William Joseph "Bill" Bogaard (born 1938 in Sioux City, Iowa) is an American Democratic politician, and the current mayor of Pasadena, California, elected in 1999, and re-elected with an overwhelming majority of the vote (over 85%) in 2003. Bogaard is the first elected mayor of Pasadena since the 1940s. Prior to being elected mayor, Bogaard was a lawyer, and taught at the University of Michigan as well as the University of Southern California. Wikipedia
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