Critics say mandatory intervention can only work if backed by a rigorous prevention policy and could easily be a pretext for cleaning up the streets.

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Neither did it hear grand jury evidence detailing the reckless practices at Desert Shadow, such as reusing cleaning fluids for surgical instruments, that easily could have spread Hep C among the patients.

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With the stimulus money on the way, Moran has chosen projects she thinks can get easily pass through the bureaucracy, such as tearing down a fence or cleaning up a drainage ditch.

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