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Council Vice President Elizabeth Glidden shows her support for the $15 minimum wage increase before it was passed by the City Council at City Hall, Friday, June 30, 2017 in Minneapolis. Minneapolis became the latest city to approve a big hike in its minimum wage, with the City Council voting to hike it to $15 by 2022 (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)

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Minneapolis City Mayor Betsy Hodges listened as City Council members vote for the $15 minimum wage increase at City Hall, Friday, June 30, 2017 in Minneapolis. Minneapolis became the latest city to approve a big hike in its minimum wage, with the City Council voting to hike it to $15 by 2022 (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)

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Supporters of the $15 minimum wage increase showed their support before it was passed by the City Council at City Hall, Friday, June 30, 2017 in Minneapolis. Minneapolis became the latest city to approve a big hike in its minimum wage, with the City Council voting to hike it to $15 by 2022 (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)

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Local advocate Thao Pao Xiong celebrates with other supporters of the $15 minimum wage increase after it was passed by City Council at City Hall, Friday, June 30, 2017 in Minneapolis. Minneapolis became the latest city to approve a big hike in its minimum wage, with the City Council voting to hike it to $15 by 2022 (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)

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Minneapolis city council candidate Ginger Jentzen, center, celebrates with other supporters of the $15 minimum wage increase after it was passed by City Council at City Hall, Friday, June 30, 2017 in Minneapolis. Minneapolis became the latest city to approve a big hike in its minimum wage, with the City Council voting to hike it to $15 by 2022 (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)

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Minneapolis city council candidate Ginger Jentzen, center, celebrates with other supporters of the $15 minimum wage increase after it was passed by City Council at City Hall, Friday, June 30, 2017 in Minneapolis. Minneapolis became the latest city to approve a big hike in its minimum wage, with the City Council voting to hike it to $15 by 2022 (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)

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Supporters of the $15 minimum wage increase celebrated after it was passed by the City Council at City Hall, Friday, June 30, 2017 in Minneapolis. Minneapolis became the latest city to approve a big hike in its minimum wage, with the City Council voting to hike it to $15 by 2022 (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)

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FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2016 file photo, an unmarked police truck patrols the outside of a private detention center operated by CoreCivic in Eloy, Ariz. The Mesa, Ariz., City Council has voted to make its city the first in Arizona to privatize its jail for low-level offenders. The council on Monday, May 22, 2017, approved a new three-year contract with CoreCivic, formerly known as Corrections Corp. of America, or CCA, for use of its facility in Florence, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo, File)

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Camden Mayor Dana Redd, left, announced that she wouldn't seek a third term and offered an enthusiastic endorsement for City Council president Frank Moran, right, who is seeking to replace her, Wednesday, March 29, 2017, in Camden, N.J. (Charles Fox/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

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Chicago Alderman Roderick Sawyer left, talks with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel right, before Emanuel spoke during a special City Council meeting that he called to discuss a police abuse scandal Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, in Chicago. Emanuel apologized for the 2014 shooting of a black teenager Wednesday during the special City Council meeting and promised "complete and total" reform to restore trust in the police. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

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People leave the Council Chambers at Saginaw City Hall after the occupancy limit was exceeded for the City Council meeting, Monday, May 19, 2014. (AP Photo/The Saginaw News, Tim Goessman) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV

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Porterville Mayor Cameron Hamilton is facing fire after he criticized an anti-bullying proposal at a recent City Council meeting and said some people just need to "grow a pair" and stick up for themselves. (ABC 30 Action News)

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Mike Gomez, whose son Alan Gomez, was fatally shot by an APD officer in 2011 expresses his frustration to the City Council members during the council meeting, Monday May 5, 2014, in Albuquerque, N. M. (AP Photo/The Albuquerque Journal, Bob Brawdy)

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Protesters take over the City Council meeting, Monday May 5, 2014, in Albuquerque, N.M. Alan Gomez was fatally shot by an APD officer in 2011. (AP Photo/The Albuquerque Journal, Bob Brawdy)

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This image provided by the City of Las Vegas shows, from left, Mayor Carolyn G. Goodman, Councilwoman Lois Tarkanian, Oscar B. Goodman and The Mob Museum Executive Director Jonathan Ullman, displaying the $1.5 million in cash donated to the City Council at a meeting on April 16, 2014 in Las vegas. The $100 bills bundled up and stuffed in suitcases are the first of four annual payments the two-year-old museum plans to make to the city.(AP Photo/City of Las Vegas)

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An overflow crowd watches the City Council meeting outside City Hall Monday evening, April 7, 2014, in Albuquerque, NM. (AP Photo/Albuquerque Journal, Roberto Rosales)

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Former D.C. Mayor and current City Council member Marion Barry, left, embraces Mayor Vincent C. Gray during a media availability on Wednesday, where Mr. Barry announced he would endorse Mr. Gray's bid for re-election. (associated press)

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Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is applauded by City Council members before delivering his first State of the City address, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)