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Article: Shore Patrol: Seal Beach's Lee Whittenberg is retiring
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- Press-Telegram Long Beach, CA.
- Article date:
- September 17, 2009
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Seal Beach is a town where small is beautiful.
And Lee Whittenberg - the city's retiring director of Community
Development for nearly 20 years - knows all too well that a hint of
big development can spark a protest, the kind that would overflow
the City Council Chamber.
During Whittenberg's 20-year tenure, the Hellman Ranch was one of
the most explosive series of sessions. There also was a major
squabble over the development of the Bixby Ranch Co.'s Towne Center,
north of the San Diego (405) Freeway; and bars or restaurants on
Main Street wanting liquor licenses also generated heat, especially
from nearby homeowners.
Whittenberg's name would be on the staff reports to the council,
and that ...