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Wakefield Archive
(9.15.05 to 10.26.06)
Table of
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| 2006 |
October |
26 |
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Election
Novellas and
the Electronic Citizen
Linda La
Fea and Other Cinderella Tales from the Magic City |
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The
Insurgent
A Dade Chemistry
Teacher Pushed Fellow Educators to Fight for Their Rights. Now His
School District Career Is in Jeopardy |
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Welcome to
Beautiful Downtown Miami
Where the
Torn-up Sidewalks Are Courtesy of Ill-Managed Contracts
and a Multitude of Shrugs |
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Cloudy
Vision
How
Miami’s Daily Newspaper Covers the News Has Become the
News |
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September |
21 |
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Shaq Mugs for the Press While Activists
Surround County Hall
“If they don’t act on this crisis, the blood of the
people is on their hands.” |
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My
Unrequited Pen Pal
Why Won’t
City Attorney Jorge Fernandez Write to Me? And Who’s
That New Girl in Economic Development? Wait, the City of
Miami Has a Department Like That? For Real? |
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August |
31 |
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Blacker Than Thou
Why Is the
Local Black Political Establishment Afraid of African-Caribbean
Aspiration? |
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24 |
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Miami Caca
Election Season Is Fun and
Occasionally Even Important |
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17 |
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Nobody’s Home
Did Renier Diaz de la Portilla Pull a Fast One When
He Registered Unopposed for the District 5 School Board Seat? Or Is
He a Victim of a Fracturing Miami Republican Legislative Delegation?
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Gimmickry
Why We’re
All Gonna Die, the Predicted Path of Hurricane Maurice and There’s
Nothing Wrong With Crist a Butchover Wouldn’t Fix |
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July |
27 |
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Parking Lot
Bingo |
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Bayfrontin’ the Bicentennial
What One Downtown Miami Park Can Teach Us About the Other
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The Geography of Pop Culture
A Look at What Miami-Dade’s Various Communities Like to Watch and
Read |
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June |
29 |
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Mi Casa, Sue
Casa
The Reimagining of Versace’s Mansion as an Elite Playground Left Out
a Few Details, Like Obtaining Licenses and Paying Taxes |
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Rezoning the
News
Daily’s Future as Civic
Institution Partly Tied to Land Deals of Corporate Parent Knight
Rid…, er, McClatchy Company |
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White Hot Sleeper
If Manny Diaz Gets Cowboy Boots from Dallas,
I Hope He Uses One on His City Manager |
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Crossing
Jordan
Commissioner
Barbara Jordan’s Workforce Housing Ordinance Is So Ill-Wrought
Nobody Wants It — Not Even Those It Is Designed For |
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May |
25 |
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Death and
Politics
Dorrin Rolle
Is A Popular Commissioner—Mostly Among Those Who Don’t Live in His
District |
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Roadrageous,
It’s Contagious
If You Think
Beach Commuters Are Rude Now, Wait Until FDOT Tears Into the Flyover |
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An In-Between
Place
Fever Dreams of Reality TV, a
Gepsie Campaign and a Demographics Fetish |
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Feeling Crazy?
In Miami, Better Keep the Voices
to Yourself |
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April |
27 |
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Crash Course
In Issues
Ranging From Education to Billboards, What Side Are Lobbyists On?
Answer: Their Own |
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‘This Is Not Fantasy Land’
Many County Commissioners Want to Look at Ways to Expand the UDB In
Spite of What Residents, Environmentalists, State Agencies and Even
Developers Say |
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Hell of a Blowout
Thousands Turn Out to Celebrate the Uniqueness That Is
Jimbo’s and the Man Who Started It All — While They Still Can |
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The Bubblegum Revolution
Miami May Ultimately Lose the Marlins, but It Could Gain Something
Else
— a 90-Mile Art Bridge to Cuba |
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March |
30 |
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Mural Morass
How an Industry Got Away With Breaking the Law in Miami |
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Prelude to an Intervention
Some Advice for Miami’s Mayor on
How to End a Dysfunctional Relationship |
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Murray We Hardly Knew Ye
‘Gentleman’ City Attorney Dubbin, 76, Retires; End of an Era |
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February |
23 |
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Talking to an X-Man
Some Perspective on Miami’s Current State of Affairs From Former
Mayor Xavier Suarez |
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My Funny Valentine
A Bike Ride Into Beautiful Downtown Miami
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Parking and the City
Someone Has to Be in Charge of the Constant Challenge That Is Miami
Beach Parking |
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The Miami Circle of Life
When It Comes to Miami, the More Things Change, the More They Stay
the Same |
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January |
26 |
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A Tale of Two Gonzalezes
Or How the City of Miami Really Runs, Despite What the Manager Says |
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The Mis-education of
Miami-Dade Schools
There Is No Easy Fix for Education in Miami-Dade County |
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The Swinging Pendulum
Can a New Law Preserve SoBe’s Entertainment Industry
While Granting Nearby Residents Some Peace and Quiet? |
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| 2005 |
December |
29 |
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Bye Bye 2005
The Year That Was What It Was |
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The G-Forces of County
Politics
Commissioner Carey-Shuler’s Resignation Was Predicted Long Before
She Announced It |
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Was a Beach High Teacher
Punished for Stopping a “Columbine” Repeat?
Anthony confided that he knew some girls who were selling guns in
the Miami Beach area. |
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A Ruinous Path
Victor Diaz Is Very Worried About Miami Beach’s Future |
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November |
24 |
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The End of the Line
The Chamber Lounge Ends, the UDB Wavers, the Miami Herald Shrinks,
and Jim DeFede Reinvents Himself |
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Tennis Anyone?
Miami Commissioner’s Aide Favors Green Space Over Clay Courts at
Bryan Park. Many Parents — And the City’s Parks Department —
Disagree. |
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Storm Surge
Or How I Got Rocked in the Hurricane |
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October |
13 |
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Traffic in Paradise
“When bad things happen to good people…The Litigation Center can
help,” opined a flyer from Jackie Woodward. |
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September |
15 |
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Craig’s World
Beyond Sight and Sound, You Have Entered The Internet Zone |
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