21 - Groundbreaking

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‘Small business all the way.’ ‘Sommerville needs to leave.’ ‘We don’t need another mall.’ The chants cried out the following morning as Toby drove the hire vehicle through the protesters and the police barrier separating the groundbreaking area. “What is all this?” Amanda whispered, looking out at the angry protesters. She never thought building a large shopping mall would be a cause for protests. “I thought we were helping the local community, by moving all their shops into one place?” “We are. There are a handful of people, like Travis; the one with the fluorescent green sign over there, who likes to stir the pot a bit. He has come to the last 4 shopping mall groundbreakings. I still think he is the one that instigates the protests”, Olivia chimed, pointing to a man in his late 20’s f

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