MONDAY, MAY 15, 2006
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Volume 5, Issue 157
Santa Monica Daily Press A newspaper with issues
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NEWS OF THE WEIRD BY
CHUCK
SHEPARD
■ Prosecutors in Chicago are proceeding with the case against Howard Morgan for allegedly shooting at a police officer, although Morgan denies it, but what was clear was that in returning fire, police shots hit Morgan 25 times (from which he is recovering satisfactorily, according to a January WMAQ-TV story). Also awesome was the endurance of a 35-yearold man in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., who, according to a February Poughkeepsie Journal report, had just been a gunshot victim for the fourth time in the same housing complex. (The first and fourth incidents involved multiple wounds.)
TODAY IN HISTORY Today is the 135th day of 2006. There are 230 days left in the year. ■ In 1856, Lyman Frank Baum, the author of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” was born in Chittenango, N.Y. ■ In 1886, poet Emily Dickinson died in Amherst, Mass. ■ In 1911, the Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of Standard Oil Company, ruling it was in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
QUOTE OF THE DAY “History is a better guide than good intentions.”
LOS ANGELES — The debate over immigration reform resumes on Capitol Hill this week — so brace for a barrage of conflicting claims over whether the millions of people here illegally drain or fill the government’s wallet. Illegal immigrants cost $20 billion each year in education, health care and other public services. They contribute more than $7 billion annually in Social Security taxes for benefits they’ll never claim. Those are just some of the statistics that lawmakers and interest groups from both sides will trot out starting Monday when the Senate begins discussing what would be the most sweeping immigration reform legislation in 20 years. Do illegal immigrants take more than they contribute? Or is it the other way around? Despite volumes of studies cited by both sides, no one knows for sure. And answers often reflect the opinions of who’s talking as much as the reality of illegal immigrants in the United States today, according to academics who study the issue. “Because of the politically charged nature of this, people See IMMIGRATION, page 5
Alex Cesar Cantarero II/Daily Press Glyol Pannbechi, 57, who hails originally from Iran, feels the rhythms during a performance by the Viver Brasil Dance Company at the Santa Monica Festival in Clover Park on Saturday. Hundreds turned out for the city’s largest party of the year. Pannbechi remarked she wanted to take classes to learn Brazillian dancing. For more festival photos, see page 10.
City gets its groove on Clover Park plays host to annual bash BY KEVIN HERRERA Daily Press Staff Writer
CLOVER PARK — Those who failed to show here this past Saturday missed out on the public party of the year, as hundreds joined together to celebrate the rich history, culture and
diversity of Santa Monica — all without having to pay admission. Just about every square inch of grass at Clover Park was covered with blankets as families from the area and as far away as Ventura and Orange counties stretched out in the sun to soak in the 2006 Santa
Monica Festival, an $80,000, solarpowered bash funded by City Hall — with a hand from corporate sponsors — to bring communities together and bask in everything that is Santa Monica. “The festival is really a wonderful way for people who live in Santa Monica to learn more about the city, See SM FESTIVAL, page 11
JEANE J. KIRKPATRICK
FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS
COMMUNITYPROFILES | COMMUNITY PROFILES IS A WEEKLY SERIES THAT APPEARS EACH MONDAY AND DELVES INTO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY IN SANTA MONICA.
INDEX Horoscopes Anchors away, Virgo
A wrench in the works
2
Snow & Surf Report Water temperature: 62°
3
BY KEVIN HERRERA
Opinion An education in politics
Daily Press Staff Writer
4
Local Being in the ‘Know’
7
National A really cold case
8
Comics Laugh it up
12
Classifieds Ad space odyssey
13-14
DBAs Taking care of business
15-18
Kevin Herrera/Daily Press
SUNSET PARK — When it comes to cruising up the coast on one of his more than 20 custom, handmade motorcycles, director/master builder Scott Gillen appears the ultimate easy rider. Like Henry Fonda and Dennis Hopper in the feature film of the same name, Gillen loves nothing more than taking a leisurely ride with a buddy up to Point Mugu, stopping for some lunch, perhaps
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engaging in a conversation with a drunk lawyer who looks oddly like Jack Nicholson, and then cruising back to his home in Santa Monica, all the while never feeling the need to push the limits. He’s still got that edge, with his raw vocabulary, dark sunglasses, tattered jeans and intimidating dagger medallion hanging from his neck, but even by his own admission, Gillen isn’t as wild as he used to be. “It’s not about going fast. It’s See PROFILES, page 6
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