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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:11.65pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">2023 townhall with the candidates for city council – August 23, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">We held our first of 7 townhalls tonight with 3 of the candidates for City Council, Javiera Caballero, Bonita Green and Sheila Ann Huggins. In addition to opening and closing statements, we were able to have all
3 candidates answer 14 questions in the allotted hour. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Your comments will be greatly appreciated: <a href="mailto:Herman@HermanSperling.com"><span style="color:#0078D7">Herman@HermanSperling.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">We will be running our next townhall on August 28, also starting at 7PM. Nate Baker, Monique Holsey-Hyman and Renee Jamison will be responding to the questions you’ve asked me to present.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Here’s a link to the recording of last night’s session that you should feel free to share.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121"><a href="https://youtu.be/Qj06Mdf454E"><span style="color:#0078D7">https://youtu.be/Qj06Mdf454E</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Stephen Knill<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:knillsj@gmail.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">knillsj@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">+(917) 620-4941<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">CoFounder, the Leesville Road Coalition<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Vice President- The InterNeighborhood Council of Durham<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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