It’s a political practice as well-established as candidates kissing babies: a local legislator shows up at a senior center or an elementary school, giant check in hand, to announce that he’ll be funding a daily meals program or buying new uniforms for the spring soccer team.
There’s a photo-op and everyone leaves feeling
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