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Alvarez seeks solution for Parrot Jungle debt.

Publication: The Miami Herald (Miami, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)

Publication Date: 30-AUG-05
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COPYRIGHT 2005 The Miami Herald

Byline: Noaki Schwartz

Aug. 30--As parts of Miami-Dade County are struggling to recover from Hurricane Katrina, Mayor Carlos Alvarez on Monday turned his attention to a different issue: Parrot Jungle.

Troubled that the county has had to pay $3.66 million in loan payments for the Watson Island attraction, the mayor issued a memo pressing County Manager George Burgess to resolve the debt service for the minizoo. In a January memo, the mayor told Burgess to work out a deal with Parrot Jungle and the city of Miami, which seven years ago said it would take most of the financial risk...

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