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That s when we braIn- , COPYRIGHT grven ,"° mandate to bring a casIno to Waterloo, and He decided to break that out The other kid’s parent sure stormed some alternatives : 71“ Cat‘s“ °t m” it‘sg‘fitfis there is no public outcry for it. They should be able to at Christmas dinner. and it did. and nicely suggested we and Luke came up with the 5 $25?me {32ch Intifnmitnerr gauge public sentiment and say the citizens are in no wasn't long before the prank nip that one in the bud to plan to convince all his ml purposes. All other rlghls are mat hurry'toget Into the gamblmg'busmess was banned at his school for prevent a SWAT team from fflends that Eager MONEY med and commercial use Is pm Butthats the problem when politlcrans areexposed to freaking out his teachers. showing up at the school. was in fact a school day. hatred. To nihilism-fix (fins Mt gambling revenue. And With a factlIty that Will have the So let's just say that has With every parents worst He couldn't tell anybody angina r or 01 4054234 potenual for more than 1.200 slotsand could delIver up ieft him planning all sorts of nightmare prevented. Luke until the last ‘mInute. In case I For “In.“ ionfmw' En comm Bob to $4 millIon In revenue to a municnpallty every year, It hilarity when the festival of was suitably cowed for his friends w1th parents who i Vrhamc. Managmg Edna. Wain-loo can be tough to say no. 4 _ fools plays out on April 1. about five minutes and were teachers spOIled the 5 Chronicle. 279 Weber St N , Suite EspeCIally when cities are facmg increasmg funding One of his more devious understood that police surprise, somig‘mtw Mil pressures andWaterloo is staring a $250 million infra ideas got a trial run on the involvement is the failure of He would Stan a rumour i then m it” “In“ m comm the structure deficrt in the face, A property tax base straInIng weekend. He convinced one any successful prank. and watch it snowball. And writer's full name. address and icic- W'th all the needs “10031 munICIpalInes IS susceptible to of his younger friends it That‘s when the schem- he WOUId be “it? to t?“ phone number Addresses and lch- the lureoi’easy money. . , would be a good idea to ing started again and he everybody he'll see them on i fignumher‘scremglz‘fi'ntnmh" PolItIcrans have become addicted to gambling "W- write a message on the talked about what else he Monda)‘ 4 tiriMHP‘HV/cpomaivt a: "gm m a“ enue, especIally at the provmctal level. and find they have school bus window this past could do at school on April To sell the ruse, l m pre- . ' Cm a rem my emu“ it, an Incessanl need for more. But It shouldnt come at the Monday morning 1. pared to dnve him to school. ( may a lepl worm Lent-Is In? expense ofour most vulnerableand their families What was that message? 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