1. Rick Cole was born on June 27,1953 and is an American politician and former journalist currently serving as a member of the Pasadena City Council since 2024.
20 Facts About Rick Cole
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Rick Cole was born on June 27,1953 in Detroit, Michigan.
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Rick Cole moved to Pasadena, California and graduated from Blair High School, later attending with a bachelor's degree from Occidental College in 1978 and a master's degree from Columbia University in 1979.
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Rick Cole didn't hold a full-time job until he was 30 years old when he ran for City Council.
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Rick Cole worked for the 1972 presidential campaign of US Representative Pete McCloskey, the congressional re-election campaign for Allard K Lowenstein, and the 1979 re-election campaign for Dennis Kucinich for Mayor of Cleveland.
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Rick Cole defeated Acker in the election in an upset, becoming one of two candidates in a coalition of liberals and ethnic minorities that attempted to defeat incumbents on the board.
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Rick Cole resigned from Pasadena Media Inc in December 1984 to avoid conflicts of interest with its paper, Pasadena Weekly.
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On January 4,1986, Rick Cole was hired as a legislative aide by Richard Alatorre, who had been elected to the Los Angeles City Council.
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On May 4,1992, Rick Cole was named the Mayor of Pasadena, succeeding Jess Hughston, who was his history teacher while at Blair High School.
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In November 1994, Rick Cole announced that he would be retiring from the council in order to improve community participation in local government.
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In July 1998, Rick Cole was appointed as the city manager of Azusa, California, chosen by the council from an applicant pool composed of mostly bureaucrats.
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Rick Cole admitted to the act, explaining that because the billboard was near a city playground, he acted according to his conscience.
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Rick Cole accepted the city's offer to become the city manager in January 2004 and began working as the city manager of Ventura on April 26,2004.
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Rick Cole became the parish administrator at the San Buenaventura Mission in 2012.
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In July 2013, Rick Cole was appointed by Mayor of Los Angeles Eric Garcetti to oversee budget and innovation efforts after being approached by Garcetti's transition team.
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Rick Cole initially planned to remain with the administration, but when offered the position of city manager of Santa Monica, a role he was unanimously selected for by Santa Monica's council, he decided to leave.
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Rick Cole reached out to Mejia when he saw the campaign's billboard featuring the city budget and offered his assistance and advice.
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On May 10,2023, Rick Cole announced his candidacy for his former City Council seat in 2024 to succeed Felicia Williams, who was running for the California State Assembly.
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Rick Cole is married to Katherine Aguilar Perez, who was the executive director of the Southern California Transportation and Land Use Coalition.
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The family resides in Pasadena but has moved to the cities where Rick Cole served as city manager.