On July 27 2005 former Miami city commissioner Arthur Teele walked into the main lobby of the Herald's headquarters and phoned Herald columnist Jim DeFede (one of several telephone conversations that the two had had during the day) to say that he had a package for DeFede He then asked a security officer to tell his (Teele's) wife Stephanie that he loved her before pulling out a gun and committing suicide This happened the day the Miami New Times a weekly newspaper published salacious details of Teele's alleged affairs including allegations that he had had sex and used cocaine with a transsexual prostitute. Downtown Miami Charter School In Florida each county is also a school district Each district is headed by an elected school board a professional superintendent manages the day-to-day operations of each district who is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the School Board. Sunrise 5 Miami Children's Hospital 3,500 The Green Library is FIU's main library is the largest building on campus and one of the largest library buildings in the Southeastern United States Originally designed by Architect David M Harper in 1973 the Green Library was expanded by the architecture firm M C Harry & Associates Inc in the early 1990s to its current eight floors with a capacity to expand to a total of 15 floors if necessary the eight-floor structure was built over through and around the original three-story library while it was still in use. Cuban refugees arriving in crowded boats during the Mariel Boatlift crisis, The legal name in Florida for a city town or village is "municipality" in Florida there is no legal difference between towns villages and cities.
Miami Florida Business directory, Florida attracted numerous Africans and African Americans from adjacent British colonies who sought freedom from slavery in 1738 Governor Manuel de Montiano established Fort Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose near St Augustine a fortified town for escaped slaves to whom Montiano granted citizenship and freedom in return for their service in the Florida militia and which became the first free black settlement legally sanctioned in North America, Locally known as Downtown the area is a cultural financial and commercial center of South Florida tracing its present-day history back to the 19th century in recent years Downtown Miami has grown and physically expanded to become the fastest-growing area in Miami with rapid increase in population and the greatest concentration of high-rises in the region Greater Downtown is home to many major museums parks education centers banks company headquarters courthouses government offices theaters shops and many of the oldest buildings in the city. !
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