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For a few hours there Wednesday, we witnessed something quite out of the ordinary for Chico: Many liberals and conservatives actually agreeing with each other on social media. The topic that led to this unusual chunk of common ground was the City of Chico's Wednesday morning announcement about the selection of a new city manager. When Vallejo assistant city manager Gillian Haen was named as Mark Sorensen's successor (pending confirmation at Tuesday night's city council meeting), you could almost hear the simultaneous googling from North Chico to the Barber Neighborhood. It didn't take long for people to start finding things, [...]

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