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Bye, bye, love

Ten days into his administration, Mayor Bob Duffy stood in the City Hall atrium — reporters and photographers spread out in front of him, City Council members and staff (many of whom who had worked frantically on the ferry for nearly a year) watching from the balcony — and delivered the bad news. The city […]

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Metro ink – 1.18.06

Take a Chance SWF seeks midsized city with high hopes and little logic for a short-term and very expensive rebound relationship. You are a hopeless romantic and very optimistic; you like to take risks and arenโ€™t afraid to lavish money on me. Itโ€™s OK if youโ€™re boring, as long as your neighbors arenโ€™t. Iโ€™m an […]

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Reader feedback – 1.18.06

AFTER THE FERRY: VISION? I am sad about the decision to abandon the ferry, because it represented, to me, a visionary approach to stimulating more tourism in this area. It is important to be fiscally responsible, and I understand Mayor Duffy’s reasoning, but sometimes one needs to dare to do something risky in order to […]

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