Critics say it is another vanity project for his wife Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo — in the midst of a federal trial about abuse of power and political retaliation — wants to seize two parcels on the Miami River through eminent domain so he can build a park dedicated to South American liberator Simon Bolivar […]
UPDATED: Well, that didn’t take long. True to his campaign talk, newly-elected Commissioner Ariel Fernandez has moved to dismiss City Manager Peter Iglesias. He has put a discussion on the May 9 commission agenda “regarding the termination of the city manager.” Fernandez, who won with nearly 60% of the vote, has had issues with the […]
Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago is not as popular as he thinks he is. There’s no doubt that these recent commission races were a referendum on his leadership. Even though he won re-election with no opposition, Lago worked hard to get his cronies elected. He called people and asked them to put signs in their […]
Newly-elected Coral Gables commissioners Melissa Castro and Ariel Fernandez were sworn in Friday during a short investiture ceremony where they repeated their commitment to put residents first. Oh, yeah, Mayor Vince Lago, who was re-elected without opposition, was also sworn in again. But he didn’t seem to have as happy a day. He seemed pouty […]
The upset was not a surprise. The margin was. Melissa Castro won the commission runoff race in Coral Gables Tuesday against the better funded, establishment backed Ivette Arango O’Doski by 18 points, 59% to 41%. That’s an even wider margin than the mandate given to Commissioner Elect Ariel Fernandez on April 11. “Residents are tired […]
The runoff for the commission seat in Coral Gables is really a contest between a well-connected, super funded lobbyist with a semi-famous last name, and a relatively unknown business woman with no money and an unfortunate last name. Guess who the establishment has chosen. Ivette Arango O’Doski, whose mother owns the well-known Arango Interiors, has […]
In New Hampshire this week to drum up support for his promised presidential run, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez offered up his personal cellphone number — and everyone ate it up. “I’m going to do something radical,” Suarez said, speaking at an event at St. Anselm College in Goffstown, NH. “I did this in Iowa and […]
It’s like they haven’t learned a thing. The dark money forces that attacked Coral Gables Commissioner Elect Ariel Fernandez before last week’s election have turned their focus to Melissa Castro, a mental health worker and permit expediter who made the runoff in the Group 4 race with text messages that say she’ll raise income tax […]
Mayor Vince Lago, Brian Goldmeier, Anthony De Yurre all have loans He may have left City Hall, but former Coral Gables Commissioner Frank Quesada is still very involved in local politics. His money is, anyway. Quesada apparently holds the third mortgage to Mayor Vince Lago‘s home. The $616,300 mortgage was signed August 10th last year […]
Group 4 race heads to runoff between Ivette Arango and Melissa Castro The residents in Coral Gables won Tuesday after longtime activist Ariel Fernandez, publisher of Gables Insider, who ran on a “residents first” platform, was elected in the commission race in Group 5 with a fat, comfy, 16-point margin, 58% to 42%. Mayor Vince […]