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City Attorney defends bonuses for legal staff

BY NICK TABOREK Daily Press Staff Writer

CITY HALL Lawyers and other employees in the Santa Monica City Attorney’s Office received $182,000 in bonuses during this fiscal year, even though other employee groups agreed to forego merit-based bonuses to

help close City Hall’s budget gap and prevent layoffs.

Twenty-six employees in the City Attorney’s office received bonuses during 2009-10, according to a record provided by City Hall’s Human Resources Department.

The biggest bonus, paid to a deputy city attorney, was $19,520. The average

payout was $7,000.

Bonuses received by legal support employees, who have a separate bargaining unit from attorneys, included an $8,113.20 payment to a legal assistant and a $12,274 payment to an office administrator.

The bonuses were a standard part of employees’ compensation but were unusual

because the vast majority of bonus-eligible employees this fiscal year agreed to go without cash bonuses after the recession caused a decline in revenue.

At the request of former City Manager Lamont Ewell, who retired in January, three SEE BONUSES PAGE 5

Lakers fever hits the DMV

BY REBECCA KHEEL Special to the Daily Press

MID-CITY Purple and gold streamers dangle from the ceiling. Posters, beach towels and newspaper clippings envelop the cubicle walls. Employees don the garb they got from the previous night’s game. Welcome to the Santa Monica Department of Motor Vehicles, the self-proclaimed official DMV of the Lakers.

Every year for the NBA playoffs, Lakers paraphernalia adorns the interior of the DMV at the corner of Cloverfield Boulevard and Colorado Avenue. This year’s Lakers final match-up against the Boston Celtics is no different.

The woman behind the purple and gold make-over is office manager Chris Harden, a lifelong Lakers fan. Besides wanting to support her favorite basketball team, Harden said she decorates the building to help build employee morale and entertain the customers.

With state budget cuts and furloughs, “morale is low, but you couldn’t tell because the Lakers are in the playoffs,” she said.

Victor Lepez, the front door security guard, helps Harden decorate the office every year. He said he agreed that it is a good employee morale booster.

“I think 99 percent of the employees are Lakers lovers. They like it because it’s something different. I mean, we’re the DMV, always the same color, always the same style.

But this is something different,” Lepez said.

Customers, though, said they are less impressed with festive atmosphere.

“Nothing could boost my energy coming SEE LAKERS PAGE 6

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LOTS OF SPIRIT: The DMV in Santa Monica is decorated in purple and gold for the Los Angeles Lakers’ current playoff run.

Samohi’s Daou fouls out of state finals

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Wednesday, June 9, 2010 Mystery lit Montana Avenue Branch Library 1704 Montana Ave., 7 p.m. — 8:30 p.m.

Come to this book group and compare and contrast the mystery novels “The Field of Blood” by Denise Mina and “The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday” by Alexander McCall Smith. For more information, call (310) 458-8682.

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CORRECTION A caption for a picture of former Santa Monica Fire Chief Jim Hone that was published in the June 5-6 edition of the Daily Press should have stated that Hone donated money to several organizations, including the Santa Monica Red Cross.

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Small quakes rattle Santa Monica Bay THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SM BAY The latest in a daylong series of undersea earthquakes has shaken parts of the Southern California coast.

The U.S. Geological Survey's automated seismic network said the tremor at 4:59 p.m.

Monday had a preliminary magnitude of 3.7 and was centered under Santa Monica Bay, four miles west of Hermosa Beach.

The quake was felt slightly in Downtown Los Angeles and citizen reports to the USGS SEE QUAKES PAGE 7

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‘Big Wave’ to get a splash of color Editor’s note: This story is part of an ongoing series that tracks the city’s expenditures appearing on upcoming Santa Monica City Council consent agendas. Consent agenda items are routinely passed by the City Council with little or no discussion from elected officials or the public. However, many of the items have been part of public discussion in the past.

BY NICK TABOREK Daily Press Staff Writer

CITY HALL “The Big Wave” — a sculpture commissioned in 1989 that spans Wilshire Boulevard at Franklin Street and marks the gateway to Santa Monica — has seen better days.

In the past 20 years, the sculpture has rusted and corroded, and its lighting system no longer works.

Tonight, the City Council is expected to approve a $75,000 contract with Exclusive Welding, Inc., to clean and re-paint the sculpture, and replace its broken fiber

optics system and its damaged Plexiglas cover. The Santa Monica Public Art Committee in 2007 determined the sculpture was due for refurbishing.

The contract is part of a $2.5 million spending package included on the council’s consent agenda for tonight’s meeting.

The council is also expected to approve an additional $38,000 for PCR Services Corp., a historic preservation firm under contract to evaluate whether properties should be designated structures of merit, landmarks or historic districts. The company also analyzes proposed changes to historically significant buildings.

The added money will bring the PCR’s two-and-a-half year contract to $107,950.

Also on the agenda is a proposed deal to lease three street scrubber/sweepers for four years for $328,673.

The proposed lease agreement with Tennant Sales and Service Co. would allow Third Street Promenade Maintenance to

replace three 6-year-old sweepers that have become costly to maintain, according to a City Hall report.

The council is also expected to renew for another year a contract with General Petroleum Corp., which provides City Hall with biodiesel fuel for use in the Big Blue Bus fleet.

The City Council in January approved a fuel agreement with the company but asked City Hall staff to seek a deal with a local company if possible.

In recommending the contract extension, which is worth $2.05 million for the year beginning July 1, City Hall staff said there is no viable local fuel provider.

“Although the biodiesel market is continuing to evolve, staff is not aware of any local suppliers or producers that can consistently provide large amounts of biodiesel fuel that meet the City’s minimum standards from a single local source,” a City Hall report stated.

City Councilmember Kevin McKeown has been selected by the Los Angeles County Democratic Party as “Democrat of the Year” for the 41st Assembly District.

Councilmember McKeown, born into a family of Adlai Stevenson Democrats, brings to the Democratic Party the unique activism and commitment to issues that he continually demonstrates in the Santa Monica community and on council, a party spokesperson said.

A delegate to the California Democratic Party for years, who also attended the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, he became vice chair of the Irish-American Caucus at his first state convention. His participation in progressive Democratic politics and clubs, including the Santa Monica Democratic Club, has influenced fellow activists and been instrumental in forming important policies on social justice.

“In his three terms as a Santa Monica City Council member, Kevin McKeown has proven to be a dedicated public servant,” said state Sen. Fran Pavley. “He understands that his job is to represent the residents of Santa Monica and not special interest groups. He has long been a champion of education, public safety, small businesses, affordable housing, and the environment. He helped develop Santa Monica’s Sustainable City Plan and recently fought hard to more than quadruple the amount of redevelopment money the city commits over the next 30 years to affordable housing.”

The Los Angeles County Democratic Party will honor Councilmember McKeown along with other activists at its annual Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Dinner in July.

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Sports have a positive impact Editor:

In response to Mr. McDonald’s June 4 letter to the editor entitled “Wanting more than just sports,” I must strongly disagree with his stance. Without athletics I’m scared to imagine the person I’d be. I currently hold a master’s degree and without the drive that sports taught me, I surely would never have held this high of a degree. With the World Cup coming up, Mr. McDonald should look at the good sports do. The world will stop for this event, stopping bloody genocide and wars to watch men battle for athletic achievement instead of fighting over religion, oil or even diamonds. It saddens me to know some people can’t see the beauty of sport, the good it brings out of men. I agree that volunteering and studying for careers in the medical field brings positive change, but Mr. McDonald must also recognize the positive change in many high school and collegeage students, as well as adults, that sport brings.

Brennan Cassidy Santa Monica

High praise for Skaggs Editor:

Congratulations to Santa Monica High School softball Coach Debbie Skaggs.

There are many people that are so happy for you upon winning your first CIF championship. We know it’s been a long time coming and it is well deserved and even more special because you are leaving the helm of a highly successful softball program to spend more time with family. You leave a program that is highly regarded throughout the area and a legacy that will be hard to follow. All your and your long-time assistant Dan Ramos’ hard work have paved the way for hundreds of young women to enjoy the experience of learning the right way to play softball. As a parent whose daughter achieved all-league recognition playing for you 14 years ago and as many other parents recognize, we and our daughters were lucky to have had you as a coach.

Thanks for the memories Coach Skaggs.

Larry Arreola Santa Monica

Get back to work Editor:

This is an open letter to all “trusted” city, state, and federal officials who signed on to the Arizona boycott; including and especially those Assembly and State Senate ingrates in Sacramento, and members of the Santa Monica, Los Angeles, and San Francisco city councils.

Dear Freakshow, Have you seen the recent CNN opinion poll? You know, the one showing that 82 percent of Americans are against boycotting Arizona! Eighty-two percent! I know, I thought it was Fox News too, at first! Uh-uh, CNN, I checked. Now get back to work here in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, and the rest of California you overpaid, underworked, media whore buttheads! The Golden State is rusting and falling apart before our very eyes because of your incompetence, graft, and backdoor deals. What Arizona does to secure its border is not your concern! Now get to work fixing our economy, infrastructure, environment, gang problem and so on … and, oh, yeah, it sure would be nice if “Girly Man” Arnold and the rest of you spineless booger brains up in the state capital had the guts to secure our border, too.

Rubbing this CNN poll in your face is almost as much fun as rubbing tanning lotion on Miss Arizona’s back!

You meathead politicians are a trip; going directly against 82 percent of America with a stinking, disingenuous boycott. My favorite part of all this is how you call them — and me, you idiots — “nazis” and “racists.”

Boy, this November sure is going to be fun! To paraphrase Bette Davis’ Margot Channing, “Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy election!”

James Zeruk Jr. Santa Monica

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Make love, not war on the boob tube MEN ARE SUCH BEASTS. AT LEAST, THAT IS

the conventional wisdom. We are considered to be smelly, brutish, crude creatures who know only the satisfaction of carnal pleasures. It’s why we have laws on the books like not letting women go topless to the beach.

Men are deemed to be so impulsive and incapable of controlling themselves that the mere sight of a naked breast would cause pandemonium and a near riot.

It is for the protection of (sarcasm alert) “the weaker sex” that they must be told to cover their chests. This faux modesty is absurd and a vestigial remnant from more prudish times.

As silly as it is, and there are varying degrees of silliness in the law and the world, it is not really a difference in kind, but merely an extension of the wearing of the burqa, that full-body covering that is required in some Muslim countries, and is a matter of religious choice for some women in others.

I dare say that most Americans would deem the burqa as an overly protective garment, but not really think twice about making a woman wear a top at the beach. It’s kind of inane, since the boys that are staring at the tops are already imagining the top gone.

Personally, I have no dog in this fight. I don’t particularly need to see women flaunting their naked breasts on the sand by the Santa Monica Pier. But I’m sure that it would increase our tourism and that would be good for the local economy, and since I don’t see it as such an incendiary thing that will cause men to suddenly leave their wives and begin assaulting women in the hope of satisfying some carnal pleasure, I wonder why our community has not taken a more libertarian view of the matter.

After all, who hasn’t seen a naked breast?

There are hundreds of men who regularly walk, play volleyball, workout or tan shirtless and that doesn’t lead to the crushing downfall of our society. Not everyone looks like Mario Lopez (oh my!), but then again not everyone looks like Jabba the Hut. There are women who resemble Pamela Anderson, both preand post-enhancement and reduction.

I really don’t see what the big deal with nakedidity. Most people are ashamed of their bodies to some extent, and maybe if we took a less prudish view of the topic we could have a society that was less self-hating and more affirming.

Nudity is such a vile and hated thing in this country that we label people sex offenders based on it. If a woman was to go topless at the beach, her crime could conceivably render her a sex offender. Lest you think I’m overreacting, it’s happening in Santa Barbara at what used to be a nude beach there.

The nanny state that we are creating is beyond protective and is reaching the point of abusive in my opinion. I’ve had clients who have had to defend against Child Protective Services complaints because they merely bathed with their children. Two years

ago I was defending a client who had taken a bath with his 2-year-old daughter and mom called Child Protective Services on him. I realize that most parents are not going to stoop to such a debased and appalling level as that to win a custody case, but the point is that CPS took it seriously, even after meeting with my client. It was felt that a 2 year old should not be seeing their parent naked.

FRANKLY, I’D LIKE TO SEE THE LAW BANNING TOPLESS SUNBATHING REPEALED BY OUR CITY COUNCIL AND ONE PASSED THAT REQUIRED TELEVISION PROGRAMMERS TO PROVIDE EQUAL TIME TO POSITIVE PORTRAYALS OF LOVING RELATIONSHIPS, GAY AND NON-GAY, FOR EACH HOUR OF VIOLENCE THEY PRESENT.

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If this type of institutionalized body phobia is what we are teaching our children, it is no wonder that there is so much shame in our society. Particularly so when it is counter-balanced by the liposuctioned, anorexiainduced, steroid-taking, hyper-sexualized views of celebrities, who become famous by making sex tapes and having them “stolen” and uploaded to the Internet.

For a society that is so afraid of our bodies and sex on the one hand, and yet so steeped in sex and sexuality on the other, is it really any wonder why there is so much neurotic behavior around sex? We live in a society that regularly has killings on TV shows with graphic depictions of gruesome scenes, but realistic portrayals of a loving affectionate relationship are considered dirty.

Frankly, I’d like to see the law banning topless sunbathing repealed by our City Council and one passed that required television programmers to provide equal time to positive portrayals of loving relationships, gay and non-gay, for each hour of violence they present. Instead of 23 versions of “Law and Order,” maybe we could get some love and tolerance.

DAVID PISARRA is a family law attorney focusing on father’s rights and men’s Issues in the Santa Monica firm of Pisarra & Grist. He can be reached at dpisarra@pisarra.com or (310) 664-9969.

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The reduced bonus pool, though, will be based on the $2.6 million budgeted for bonuses in 2009-10 — only a small fraction of which was paid out.

Finance Director Carol Swindel on Monday said City Hall’s proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year sets aside $2.1 million for bonuses.

“We expect to offer bonuses to our employees that exhibit exceptional performance this coming year, but the bonus pool will be smaller than in year’s past,” Gould said.

He added that only awarding bonuses to employees of the City Attorney’s Office caused “some dissension in the ranks” among City Hall employees and said he favors a bonus policy that applies equally to all eligible employees.

Mullen said he only recently learned that employees in the City Attorney’s Office had received cash bonuses, but stopped short of saying it caused resentment among employees who gave up their bonuses.

“I was surprised and curious how that happened and why we didn’t know about it,” he said of the bonus arrangement.

Reached on Monday, City Councilman Richard Bloom, an attorney, defended the bonuses paid to legal staff members this year.

“The legal business is highly competitive with top attorneys with experience comparable to many on our legal staff earning many hundreds of thousands of dollars per year,” he said. “The pull of the private sector is always there and, in my view, it is completely appropriate to do what we can to reward excellence and retain our staff.”

While most bonuses are approved by the city manager, legal staff bonuses are approved by the city attorney. The City Council has the authority to award bonuses to the city manager, the city clerk and the city attorney.

Moutrie has never asked for a bonus, she said. Assistant City Attorney Joe Lawrence also did not ask for a bonus this fiscal year.

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bargaining units representing about 300 employees — the Management Team Associates, the Executive Pay Plan Members and the Administrative Team Associates — each agreed their members would accept up to five paid days off, based on performance reviews, in exchange for giving up their right to be considered for bonuses.

All bargaining units whose members are eligible for performance-based bonuses have agreements that stipulate consideration for possible annual bonuses of 1 percent to 10 percent of salary, according to Donna Peter, City Hall’s director of human resources.

But facing an $8 million budget gap last year, Ewell asked many employees to make an exception.

“This one-time revenue will help balance the first year of what could be multiple year deficits resulting from the unprecedented economic downturn,” he said when he explained his decision to ask employees to go without bonuses to the Daily Press last April.

Employees who agreed to the plan said they saw it as part of their duty in an uncertain economy.

“We were facing a very difficult economic climate with the real possibility that there might be layoffs and we just felt it wasn’t appropriate to take a bonus that would possibly increase the number of people that might be laid off,” said Greg Mullen, city librarian and a representative of the bargaining unit that represents department heads, the Executive Pay Plan Members.

But lawyers and legal support employees were never asked to give up their bonuses.

The payouts to legal employees were based on performance reviews conducted by City Attorney Marsha Moutrie, who recently defended the bonuses as an important part of retaining talented employees.

“The performance bonuses, and the acknowledgment they provide, help keep the best workers here, working for the public, despite the fact that their salary and their bonuses would be much higher in the private sector,” she said.

Asking her employees to trade the bonuses for paid time off, she said, would have hurt the city, which “needs the attorneys and the support staff here and working, not home on paid leave.”

The total amount of $182,000 spent on bonuses in 2009-10 was sharply down compared with prior years. City Hall spent an average of about $2 million per year the prior three years on bonuses, according to a record provided by the Human Resources Department.

Now, as the City Council prepares to adopt a budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins July 1, City Manager Rod Gould said he plans to give all eligible employees their bonus reviews, but plans to reduce the bonus pool by $500,000 as the city attempts to grapple with a $13.2 million deficit.

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THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2010-11 AND ADOPTION OF GANN RESOLUTION The City Council, Housing Authority, Redevelopment Agency and Parking Authority of the City of Santa Monica will hold a public budget hearing on June 15, 2010. The council meeting will begin at 5:45 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, California. All citizens are invited to attend and provide the Council with written and oral comments and ask questions concerning the City’s entire proposed budget. At the meeting on June 15th, the City Council will also adopt a resolution for the determination of the GANN Appropriation limit for fiscal year 2010-11. A copy of the documentation used in calculating the limit is presented in the proposed FY2010-11 Proposed Budget.

The entire proposed City Budget can be inspected by the public in the City Clerk’s Office at City Hall or viewed on the Internet at www.smgov.net. City Hall is open from 7:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. on Friday, May 28th and June 11th. City Hall is closed on Friday, May 21st and June 4th. Copies of the proposed FY2010-11 City Budget are also available at the City’s Main Library located at 601 Santa Monica Boulevard and branch libraries at 1704 Montana Avenue, 2101 Ocean Park Boulevard and 2601 Main Street.

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to the DMV unless they serve piña coladas or something,” said Trish Walker, who was waiting at the DMV on Monday afternoon.

Though last year Harden could not decorate during the Lakers’ championship winning playoff series because the office was closed for renovations, she resurrected her tradition this year. Some of the Lakers themselves have seen and appreciated the support, she said.

She has met center Pau Gasol, guard Derek Fisher, forward Lamar Odom and guard Jordan Farmar. Her dream is to meet guard Kobe Bryant, who she has honored by naming her dog after him.

“I would just die,” she said. “The way customers stand in line for about two hours, I would stand in line for about two hours to meet Kobe and get something signed by him.”

Harden has accumulated her collection of decorations that now ornament the DMV through her years of fandom and attending games. For example, after a win, Harden will stay to collect the confetti from the floor.

Despite Sunday night’s 103-94 loss to the Celtics, Harden has not lost her spirit. She and her fellow DMV employees went to Sunday’s game and wore their Lakers shirts to work Monday to display their continuing support. Harden predicts the Lakers will take the series in six or seven games. The Lakers now trail in the series 2 games to 1. The

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Lakers and Celitics continue tonight in Boston.

“I think it’s going to be a dog fight. Each game is going to have its own personality,” Harden said. “You got to support your crew, and I think they’re going to do it.”

And if the Lakers do win the series, Harden has plans for more office celebrations.

“We’ll definitely have a Lakers party, a Lakers cake, gold and purple balloons in the lobby and in the office,” she said.

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DAOU FROM PAGE 1 This came after Daou finished with a throw of 57’ 10 1/2” in Friday’s preliminaries — well off his personal-best of 61’ 7” but still good enough for fifth among qualifiers for the finals at Buchanan High School in Clovis.

“He had a good night,” Samohi track and field head coach Pat Cady said. “Everything was fine. He seemed calm and rested.”

Unfortunately for Daou and his state title hopes, he didn’t show it Saturday. The main culprit behind the fouls was a failure to properly follow through on his throws, Cady said.

“The only thing that seemed to be wrong was he would look up to see how he’d done.

That would cause him to lose his balance,” Cady said.

Samohi shot put coach Greg Bernard was surprised by the performance.

“It was very uncharacteristic for him,”

QUAKES FROM PAGE 3 website show it was felt in an arc from the Malibu coast down to southern Orange County.

A magnitude-3.5 quake at 2:17 a.m. also was felt widely. Its magnitude was downgraded from an initial 3.6. Smaller quakes have occurred through the day.

A Santa Monica police spokesman said he felt a “very brief and mild jolt,” but had not received any calls from the public.

Christopher Knight, a Scottsdale, Ariz., resident visiting in Marina del Ray, said the jolt lasted about a second. “It was very short shift from left to right.”

Scientists say quakes of this magnitude, while often felt, are generally not strong enough to cause injury or damage.

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Bernard said. “He might’ve done it last year, but this year he’s never fouled out of a meet.”

Despite going just “50 percent” on his third throw, Daou was unable to stay in the shot-put ring. Competition rules require that a shot putter post at least one legal throw on the first three attempts in order to secure three more attempts.

“I tried to stay in, and I just couldn’t. I just slipped out,” Daou said.

Frontier’s Matt Darr finished first in the event with a throw of 63’ 9 3/4”.

For Daou, it was a frustrating end to a year in which he placed first in multiple meets, setting Samohi records in both the shot put and discus throw along the way.

Still, Bernard remained positive Daou would learn from the experience.

“He’s going to remember this feeling and not let it happen again,” Bernard said. “He’s a very good athlete. He’s going to take this experience and keep building.” news@smdp.com

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Odd as it might seem, you surprise yourself with a newfound rashness this morning.

You respond to a different drummer. By midday, it is business as usual. In sync mentally and emotionally, you could make a strong impression. Tonight: Treat yourself on the way home.

The smart move is to do nothing and let others play out their agendas. You'll come out ahead of the game if you just observe. An important discussion is best had in the afternoon. Tonight: How about dinner for two?

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Understanding evolves to a new level if you spend the a.m. observing. You could be stunned. Understanding more, once you decide to take the lead in the p.m., others encounter your strong energy and charge ahead. Tonight: Pursue a vacation idea.

Focus especially in the a.m. on the job at hand. The sum total of recent stress might be taking more of a toll on you than you initially thought. Try to schedule a light and easy afternoon. Tonight: Sort through invitations.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You are full of fun and excitement. You don't have to worry about making an impression on anyone - you will anyway. A meeting provides a lot to think about. Do just that before acting. Tonight: Where the action is.

Your creativity peaks in the morning.

You actually might not be able to come up with a solution in the afternoon, to your surprise, and others' as well. Do relax with the moment.

Let others show off their interpersonal skills.

Tonight: Try to make it early.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

How you think you will deal with someone and how you really deal with this person could be dramatically different. Your high energy comes through in the afternoon, when a new path is forged.

Make sure it is the winning path. Tonight: Living it up.

You are the snail this morning, but by the afternoon, you become the hare. Someone close might be impossible to stop. No matter what, you dodge a problem, and actually might skip over it. Tonight: Let your hair down.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Use your adventuresome mind to find unusual and effective solutions. Though many people would run when they hit a blunder in their path, you will not. Your competence comes through an innate resourcefulness.

Tonight: Could be late.

You could surprise many people, including yourself. Be aware of your internal process and how you are changing. Your darting in new directions reflects this profound depth and transformation. Consider revising some opinions, too. Tonight: Happy to go home.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Keep pushing to meet someone halfway. You could be overwhelmed by a change in someone's tune. What seemed great in the morning becomes impossible in the afternoon. You could be taken aback by this change. Stay centered; look at the big picture.

Tonight: Follow the music.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Be sensitive to a tendency to become extravagant and go way overboard. How you deal with others could change radically in the afternoon. Remember your long-term goals, and don't give in to momentary passion.

Tonight: Having a good time.

Happy birthday This year, when you least expect to achieve your desired results, the unexpected occurs and drops what you want into your lap. Because of the manner in which this event occurs, you might not witness this fact until later. Sometimes you could be

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stressed out. What might be important is establishing a habit or hobby that helps you relax. If you are single, though you easily could be taken with someone - and he or she with you - don't count on this bond being long-term until it is. An element of surprise runs through your days.

If you are attached, your mate could have a difficult time adjusting to all the quirky happenings in your life. TAURUS makes a great healer.

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Betty Lou Lynn, 83, was mugged and had her wallet stolen in her new hometown of Mount Airy, N.C., in April.

Lynn is the actress who played Barney Fife's best girl, Thelma Lou, in the Andy Griffith TV show and had lived in Los Angeles until she became alarmed at the city's crime rate. She decided in 2007 to move to the quieter, peaceful Mount Airy, which was Griffith's birthplace and the model for the TV town of Mayberry.

Gary Null filed a lawsuit in New York City in April against the maker of a nutrition supplement called Ultimate Power Meal, alleging that he had suffered constant pain, kidney damage and internal bleeding from the product's recommended daily regimen.

Ultimate Power Meal is one of the "health" supplements packaged under the label of ... Gary Null, a nationally prominent pitchman for homeopathic remedies. Null is suing the manufacturer who supplies the product on which Null affixes his Ultimate Power Meal label. (According to consumer advisers at Quackwatch.org, Null is "one of the nation's leading promoters of dubious treatment for serious disease.")

TODAY IN HISTORY James Earl Ray is arrested for the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. The body of assassinated U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy is laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery.

An F4 tornado strikes Emporia, Kansas, killing six.

Falklands War: Up to 50 British servicemen are killed in an Argentine air attack on two supply ships - RFA Sir Galahad and RFA Sir Tristram.

Homosexuality is declared legal in the Australia state of New South Wales.

An F5 tornado strikes Barneveld, Wisconsin, killing 9 and injuring 200; 90% of the homes, seventeen out of the eighteen businesses, and the three churches are destroyed.

Kurt Waldheim, former SecretaryGeneral of the United Nations, is elected president of Austria.

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DEADLINES: 3:00 p.m. prior the day of publication except for Monday’s paper when the deadline is Friday at 2:30 p.m. PAYMENT: All private party ads must be pre-paid. We accept checks, credit cards, and of course cash. CORRESPONDENCE: To place your ad call our offices 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, (310) 458-7737; send a check or money order with ad copy to The Santa Monica Daily Press, P.O. Box 1380, Santa Monica, CA 90406 or stop in at our office located at 1427 Third Street Promenade, Ste. 202. OTHER RATES: For information about the professional services directory or classified display ads, please call our office at (310) 458-7737.

HOURS MONDAY - FRIDAY 9:00am - 5:00pm

LOCATION 410 Broadway, Suite B, Santa Monica, CA 90401

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