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Letter to the Editor: We Choose a Voice For Locals

It’s a great thing to call for unity. It sounds good and feels good. But for far too long hollow calls for “working together” have become excuses for bulldozing over the needs of the people who live and work here in favor of the needs of the developers, resorts and casinos.

I chose the locals.

I choose to give a voice to those who are marginalized.

And if this seems like I’m causing trouble, then it is, as John Lewis called it, good trouble.

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