Gabe Cazares
| Gabriel "Gabe" Cazares | |
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Gabe Cazares at rally. Placard reads: SOS Save Sparkling Clearwater
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| Mayor of Clearwater, Florida | |
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In office 1975–1978 |
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| Preceded by | H. Everett Hougen |
| Succeeded by | Charles F. LeCher |
| Constituency | Clearwater, Florida |
| County Commissioner | |
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In office 1980–1984 |
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| Succeeded by | George Greer |
| Constituency | Pinellas County, Florida |
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January 31, 1920 Alpine, Texas |
| Died | September 29, 2006 (aged 86) Clearwater, Florida |
| Political party | Democratic |
Gabriel "Gabe" Cazares (January 31, 1920 – September 29, 2006) was a mayor of Clearwater, Florida, a Pinellas County commissioner, a civil rights advocate, and a critic of the Church of Scientology. He died September 29, 2006 in Clearwater at the age of 86.
Gabriel "Gabe" Cazares was born to Mexican parents on 31 January 1920, in Alpine, Texas, as one of nine children. His family moved to Los Angeles, where he worked in the Civilian Conservation Corps. He attended Los Angeles City College on a track scholarship, where he set a record for the junior college 2-mile run which stood for 11 years. He also attended Fresno State College and Texas Christian University, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology, and the University of Maryland, College Park. He received his master's degree in business management from Jackson College in Honolulu, Hawaii. Much of his college work was complete while he was in the military. He joined the Army Air Forces in 1941 after the attacks on Pearl Harbor and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel.
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