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Tribune-Star/Joseph C. Garza
It's not an accident: Attorney Mike Ellis talks with a client in his office on Friday on Wabash Avenue. Ellis doesn't believe the local Syrian population's rise to prominence in the community is an accident. "I don't care if we own the place or we work for ya; we're going to work like we own the place.

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