Local Parents Laugh at School's Expense
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FREE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2002 Volume 1, Issue 104 FREE Santa Monica Daily Press Picked fresh daily. 100% organic news. More SM police A dog’s day officers will be deployed in Pico how much it would increase its pres- Shooting on 17th ence there or how many officers are Street Monday night currently based in the Pico neighbor- hood. is the fourth incident However, four officers and a ser- geant are based out of the Virginia this year for Pico Avenue Park Police substation and beat officers routinely check through BY ANDREW H. FIXMER the Pico neighborhood with an over- Daily Press Staff Writer lapping of patrols between 10 p.m. and 3 a.m. Santa Monica Police Department “We want to deploy our officers to officials announced Tuesday they deter and arrest these suspects that will deploy more officers to an east- are armed,” Fabrega said. “We want side neighborhood, which experi- to be proactive rather than reactive.” enced its fourth shooting of the year The neighborhood surrounding Tim Murphy/Daily Press Monday night. Delaware Avenue has been engulfed ‘Zoltar’ takes the helm of his owner’s convertible on Tuesday, ready to take a joy ride The shooting happened at about in a turf war between two gangs — with no adult supervision. 10:30 p.m. Monday on the 1800 the Graveyard Crips and the Santa block of 17th Street. When officers Monica 17th Street gang — for years. arrived they found two vehicles that And the tension appears to be not had sustained or had bullet holes in only racially motivated between the two groups — one black, the other Local parents laugh them, according to Lt. Frank Fabrega. Nobody was injured in the gun fire Latino — but also drug-related. and the incident is under investiga- Since January there have been four tion by police department detectives, shootings in the Pico neighborhood, which runs south from the Santa at school’s expense who are still interviewing witnesses. Monica Freeway to Ocean Park High-ranking police department size ratios low. And the show only cost the PTA officials met Tuesday about the Boulevard and east from Lincoln Comedic benefit raises Boulevard to Centinela Avenue. $1,500 to host, so most of what they raised went recent spate of shootings in the Pico On Sunday four Hispanic men directly to the school. neighborhood and increasing the money for arts programs driving a dark-colored sport utility “Parents want to come out to support their department’s presence in the neigh- vehicle shot a black male in the lower and teacher aids kids,” said Franklin Elementary Principal Pat borhood. torso who was bicycling along the Samarge. “They make this a wonderful place to To protect the operation, police work.” department officials declined to say See PICO, page 3 BY ANDREW H. FIXMER Daily Press Staff Writer Though most of the crowd were parents of the school’s students, many teachers and admin- Parents of Franklin Elementary School stu- istrators also were in attendance. The show was Broker ordered to dents took it upon themselves Monday to ease for adults only, and the event was far from polit- the facility’s funding woes by making it a laugh- ically correct. ing matter. “I came to see all the funny parents,” said pay back commission Six parents, who are nationally known pro- school nurse Sheryl Bader, “because I’m always fessional comedians, hosted a benefit at the Aero treating their funny kids.” Behind-the-scenes In a case involving real estate leas- Theater on Montana Avenue that raised about Kamenoff, who is married to fellow comedi- ing commissions, small claims judge $5,500 for the school’s Parents and Teachers an Steve Mittleman, called her friends and got brokering kicked pro tem Caroline Welch ordered a Association. them to agree to the benefit. She had done a sim- broker to return $2,093 to a real estate The event, dubbed “Parents with ilar fundraiser for her son’s nursery school. around in court company — even though the outfit Punchlines,” brought Steve Mittleman, Bobby “I came from San Diego Unified,” she said, originally paid the bill in full. Collins, Glenn Hirsch, Fran Solomita, Dave “and it’s amazing the difference in parent sup- Coulier, and Wendy Kamenoff together to spoof BY CAROLYN SACKARIASON In legal reasoning that resembles port here at Franklin and in Santa Monica.” the courthouse equivalent of “finder’s everything from the elementary school and Daily Press Staff Writer Santa Monica to the war on terrorism and Many comedians said before the show that keepers,” local real broker John Alle they were a little worried about the crowd, who Just because someone pays a bill argued that he shouldn’t have to dis- national politics. The PTA sold about 350 tickets at $20 a pop they see on a daily basis and who are parents of doesn’t mean he can’t successfully gorge any money because his invoice their childrens’ friends. dispute it later, a judge ruled Monday. to benefit music programs, musical instruments, See COURT, page 3 arts supplies and teacher assistants to keep class See PARENTS, page 3 AIR CONDITIONING • HEATER • RADIATOR SERVICE Santa Monica TAXES RADIATOR & AIR CONDITIONING All forms • All types • All states since 1923 SAMUEL B. 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