why hasn't more been said about the unpaid loans that were recently
revealed to the citizens of newport.. does anybody think for a minute
that if that issue wasn't brought to light that they would have been
paid?

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I think the author is refering to the issue reported 21 April 2004 in the
Newport Daily News article titled "Debtors owe city $122K in overdue loans"
which focused on a Newport councilor's outstanding balance. See full text at:
http://www.newportdailynews.com/articles/2004/04/21/news/news1.txt
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