No real plans in sight for UM Hurricanes home at Coral Gables High Nobody would pay any attention to a late-night TV attorney who enthusiastically tweets over the weekend about building a football stadium for the University of Miami Hurricanes next to million dollars homes in Coral Gables — if it weren’t for the fact […]
UPDATED: City Manager Peter Iglesias told Ladra Monday that the permit and plans for a high-end Mexican restaurant were approved before the rezoning of Miracle Mile. The new building had to be demolished to make way for a 2.5 story building with terraces and open spaces as well as rooftop seating. There is no parking […]
Now that he’s won the mayoral race in Coral Gables, we are going to have to keep a watchful eye over Vince Lago. Ladra supported Lago over Commissioner Pat Keon because he has worked harder and represented the residents better, especially when it comes to overdevelopment, where he has been the consistent sole nay. But […]
Two old oak trees on Grand Avenue in Coral Gables were cut down to make way for an entrance into the Wawa gas station and convenience store that is planned for that corner, despite the opposition of many residents and parents at the elementary school across the street. WaWa will pay a little more than […]
In the end, the attack mailers on Coral Gables Vice Mayor Vince Lago didn’t work. His signature on a letter to Carollton School from parents and alumni protesting new curriculum on race relations didn’t sway voters. The withdrawn Miami Herald endorsement didn’t matter much. Lago was elected the mayor of Coral Gables Tuesday in a […]
The rain Sunday didn’t dampen the early voting crowd in Coral Gables as much as Ladra thought it would. There were almost as many voters as on Saturday, for a total of 1,554 ballots cast at the Coral Gables library. Another 540 vote-by-mail or absentee ballots were stuffed into the drop box — 254 on […]
He made a mistake. As many people (and voters) now know, Coral Gables Vice Mayor Vince Lago signed a letter from parents and alumni at the Carollton School of the Sacred Heart way back in September that opposed increased education about racism and black history in the wake of the George Floyd murder and ensuing […]
Pat Keon must be desperate. She must have seen the same poll numbers that many insiders have on the Coral Gables mayoral race, where Vice Mayor Vince Lago beats her by a very comfortable double digits. Because, this week, she has doubled down on the negative and ludicrous attacks on Lago as a developer’s dreamboat […]
It’s not a huge surprise that the Wawa gas station and convenience store planned across the street from G.W. Carver Elementary was the focal point of a Coral Gables candidate forum Thursday night organized by a coalition of parent-teacher associations. And Ladra imagines that nobody’s answers satisfied the group of concerned parents and residents who […]
Monday is the last day to register if you want to vote in the Coral Gables election April 13. There were 35,962 registered voters in the City Beautiful at the beginning of March, according to the Miami-Dade Elections Department. That’s a little more than the 33,154 who were registered at the time of the last […]