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God Dammed

Already saturated with houses of worship, Opa-locka tells the Jehovah's Witnesses, "Thou shalt not build"

By Oscar Musibay
May 30, 1996

Like South Beach has hotels, Opa-locka has churches. In its 70-year history, the four-square-mile city has become home to 30 different sanctuaries. The religious proliferation is most visible on the southeast side of town, where cross-topped towers are easily discernible above single-story homes and warehouses. A spiritual hub of sorts,...
Scuz They've Got Better Things to Do With Their Money

A very little -- but very messy -- piece of Coral Gables in unincorporated Dade

By Oscar Musibay
May 30, 1996

For the past three years, residents of West Dade's Schenley Park neighborhood have been on a crusade to make their community a better place. Homeowners have organized garage sales to raise money to purchase palm trees and have them planted along Southwest 34th Street west of Red Road. Every four...
Queen of the Kingmakers

If you're a political candidate with big ideas and little cash, the first call you make is to Irene Secada

By Oscar Musibay
May 16, 1996

It was 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23, and cars were quickly filling the rear parking lot at Palmetto Elementary School. Men and women, some with children straggling behind, walked briskly to the cafeteria, which had been converted, by the addition of a ballot-counting machine, into election central for this...
War and Peacocks

A squabble between two South Dade neighbors has the feathers flying

By Oscar Musibay
May 9, 1996

People move to deep South Dade because they want peace and quiet, a semblance of life in the country. Less traffic, less noise, fewer people. That seems to be why Christine Fuchs moved to Princeton in late 1989. Her house, near the intersection of SW 248th Street and 133rd Avenue,...
War and Peacocks

A squabble between two South Dade neighbors has the feathers flying

By Oscar Musibay
Apr 25, 1996

People move to deep South Dade because they want peace and quiet, a semblance of life in the country. Less traffic, less noise, fewer people. That seems to be why Christine Fuchs moved to Princeton in late 1989. Her house, near the intersection of SW 248th Street and 133rd Avenue,...

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