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 Stories About: Florida AND InterActivist AND interview AND politics
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Mean Green Pegeen
Pegeen Hanrahan, mayor of Gainesville, Fla., answers readers' questions |
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22 Oct 2004 |
InterActivist |
| Pegeen Hanrahan, mayor of Gainesville, Fla. I'm intrigued but saddened by your characterization of activists as largely unprofessional, and I wince at its implications. If a friendly, suave, professional-looking lobbyist is taken more seriously even by politicians like yourself who are sympathetic to the cause, what does this mean for less-professional-looking enviros and activists attempting t ... |
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| Topics: Florida, InterActivist, interview, politics (all these topics) |
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Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gainesville
Pegeen Hanrahan, mayor of Gainesville, Fla., answers questions |
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18 Oct 2004 |
InterActivist |
| Pegeen Hanrahan What work do you do? Earlier this year I was elected to serve as mayor of Gainesville, Fla., for the next three years. Gainesville is a beautiful and diverse city of about 117,000, often called "the city in the forest" because of our heavy tree cover. Gainesville is the home of the University of Florida, the fourth-largest college campus in the nation, with ... |
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| Topics: Florida, InterActivist, interview, politics (all these topics) |
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