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Leading Off (8/21/08)

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1. Jenny the elephant is staying in Dallas. Yay! Right? Yay? No yay? Turns out, Concerned Citizens for Jenny still wants her to be moved to the sanctuary in Tennessee. So does Mitch Rasansky. And Lily Tomlin, I guess. A bunch of other people, too. Me? At the beginning, I was rooting for Jenny. Now I’m simply pulling for an end to this story. So please, just move her to Tennessee.

2. If you’re an elderly woman in North Dallas who parks in parking lots, beware the Good Samaritan robber.

3. Are you excited for the next non-issue scuffle? Get ready for once-a-week trash pickup.

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