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Our sister paper in San Francisco notes that Miami-Dade’s new $200K housing director Gregg Fortner isn’t particularly well liked back home:
Two quotes from the piece: “Fortner fell out of favor with [Gavin] Newsom after the mayor discovered a
city-built playground at the Sunnydale development torched for the
second time and not repaired. Also, Fortner refused to comply with the
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mayor’s request of all department heads that they submit resignation
letters.”
And this from Sara Shortt, director of the Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco: “Miami has one of the most troubled agencies in the U.S., and I’m shocked they didn’t do their due diligence,” she said.