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"… this chance once in a lifetime,” said Judy Schwank, president of 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania, a nonprofit organization that works to preserve rural open land.The Bucki …"

"… ty taxes to fund their budgets could be in trouble, said Schwank of 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania.Schwank worries that lost revenue may force municipalities to run lean, an …"