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LOS ANGELES A community of squat, futuristic domes once billed as a utopian refuge from life on the streets is itself facing homelessness. The silvery, igloo-like fiberglass structures, packed tightly on a downtown lot, are being sold online to the highest bidder. Such is the unceremonious end to Dome Village _ activist Ted Hayes' model of a self-governed, self-sufficient community for the homeless. Since its founding in 1993, the village has been visited by celebrities but has gone largely unnoticed by thousands of commuters buzzing past on the freeway nearby. Hayes said a big rent increase _ from $2,500 to...

A liberal lawyer in Los Angeles is threatening to throw nearly three dozen homeless center residents back on the streets because of something he finds indefensible: The center's founder is a Republican and voted for President Bush.

Here is an e-mail that I just received from our very good FRiend, TED HAYES:Hello Everyone,Dome Village has been given a sudden "eviction" notice by the property of 847 Golden Avenue in the form of rent hike from $2,500 dollars plus a $10,000 annual tax fee, to $18,330 per month. Obviously, JHUSA does not have that kind of money, and even if we did, we would not pay such an outrageous amount of rent. Also, the property owner has made it clear that he will not receive our money, even if we did have it, because he is absolutely resolute that Dome...

I saw Ted Hayes Monday night at an event in Hollywood and he said he gave Julian Bond and the rest of black leadership over the past generation their pink slip on this program. Quote from the show according to Ted, "You [black leadership] have lost an entire generation of black youth." Here in Los Angeles, America's Black Forum airs Sunday, 29 May at 1:30p on KCAL 9. For reference, this is the WSJ article that gave Ted his "Rasta Republican" monicker http://www.opinionjournal.com/cc/?id=110006616

. www.FitAimAct.org Please JOIN the LA Chapter of the Free Republic Network and FIT-AIM-ACT for our First Annual "March AGAINST Terrorism"at the Los Angeles Marathon THIS SUNDAY, March 2from 10 am to noon Support Our Troops! - LIBERATE IRAQ! PATRIOTIC Music, POWERFUL Speakers, and LOTS of pro-AMERICAN Fellowship! "SUPPORT OUR TROOPS"at a pro-USA rallyat the Justiceville/Homeless USA "Dome Village"847 Golden Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90017 The "Dome Village" is a short walk from the Staples Center, in downtown Los Angeles.