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I could be wrong, but I don’t know too many men who get letters or phone calls that say, ‘I’m going to rape you.’ I was the first female mayor. Nobody else in the history of the city had to have police security all the time.

Heather McTeer Toney, former mayor of Greenville, Miss.

Heather McTeer Toney, former mayor of Greenville, Miss.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.
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