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GRAPEVINE, Page 19
By PRISCILLA PAINTON/Reported by David Ellis
HOME IS WHERE THE DEMS GO. He was reared there, and his old
law school mentor is Governor of the state. No wonder Ronald
Brown, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, is
leaning toward New York City as the site of the 1992
convention. The city has pledged to defray a larger amount of
convention costs ($22 million) than its two rivals, Cleveland
($15 million) and New Orleans ($13 million), and its Democratic
fund raisers have promised to help fill the coffers of the
nominee. But Gotham's recent racial flare-ups have given pause
even to some of the city's top Democrats. "Why do we need
this?" asks one party pro.