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POLITICAL Mako Haggerty This particular borough election will be about priorities. How to prioritize our needs as revenue falls and demand for services increase? What do we consider essential and what is superfluous to our needs? These questions will need to be answered in detail over the next few years. The decisions will be difficult and most likely unpopular. Input from the public will be a key component in making those decisions. Now is the time to listen closely to candidates for office and identify those that most closely represent your needs.

2009 election about priorities


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