Memorial to Joe Giannini - by Jack McCurdy

 

     

 

Note:  Memorial to Joe Giannini  is a one-time column about a respected and influential resident of Morro Bay

 

 

October, 2009            Memorial to Joe Giannini

 

If there is one figure in Morro Bay's history who has been most instrumental in not only helping residents found the city and achieve the independence they desired, but who showed them by example how to protect the community from destructive change, it is Joe Giannini.