• Palo Alto: Veteran city clerk retires - 11/08/2014 01:22 AM PST
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    Palo Alto: Veteran city clerk retires
    After 15½ years, 653 council meetings and 12 elections, Palo Alto City Clerk Donna Grider is hanging up her hat. 

     
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