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Wells Dunbar
To quote from memory an exchange Chronic just had with Council Member Brewester McCracken:
“Today we’re considering a LCRA water deal, the city budget, a young man that was shot in the back, and what are we talking about? Las Manitas.”
This article appears in June 1 • 2007.
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