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Article: His day job
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- Orange County Business Journal
- Article date:
- March 19, 2001
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CopyrightCopyright CBJ, L. P. Mar 19-Mar 25, 2001. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Anaheim Councilman Runs Family Firm, Eyes MTBE Cleanup
Most people in Orange County are more likely to know Tom Tait as a combative Anaheim councilman and Republican activist rather than as the head of an engineering company with big hopes of grabbing a larger share of the environmental cleanup market.
Tait has made a name for himself as a Republican councilman in a city fronted by a Democrat mayor. Last year, he rallied behind longtime county GOP Chairman Tom Fuentes in the face of opposition from the reformist New Majority Committee. Tait also is Fuentes' boss.
Tait is president of Tait & Associates Inc., a Santa Ana engineering company with annual billings of about $13 million and ...