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Dr. Ellis Hankins, executive director of the North Carolina League of Municipalities joined Rick Martinez to discuss the effect that the 'Great Recession' has had on local municipal governments and how long a local recovery is expected to take. They also discussed the importance of job growth on the municipal scale.