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Commission Picks Peas, Roots

Getting support from the council was their next step.

Lewis says she and Hershlag spoke with Driskell to see if the council would sign on to their idea. At that point, both Driskell and Lee joined in the project and helped create the commission.

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Soon after, the council voted 28 to 3 to allow the commission to act in the name of the council.

According to Gusmorino, a proposed set of amendments to the council's by-laws should soon bring the commission permanently under the council's control.

For now, he says the council is handling publicity for the concert.

Connections

Lewis says she met Roots band members Ahmir Thompson and Black

Thought through a mutual friend while a high school student in New York.

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