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‘Oddball’ Smuts now city’s problem-solver

Staff Reporter
Published Thursday, April 26, 2007

Before Rob Smuts ’01 became New Haven’s second-in-command this month, he ran for a top elected office — high school class president.

Touting the slogan “With a name like Smuts, it’s gotta be good,” the high school junior passed out posters with images that spoke for themselves. Dressed in red and white bell-bottoms covered in the Coca-Cola logo, a Mr. Rogers button-down cardigan vest, and parted, wavy Robert Kennedy haircut, Smuts held a lollipop in one hand and money in the other. A rainbow shined behind him. Kermit the Frog sat on one side of the ray of hope, playing the...

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