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On the recordJune 10, 2015
Do you really think that somebody in a nice, beautiful building in Agoura Hills knows better what to do with 42 foreclosed properties in San Antonio than, say, maybe the mayor of San Antonio?
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Mike Capuano
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Capuano challenges the decision-making of distant management over local knowledge.

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