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Thursday, November 12, 2009 10:21 PM

HAWVER: Parkinson: Mellow out; we’ll fix it

By MARTIN HAWVER, At the Rail

If there was a surprise last week when Statehouse insiders learned of the daunting $235-million revenue shortfall for the remainder of this state fiscal year, it probably was the calm, measured response by the guy who says he’ll fix it — Gov. Mark Parkinson.

It sounded almost like something from the 1960s, probably from someone with long hair in a tie-dyed T-shirt.

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