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John Romano: Nothing at stake except the Rays, city’s future and a long-ago promise
John Romano, Tampa Bay Times ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — They are in charge of a city’s future, a chore as inscrutable as it sounds. Documents, lawyers and polls, they have. Absolute certainty, they do not. How do you predict the next week, let alone the next …