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The city council member argues that the mayor is sacrificing the cityβs interests for personal gain when he blocks the imposition of real estate development fees. The council member supports this claim by appealing to the fact that the mayorβs familyβs investments in real estate give him a financial interest in the matter.
In order to prove her conclusion, the author would need to establish that by blocking attempts to pass laws imposing real estate development fees, the mayor is not serving the city's interest. But itβs possible that the mayorβs action actually does serve the city's interest in having more new construction. The author assumes that the mayor's action doesn't serve the city's interest merely because he might have a personal interest in the action. But it's possible the mayor's action still serves the city's interest regardless of whether it also happens to serve his own financial interests.
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