April 25, 2024

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A Blow to Fast Growth?

David Villano | 2/1/2007
Neighborhood activist and attorney Marc Sarnoff easily defeated former city administrator Linda Haskins in a District 2 runoff election to replace City Commissioner Johnny Winton, who is awaiting trial on police battery charges. Miami District 2 includes the downtown corridor and the city’s affluent coastal neighborhoods, where unprecedented high-rise development has sparked complaints about Mayor Manny Diaz’s growth policies. Haskins was a strong Diaz ally.

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Jim McFarland, a fourth-generation shoe cobbler in Lakeland, Florida, never anticipated his trade mending shoes would lead to millions of views on social media. People are captivated by his careful craftsmanship: removing, then stitching and gluing soles on leather footwear.

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