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He told reporters he was clamping down in response to “a whole bunch of developers who were acting in unscrupulous ways who were running roughshod over our communities.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
In another case, health workers had prepared the theatre for an operation, but he told them to move the patient elsewhere because it needed a deep clean given the relentless case load.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
“It’s rare that we’ve had this many changes in leadership,” Hackett told MarketWatch on Thursday.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
In September, he told Meta’s board that he planned to list his Palo Alto home for sale, pressuring board members to find a solution.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
“You told me what happened with you two and how you grew apart. I didn’t realize he was Black,” Dad says.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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