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Refuse Dystopia

It Could Happen Here

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The Champlain Towers Condo Board

The champlain towers condo board met repeatedly in the years that led up to the colla. Many on the board pushed their fellow residents to pony up the cash, tens of thousands of dollars apiece,. The price of repair increased from nine million dollars to 15 million dollars. People balked that the cost was akin to taking out a second mortgage. Dozens of them then died in their homes, lives over, but bank accounts fuller.

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