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Republican View: A Call for fiscal responsibility in Tompkins County

October 7 saw the Tompkins County Legislature vote to renew the Gun Involved Violence Elimination (GIVE) grant and the FLOCK Safety system of integrated license plate readers and gunshot detectors. […]

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