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Uploaded: Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 2:35 PM
All-female Novato council swears in
A first for Marin County...
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by Samantha Campos
On Dec. 1, an unprecedented all-female Novato City Council will be sworn into office. When Denise Athas, Carole Dillon-Knutson, Pat Eklund, Madeline Kellner and Jeanne MacLeamy take the oath in council chambers tonight, it will be a Marin County first--and the second time in California history--to have all city or town council seats filled by women. In 1992, the San Mateo city of Pacifica became the first in the state to have an all-woman council. The first female Novato City Council member was Lucile Cannon in 1962. Marin County officially changed the term "councilman" to "council member" in 1985.
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Posted by AJAX, a resident of the Novato neighborhood, on Dec 1, 2009 at 4:30 pm Now Novato is really in the toliet.. Sold out by the very same, swore in to BIG DEVELOPERS. Remember the 5 min. drive(now 20 min's) to 'Downtown Novato'? I cannot wait to get the hell out of here. And I hope the door hits me in the A** on the way out. To remind me NEVER TO COME BACK!
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Posted by johnnymarin, a resident of the San Rafael neighborhood, on Dec 1, 2009 at 4:53 pm Moved out ten years ago. Glad I did. Now at least we can blame the ladies instead of the "white men in charge". I hope they don't make you men take out the trash and do the dishes.
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