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December 23, 2004
Looking back while forging ahead
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Vice Mayor Pat Dando reflects on strengths and weaknesses
By Kymberli W. Brady
Staff Writer
Part one: “The early years”
Removing pictures from the walls while packing 10 years of victories and defeats into boxes causes one to pause and reflect—to take a good look back with one eye, while keeping the other focused on the road that lies ahead.
For Vice Mayor Pat Dando, it’s been a fast-paced productive decade that started humbly with little efforts she championed along the way—causes that eventually took her from the brightly colored picture books that have molded children’s Read more...
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| Animal rights activists hold vigil outside the Villas of Almaden
By Kymberli W. Brady
Staff Writer
Last Friday, animal rights activists gathered near the entrance to the Villas of Almaden with masks, signs, and candles in tow—all in an 11th-hour attempt to save a family of coyotes from certain death.
Upon hearing of the Villa’s decision to hire a private trapper, a steady flurry of e-mails has kept Villas President Bud Spadafore busier than usual over the past two weeks—time he says he has plenty of lately, since the harassing phone calls start like clockwork at midnight Read more...
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