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Small business makeover: Manny's Auto Sound

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Published Oct. 5, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

Twenty-five years ago when Manny and Barbara Diaz started their car-stereo installation business, the automobile industry seemed immortal: AMC had just introduced America's first SUV; Ford's new souped-up Mustang, with its V-8 engine was sweeping showrooms; Japanese cars were beginning their ascension; and the country's favorite action hero was a 1982 Pontiac Firebird named KITT ...

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Bike Miami Days Receives Two Prestigious Recognitions

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Published Oct. 7, 2009 at 3:33 p.m.

Miami’s largest pedestrian and bicycle-friendly street festival, Bike Miami Days, has received two prestigious honors from the Association of Pedestrian & Biking Professionals (APBP) and the Florida Bicycle Association ... The APBP has named Kathryn Moore, Mayor’s Aide and Bike Miami Days organizer, as Young Professional of the Year for her work in Bike Miami Days. The award was created this year and it will be given during Walk21, the 10th International Conference on Walking and Livable

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Another Successful Bike Miami Day

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Published Oct. 5, 2009 at 11:38 a.m.
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Yesterday, hundreds of people biked, skated, walked and enjoyed the heart of their city during Bike Miami Day, Miami’s biggest free & family-friendly street festival ... I would like to personally thank all of the amazing volunteers, Waste services of Florida Inc., the Miami Downtown Development Authority, the City of Miami Police Department, Commissioner Marc Sarnoff and the Florida Bicycle Association for making this the best Bike Miami Days to date ... We couldn’t have made this happen

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Weekly News Wrap-Up

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Published Oct. 4, 2009 at 2:55 p.m.

The Burle Marx Miami-New World Design sidewalk on Biscayne Boulevard was finally completed.Mayor Manny Diaz leaving office with a bicycling legacy behind him.FDOT makes a “formal” commitment to high speed rail ...

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Candidates for Miami mayor spar on labor issues

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Published July 16, 2009 at 2:01 a.m.

The two commissioners vying to replace Manny Diaz as mayor of Miami engaged in a spirited debate Wednesday night over the city's plummeting finances, the publicly financed baseball stadium for the Florida Marlins and the fate of Police Chief John Timoney ...

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The American Clean Energy and Security Act

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Published June 25, 2009 at 4:16 p.m.

This week, our Congressional representatives will vote on The American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES) (H.R. 2454). I strongly support ACES, though I believe that it can do more to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Today, I wrote a letter to our United States Representatives urging them to help strengthen the bill by supporting the inclusion of funding for the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program. The EECBG program is a priority of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and it

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Man fined for signs protesting Miami's mooring codes

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Published May 6, 2009 at 2:01 a.m.

Coconut Grove's Daniel Diaz doesn't like the way Miami Mayor Manny Diaz is running the city -- and he wants everyone to know. No matter that the city is fining him $250 a day for illegally displaying large protest signs at his home ...

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Mayor Diaz Named Top 10 Green Mayors in U.S.

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Published May 4, 2009 at 10:49 a.m.
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I have been named one of the top 10 green mayors in the country by Grist, an online environmental magazine: ... 15 green-leaning mayors ... Climate change is a global problem—but as of yet, there’s no global solution. That’s why mayors across the U.S. are taking action, from building green to organizing bike rides, from redeveloping downtowns to cutting emissions. Here are just a few of the municipal leaders who have worked to take our collective future into their own hands ... #9 Manuel

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