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Yvonne Abraham

Sweet deal for soda

He’s the Felix Unger of Beacon Hill.

Like the neat-freak half of The Odd Couple, House Speaker Robert DeLeo has a severe allergy. One whiff of anything that could be construed as a tax increase — no matter how sensible or popular the measure — and he starts honking.

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