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So, the Town Council gave the Fountain Hills Theater a fully-funded 2014 budget of $70,240, while cutting the food bank down from $30,000, to $24,000.

Does anyone remember their high school ancient history? The fall of the Roman Empire didn’t happen because of an outside enemy...it was from within caused by moral decay.

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Our fall

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Maxine Decker

So, the Town Council gave the Fountain Hills Theater a fully-funded 2014 budget of $70,240, while cutting the food bank down from $30,000, to $24,000.

Does anyone remember their high school ancient history? The fall of the Roman Empire didn’t happen because of an outside enemy...it was from within caused by moral decay.

Do you recall how the socialites insisted on “Bread and Circuses” (food and entertainment), disregarding the starving city poor?

How history repeats itself!

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