Pinatunayan ng malaking bilang ng mga mamamayang naghintay upang salubungin ang Noynoy Aquino-Mar Roxas Team sa Proclamation Rally ng Liberal Party na ginanap sa San Pablo City Plaza noong Biyernes ng gabi, Abril 16, 2010, na sina Congresswoman Ivy Arago, at mga Senador Noynoy Aquino at Mar Roxas (inset) ay hindi nag-iisa sa kanilang hangaring maipagpatuloy ang paglilingkod sa bayan sa ilalim ng kaisipang “kung walang corruption ay walang mahirap”. (Ruben E. Taningco)
What is now known as Doña Leonila (Mini-Forest) Park overlooking the Sampaloc Lake is actually a portion of the site for the City Hall Complex purchased in 1937 by the Municipal Government of San Pablo headed by President Inocencio Barleta, which was partly developed after the termination of World War II under the administration of appointed City Mayor, Dr. Fernando A. Bautista. During the incumbency of elected Mayor Lauro D. Dizon Sr., with the help of the Rotary Club of San Pablo, and under the supervision of Dr. Juan B. Hernandez, then club secretary of the local Rotary Club and Chairman of the City Beautification Committee, constructed some park structures at the park, with the fountain featuring the country lass with agriculture harvest as centerpiece. Probably, Hernandez and then City Engineer Perfecto Reyes were inspired by the figures affixed on the façade of the City Hall Building which symbolizes progress. Sometimes on April of 1961 when then President Carlos Garcia made a...
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