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• July 4, 2026

One nugget that caught my eye as I perused the various polls over the past few months was a survey by The Times that suggested, despite the general pessimism about the Dream at the moment, “61% of respondents said they believed in the concept.” Brandon Patty, a 44-year-old clerk and comptroller of St John’s County,