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Winter Springs Charter Review Committee nixes plan to give mayor more power: Now what?
Winter Springs mayoral candidate Jesse Phillips, who helped draft the proposed mayoral power expansion that wouldn’t have given residents a say, says he will now consider a citizen referendum.
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