For years, the district here was represented by a bland figment who appeared to have assumed office with an absentee agenda to do nothing but grin — not even bold enough to appoint a sash-like smirk while holding king-sized scissors at a VIP demolition event or breaking ground at a strip mall closure — any function openly funded with well-enough private capital to ensure nothing happened.
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