Mayor's lengthy sign off

You know how people set up a signature at the bottom of every e-mail? Mine, for example, has my name, phone number, this blog's url and my title -- reporter. Other people have their mailing address, fax number or an inspirational quote.

This week, I received an email from Mayor Don Kurth with a signature that's 70 words long. So roughly, the length of this blog entry so far.

Kurth, who owns an urgent care medical center in the city and is a doctor specializing in addiction medicine, was recently named the president of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. That new title made the list of titles longer and reads like this:

Donald J. Kurth, MD, MBA, MPA, FASAM
President Elect, American Society of Addiction Medicine
Associate Professor, Departments of Preventive Medicine and Psychiatry,
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Past President, California Society of Addiction Medicine
Fellow, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,
Developing Leadership in Reducing Substance Abuse 2003-06
Delegate Alternate, House of Delegates, American Medical Association
CSAM Representative, Council on Legislation, California Medical Association
Mayor, City of Rancho Cucamonga, California