THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2005
Volume 4, Issue 276
Santa Monica Daily Press A newspaper with issues
Council debates fate of little guy
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CITY HALL — The uncertain fate of Perry’s Beach Cafe this week spurned a larger debate among elected leaders on how they should treat small businesses.
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Recent controversy over a cityinitiated bid to solicit vendors that could replace Perry’s Beach Cafe and Rentals, a long-time food and retail concession along the boardwalk, prompted City Councilman Herb Katz on Tuesday to open the debate regarding City Hall’s poli-
cy toward small businesses that operate on public property. Santa Monica has a policy to promote small businesses, according to elected leaders. However, Perry’s owner, Richard Chacker, said City Hall’s request for bidders is an invitation for large food-ser-
vice corporations, such as McDonalds, to take over the sites he’s been leasing from Santa Monica for 25 years. Meanwhile, City Hall says it’s following basic legal procedure and that the See SMALL BUSINESS, page 10
The sun also rises
NEWS OF THE WEIRD BY
CHUCK
SHEPARD
For 25 years, Multnomah County, Ore., has set aside 1 percent of public building construction money for art, meaning almost $600,000 worth for its new $58 million jailhouse. Critics of the program say that art won’t do much to battle crime in Multnomah, but on the other hand, so far, neither has the $58 million. The jail has been finished for a year, but as of September, it’s still empty because county officials have not found a way to pay the operating expenses. If they ever do, inmates and visitors will be treated to such works as Thomas Sayre’s concrete shipwreck sculpture.
TODAY IN HISTORY Today is the 272nd day of 2005. There are 93 days left in the year. On Sept. 29, 1978, Pope John Paul I was found dead in his Vatican apartment just over a month after becoming head of the Roman Catholic Church. In 1955, a one-act version of the Arthur Miller play “A View From the Bridge” opened in New York. (Miller later turned it into a two-act play.)
QUOTE OF THE DAY “If you want work well done, select a busy man — the other kind has not time.”
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AMERICAN AUTHOR AND PUBLISHER
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Carolyn Sackariason/Daily Press A brilliant sunset over the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday makes beachcombers stop and take notice. The sun is forecasted to set at 6:40 p.m. this evening.
Horoscopes Get in early, Leo
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Surf Report Water temperature: 62°
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Opinion Laura’s ready for her close-up
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State 5
Business Money talks while Dad still walks 8
National Reservist not picture perfect
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Comics 16
Classifieds Ad space odyssey
BY RYAN HYATT Daily Press Staff Writer
Katrina cuts into growth
Strips tease
Port-a-call: Day laborers may get toilets
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11TH STREET — Toilets will make life better here. So says City Hall, which may soon deliver port-a-potties to 11th Street as a means of helping residents and businesses deal with a day laborer situation many contend is out of control. Those concerned about crime in
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their neighborhood — not to mention excrement on their sidewalks — asked City Hall in August to step in and help regulate the illegal immigrants who gather in this part of town while waiting for work. The issue is not a new one for Council, which already voted to install toilets in the area two years ago upon resident requests, but apparently never followed through. For decades, day laborers have
loitered near 11th Street and Olympic Boulevard on the sidewalks, keeping a watchful eye on traffic coming and going from the Salvation Army outlet, Bourget Brothers supply store, the old Fisher Lumber site and other businesses from which they might be called upon to help with construction, landscaping, home improvement,
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Making ends meet a more daunting feat BY ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer
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