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From: Catherine Austin Fitts
Date: Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at 10:57 PM
To:”Mayor@SyrGov.net”
Subject: Letter to Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner

Dear Mayor Miner:

I am writing to request that…

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There is a new one in West Texas, in a small town named Ballinger.  It is an “old timey” theatre called the old Texas Theatre.

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Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men
Couldn’t put Humpty together again
~English Nursery Rhyme

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