[H1 class=firstHeading][FONT size=3]I heard the residents of Sausalito were happy with this mayor [/FONT][/H1] [H1 class=firstHeading] [/H1] [H1 class=firstHeading]Sally Stanford[/H1] [DIV id=bodyContent] [H3 id=siteSub]From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/H3] [DIV id=contentSub]
[DIV id=jump-to-nav]Jump to: [A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Stanford#column-one"]navigation[/A], [A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Stanford#searchInput"]search[/A][/DIV][!-- start content --] Sally Stanford ([A title="May 5" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_5"]May 5[/A], [A title=1903 href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1903"]1903[/A]–[A title="February 1" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_1"]February 1[/A], [A title=1982 href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982"]1982[/A]) was a madam, restaurateur, and the [A title=Mayor href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor"]mayor[/A] of [A title="Sausalito, California" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sausalito%2C_California"]Sausalito, California[/A].
Born Mabel Busby in [A title="Baker City, Oregon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker_City%2C_Oregon"]Baker City, Oregon[/A] in [A title=1903 href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1903"]1903[/A], she came to [A title="San Francisco" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco"]San Francisco[/A] in [A title=1924 href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1924"]1924[/A]. She eventually ran a famous bordello at 1144 Pine Street on the flanks of Nob Hill in a house built by Stanford White (since demolished).
In [A title=1950 href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950"]1950[/A], she opened the Valhalla restaurant in Sausalito. She ran six times for Sausalito City Council and finally won in [A title=1972 href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972"]1972[/A], was vice-president of the Chamber of Commerce, a Little League sponsor and in [A title=1976 href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976"]1976[/A], was re-elected with a majority that made her mayor at the age of 72.
Stanford died of a heart attack at age 78, in Marin General Hospital, on [A title="February 1" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_1"]February 1[/A], [A title=1982 href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982"]1982[/A].
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[H2]Famous quote[/H2] "Madaming is the sort of thing that happens to you—like getting a battlefield commission or becoming the dean of women at Stanford University."
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