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Good morning, readers.

On Monday night, DeDreana Freeman and Mark-Anthony Middleton addressed the residents of Durham from the city council dais for the final time. Often seen as adversaries, the two remained collegial as they reflected on their careers in public office to-date.

“Our careers have had a quantum entanglement over the years,” Middleton said during Monday’s city council meeting.

Naturally, the best career move for the duo would be to start a podcast together, or write a tell-all memoir. But I suspect they will take some time away from politics before jumping back into the arena.

As for the new council, the group already deliberated over its first development case at the end of Monday’s meeting, voting 7-0 in favor of the project. But the real question that I’m sure many people, like me, were agonizing over is how the new seven-member council would be seated up on the dais. You remember from grade school: assigned seats influenced who you befriended, and whose paper you cheated off of. Well, before Monday’s meeting, I took a shot at constructing my own seating chart based on personalities, tenure on council, and opportunity for collaboration. Did I hit the mark? Three out of seven ain’t too shabby.

Read more about the celebration of Freeman and Middleton’s city council careers below.

—Justin

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