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Mayor Iorio’s water problem

By CL Staff on Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 5:00 am

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In the twilight of her successful reign as mayor, Pam Iorio’s administration made an uncharacteristically boneheaded move. Pounded by thousands of Tampa residents who were irate about getting water bills 10 times higher than normal, what was city officials’ first response? Blame the residents.

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