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FILE PHOTO: Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster told the Press Telegram that a friend's terminal illness prompted him to reassess his life and not run for a third term. (Jeff Gritchen/Staff Photographer)
A close friend's terminal illness pushed Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster away from a promising campaign for a third term.
The revelation was made by Foster this week in a sit-down interview with the Press-Telegram, his first since announcing on Tuesday that he would not run again to lead Los Angeles County's second-largest city.
During the hourlong session, Foster talked about his seven years in office, covering topics ranging from Long Beach's slow slog to find structural budget balance during the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, pension reform, promises kept and one broken, his relationship with Port of Long Beach officials and more.
But it was Foster's disclosure of the reason why he ultimately made the decision that shocked Long Beach politics that confirmed what the mayor had been telling supporters for months -- he was truly split on running again.
"It really did make me reassess my whole life," Foster said.
See Sunday's Press-Telegram for the complete story.
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