[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 64 (Thursday, May 1, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E824]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     IN HONOR OF A DECADE OF MARK SIMON'S PENINSULA INSIDER COLUMN

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 30, 2003

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Mark Simon, who for ten years 
has educated, amused, irritated, informed and instructed the readers of 
the San Francisco Chronicle with his well-written, well-read column.
  ``From beaches to redwoods,'' Mark Simon loves the region of which he 
writes. Over the years, the people, politics and problems of our region 
have all become grist for his Chronicle column. He has regaled us with 
tales of John Madden's taste for tamales and kept us up to date on the 
unfolding of the Century Loan scandals. He has raised awareness and 
informed his readers on issues as diverse as campaign finance reform, 
gunshot locators, Devils Slide, and breast cancer treatment for low 
income women in our community. Mark has reported on every side of 
Stanford, from sports to the opening of the Cantor Art Museum. His 
columns have traced the dynamic changes in our community: Silicon 
Valley's ups and downs, the birth and death of a San Francisco Bay 
Olympic bid, and the constant rising and falling of housing prices. He 
has filled the narrative of our region with a variety of colorful 
events and characters, spotlighting the Tour de Peninsula, former 
monks, great achievers such as LaDoris Cordell, and even his own 
beloved sons. We know them all now and we're grateful to Mark as a son 
of the Peninsula, for his unswerving love of it.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Mark Simon 
for his service to our community as the Chronicle's chronicler of life 
on the San Francisco Peninsula and the magnificent 14th Congressional 
District. No one has done it better or with as much knowledge, guts, 
intelligence or love of our area.

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