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“Any mayor, county judge that was dumbass enough to come meet with me, I told them with great clarity, my goal is for this to be the worst session in the history of the Legislature for cities and counties.”
House Speaker Dennis Bonnen, caught on tape
This article appears in October 18 • 2019.
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