City limits: On urban issues, candidates split along party lines (The San Luis Obispo Tribune)

5 October 2008, 1:14 am

The downtown prosperity here on a Saturday night seems overwhelming. Thousands spill from a gleaming new arena into a bustling entertainment district, where lines snake outside nightclubs selling $7 beer. However, venture a mile east in this city of 450,000 and the long-standing problems of urban America are on bleak display. Blight. Chronically underperforming schools. Housing that can't meet ...... read more

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