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Rick Cole

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Rick Cole is the city manager of Ventura, California and previously served as city manager of Azusa, California and Mayor of Pasadena. He was named one of GOVERNING's "Public Officials of the Year" in 2006 and won the 2009 "Excellence in Government Award" from the the Municipal Management Association of Southern California.