Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Sam Alessi was first elected to Whittlesea Council in 1987 and again in 1997. He has served three terms as City of Whittlesea Mayor in 1997/98; 1999/2000; and 2004/05. He is currently Deputy Chair of the Yarra Plenty Regional Library and Vice President of the Municipal Association of Victoria. He was educated at Moreland High School, La Trobe and Deakin Universities and the State College of Victoria and hold a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences; a Bachelor of Education, a Diploma of Teaching and a Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Science.