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At Home With Ruby Lane's Tom Johnson

Tom Johnson seems like a good guy. Accommodating, generous with his time and possessing a sense of whimsy that's almost impossible to resist, Johnson is disarmingly nice. He played trombone in the University of Minnesota marching band, has a rescue dog named Lucky Lu and, at his Naples, Fla., home, has placed a huge purple Dino—the pet dinosaur of Fred and Wilma Flintstone—near the pool that plays “Meet the Flintstones” to entertain guests and golfers alike.

Seriously, how do you not like this guy?!!

But there's a dark side, sort of. The co-founder, CEO and president of Ruby

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