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Sam Dean

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Formerly @latimes, now writing a book on defense tech (also co-founder and writer/editor at @gourmet_tweets)
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Letter: Reinstate bus fares

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By Sam Dean 
| Arizona Daily Star
The city recently raised our utility taxes on our electric, water, and natural gas bills. I strongly agree with councilwoman Nikki Lee who voted against tax increases because she said the city could raise more money by reinstating bus fares. Two comprehensive reviews by the Transit Cooperative Research Program — 2012 and 2023 —surveyed dozens of fare-free systems nationwide.
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Inside the Texas Race to Build the Next Great American Weapon

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By Sam Dean 
| GQ
This story was featured in The Must Read, a newsletter in which our editors recommend one can’t-miss story every weekday. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. Somewhere northwest of Austin, on a rise overlooking 1,300 acres of live oak turned lush green after weeks of unseasonal rain, a belt-fed M240 machine gun started barking bullets into the blue Texas sky.
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Richard Montañez didn't actually invent Flamin' Hot Cheetos

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By Sam Dean 
| Los Angeles Times
For the last decade, Richard Montañez has been telling the story of how he invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. The world has been eating it up. It goes like this: He was working as a janitor at Frito-Lay’s Rancho Cucamonga plant when he dreamed up a chile-covered Cheeto and believed in himself enough to call up the chief executive to pitch his spicy idea. Corporate backstabbers tried to sabotage Montañez for stepping out of line, but he out-hustled them, driven by a hunger to succeed.
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