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2002 Stories by Jim DeFede

• Pollution Solution, Part 2

  published April 4, 2002

  CORRECTION: On February 14 New Times reported on a plan to protect Miami-Dade County's drinking water by levying a fee on the... More >>

• Blasting Down the House

  published March 28, 2002

  As this year's legislative session came to a close, lobbyists for Miami-Dade County's rock-mining industry were up to their dirty tricks again. On... More >>

• The Art of War

  published February 21, 2002

  For nearly a year, county commissioners have been grumbling over efforts by state Rep. Carlos Lacasa to rewrite the county charter and create a... More >>

• Pollution Solution

  published February 14, 2002

  Since September 11, local politicians have made efforts to assure us that security at the county's water-treatment facilities has been... More >>

• A Wasted Life

  published February 7, 2002

  "Over my dead body." In an odd way it's an old saying that now works for both John Rivera and Eddie Lee Macklin. The twenty-year-old Macklin... More >>

• Introduction to Ethics

  published January 31, 2002

  On Friday, February 15, Steve Shiver will attend a course on ethics. (Insert your own joke here. Let me get you started with a couple of easy... More >>

• Postcards from New York

  published January 10, 2002

  On a crisp December morning, more than 1000 firefighters from across the nation lined a half-mile stretch of road leading to a small church in... More >>