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Been There, Done That

From city kid to city manager, a bio in pictures

WET STUFF -- RED STUFF -- MED STUFF: 2023

PCCS

Founded This Eco-School With Vicky, Miriam, Evelyn & Ellen

Exit Interview

Thank you, Davenport

those were some days

it was considered rude to watch a ball heading toward Jake - because there was no way he was going to miss it

it was a vibe

the Seaside office

bad art & wierdo ideas

a beach slang tune

flat roofs & weirdo ideas

240 W. Mill Street

Siftings

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Dec

Part II

“Is that illegal?”, my newest friend asks. “No”, I reply, “it’s just ridiculous and unprecedented”. My newest friend is several rows ahead of me at the moment as we bounce along at 500+ knots over the Rockies, on our way to SJC. I’ll never see my newest friend again, but he was standing next to...

Dec

Part I

Wisdom creeps up on you. Or, more likely, it’s apparent to everyone but me. We (Troy, Jason, James and me) are heading back to the station in Engine 33 from a nighttime Med Flight LZ. Troy’s at the wheel, Jason’s in the officer seat and me and James are in back. It’s dark and cold and Troy and...

Nov

The Things We Carry

with homage to Tim O’Brien “Anybody see anything they didn’t want to see?”, Captain 2 asks on the cold ride back to the station. It’s an opening for discussion, but there’s not much offered. A dozen or so firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, doctors and a helo pilot did all we could for a man...