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    VOICES: Springfield and Wittenberg: Moving forward together
    Thomas Suddes is a former legislative reporter with The Plain Dealer in Cleveland and writes from Ohio University. You can reach him at tsuddes@gmail.com.
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    SUDDES: Like cicadas, lobbyists periodically emerge on Capitol Square to undercut...
    Thomas Suddes is a former legislative reporter with The Plain Dealer in Cleveland and writes from Ohio University. You can reach him at tsuddes@gmail.com.
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    SUDDES: Senate Democrats turned their backs on the party of Franklin Roosevelt and Harry...
    Public launch event for Springfield 2051. CONTRIBUTED
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    Community planning to make history together with Springfield 2051
    Marta Wojcik is the Director of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Westcott House and a Springfield 2051 Steering Committee Member. CONTRIBUTED
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    VOICES: Springfield is gritty, complicated and full of contradictions. It’s also...
    Dr. Raphael Allen is the Director of Community Outreach & Engagement for The Springfield Foundation & Springfield2051 Steering Committee Member. CONTRIBUTED
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    VOICES: Each of us must decide whether we will be observers or architects of...
    Horton H. Hobbs IV is Vice President of Economic Development for the Greater Springfield Partnership and a Springfield 2051 Steering Committee Member. CONTRIBUTED
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    VOICES: Springfield’s future isn’t something that happens to us — it’s something we...
    Thomas Suddes is a former legislative reporter with The Plain Dealer in Cleveland and writes from Ohio University. You can reach him at tsuddes@gmail.com.
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    SUDDES: This is how far Ohio Democrats have fallen
    Thomas Suddes is a former legislative reporter with The Plain Dealer in Cleveland and writes from Ohio University. You can reach him at tsuddes@gmail.com.
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    SUDDES: General Assembly’s property tax fixes don’t address root causes of the problem
    Thomas Suddes is a former legislative reporter with The Plain Dealer in Cleveland and writes from Ohio University. You can reach him at tsuddes@gmail.com.
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    SUDDES: This is how far Ohio Democrats have fallen
    Thomas Suddes is a former legislative reporter with The Plain Dealer in Cleveland and writes from Ohio University. You can reach him at tsuddes@gmail.com.
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    SUDDES: General Assembly’s property tax fixes don’t address root causes of the problem
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