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Secret process upsets neighbors of proposed county service center

Hennepin County officials say they had to keep details of a new service center quiet until the property deal was complete. But neighbors on Minneapolis' North Side insist they should have gotten a chance to weight in.
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Hennepin County officials say they had to keep details of a new service center quiet until the property deal was complete. But neighbors on Minneapolis' North Side insist they should have gotten a chance to weight in.

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