Last day to vote in two heated Coral Gables commission runoff races

Last day to vote in two heated Coral Gables commission runoff races

After all that hand-wringing and sweating over the Coral Gables commission election, much fewer voters will actually have made the decision when it comes Tuesday. Already there are more than 2,500 fewer voters between vote-by-mail ballots and early voting than there was for the first round April 13. According to the Miami-Dade County Elections Department, […]

Absentee ballots go out with little time to mail them back in Coral Gables

Absentee ballots go out with little time to mail them back in Coral Gables

Voters can take them to the early voting drop box Coral Gables voters will start getting vote-by-mail or absentee ballots for the runoff election beginning on Tuesday, one week before Election Day. Miami-Dade Elections Deputy Supervisor Suzy Trutie said that 13,082 ballots were mailed to voters on Monday. That provides very little turn around time […]

One and only Coral Gables runoff debate will have ‘hard questions’

One and only Coral Gables runoff debate will have ‘hard questions’

The four candidates in the two Coral Gables city commission runoff races will be grilled Wednesday at the only debate before the April 27 election. It’s going to be as if they were in virtual court. “Former U.S. Attorney Leon Kellner will use his prosecutorial skills to extract truthful answers,” reads an ominous email from […]

In snobby Coral Gables, ‘not one of us’ plagues some candidates at elections

In snobby Coral Gables, ‘not one of us’ plagues some candidates at elections

With all the talk about racism in the recent Coral Gables election — a needed conversation on the heels of that terrible letter the new mayor signed opposing curriculum inclusive of marginalized communities at his daughters’ private school — nothing’s been said about other divisions that exist. If many Gables residents aren’t outright racist — […]

Two Coral Gables commission races head into runoffs in two weeks

Two Coral Gables commission races head into runoffs in two weeks

They may have a new mayor already, but Coral Gables voters aren’t done picking the two commissioners who will serve alongside Vince Lago. Both commission races will have runoffs, as expected, on April 27. The Group 2 race looks more lopsided and Jose Valdes-Fauli, brother of the current mayor, Raul Valdes-Fauli has a lot of […]

In Coral Gables commission contests: A woman and anybody but Javier Baños

In Coral Gables commission contests: A woman and anybody but Javier Baños

Coral Gables voters will be able to cast early voting ballots this weekend for the first time in municipal elections. The election ends Tuesday. As of Friday, almost 4,800 have cast absentee or vote-by-mail ballots already. Many people have asked Ladra to make recommendations in the commission races, even though we’re going to end up […]