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CA: Yolo's cool old hippie retires

From the Sacramento Bee:Yolo County loses best-known employee among exodus of early retireesBarry Melton knows his days as a young rock icon, when he took the stage at Woodstock with a tousle of blond curls, are long past... But at 61, Melton ? the Yolo County public defender who became famous as "The Fish" in the Vietnam-era band Country Joe and the Fish ? leaves at the top of his game as a lawyer.He said he decided to retire next month partly to save jobs in his office as Yolo County struggles with a historic budget crisis. "It's either that," Melton said, "or put some young attorney in the unemployment line..."Such a cool guy.

Full post as published by Arbitrary and Capricious on May 21, 2009 (boomark / email).