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Mayor Todd Gloria needs a supermajority of the City Council to support a new franchise fee agreement. Some members could doom negotiations.

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Mayor Todd Gloria needs a supermajority of the City Council to support a new franchise fee agreement. Some members could doom negotiations.

Mayor Todd Gloria is heading toward his first big policy standoff with the City Council.
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