When twice the fire engines might be more 'woke'
Letter writer RIC HINGEE says that being "woke" is not necessarily constructive or productive, especially when it comes to buying fire engines!
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Letter writer RIC HINGEE says that being "woke" is not necessarily constructive or productive, especially when it comes to buying fire engines!
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