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I don’t think the mayor and City Council should be using taxpayer money to purchase a dilapidated poultry plant with no telling how many environmental problems. We have roads that need paving, traffic problems and the police and fire chiefs say they need more help. I also believe we have enough new sidewalks that no one uses. Of course if the poultry plant is such a good deal, the mayor and council can purchase it with their personal money.