In Coral Gables election, only a sweep will change the course

In Coral Gables election, only a sweep will change the course

In the Coral Gables election today, voters are choosing between hitting the gas or putting the brakes on what many have called a recent drive to redevelop much of Coral Gables — going higher and wider and bigger. And not just in the mayoral contest between Commissioner Jeannett Slesnick, the sole dissenting voice in every […]

Mucho mailers mean to mislead in Coral Gables election

Mucho mailers mean to mislead in Coral Gables election

With little more than a week to go before the Coral Gables election, voters are getting a mailbboxful of promises and endorsements and attacks. The mailers in Coral GablesĀ are almost always something to talk about — and this year is no exception. From the endorsement of a former governor to the image of a university […]

Hoff, Mena stand out in 4-way Gables commission race

Hoff, Mena stand out in 4-way Gables commission race

Four candidates have filed to fill the seat left empty by Coral Gables Commissioner Jeannett Slesnick‘s mayoral bid. And while they couldn’t be more different, they all sound pretty much the same. We have a soft-spoken schoolteacher/grandma activist, the retired cop and union leader, the land use attorney who works with the construction industry and […]