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It’s Only Temporary, Ha! Ha!

By Bonnie Donovan

Sep 19, 2025
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Do I sound exasperated? I am! I was just on the 500 block of State Street. I wanted to see the extended sidewalks (AKA Pedlets) the city purchased for over $500,000. Aren’t you curious where your taxes are going? After all, your tax money paid for the old parklets to be demolished and taken to the dump (and we will never know what that cost us).

So, I we…

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