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Posted Sat May 3 2008: from Time Magazine:
Lowe Eyes the Everglades http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1209836286
"Lowe's, the home improvement chain, wants to move the border [of Miami-Dade County's Urban Development Boundary (UBD] so it can erect a new store on more than 20 acres of the wetlands; further south, developers want to hop the line to build a commercial park and thousands of new homes. Protesters, including Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez, gathered to denounce the plans last week -- but on Thursday the Miami-Dade County Commission approved the Lowe's and the office developments."
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No doubt the wetlands will be nourished by the tears shed over this development.

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