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Quotable Quote — David Townsend

"I'm curious what happened when somebody first proposed paving the city streets. Did a vocal minority complain that dirt had been fine since the city was founded and the taxpayers just couldn't afford the luxury of paving? How about the water and sewer systems? Did somebody argue that hand pumps and outhouses were good enough and threaten the City Council with recall?" -- David Townsend, via Facebook.

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D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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