Today, the last day of 2008, Banana Republican highlights his ten favorite news stories of the year, the tales that truly capture life in a sun-drenched, third-world dimension. 10. Marc Sarnoff's Memo to Himself.
The Coconut Grove loving city commissioner has a super secret meeting
with Joe Arriola at which time the former city manager informs Sarnoff
that another city commissioner, Michelle Spence-Jones, is shaking down
developers. After the clandestine encounter, Sarnoff jots down the
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Illustration by Alex Izaguirre In this week's print edition of Riptide, I wrote that none of the candidates in the Miami mayoral race will crack the $1 million benchmarks set by Manny Diaz in 2001 and 2005. Nevertheless, City Commissioners Tomas Regalado and Joe Sanchez are shoring up support with some of the city's more illustrious citizens. In Regalado's corner: auto magnate Norman Braman has contributed $7,000 (through his wife and various corporations) to help the Spanish language radio host
