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About Carolyn Classen

Carolyn Sugiyama Classen was a 2008 Tucson Citizen My Tucson columnist. She was born and raised in a sugar plantation community on Hawai’i Island, then belonged to a Jesuit “koinonia” at the Paulist Center in Boston. She is a 3rd generation Japanese American and has studied Spanish, Japanese, German, and Hawaiian. She has been a practicing attorney, legislative aide on Capitol Hill (for U.S. Senator Dan Inouye), and is now a Hearing Officer in Small Claims Court. Carolyn has also published two short stories in Rick Carroll's 2006 "The Best of Hawaii's Best Spooky Tales."

Recent Posts

• “A Hero’s Salute” for Memorial Day
• Live CD 8 debate on May 23
• “Our State, Our Story” summer reading program
• Cutest and Ugliest dogs at Monsoon Muttness
• Eat at new Agustin Brasserie restaurant in support of Fox Tucson Theatre today
• Barber vs. Kelly vs. Manolakis in CD 8 debate on PBS – HD 6 (video)
• Tucson Citizen’s Epitaph saved in Newsprint Sculpture
• Republican businessman Fernando Gonzales announces candidacy for District 5 Pima County Supervisor
• Kino Heritage Festival
• Going batty? See thousands on Bat Night
• Enjoy free Music Under the Stars
• Republican James Kelley to run against District 2 Pima County Supervisor Ramon Valadez
• Meet District 5 Pima County Supervisor Richard Elias
• CD 8 House debates coming up (Barber vs. Kelly vs. Manolakis)
• Help USPS “Stamp out Hunger”

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