Victor Lipari
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Tsugio "Tee" Fujimoto was my FIRST Maintenance Supervisor in my City of San Jose career when I worked at the Municipal Rose Garden beginning in April of 1975. He had a GREA
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impact on my career in many ways.
He strived for me to learn as much as I could about my new job that I knew nothing about. His extensive horticultural knowledge really impressed me and gave me the motivation to not only learn about the care and maintenance of roses but also to learn how to be part of a team to enhance our rose garden beauty for the residents and tourists who visited the rose garden.
Tee was a man who trusted his workers to do excellent work and we strived to do that. He took his job very seriously and wanted his workers to do the same, not only in the
horticultural work that the job demanded but also in public relations with everyone who came to the rose garden and all our city parks.
It would be a GREAT honor if the City of San Jose would name a park after Tee Fujimoto. He gave so much to the city and his workers in his career and inspired all of us to be the BEST city workers we could be.
We owe him much thanks for inspiring
us in many ways and his memory would continue to shine on in a park named after him.
Thank you very much Tee!
Victor Lipari
Albuquerque, New Mexico
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City of San Jose Employee from 1975 to 2007
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