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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2006
Volume 6 Issue 26
Santa Monica Daily Press Since 2001: A news odyssey
What they want
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City Hall hosts meetings in an effort to gather residents’ input
NEWS OF THE WEIRD BY
CHUCK
SHEPARD
James C. Burda surrendered his Ohio chiropractor’s license in September after an investigation (mentioned in April in News of the Weird) revealed that he offered to treat patients via telepathy (for $60 an hour) and had the ability to go back in time to realign bones and joints at the point at which they were damaged, via his techniques of telekinetic vibration, which he called “bahlaqeem vina” and “bahlaqeem jaqem,” which he admitted were nonsense words that came to him one day while he was driving around. An exam ordered by Ohio chiropractic regulators found, not surprisingly, that Burda suffered from “delusional disorder, grandiose type.”
BY KEVIN HERRERA Daily Press Staff Writer
Fabian Lewkowicz fabianl@smdp.com Pharmacist Mordechai Nikfar fills prescriptions at McCarthy Pharmacy in Sunset Park on Tuesday. Cold medicines containing pseudoephedrine, an ingredient that can be used to create methamphetamine, are stored behind the counter.
TODAY IN HISTORY Union forces suffered a major defeat to the 1862 Confederates at the Battle of Fredericksburg. Dartmouth College, in New Hampshire, received its charter. George Gershwin’s musical work “An American in Paris” had its premiere, at Carnegie Hall in New York. During World War II, the U.S. cruiser Nashville was badly damaged in a Japanese kamikaze attack that claimed more than 130 lives. The Philadelphia Mint began stamping the Susan B. Anthony dollar, which went into circulation in July 1979.
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WORD UP! approbation \ap-ruh-BAY-shuhn\, noun: 1. The act of approving; formal or official approval.2. Praise; commendation.
See LANDMARK, page 7
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Surf Report 19
Horoscopes Easy does it, Virgo
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MOVIETIMES Keeping it reel
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Comics & Stuff Strips tease
Daily Press Staff Writer
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Real Estate
Water temperature: 61°
BY MELODY HANATANI
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Inside Scoop
Getting to fixin’
Museum in Dogtown? CITY HALL — Residents of Ocean Park may one day have a museum or memorial commemorating the history of skating and surfing in Santa Monica. The topic of opening a museum or erecting a statue that would pay tribute to the birth of the modern skateboarding movement came up during a Landmarks Commission meeting on Monday amid a discussion about whether the Horizons West Surf Shop building on Main Street should be designated as a his-
INDEX Landmark restoration
Randy Wright Special to the Daily Press The owner of Horizons West Surf Shop, which is housed in a building being mentioned as a possible historical landmark, caught this picture of a surfer and friend over the weekend in the South Bay.
Classifieds Find your place
Gary Limjap (310) 586-0339
It’s all about you... The client
the National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws in Alexandria, Virginia. The non-profit organization serves
REED PARK — Forget the two front teeth. It seems all residents north of Wilshire Boulevard want for Christmas is a solution to their parking woes. The lack of parking was the hot topic here Monday night during the first of five community meetings organized by City Hall to gather input from residents and merchants on priorities for next fiscal year’s budget. “This is somewhat of an historic event for us, this being our first community meeting ... where we are modifying our budget process ... so we can get community input earlier before we start talking to the council,” said Assistant City Manager Gordon Anderson, who was filling in for City Manager Lamont Ewell due to a family emergency. “You’re our first public presentation,” Anderson told the group of roughly 10 residents. The community meetings are being held at the same time city staff is developing its annual financial forecast, which studies all revenue streams, the housing market and other economic factors to prepare a detailed projection on the future of Santa Monica’s finances. With the list of community priorities, city staff will be more prepared to present a template for the council to consider. For the current fiscal year, the council approved a $457.8 million budget — the largest in the city’s history —
See DRUG USE, page 6
See COMMUNITY MEETINGS, page 6
Speed bumps Pharmacists try to curb meth use with strict policies BY MELODY HANATANI Daily Press Staff Writer
CITYWIDE — Pharmacists in Santa Monica are saying no to meth. In efforts to comply with state and federal laws restricting consumer access to medicines with pseudoephedrine, commonly found in cold medicine, pharmacists across California have beefed up their policies on selling the ingredient that can be used to create methamphetamine. The state’s pseudoephedrine regulatory laws, which went into effect earlier this year, require consumers be at least 18 years of age to purchase products that contain the organic compound. Pharmacies are also required to record a log containing each purchaser’s information, including their name and the amount of pseudoephedrine contained in their purchase, according to a representative of VONS
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Fabian Lewkowicz fabianl@smdp.com
REGULATORS: The staff at Drugtown Pharmacy on Montana Avenue stocks shelves on Tuesday. The state’s pseudoephedrine regulatory laws require customers to be at least 18 years of age.
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