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BASIL THAI LOVER

You: server at Basil Thai. Me: curvy blonde. You asked me how hot I wanted my phad thai. I want to sweat, make it hot! Follow this curvy road map on my body, take me to Latin Loverville? #900192

WHACK JOB

Why did the city of Jacksonville give away parkland just so a developer could destroy it?

All through the summer of 2004, mobile home owners up and down Mayport Road were being evicted. Trailer park communities were deemed undesirable -- a blight on an area that longed to bloom -- and everyone agreed they'd be better redeveloped.

Yet land-use attorney Paul Harden announced that very summer that one of his clients -- a man who owned 27 acres of prime real estate a stone's throw from Mayport Road -- might actually choose to turn the parcel into a mobile home park.

In retrospect, it seems doubtful that developer Michael Sones planned anything of the kind. He'd registered his company in 2003 as "The Estates of Atlantic Beach, LLC," a name appropriate for a trailer park only if the developer has a well-developed sense of irony. And the land in question was desirable -- heavily forested, physically located in Jacksonville but abutting Hanna Park and tony Atlantic Beach.

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More in this week's issue:

NEWS: Jacksonville contractors rally for jobs, but it's not clear that the city can -- or will -- do much to help.	MUSIC: Yonder Mountain String Band strikes a balance between commerce and art. Plus New Found Glory rekindles its favorite year.
NEWS: Lawn painter Nick Marinos wants to paint the town unbrown.	ARTS: Help for Haiti comes from local T-shirt designer Mike Fretto.
MAIL: Recent racial stereotypes in FW letters shows ignorance. Plus why eating vegetarian would improve the health of America's children.	BACKPAGE: Jed Bartlet's tips for Barack Obama in the wake of Mass. casualties.

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