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Well, not exactly (though selling lottery tickets at meetings might boost attendance).

Here's what I'm referring to: after dividing into three three-person committees for a review of city programs and spending Tuesday night, City Clerk Juanita Cooper randomly selected which group of programs each council committee will review. The memo explaining it is here.

As luck would have it, council committee A received group 1, council committee B received group 2 and council committee C was chosen to review group 3. (One other note: the dollar figures listed in the memo are in millions of dollars.)

A couple of other notes from last night's meeting I couldn't squeeze into a tight space in today's paper:

* Council member Tom Phillips said he'd like to examine the city's recycling program, a notion supported by several other council members. Because it costs the city significantly more to collect and process recycling than it does regular trash, Phillips would like to explore some alternatives to the current program. Council will likely discuss the issue at a future briefing session.

* Mayor Keith Holliday is part of a committee working on plans for a public celebration honoring Olympic speedskating champion and Greensboro native Joey Cheek. Plans for a celebration should be firmed up in the next few days. Council did approve a resolution saluting Cheek at its meeting last night.