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Published: September 9, 2007
Sonics might give OKC a new image
Will city be perceived as improver or team-stealer?
By Darnell Mayberry Staff Writer
Harry Mitchell was there, lodged in the thick of a dispute between city and ball club no different than the one between Seattle and the NBA 's SuperSonics .

As Mayor of Tempe, Ariz.. from 1978-94, Mitchell, now a congressmen representing Arizona 's 5th Congressional district, was a pioneer in luring the NFL's St. Louis Cardinals to Arizona in 1988.

He heard the same rumblings then about his city "looting”...

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