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Councilwoman Misty Spears talks ICE lawsuit, voting against SAWS rate hike

North Side Councilwoman Misty Spears talks with the ENside Politics team about why she voted a SAWS rate increase last week, why she's against the city's lawsuit to stop a planned ICE detention center on the East Side and why she's dead-set opposed to Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones' bond proposal. Suggested reading: Council OKs plan to raise SAWS customers' rates up to 29% by 2030 Council pushes back on North Side subdivision's bid to avoid SAWS feesMayor Jones wants to steer bulk of upcoming bond money to five City Council districts Sign up here for our ENside Politics newsletter: https://www.expressnews.com/newsletters/ensidepolitics/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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