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Video Interview With Santee Citizen of the Year Joe Spencer

Not a man afraid to speak his mind- see the highlights of "Just Joe" riffing on his philosophy, what he does for the community and why.

Santee, PTA, smoke-free, cupcakes, blogging, citizen of the year... What name comes to mind?

If you follow Santee Patch, you know your thinking of , local volunteer, activist and .

In this video interview you'll see highlights cut from more than half an hour talking about who Joe Spencer is- his philosophy, what he's done for the community, why he does it, and where he's going next.

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Joe is now involved in a campaign to make Santee parks smoke-free, with his company, Go For It Productions, he was instrumental in bringing the to Santee junior high schoolers and WWE stars to the , he has dedicated his time to the Santee School District as the District's Foundation Vice President and , and he even found himself helping in the from her burning vehicle earlier this year.

The County of San Diego recently issued a proclamation honoring for his "outstanding leadership, service and commitment to area residents," and declared March 26, 2012 as throughout the county.

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As a regular , Joe does a lot to inform the community and can always be counted on to get a conversation started about an issue. If Joe says he'll bring a topic to the or City Council, you can count on him being there at the next meeting, speaking his mind.


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