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      <![CDATA[It's good to be Graves. During his remarks, he puts a decrepit sewer system on a list of the city's long-term financial challenges, which is convenient for him &mdash; his firm is slated to manage the $2.4 billion separation of the city's stormwater and sewer pipes.
        
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      <![CDATA[It's good to be Graves. During his remarks, he puts a decrepit sewer system on a list of the city's long-term financial challenges, which is convenient for him &acirc;&#128;&#148; his firm is slated to manage the $2.4 billion separation of the city's stormwater and sewer pipes.
        
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      <![CDATA[Your a dumbass! I know your left wing progressive dumbass thinks that goverment is the answer but really... business is what pays for your welfare!
        
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      <![CDATA[Your a dumbass! I know your left wing progressive dumbass thinks that goverment is the answer but really... business is what pays for your welfare!
        
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      <![CDATA[Chris: TLDNR. Consider paragraphs.<br><br>Vinny Vinyardi.
        
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      <![CDATA[I think it is about time the blue collar people of Kansas City take over the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce so they can try to do some good for the city rather than it being all about big shots and politicians being in the spotlight rather than doing what they are suppose to be doing, making Kansas City a better place to live and work and relax!!!!<br>Kansas City might not be the best city in America but it's our city that choose to live and work here and pay taxes here and spend our hard earned dollars here. It's a simple choice just like living in the United States is, if you don't like living here then simply get the HELL out!!!!!!!!!!!
        
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      <![CDATA[I think it is about time the blue collar people of Kansas City take over the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce so they can try to do some good for the city rather than it being all about big shots and politicians being in the spotlight rather than doing what they are suppose to be doing, making Kansas City a better place to live and work and relax!!!! Kansas City might not be the best city in America but it's our city that choose to live and work here and pay taxes here and spend our hard earned dollars here.
        
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      <![CDATA[This is another example of taking selected &ldquo;facts&rdquo; and using them to push your point of view&hellip;<br>1.Where do you make the determination that Kansas City&rsquo;s unemployment rate is decreasing slower than that of other metros? What is the source for this?
        
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      <![CDATA[This is another example of taking selected &acirc;&#128;&#156;facts&acirc;&#128;&#157; and using them to push your point of view&acirc;&#128;&brvbar;
    1. Where do you make the determination that Kansas City&acirc;&#128;&#153;s unemployment rate is decreasing slower than that of other metros?
        
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