William A. Rennie

William A. Rennie (1854–1919) was a jurist and journalist in Southern California, the founder of the Venice Vanguard.

"[4][5] Funeral services were conducted in Santa Monica on January 25 under the auspices of the Elks Lodge.

[5] A Progressive, he was appointed justice of the peace of Ballona Township in Venice, California, on January 10, 1910, succeeding H.C. Rogers, who had moved to San Francisco.

[13] In October 1910 Rennie sued Raymond Wayman of the Wilmington Journal, alleging libel and asking $50,000 in damages.He claimed that the Journal, in an article headlined "The Squealing of a Rat," had called him a "cheap little squirt" who "stole editorials," a "lovely ass," and a "long-tailed sewer rat."

He said the article painted him as "out of sympathy" with the families of the victims of the 1910 Los Angeles Times bombing.