Capitola City Council, 1949
 
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Brad Macdonald, 27 (far left), was the popular choice for the city's first mayor in 1949, but the council appointed Harlan P. Kessler (fourth from left) in a surprise move that nearly led to a riot and christened the new city "Scrapitola." The Council posed later that year in front of the earliest city hall at 140 Monterey Avenue.
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