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Honorary Mayors of Borrego Springs
Borrego
Springs is an unincorporated community in the county of San Diego and
therefore has no city council. Every year the Borrego Springs
Chamber of Commerce calls for the nomination of an Honorary Mayor.
The nominee receiving the most nomination letters and meeting
certain criteria is selected Honorary Mayor for a year. Candidates
should have been residents of Borrego Springs for at least ten
years, be full-time residents and contributed to the local quality
of life.
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2009 - 2010 |
Ernie Loza |
video |
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2008 - 2009 |
Betsy Knaak |
picture & info |
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2006 - 2008 |
Mark C. Jorgensen |
picture & info |
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2005 -
2006
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Abby
King
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picture & info |
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2004 -
2005
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Astrid & Sam Webb
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picture |
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2003 -
2004
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Bob Piva
|
website |
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2001 - 2003 |
Robert
Cassidy |
info |
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2000 - 2001 |
Fred Jee |
picture & info |
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1999 - 2000
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Eris Eckhart
|
picture & info |
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1998 - 1999 |
Charlie Lusk |
info |
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1997 - 1998
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Joseph & Catherine Stone
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info |
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1996 -
1997 |
Robie Evans
|
picture & info |
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1995 - 1996 |
Maria Bertha & Juan Esparza |
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1994 - 1995 |
Francisco & Dora Murillo |
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1993 - 1994 |
Dori
Holiday [1] |
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1992 - 1993 |
Len Surles |
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1991 - 1992 |
Pat Patterson |
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1990 - 1991 |
David West |
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1989 - 1990 |
Ray Innocenti |
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1987 - 1988 |
Norri Bakko |
picture |
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1986 - 1987 |
Bud Kuhrts |
picture & info |
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1985 - 1986 |
Sam Fortiner |
picture & info |
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1984 - 1985 |
Jere Hansen |
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1983 - 1984 |
Virginia DeMarais |
picture
& info |
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1982 - 1993 |
Dr. Floyd Woolcott |
info
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1981 - 1982 |
Fernando Murad |
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1980 - 1981 |
Bev Kuhrts |
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1979 - 1980 |
? |
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1978 - 1979 |
no mayor |
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1976 - 1977 |
? |
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1975 - 1976 |
Bob DiGiorgio |
picture
& info |
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1961 - 1974 |
Gale Gordon
[2] |
website |
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1952 - 1961 |
? |
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1951 -
1952 |
Leo Carrillo |
picture
& info |
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1948 - 1951 |
Frank Morgan (first mayor) |
picture & info |
Footnotes:
1 - Dori Holiday
served for several years as the
General Manager of La Casa del
Zorro.
The Dori Holladay Award plaque on
a shelf about a year ago and wondered about it. It’s inscribed, “An
Award of Gratitude and Recognition for Outstanding Service to the
Community of Borrego Springs in honor of Dori Holladay.”
In 2005 she was honored
by the Chamber for her outstanding volunteer service to the
community.
2
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Gale Gordon also served as President of the Chamber of Commerce.
As Honorary Mayor, Gale
Gordon, star of television’s
“The Lucy Show", declared June 24, 1964, a holiday in Borrego
Springs to mark completion of the Montezuma Valley Road.
Links of interest related to Borrego
Springs
http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=7662
http://www.co.san-diego.ca.us/dpw/org/desertroads.html
Len Surles -
http://www.uoregon.edu/~army/Biographies/LenSurles.php
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