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20 Minutes with Pall Gudgeirsson, City Treasure

Feb 05, 2004 04:59PM ● By Don Kindred

Even in the culturally diversified southland that’s one you don’t hear everyday. Perhaps because Iceland’s entire population is only, 285,000. If they added 50,000 more Icelanders they would have roughly the same population as the city of Santa Ana.

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Ole Wasn’t Alone - Capistrano Beach and Dana Point Claim Visionaries of Their Own

Nov 01, 2003 10:19PM ● By Don Kindred

Deservedly, much of the recognition for establishing San Clemente is attributed to Ole Hanson, real estate developer, entrepreneur, and former mayor of Seattle. But Hanson wasn’t the only early mover and shaker of housing projects in South Orange County in the late ‘20s.

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20 Minutes with George Scarborough - City Manager

Nov 01, 2003 10:08PM ● By Don Kindred

Like many of us, San Clemente City Manager George Scarborough wasn’t sure where his life was headed when he graduated from College. But a chance job as a city planner for the small town of Greenfield, CA (population 7,000) might have been a big clue.

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Twenty minutes with Mayor of San Clemente Stephanie Dorey

Aug 01, 2003 09:47PM ● By Don Kindred

Before moving to San Clemente in 1996, Stephanie Dorey had never even been to a city council meeting. “Really” she says, shaking her head, “I was an active PTA mom from Irvine but I couldn’t even tell you who was on the City Council up there.”

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