Mary Henderson:  

Life It's been an interesting ride. Iowa to Virginia, to Florida, to California, to Nevada to Mexico. Chunks of my heart are in each place I've been lucky enough to call home and we were lucky to have friends all over the country. Career-wise, spent several years in corporate p.r. for a utility, then Mike, my hubby (a Pensacola, Fl boy) who was a journalist, editor, and writer, transferred to Monterey County, California and I had to regroup. Went to work for Monterey County for 5 years as an analyst...then Mike transferred to Reno with Gannett in 1985 and I worked for Washoe County and the City of Reno as an analyst, public affairs director and community relations director before retiring in 2002. While doing budgets, news media, community services, etc., I took a stab at lobbying for local government at the state legislature, got kinda good at it and became a contract lobbyist representing various jurisdictions around the state at the legislature before, during and after I retired from the City of Reno. Never could get away from politics! Mike retired from Gannett in 2001, and went to work for a congressman from Reno. He transferred to Jim's Las Vegas office in 2002, and I moved down after the legislative session. Mike retired again from the Feds when his boss was elected governor, choosing not to join state government. I hung up my lobbying spurs a few years back and we both retired to Baja, Mexico out of Las Vegas. Great career life, lots of stress however, and I don't miss being boss. We had no children, so it was just the...Expand for more