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The DA’s Main Man Prepares for New Chapter, But He Will Still Be Cooking Things Up
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As for his advice to Fox, “When Jim Fox retires,
I would like to see him engage in enormous
activities that involve no stress. I want him to
spend time on what he loves the best, and that
is spending time with his wife, children and
grandchildren.” And that is exactly what Fox and
his wife, Bonnie, are planning to do, in addition
to traveling. “My wife is always complaining that
a lot of the traveling we have done has been for
business, and I always go to all of the meetings,
and therefore it is never a vacation for her. So I
would like to take some time and do that,” said Fox.
With more R-and-R time on his hands, Fox will
be able to indulge more in his favorite pastime,
cooking. That’s right! Most people do not know,
but Fox has serious skills as a gourmet chef. His
family and the District Attorney’s Office have all
been blessed with his specialties. “I’ve always
done the cooking my whole life,” said Fox. “My
mother was a home economics teacher in Half
Moon Bay, and my father did a lot of the cooking
because when he was growing up, his father ran
a logging camp. When my grandmother passed,
my father ended up helping out a lot with the
cooking. So I grew up with that, and my dad
was a fabulous cook who made everything. I
love cooking, and if you ask my employees, they
will tell you about the fudge. I make 100 pounds
of fudge a year, and usually around September
people in the office already start to ask me when I
am going to bring it in.”
All along, Fox has just been a pretty ordinary
person doing an extraordinary job as district
attorney. “I’ve done this for a very long time,”
said Fox. “It’s been a part of my being, but not to
the point that it is who I am. But it’s what I do and
I’ve loved it!” Fox will be genuinely missed by his
peers and the public the day he opens to the first
page of his anticipated new chapter.
Well, Mr. Jim Fox, we the people will never
say goodbye to you, but we will say, “See you
around.” And every September, you’ll be sure
to see Fox and his fudge around the District
Attorney’s Office. But hey, you didn’t hear that
from me!
(See Fox’s bio on page 28)
“This is now my 28th year as
district attorney and it’s just
been a wonderful experience.
I have had an opportunity to
do a lot of interesting things.”
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