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Fiorello La Guardia’s Arizona connection

By Susan Olberding

Published: February 26, 2010 at 8:25 am

A man widely recognized for making sweeping changes in labor conditions as part of his work as New York City mayor may have held a small Arizona town in higher regard than The Big Apple. This son of an Italian immigrant, Fiorello (translates from Italian to “Little Flower”) La Guardia was born in 1882 in New …

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