Mayor Vince Lago couldn’t help but get some digs in The house was packed, standing-room only at the investiture ceremony for Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago, Vice Mayor Rhonda Anderson and newly-elected Commissioner Richard Lara — Lago’s handpicked candidates to get back the majority vote — who won in this month’s biannual city election. “It’s a great […]
Congresswoman Frederica Wilson took an hourlong tour Thursday of the Krome Detention Facility, where there have been reports of severe overcrowding, leading to unsanitary and dangerous conditions. But she certain she did not get to see the real thing. “I am positive that they took people out today, so I wouldn’t see them,” Wilson said […]
The election in Coral Gables is over, but a new race has begun: Who can bring changes first? In light of Tuesday’s runoff results, Commissioner Ariel Fernandez, sent an email Thursday that surprised everyone. He said he had asked the city clerk to put items on the agenda for the next scheduled meeting May 20 […]
His grandchildren already call it “Abue’s Park.” Now, it’s official. The Miami City Commission on Thursday renamed West End Park as Manolo Reyes Park to honor the popular and beloved District 4 commissioner — who his grandchildren called “Abue” for abuelo — who died earlier this month at the age of 80 after battling health […]
It’s not scientific, or anything. But the results of a paper ballot survey of the Kendall and West Kendall residents who went to a town hall meeting Tuesday hosted by the Kendall Federation of Homeowners Associations was interesting nonetheless. Not everybody answered every question, but the questions did get between 127 and 138 answers, that […]
A united Kendall makes for a stronger Kendall Opinion By Michael Rosenberg, President, Kendall Federation of Homeowner Associations On the evening of April 22, 2025, almost 150 Kendall and West Kendall residents gathered at the “Little House” in Kendall, the meeting place of the Kendall Federation of Homeowner Associations, located in the Kendall Village Shopping Center. It’s […]
Rollback of commission salary increases also coming What happened in Coral Gables Tuesday has been described by some as a “red wave.” While the biannual city election is officially non partisan, it has increasingly become so in nature and some have openly feared what they call the “MAGAfication” of the City Beautiful. Mayor Vince Lago, […]
Congresswoman Frederica Wilson will be the first member of Congress to get a tour of the Krome Detention Center in West Miami-Dade after reports of overcrowded, dangerous, unsanitary and inhumane conditions in the wake of the mass immigrant detentions and deportations by the new Donald Trump administration. Wilson sent a letter to Secretary of Homeland […]
Magnum Brickell, Quail Roost Station add 600+ units As the White House considers major cuts to federal housing programs, like Section 8, for next year’s budget, according to the New York Times, Miami-Dade is making strides in providing more affordable units through transit-oriented developments. Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and Commissioner Kionne McGhee will celebrate […]
Loyal readers of Political Cortadito have come to expect our “winners and losers” post in the wake of every local election, highlighting those people and entities who scored or got hammered, other than the candidates. After the April 8 re-election in Coral Gables of Mayor Vince Lago and Vice Mayor Rhonda Anderson, there were already some […]