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“In this situation I am going to err on the side of humanity.”
– District 1 Council Member Ora Houston, on her vote against CM Don Zimmerman’s Public Safety Committee resolution opposing city assistance to Syrian refugees (the resolution failed)
This article appears in December 4 • 2015.
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