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4 Nov, 4 tweets, 2 min read

https://twitter.com/OlympiaJoe/status/1324089038530179072

Freakin antifa taking over the Republic City Council

https://twitter.com/OlympiaJoe/status/1324089038530179072

I clearly need to look up what happened at that city council meeting but until then I'm going to reflexively blame Mayor Elbert Koontz on the strength of his name alone

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Yes last Friday Republic voted 3 to 1 to contract with the county for police services (as @OlympiaJoe suspected and @MelissaSantos1 reported) to save money
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And I should say it wasn't Koontz but rather CMs April Drennan and Rachel Siracuse

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