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Jared Polis: “Instead of calling this bill the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act, we really should call it the Shell Game…”

On the recordSeptember 28, 2015
Instead of calling this bill the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act, we really should call it the Shell Game Loophole.
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Jared Polis
Democratic · Colorado

Editor's note · Context

Polis criticizes the misleading title of a proposed bill.

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