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City Hall's Slam-Dunk Gang

Quick--someone take a pulse. The Dallas City Council hasn't peeped in months. And John Ware and Ron Kirk are looking awfully well-fed.

A A A Comments By Jim Schutze Thursday, Mar 12 1998

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But it didn't. The single-member system has failed. It's gone. We don't have 14-1. We have 2-zip.

And a word of advice? Don't use the phrase, "quiet thatching of community" around the mayor and the manager. You could find yourself with a large library building hooked up to your water meter.

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