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Leading Off (7/24/08)

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1. City Manager Mary Suhm is considering a proposal to raise taxes to make up for the current budget shortfall. Mayor T-Lepp and other Council members are against this, and are instead hoping their investments in penny stocks pay off big time.

2. The man who pulled a ligament (literally, not a euphemism) capturing Lee Harvey Oswald died this week. Graveside services are scheduled for this morning.

3. With all due respect to the huge crush former D Empire blogger Jessica Jones has on him, can we all agree that C.J. Wilson doesn’t have closer stuff? And then, you know, do something about it?

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