A short-lived campaign to recall Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago seemed to fizzle this week after Miami-Dade County’s Elections Department said the group had failed to get the required number of signatures to put it on a ballot. It may not be dead. Both Maria Cruz, the longtime Gables activist who started the recall, and […]
But the amendments petitions may be on target The effort to recall Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago may not reach the minimum threshold. We won’t know until Monday, at the earliest, but it certainly seems to have hit a snag. Meanwhile, if we are to believe a group chat message sent by a Lago supporter, […]
The first Coral Gables commission meeting Tuesday after the required recall petitions for Mayor Vince Lago were submitted last week was long and a bit awkward for everybody. Ladra cringed a few times. Lago said the Florida Department of Law Enforcement was investigating the recall effort and accused the new three amigos — Commissioners Melissa […]
Mayor uses city email to campaign in his defense Coral Gables activists Maria Cruz on Friday submitted 1,719 signed petitions to recall Mayor Vince Lago with the city clerk, taking the first step to remove him from office. Her group needs 1,649 signatures, or 5% of the 33,000 registered voters as of the last election […]
Vince Lago PAC has much more interest money The campaign to recall Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago is not really a grassroots effort. And it’s not very transparent. In its first campaign report filed this week, the End The Corruption political action committee chaired by longtime activist and perennial gadfly Maria Cruz reported collecting a […]
No, it’s not a resignation letter. A missive sent to Coral Gables residents by Mayor Vince Lago Thursday starts like he might be announcing his swan song. “Before anything else,” it starts, “I want to thank you for everything you do to make The City Beautiful the greatest place in America.” Tun, tun, tun! Lago […]