Redirection

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Frustrated with the Black Balling of Venice, a Local Surfer Voices His Opinion

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN,

I thought it my duty to at least try and express my displeasure with the recent "BLACK BALLING" of VENICE BREAKWATER to SURFERS at or around noon each day. I hope that I'm not alone, in my complaint, nor off base to voice concern.

It's absolutely MIND BOGGLING and borderline CRAZY to impose a black ball at one of the few surfing breaks in SOUTH LA for no apparent reason... especially a surf spot and location that has historically been linked with board riding and has REAPED ENORMOUS ECONOMIC GAIN from the tourism and development associated with surfing.

During a brief conversation with a lifeguard I was informed that the black ball was to allow more recreational swimming in the area. (A NOTE : The lifeguard also expressed bewilderment at the decision even going as far to say that it was A DANGEROUS PROPOSITION as the RIP TIDE REGGIE is a perilous and sometimes fatal hazard to the average swimmer - at this spot.) After monitoring VENICE BREAKWATER during the black ball on SURFLINE CAMERAS...I have noticed that the area in question is not very utilized by swimmers and lies dormant and inactive.

I implore the powers that be to reconsider this regulation as I feel it to be unnecessary and (in the long run) harmful to Venice Beach and the city of Venice, CA.

Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,

David Gott
Venice Beach Surfer

Malibu circa 1942 - Wartime

Slim

"The most exhausting thing you can do is to be inauthentic." - Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Byron Bay

90's BBQ Cardboard dance floor Break Off!

Do you like Nelson Mandela? Doesn't matter, it happened in the 90's though, and that's the theme of this rager! You are highly encouraged to rock reeboks, nirvana t-shirts and do heroin, because all of these things were/are still cool in the 90's. Large time pieces and gold chains are also in style. You wore it, wear it again with pride.

We'll be grilling hamburgs and hotdogs, some veggies and having drinks, a smash hit in '95!

In 1992 we watched Hurricane Andrew devastate Florida. This Saturday at 6:00pm we can watch similar destruction with our own Andrew at 3516 Maplewood Ave.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

-Maplewood

Rational Mysticism

"Let us have control over our lives so nobody else can control us. Let us walk in this life objectively so we do not have to subject ourselves to undesirable elements."

Siddharta

“Those who really seek the path to Enlightenment dictate terms to their mind. Then they proceed with strong determination.”

From a loved one

All the world's roads lead to the heart of the warrior; he plunges unhesitatingly into the river of passions always flowing through his life.

The warrior knows that he is free to choose his desires, and he makes those decisions with courage, detachment and sometimes-with just a touch of madness.

He embraces his passions and enjoys them intensely. He knows that there is no need to renounce the pleasures of conquest; they are part of life and bring joy to all those who participate in them.

But he never loses sight of those things that last or of the strong bonds that are forged over time.

A warrior can distinguish between the transient and the enduring.

CA Assembly approve ban on single-use plastic bags, now to the state Senate

Hopefully this bill gets passed. A step towards improvement:

A bill that would ban plastic and other single-use bags from a variety of stores took a big step today. The California State Assembly approved AB 1998 in a 41-27 vote. Under the legislation, the ban will “eliminate single-use bag litter, which pollutes oceans, beaches, parks and communities and endanger wildlife”, according to the bill's author Assemblymember Julia Brownley (D-Santa Monica).

http://laist.com/2010/06/02/banning_single-use_bags_in_stores_a.php