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 […]
Less than two months before the Coral Gables election this Tuesday, commission candidate Alex Bucelo signed a $990,000 mortgage for the purchase of a 4-bedroom, 3-bath home at 1432 Venetia Avenue, valued at $1.4 million — quite an upgrade from his 2-bedroom, 2-bath, $300K apartment on Biltmore Way. Is he expecting some kind of windfall? […]
Even Police Chief Ed Hudak has gotten involved The Group 5 race in Coral Gables has gotten increasingly heated with fake magazine covers, more text attacks and calls from the chief of police. Say what? Yes, that’s right. Police Chief Ed Hudak has apparently called several voters on behalf of attorney Alex Bucelo, who is […]
In yet another dose of misinformation fed to voters in Coral Gables, commission candidate Alex Bucelo‘s campaign sent out a text message Monday that intentionally makes it look like he is endorsed by the city’s police and fire unions. He’s not. This year, both the Coral Gables FOP Lodge No. 7 and the Coral Gables […]
Ivette Arango O’Doski, Alex Bucelo have the most funds in their groups The campaign funding trend in the Coral Gables election continues to favor Ivette Arango O’Doski in Group 4 and Alex Bucelo in Group 5. Both have topped $100,000 as of Feb. 28, according to the latest campaign finance reports available online. And just […]
Wow. Thank you good people of the Gables Good Government Committee. They sent questions to all six Coral Gables commission candidates and got specific answers from all — well almost specific, and almost all. Rip is gonna be Rip. And Ivette Arango O’Doski found ways to answer questions without really answering questions. Which means she’s […]
The six Coral Gables Commission candidates in the upcoming April election answered questions from both adult residents and students Thursday at the first forum of the 2023 election, hosted by the Coral Gables PTA on Zoom. The next forum is from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, March 8, hosted by the Coral Gables Chamber at […]
Coral Gables Vice Mayor Mike Mena is under fire for his vote last week to sell a city-owned parcel used as a surface parking lot near the Village of Merrick Park to his bosses in a no-bid secret deal that nobody knew was coming. Some residents are asking for his resignation. “Mena knew he was […]
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, […]
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 […]