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FAQ

Frequently (?) Asked Questions

Been There, Done That

From city kid to city manager, a bio in pictures

The "Permanent File"

my high school teachers assured me this would be worse

PCCS

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

Exit Interview

Thank you, Davenport

The Office

Field Guide

The One-ga-low

Seaside Residence

Door's Open

The door to the Seaside City Manager's Office was closed for decades. People didn't know what to do when I opened it, so I made a flowchart...

Siftings

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Apr

Totems

Ooo, let’s go up there! Amanda has seen the condors in the distance, soaring over the bluffs in Pinnacles National Park, and she wants a closer look. So, up we go. A girl – no, young woman – after my own heart. Been more than a year since I’ve seen Amanda, Colin or Marcia. Hundreds of...

Feb

The Crying Scene

In the movie, it would start raining. In life, it did. Stay at home order lifted and a four-day weekend means four thousand miles is doable. No less an authority on cars that Mr. Clarkson himself declared the world’s fastest car is a rental (extreme example here), so there I am standing at the...

Jan

Do-overs

Been a year. One whole ride around the sun. Three hundred and sixty-five dawns and, after that blinding yellow orb sinks into the Pacific just down the street, just as many sunsets. There were twenty-five rodeos round the hydrogen gas bag before I met her, but that was just fate taking enough...