Coral Gables candidate Richard Lara has not voted in the city since 1999

Coral Gables candidate Richard Lara has not voted in the city since 1999

Before Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago hand-picked attorney Richard Lara to run for city commission, in an effort to try to get his majority back with a third guaranteed vote, Lara was not at all involved in city politics. He hasn’t served on any boards. He never spoke before the commission, until he announced his run […]

School-based PTA forum for Coral Gables candidates has no big surprises

School-based PTA forum for Coral Gables candidates has no big surprises

The first forum for Coral Gables candidates, presented by the PTAs of eight city schools, was centered on education and the issues at the schools in the City Beautiful, like safety, teachers’ wages, affordable housing for teachers, student anxiety, book banning, increasing the number of families who send their kids to public schools and food […]

Coral Gables candidate Richard Lara campaigns in public comments — again

Coral Gables candidate Richard Lara campaigns in public comments — again

Attorney Richard Lara, who announced his candidacy for Coral Gables commissioner in February during public comments at a commission meeting, used another commission meeting Tuesday to attack Commissioner Kirk Menendez, who he is presumably challenging next year at the behest of the mayor’s cadre of establishment supporters. Is this going to be a habit? This […]

What happened to all the support for Coral Gables candidate Richard Lara?

What happened to all the support for Coral Gables candidate Richard Lara?

And Vince Lago hasn’t raised any PAC money in a year The establishment candidate propped up against Coral Gables Commissioner Kirk Menendez by the mayor and his cronies has not raised an extraordinary amount of money. Not even close to what was expected. At least that we know of. According to his campaign finance report, […]

Coral Gables Commissioner Kirk Menendez draws an opponent for 2025

Coral Gables Commissioner Kirk Menendez draws an opponent for 2025

Sources say the mayor’s allies recruited the candidate Richard Lara, executive vice president and general counsel at Spanish Broadcasting Systems, chose the Coral Gables Commission’s public comments section Tuesday to announce that he was going to run against Commissioner Kirk Menendez in 2025. But first, he gave a traditional 305 stump speech introduction about his […]