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Coral Gables moves quickly to move city elections from April to November
Critics worry that special interest influence will grow
LGBTQ History Month debate back at Miami-Dade School Board with vitriol
Board votes 5-3 against resolution along partisan lines
Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago blasted Claudia Miro via text after P&Z vote
The whole ugly episode last week with the public removal of Claudia Miro from the Coral Gables planning and zoning advisory board because of some bogus attendance issue could really be about stacking the citizen committee with yes men or developer-friendly members.
That could be why Mayor Vince Lago sent Miro a series of angry messages after the July 12 P&Z meeting — and even subtly referenced her livelihood.
‘Mr. Miami Marvin’ Tapia challenges Alex Diaz de la Portilla in city election
DEVELOPING STORY: Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla has a new challenger as of Thursday when Marvin Tapia, brand ambassador and shareholder of the Salty Donut and chairman of the Miami-Dade Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board, filed to run in the city’s November election.
And it’s too late for the city commission to cut his house out of the district.
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez says adios to White House, but hello to millions
C’mon, now. It wasn’t a real campaign. Not even Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is delusional enough to believe he could have won the Republican primary and run for president of the United States.
Nope. No way. Nah.
November vote in Coral Gables = a power play by bitter Mayor Vince Lago
What a sore loser!
Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago, who is still butt hurt about his two pocket candidates losing in April, is all of a sudden pushing for a change to a November election.
Could Carlos Gimenez come back to his old job as Miami-Dade mayor?
A new potential challenger to Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava could be the guy who used to sit in that seat: Congressman Carlos Gimenez.
This potential news was broken Friday by radio journalist Roberto Rodriguez Tejera on Actualidad Radio. He said that while regular Republicans are not terribly unhappy with La Alcaldesa, the Trump republicans expect a red wave and don’t want to miss the opportunity to gain an important local and non-partisan seat.
Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago is all ‘damage control,’ zero budget plan
The sunshine meeting Tuesday evening in Coral Gables was supposed to be a workshop for the city’s budget. Everyone expected to hear Mayor Vince Lago‘s ideas to bring the “millage” or tax rate down.
That didn’t happen.
Shake-up, power grab at Coral Gables P&Z board as Claudia Miro is ‘fired’
Coral Gables Commissioner Rhonda Anderson has booted Claudia Miro, a onetime commission candidate, from the planning and zoning board, saying her attendance, or lack thereof, is the reason.
But the timing and circumstances point to another motive: Miro, who was recently reappointed by Anderson, voted last month against naming former Commissioner Wayne “Chip” Withers the board-as-a-whole’s appointment. She voted for Javier Salman instead.
Coral Gables commission considers moving elections to November
Change could give Mayor Vince Lago an additional 20 months in office
