"Gimme": Or, How Politicians Get Rich |
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... State de- partment of cities , whose duty would be to collect and publish monthly lists of municipal operating costs . Thereby , he opined , one city could determine , on the basis of cost data from other cities , whether a [ 40 ] " GIMME "
... State de- partment of cities , whose duty would be to collect and publish monthly lists of municipal operating costs . Thereby , he opined , one city could determine , on the basis of cost data from other cities , whether a [ 40 ] " GIMME "
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... costs were low or high . An effort was once made by the Gimme Boys to compel owners of buildings to elevate water tanks twenty feet above the roof . The cost would range from $ 500 to $ 3,000 depending on the amount of reenforcing the ...
... costs were low or high . An effort was once made by the Gimme Boys to compel owners of buildings to elevate water tanks twenty feet above the roof . The cost would range from $ 500 to $ 3,000 depending on the amount of reenforcing the ...
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... cost the city plenty of money . Originally smart legal talent was employed by the companies to draw up bullet ... costs have increased and the transit companies have spent millions attempting to have the contract nullified by every known ...
... cost the city plenty of money . Originally smart legal talent was employed by the companies to draw up bullet ... costs have increased and the transit companies have spent millions attempting to have the contract nullified by every known ...
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