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Reading Alex Daoud: Sins of South Beach

Former Miami Beach mayor Alex Daoud may not have presided over South Beach's tremendous growth, but he certainly set the stage. Convicted of obstruction of justice, bribery, money-laundering, and tax evasion, the thrice-elected mayor made the kind of headlines that really put a place on the map. Unfortunately for Daoud, they also put a man in the pen. Now Daoud's back, and, as you might suspect, he's got lots and lots of stories — but none more compelling than his own rise and fall and rise again. Sounds like South Beach to us.

– John Hood