Richard Lara pulls in $103K for Coral Gables runoff Tuesday vs Tom Wells

Richard Lara pulls in $103K for Coral Gables runoff Tuesday vs Tom Wells

In a span of eight days after the Coral Gables election earlier this month and before the runoff in Commission Group 3 Tuesday, attorney candidate Richard Lara — who hasn’t voted in the city since 1999 — raised more than $102,800. Eight days! That is a huge injection into his campaign account, which totals almost $272,000 as […]

Coral Gables election choice is a Vince Lago yes vote or an independent voice

Coral Gables election choice is a Vince Lago yes vote or an independent voice

The Coral Gables election is almost over with early voting this weekend for the runoff coming Tuesday. The choice is between two attorneys: Richard Lara, general counsel for Spanish Broadcasting Systems, and the handpicked candidate, groomed by Mayor Vince Lago — who was just solidly re-elected — and Tom Wells, a member of the city’s […]

A Coral Gables runoff between Claudia Miro and Tom Wells would be nice

A Coral Gables runoff between Claudia Miro and Tom Wells would be nice

The commission race in Coral Gables Group 3 could — an open seat after Commissioner Kirk Menendez moved to the mayor’s race — offer voters a great choice between two good potential leaders who have proven their commitment to the City Beautiful. But that’s only after attorney Richard Lara, the mayor’s handpicked candidate who hasn’t voted […]

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, […]