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Council Watch
Councilman Diquisto's vacation activities a bit fishy
Claim of 18 trout stretches credulity; his grandson was the only witness
By Jessica Lyons
They can run but they can't hide. Although the City Council was in recess during the month of July, we searched the depths of San Jose and managed to track down Willow Glen's two councilmembers. Last week The Resident chatted with Councilman Frank Fiscalini about his month off. Today, we're checking in with the Glen's other right-hand man, Councilman John Diquisto, to see what he's been up to.
Apparently it takes more than the promise of free time to pry Diquisto away from City Hall. "Every Tuesday, I'm still at City Hall, cleaning up all my files, going over the budget, getting ready for August 3," Diquisto says. "I figure after I get kicked out of office, I'll have all the time in the world."
His staff--and the man himself--say he still heads to the office every day, whether for meetings, budget reviews or just general spring cleaning.
In between trips to City Hall, however, he found some time to play. He and his grandson caught 18 trout at Half Moon Bay last week, and Diquisto's been busy at the barbecue. On Tuesday nights, when he would normally have been heading off to a City Council meeting, he's been riding his bike around Willow Glen, rearranging furniture at home or watching the news.
At press time, Diquisto was hoping to take a fishing trip south of the border to Cabo San Lucas. "We fish for tuna, albacore and marlin," he says. Fear not, fish lovers, no marlin are harmed during Diquisto's fishing expeditions.
"The marlin are so pretty you can't kill them, so we tag and release them."
Even in sunny Mexico, however, he still mixes business with pleasure. In August 1997, the city of San Jose and ARM West donated a fire engine and an ambulance to Los Barriles, a fishing village on the east coast of southern Baja California. With the help of other firefighters, Diquisto makes a regular trek down south to train local residents.
"We do a training session, make sure enough people know how to use the equipment,"' Diquisto says.
The closest hospital to Los Barriles is 42 miles away. Prior to the donations, the only means of transportation to and from were pickup trucks.
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