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Article: Big Bear Lake's mayor mulls life after wildfire
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- Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
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- September 22, 2007
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As the plush forest west of Big Bear Lake burned last weekend,
Mayor Bill Jahn found himself in what would seem like an unusual
position of encouraging tourists to still come to his resort
community.
During an interview broadcast on one of Southern California's
biggest local TV news programs, Jahn told viewers that they should
still come to his town's Oktoberfest.
As he spoke, an ominous wall of smoke from the Butler II wildfire
dominated the entire skyline to the west.
"It did seem odd, but I was assured by a lot of different agencies
that the city of Big Bear Lake was safe," Jahn said Friday. "I would
never ask people to come up if I didn't think it was safe."
As odd as it was, Jahn ...