All together, the 13 candidates in the April 13 Coral Gables election have raised more than $1 million — a milestone reached last month, according to the latest campaign finance reports. Leading the pack are the mayoral candidates, who between them, raised $121,240 just in February. Together, they account for half of the million dollar […]
Commissioner Pat Keon has drawn first blood in the mayoral race with a dark money attack mailer against Vice Mayor Vince Lago that calls him “a rubber stamp for big developers.” It’s almost laughable, because Keon is the development darling in the race. Lago has consistently been the lone no vote on several controversial developments […]
Please forgive me if you were at the Coral Gables Chamber’s candidate forum on Thursday and you heard Ladra snoring in the back row. Thank you, Chamber president Mark Trowbridge for the invite, but it was not worth risking COVID to be there live. I should have watched it on Zoom. Even Mayra Joli, the […]
Coral Gables Vice Mayor Vince Lago raised more money for his campaign in January than any other month since he began fundraising a year ago. With a reported additional $69,440, that brings his total to more than $228,000. His only opponent so far — qualification is at the end of the month — is Commissioner […]
Leaders ignore protests and widespread opposition Coral Gables commissioners approved the controversial zoning code update Tuesday — or a watered down version, taking out potential height increases, a reduction of parking restrictions, and the contentious changes proposed on Miracle Mile for more discussion. But the upzoning for the Crafts Section — three blocks of single […]
Coral Gables Commissioners are poised to take the second and final vote Tuesday on the controversial zoning clean-up (read: rewrite), which includes remote parking, height increases downtown, and increased density in the neighborhood known as the Crafts Section. If they do, they will have completely ignored hundreds of residents who have concerns about the process, […]
The controversial Coral Gables zoning code rewrite is up for its second and final reading in two weeks. But Vice Mayor Vince Lago wants the city to give residents one more opportunity to provide their comments. That’s why he is asking the commissioners on Tuesday to schedule a third and final community meeting with all […]
Vice Mayor Vince Lago had his second best month of fundraising for his mayoral campaign in December, collecting a total of $42,000 — more than twice the $17K that Commissioner Pat Keon, his only opponent so far, got from her rich Coral Gables and Key Biscayne friends. This brings their totals to $158,628 for Lago, […]
Not everybody is going to be as excited as Ladra is about this, but there are more elections where that last one just came from. A bunch more. And they start right away. In fact, candidates for the Golden Beach general election in February have to qualify between Dec. 28 and Jan. 4 for a […]
A controversial rezoning of Miracle Mile and the Crafts Section of Coral Gables could be put on hold, even after it passed 4-1 on first reading, to get more input from residents and business owners who aren’t happy about amendments that would allow for height increases and remote parking. Vice Mayor Vince Lago has put […]