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Good point. That too.

Forget the sweet talk, Roberta, what I find shameful is how easily so many of our neighbors have taken the…

The question is when. That’s the whole point. Was it a real contribution, or was it essentially a contribution to…

Exactly. Thank you for bringing up that ad, Ron. It is an UGLY ad, pandering to the very basest of…

And what are the billionaires at Dragoneer spending those millions on? An Anti-immigrant ad portraying Mike Thompson as weak on…

I’ve verified with IIBA-Napa people that I know, that Eric Jones has in fact contributed substantially to IIBA.

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