Christopher Swope was GOVERNING's executive editor.
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Too-big big rig is a tin can in the Lincoln Tunnel. NYT
Luxury hotel developer bets big on downtown Detroit. WSJ (paid subsc)
Is Villaraigosa losing his luster? LAT
NYC's swanky new bus shelters. Treehugger
NJ Police Chief: Guv Corzine should travel by helicopter. Bergen Record
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Christopher Swope was GOVERNING's executive editor.
E-mail: mailbox@governing.com 
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