Some of you were alarmed recently by letters notifying you of the city's intention to end curbside recycling in your…
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Your blood pressure spikes at the sight of those bright, flashing lights in the rearview mirror. You take a deep…
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Read More »My third and final term as city controller got off to a shivering start in January as I sat with…
Read More »I have no doubt that children are best off being reared in two-parent, opposite-sex households than in any other parenting…
Read More »I will have been in elected public office 10 years this month and have been writing for OutSmart for six…
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