the horrible things that could be hap- Hollywood, a place she recently talked about pening to her, especially in her state,” said wanting to visit, and just about every area Muñoz, 62, a retired West Los Angeles surrounding it. Veterans Administration Hospital worker. On Friday, he had returned to his “But I’ve got to leave the negative stuff and Spanish-style home on 31st Street to take a hope for the best.” shower and get something to eat before he Muñoz has distributed more than 100 resumed his search. He said Thursday night missing person flyers describing Roberts was the first night he’s been able to get any throughout Los Angeles, including Santa sleep, but that was because his neighbor gave Monica and Venice. He has posted them at him four sleeping pills. her favorite places, like Norm’s Restaurant “My head feels like it has lead in it,” and Carrow’s Restaurant, as well as homeless Muñoz said of the lack of sleep and the anx- shelters in downtown LA, motels, hotels, iety of his missing wife whom he has lived parks and liquor stores. with in Santa Monica for 30 years. Roberts also suffers from a chronic lung Roberts, who met Muñoz 36 years ago illness, which she was being treated for at the while working at the VA, was diagnosed with Venice Family Clinic. But the treatment for paranoid schizophrenia four years ago and her lungs had interrupted the effects of her has been on medication ever since. psychiatric medication, Muñoz said. He “As long as she stays on the medication, added that he noticed Roberts began acting she’s normal and she functions in everyday strangely about a week prior to her disap- life,”Muñoz said, adding that Roberts begins pearance and planned to address it when to lose a sense of reality and paranoia sets in Roberts had her next scheduled appoint- if she is off the medication. “Without that ment with her psychiatric doctor, whose medication for her head, forget about it.” office is located on Sepulveda and Olympic Margaret Rose Roberts is 62 years old, has boulevards. light brown hair and blue eyes. She is five During his search, Muñoz learned that feet, one inch tall and weighs 102 pounds. Roberts went to her doctor’s office two days She has a red birthmark on the back of her after she disappeared, asking for financial neck and a small mole on her nose. Anyone assistance. But the staff there was not aware with any information is asked to call Muñoz she was considered missing at the time, so at (310) 922-2633. DO YOU HAVE COMMUNITY NEWS? Submit news releases to [email protected] or by fax at (310) 576-9913 Visit us online at smdp.com National 14 WEEKEND EDITION, JUNE 10-11, 2006 A newspaper with issues Bribery scandal rocks House BY DAVID ESPO The reaction heightened a controversy that has flared at Her office said she would have no response to the CBC’s AP Special Correspondent the outset of an election campaign in which Democrats statement. But an aide, Jennifer Crider, said any suggestion accuse Republicans of fostering a “culture of corruption.” that race was a factor was “absolutely untrue.” WASHINGTON — House Democratic leaders are deter- The controversy stems from a bribery investigation that “This is about upholding the highest ethical standard for mined to sanction Rep. William Jefferson, scandal-scarred already has resulted in two convictions. The FBI claims he every member of the Democratic caucus,” she said. but unindicted, despite a blunt reminder from the accepted $100,000 in cash and that its agents later found With Jefferson refusing to step aside, the party leadership Congressional Black Caucus that he is entitled to a “pre- $90,000 of it wrapped and stashed in a freezer in his home. took the first formal steps to enforce its will. sumption of innocence.” The FBI carried out a weekend search of Jefferson’s con- Party leaders responsible for committee assignments “It’s about to blow up in their face,”predicted Rep. Melvin gressional office last month, triggering an outpouring of voted for his suspension “until such time as a further recom- Watt, chairman of the CBC. criticism from congressional leaders claiming agents had mendation to restore him to the committee is made.” The North Carolina Democrat added Thursday night encroached on Congress’ constitutional powers. Arrangements had already been made to convene the full that black voters might wonder why a “black member of House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi renewed her call rank-and-file to ratify the action. But Watt swiftly invoked a Congress” would be stripped of his committee post with nei- Thursday for Jefferson to give up his seat on the House Ways rule providing for a five-day delay, and the decision was ther rule nor precedent to justify it. and Means Committee until his legal situation is clarified. postponed until next week.

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Nevada BLAST FROM THE PAST “It’s been quite a ride for 10 years, but the kids love it,” tribes objected, saying that public viewing of anything con- Young Julia Thompson stood at the grave site of a man said Vivian Olds, a fifth-grade teacher at Fernley Elementary nected with the burial of persons they consider their ances- who died 500 generations ago and gazed out across the sage- School. “Here’s one of the most important archaeological tors would be a desecration. brush ocean. She said she tried to imagine the waves, water- discoveries in North America, just 30 miles from Fernley, So the state government locked up the busts and the arti- birds and people of long ago. and yet we had no access to that information.” facts and promised never to allow the public to see them. She said scientists should learn what they can from the The secrecy, she said, just “drove us to find out more.” The museum also withdrew requests for more testing of the ancient witness, but the old man needs to go home. Olds and her colleague, Deb Sutherland, wanted to teach Spirit Cave Man remains. “He’s been in a box in Carson City for 66 years, and he students about a 10,600-year-old partially mummified body The controversy over the remains spawned a Nevada shouldn’t be trapped in a box,” she said. “He should be called Spirit Cave Man. The man’s remains were found 66 State Museum exhibition called “Under One Sky,” which brought here and put back where he was found. Here’s where years ago in a cave near Fallon, but his antiquity wasn’t centers on the tribal perspective of prehistoric Nevada. In he was meant to be.” known until 12 years ago. the museum, Spirit Cave Man is a footnote on one panel and Northern Nevada Indian tribes want to rebury the is mentioned on another display. remains in a secret location, so that the man’s soul may con- Gene Hatori, museum curator, said the “Under One Sky” $25 tinue its journey into the next world. Tribal leaders filed suit exhibit was an attempt to mend fences with the tribes who against the government to get the remains. had been excluded from early researchers’ work and reports But some scientists want to study him further because concerning Spirit Cave Man. Prix-fixe Sunday they say he may hold keys to understanding how — and He said Indians initially didn’t want any mention of the when — human beings came to the New World tens of thou- case and what resulted was a compromise that tried to pres- sands of years ago. Most anthropologists say Spirit Cave Man ent both sides. probably isn’t related to modern Indians, and represents a “We tried to balance the presentation, and it’s up to the group that predated the ancestors of tribes now in the Great viewer to decide,”he said. “I think we succeeded. I thought it Basin. A few other researchers disagree. was balanced.” Seasonal Three-Course The legal, cultural, scientific and political battle has But Olds said the 2001 exhibit sheds no light on new the- Chef’s Menu spilled into the classroom. ories, and for years it’s been difficult to find out anything “The Indians think Spirit Cave Man is one of them, and about Spirit Cave Man. $25 maybe he is,” said Courtney Stapleton, 13, of Fernley. “We “It became a total blackout, a code of silence, here in want to learn about him, but the tribes and the government Nevada,” Olds said. “We could not find anything out. We are trying to keep everything on the down-low. They don’t took kids to the (Nevada State) Museum on field trips only ...with a bottomless want people to know about him. ... We learned a lot anyway, to find out there was nothing about Spirit Cave Man there. glass of wine though.” They couldn’t tell us anything. We asked why. We got no Stapleton began learning about Spirit Cave Man in the answers.” $35 third grade and continued to study the prehistory of Nevada So the teachers and the students did research. They inter- in the fifth grade. She and other Fernley students have made viewed people. Some Indian leaders didn’t accept the stu- presentations about the ancient human at conferences, dents’ invitations to the classroom, Olds said, but others did. weaved duck decoys from reeds, studied Indian stories, wrote poems about Nevada 10,000 years ago and used clay to DOING AN ABOUT-FACE put faces on plastic skulls. Douglas Owsley, director of anthropology at the The students and teachers said government officials Smithsonian Institution, shared information. Sharon Long, ignored them when they’ve asked for information about the the artist who did the busts of the ancient Nevadans and remains. They said they’ve been shunned by some Nevada who has reconstructed the faces of more than 150 other his- anthropologists, who have told reporters they don’t want to toric Americans, came for a visit. offend the tribes by discussing Spirit Cave Man. Olds said she doesn’t dwell on what people wouldn’t tell At the Great Basin Anthropology Conference in Elko in her students or what the state government won’t show them. 2002, teachers said an Indian woman in the audience wept She’s said she is more interested in what the students learned when the students talked about Spirit Cave Man during a — and keep learning. lecture. The teachers said the woman was upset that her Last month, the two teachers and a few of their students ancestor and his burial were being discussed in public. located the ancient cave where Spirit Cave Man was found. But the kids kept talking — and they kept learning. The site had remained secret for 66 years, and neither gov- “It’s fun learning about history and about this man who ernment agencies nor Indian leaders would reveal its loca- lived so long ago,” said Julia Thompson, 11. “I loved making tion. the tule duck decoys and writing poems about who he was After years of searching in archives and on the ground, and how he lived when Nevada was a place of lakes and the party of adults and children from Fernley Elementary swamps. finally saw the place where the remains of Spirit Cave Man Jared Simons "He’s so important to history, to everyone’s history.” were laid to rest. The cave matches the 1940 site report exact- Voted one of LA’s hottest chefs – LA.com Olds and Sutherland became interested in Spirit Cave ly. Man after the Nevada State Museum announced in 1994 that “It was here, more than 10,000 years ago that his people a mummy in its collection was carbon-dated at about 10,600 wrapped him in a tule blanket and buried him,” Stapleton calendar years old. The museum spent $7,500 for a CAT scan said. “In this dry cave he became mummified.” of the remains and to employ a forensic artist put a clay face Olds and Sutherland said they present both sides of the on a replica of the skull. The man’s cranium, scientists said, battle for the bones. They ask students to role-play as has little in common with the skulls of any group of humans, Indians who want their ancient grandfather reburied and as living or dead, including American Indians. the scientists who want to study him. 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Five now chairman and chief excutive officer of sions of BlastWrap used different filler and Waddell is a former president of JoyVer. pounds of explosives detonate beneath a SafirRosetti, an investigative and security containment materials — honeycomb as Through him, the Gettles said they met blue station wagon, engulfing the car in a firm; and Joel Gold, director of investment opposed to plastic pouches — it’s essentially James Gordon and Michael Gordon, who is cloud of smoke and debris. The vehicle is all banking for Andrew Garrett Inc., a New York the same and covered under Verde’s patents now chief financial officer for BlastGard but destroyed, but its two occupants — test investment firm. issued to Guy Gettle in 1993 and 1995. International. dummies dubbed Thelma and Louise — are In its filings with the Securities and Gordon disagreed. After JoyVer decided not to pursue anti- unscathed. Exchange Commission, BGI maintains that “Apples and oranges are both food, taste blast products, the Gettles said they formed The material that muffled the explosion BlastGard Inc., formed in 2000, “attempted good, eliminate hunger, are satisfying,” he the original privately held BlastGard Inc. and promises to add a measure of safety to a to commercialize a 12-year-old technology” said. “Thus, there are similarities, but they with Waddell and the Gordons. world challenged by terrorists is focusing that “was never successful.” The company are totally different.” Under a licensing agreement with Verde, attention on an upstart company called says that despite a similar name, corporate In legal documents, officers of BGI, BlastGard was to obtain at least $2 million in BlastGard International Inc. Though it has cast and ultimately acknowledging that which was profiled by The Associated Press funding and held an option to purchase the yet to turn a profit, the Clearwater, Fla., Gettle material was used in their own pro- in December, called the lawsuit “nonsense,” patents and Verde’s stock holdings for $10 company is winning awards and contracts motions, the Gettles have no claim on its and disputed allegations of using Gettle million, according to court documents. with municipal agencies and the military. main product, BlastWrap. technology. But the business relationship soured, But a federal lawsuit filed in Reno raises BlastGard attorneys are seeking to have The company’s Web site, however, invited according to Sam Gettle. The lawsuit alleges questions whether BlastGard is entitled to the suit dismissed on grounds the court in doubt. Waddell and the Gordons orchestrated a reap any of the rewards. Nevada lacks jurisdiction. The suit seeks coup of BlastGard Inc.’s board of directors, Sam Gettle, owner of Verde Family unspecified damages, and a ruling by U.S. VIDEO DOESN’T TELL THE TALE making Verde a minority shareholder, and Partnership, says what began as a promising District Judge Brian Sandoval is pending. Guy Gettle appeared in one video of a dissolved the company in 2004, taking the venture has turned into a costly and bitter "The Gettle family has been developing car-bomb test that the Gettles say was con- Gettle technology with them. dispute as former business associates market this product for many years,” said Verde ducted eight years before even the original Around the same time, according to SEC what he and his brother, Guy, claim is tech- lawyer Chris Wicker. “It’s my belief they company was formed. documents, Waddell and the Gordons nology based on years of their research and believed the Gettles wouldn’t have the “In one way it makes me mad, they think formed a new company “for the purpose of family owned patents. resources to do anything about it.” we’re so stupid,” Sam Gettle said. pursuing a new technology. ... for use in the In the suit filed last fall in U.S. District BlastGard International reported a net The video was removed from the site a blast mitigation solutions industry,” and Court, Verde Partners, which owns the rights loss of $411,300 for the first quarter ending day after the AP questioned Gordon and chose to use the BlastGard name solely to Guy Gettle’s patents, accuses BlastGard, a March 31, but its revenues are growing, BGI attorney Jeff Sheldon about it. because of “their personal affinity” for it. subsidiary and company officers of racket- thanks in part to mega-strength trash cans it In an e-mail, Gordon said the video is That company, BlastGard Technologies eering, conspiracy, theft of intellectual prop- manufactures. owned by BGI, but was “being removed Inc., was acquired in January 2004 by Opus erty, breach of fiduciary duty and misappro- Described by one transportation official from the Web site since it does not show Resource Group Inc. — a company headed priation of a trade secret. as “trash cans on steroids,” they’re designed BGI’s product.” by another Gordon brother, Robert. Opus It alleges the principals of BlastGard Inc. to suck the force and fire out of an explo- The Gettles also disputed a comment then changed its name to BlastGard — a different, now-defunct company of sion, limiting destruction and loss of life. Waddell made during a November interview International. which Verde was one-third owner — They’ve been purchased by Amtrak, the with MSNBC and posted on the company’s Verde’s lawsuit describes the deal as a defaulted on a licensing agreement, orches- Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Area Web site, in which Waddell said Lockheed “convoluted stock swap” designed to wrest trated a board takeover, formed new compa- Transit Authority, and the military. Martin Missiles and Space had the compa- control of valuable technology. nies of a similar name, and stole the technol- BlastWrap is made up of sheets of plastic- ny’s product installed at their Palo Alto, BGI currently trades around 70 cents a ogy it is now using to lure investors and mar- like pouches that look like muffin-sized bub- Calif., facility. share over the counter, but investors are tak- ket bomb-resistant trash cans and other ble wrap filled with grains of perlite, a vol- Documents show the Lockheed contract ing note. Last month the company blast resistant items. canic mineral much like pumice. When was with Suppression System Engineering announced that a group led by an officer of BlastGard International officials main- heated, water trapped in the grains makes Corp., Guy Gettle’s business that predates Monarch Capital Group LLC, a New York tain their company is not an offshoot of them expand, “popping” them like popcorn. the initial BlastGard company. investment firm, acquired about 2.1 million BlastGard Inc. They list CEO James Gordon Combined with fire suppression materials, “Jack Waddell was in charge of the man- shares from current shareholders originally and President John “Jack” Waddell as co- the pouches dissipate the energy from an ufacturing of said product and during a live affiliated with Opus. inventors of the product they call BlastWrap. explosion and minimize flames. interview, did misspeak when he said ‘our’ Gettle’s lawyer said Verde hopes to The legal standoff pits Sam Gettle — who Potential applications are vast, from mili- product. It happens,” Gordon said. reclaim BlastGard’s technology — or come shuns computers, answering machines, cell tary and homeland security to transporta- That video also was removed from the to an acceptable licensing agreement. phones and often shuttles paperwork in a tion, industry and manufacturing. Web site after an AP inquiry. duffel bag while riding his bicycle — against The company’s patent applications Suppression Systems had turned to

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Murkowski negotiated a tax and royalty contract with oil The source of contention between the House and Senate giants BP, Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips to recover the BY KIM GAMEL was a single percentage point in the base rate of the tax on North Slope gas; part of it was a 20 percent tax on profits, Associated Press Writer profits and how fast that rate would escalate as oil prices rise. with no rate increase on high prices, that would be locked in The different versions of the bill went to a conference for the companies' oil production for the next 30 years. BAGHDAD, Iraq — A mortally wounded Abu Musab al- committee, and negotiators emerged about 90 minutes Any higher tax rate could hurt future investment in oil Zarqawi was still alive and mumbling after U.S. airstrikes on before a special session was to end Thursday with a compro- and gas development, the governor said. his hideout and tried to get off a stretcher when he saw mise tax rate on the Alaska profits of oil companies. But the There was no requirement in the proposed legislation or American troops nearby, a top military official said Friday. House rejected the compromise and adjourned. The bill the contract itself that the pipeline actually be built, even if Also, U.S. troops conducted 39 raids late Thursday and died, as it did at the end of the regular session in May. lawmakers eventually agree on a tax rate. That decision early Friday based on information gleaned from searches in Gov. Frank Murkowski, who has been pushing the would be made about four years after the contract is signed, the hours after the al-Qaida leader’s death. Fearing that pipeline contract, would have to call another special session once permitting and design of the pipeline is completed. insurgents will seek revenge, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for legislators to start the process again. Murkowski has said The proposed gas pipeline would extend by decades the imposed driving bans in Baghdad and restive Diyala he plans to do so but has not said when. life of Alaska's declining oil and gas production. province, where the terrorist was killed. The pipeline — at an estimated cost of $19 billion to There are 35 trillion cubic feet of proven natural-gas Al-Zarqawi could barely speak when Iraqi police arrived Canada or $27 billion to Chicago — would be North reserves in Alaska's North Slope, which the state for decades at the scene of Wednesday’s attack. America's largest construction project ever. has been trying to develop and sell. Only in recent years, “He mumbled something, but it was indistinguishable The House approved a base tax rate of 23.5 percent; the since natural-gas prices have skyrocketed, has the expensive and it was very short,” U.S. military spokesman Maj. Gen. Senate's version had a 22.5 percent tax rate. gas pipeline been a realistic project for the three energy com- William Caldwell said at a news conference. The compromise bill included a base tax rate of 22.8 per- panies. U.S. and Polish forces arrived intending to provide unspecified medical treatment, and al-Zarqawi was put on a stretcher, Caldwell said. The terrorist “attempted to sort of turn away off the stretcher, everybody reached to insert him back. ... He died a short time later from the wounds suffered during the air strike. “We did in fact see him alive,” Caldwell said. “There was some sort of movement he had on the stretcher, and he did die a short time later.” Caldwell said the U.S. military was still compiling details of the airstrike, including the exact amount of time Zarqawi was alive afterward. He said an initial analysis of Zarqawi’s body had been done but he was not certain whether it con- stituted a full autopsy. In an interview earlier Friday with Fox News Channel, Caldwell was more descriptive of Zarqawi’s actions before he died. “He was conscious initially, according to the U.S. forces that physically saw him,” Caldwell told Fox. “He obviously had some kind of visual recognition of who they were because he attempted to roll off the stretcher, as I am told, and get away, realizing it was U.S. military.” At the news conference, the spokesman also provided a revised death toll from the attack. U.S. Gen. George Casey, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, said at the time that the American airstrike targeted “an identified, isolated safe house.” Four other people, including a woman and a child, were killed with al-Zarqawi and Abu Abdul-Rahman al-Iraqi, the terrorist’s spiritual consultant. Caldwell said it now appears there was no child among those killed. He cautioned that some facts were still being sorted out but said that three women and three men, including al-Zarqawi, were killed. Hours after the bombing, U.S. troops carried out 17 simultaneous raids Wednesday near Baqouba, the capital of Diyala province. The region is in the heartland of the Sunni Arab-led insurgency and has seen a recent rise in sectarian violence. Baqouba is 35 miles northeast of Baghdad. Those raids provided the information leading to the searches overnight Thursday. In the 39 raids, troops “picked up things like memory sticks, some hard drives” that would allow American forces to begin dismantling al-Zarqawi’s al-Qaida in Iraq, Caldwell told the British Broadcasting Corp. He said the latest information was helping U.S. forces unravel the source of al-Qaida’s weapons and financing. Earlier, Caldwell had said U.S. forces waited to kill al- Zarqawi before carrying out the other raids, in an apparent effort not to spook the Jordanian-born terrorist. “We had identified other targets that we obviously did not go after to allow us to focus on al-Zarqawi. Now that we got him, we will go after them,” Caldwell told the BBC. As Iraqi and U.S. leaders cautioned that al-Zarqawi’s death was not likely to end the bloodshed in Iraq, Caldwell said another foreign-born militant was already poised to take over the terror network’s operations. He said Egyptian-born Abu al-Masri would likely take the reins of al-Qaida in Iraq. He said al-Masri trained in Afghanistan and arrived in Iraq in 2002 to establish an al- Qaida cell. People in the News Visit us online at smdp.com WEEKEND EDITION, JUNE 10-11, 2006 19

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