Developer-sponsored parking war in Venice Beach...

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Victimized Venice Developer Lobbyist Sues State for not forcing the public to park in his boss's lots

Here's a funny story about an astro-turf effort to limit parking at Venice Beach. The press never mentions that this guy has been a lobbyist for the local beachfront parking lot owners that would benefit mightily from a beach area preferential-parking district...

http://rexfrankel.blogspot.com/2009/08/victimized-venice-developer-lobbyist.html

http://argonautnewspaper.com/articles/2009/08/13/news_-_features/top_stories/2v.txt