Not much more than a month after Coral Gables commissioners approved an upzoning of Miracle Mile — and before the election runoffs and a new commission is installed — the first building is being demolished.
The corner of LeJeune and Miracle Mile, where Randazzo’s Little Italy once was, has been turned into a pile of rubble. The sight sent Gables residents into a tizzy as they envisioned a six story building take its place.
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Former Hialeah Mayor Raul Martinez had a popular show on Caracol 1260 AM radio every afternoon. La Hora del Regreso, which translates roughly into “the afternoon rush hour,” was a political lightning rod that went after national hoodlums like Donald Trump and local hoodlums like Joe Carollo.
Until last week, when it was summarily cancelled without any notice after the owners of AmericaTeve signed an agreement to purchase the Miami radio station. They contract was signed Monday. Martinez was dismissed on Tuesday. By telephone.
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He’s still got two years on his term, but an anonymous flyer denouncing Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla and warning residents about him is circulating in District 1.
In Spanish, it says Diaz de la Portilla is a career politician they can’t trust.
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A group of parents and Gables residents suing the city to stop the construction of a Wawa on Grand Avenue had their first hearing Friday — and got their first victory of sorts.
Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Michael Hanzman didn’t dismiss the case, as the city’s attorneys wanted. Both City Attorney Miriam Ramos and their outside counsel, Holland and Knight attorney Annie Gamez, were there.
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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 also because he has always been transparent, accountable and accessible.
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