Rhonda Anderson proposes sweeping zoning reforms right off the bat

Rhonda Anderson proposes sweeping zoning reforms right off the bat

Newly-elected Coral Gables Commissioner Rhonda Anderson is already delivering on her campaign promises, proposing sweeping changes to the zoning code at her first commission meeting Tuesday. Anderson sent Mayor Vince Lago and her colleagues a memo on May 4, just over a week after winning the April 27 runoff, detailing a bunch of suggestions that […]

Rhonda Anderson and Kirk Menendez win commission seats in Coral Gables

Rhonda Anderson and Kirk Menendez win commission seats in Coral Gables

Surprise! Big development interests poured money into both campaigns Riding an anti-development wave, Rhonda Anderson cruised into the Coral Gables Commission Tuesday, winning the runoff with a whopping 74% over Jose Valdes-Fauli, who just couldn’t shake the shadow of his big, bad brother. Valdes-Fauli pulled almost the same 26% he got in the first round, […]

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, […]

Endorsements fly in Coral Gables runoff election, as VBM ballots arrive

Endorsements fly in Coral Gables runoff election, as VBM ballots arrive

The endorsements are multiplying in the Coral Gables election, which ends next Tuesday. And just in time, too — as the vote-by-mail or absentee ballots are mailed to voters. Three Group 2 candidates who didn’t make the runoff in the April 13 vote, Tania Cruz-Gimenez, Alexander Luis Haq and Claudia Miro, each endorsed Rhonda Anderson […]

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 […]

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 […]