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by Julene Snyder [ m o r a l c o d e ] San Diego Ethics Commission head is all about accountability DOING THE RIGHT THING S haron Spivak is a serious person, concerned with critical issues and thorny conundrums. This makes it all the more delightful when she mentions an unexpected early chapter of her career. As a teenager, she was an on-air host for a show on early cable TV in the ’70s at Beverly Hills High School in Los Angeles. “The show was called Warm Hearts and Cold Noses . I would in- terview someone from the SPCA, put an animal on my lap and talk

about how they were available for adoption. No one knew — because I hid it very well — that I had raging allergies to cats and most dogs. But I got through it,” she says, with a rueful laugh. “I was very, very lucky to have the ability to create TV program- ming as a student in high school. I was also editor for the school newspaper, both of which in- formed my decision to go into the media, which I assumed would be my life’s pursuit,” Spivak says.

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