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The Heritage Citizen

A few years ago in Springfield, Diana Daniels says, “you couldn’t swing a cat without hitting 10 Haitians.” Her mission became getting them out.

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Oct 28, 2026 5:40 AM

Read the first part of Slate’s dispatch from Springfield, Ohio, here.

Diana Daniels was preparing for the City Commission meeting in Springfield, Ohio, an event where she was well known, even after weeks away. Preparing, she clarified, “to get thrown out again.”

It was Monday afternoon at the Bicycle Stop, on 1 st Street, where Daniels has worked for the past 23 years. Where, she said, “everybody’s equal.…