Gables candidate Jorge Fors has history of traffic tickets, arrests

Gables candidate Jorge Fors has history of traffic tickets, arrests

Maybe nobody had heard of him in Coral Gables before Jorge Fors, Jr., decided to run for city commission. But they may have heard of him at the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. The city commission candidate has gotten 31 traffic tickets in 18 years. He was also arrested three times in his indiscriminate […]

Coral Gables candidate Jorge Fors stirs annexation fears for votes

Coral Gables candidate Jorge Fors stirs annexation fears for votes

In a desperate attempt to get votes in North Gables, commission candidate Jorge Fors is stirring up annexation fears. Fors — who is running for the seat vacated by Commissioner Frank Quesada — walked North Gables streets last week, passing out petitions to stop the annexation of Little Gables, an unincorporated Miami-Dade enclave just south […]

Ralph Cabrera outraises opponents in 4-way Gables commission race

Ralph Cabrera outraises opponents in 4-way Gables commission race

Former Coral Gables Commissioner Ralph Cabrera had his best two weeks of fundraising this cycle, with $46,275 collected over the last two weeks of February. According to the last campaign finance reports filed at City Hall this week, that accounts for more than half of Cabrera’s total of $83,545. With a fundraiser hosted next week by former Sen. Miguel Diaz […]

Coral Gables candidate Jorge Fors had illegal Homestead exemption

Coral Gables candidate Jorge Fors had illegal Homestead exemption

Records indicate that Coral Gables commission candidate and attorney Jorge L. Fors has committed Homestead exemption fraud for several years. Fors owns a condo in Little Havana, unit 205 at 1039 SW 5th Street, where he has paid taxes, claiming a Homestead exemption since at least 2010, the furthest that the Miami-Dade Property Appraiser’s office posts […]

In Coral Gables money race, unchallenged incumbent is leading

In Coral Gables money race, unchallenged incumbent is leading

With less than two weeks before qualifying ends, Coral Gables Commissioner Mike Mena still has no opposition in his group in April’s upcoming election. And chances are it will stay that way because of his war chest. Mena has amassed $111,650 in contributions since last April, according to the last campaign reports filed this week. […]