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5850.json	false	says she is saving ratepayers $6 million/year.	city-budget,city-government,water	amanda-fritz	portland city commissioner		democrat	1	1	0	2	0	campaign material 


































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1745.json	true	says texas general land office has earned the school children of texas $451,932.89 on wind leases that haven't produced a watt of energy.
a newspaper column