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Lulu KC

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11. Yes and

Reply to Coleman (Reply #9)

Sat Oct 10, 2020, 08:08 PM

Oct 2020

I really think it's being misconstrued. Based on what I watched them propose, there is no way it can even happen while DT is still very much in power. Assembling the commission itself will probably take several weeks--until post-election. It sounds to me like a step that should have happened years ago and was left behind.

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