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Miami should have more commission districts for fairness, not fewer of them
Magistrate says city gerrymandered new boundaries
Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago shows his petty side with new commissioners
Newly-elected Coral Gables Commissioner Melissa Castro was so excited about her first commission meeting on Tuesday, nothing would faze her. Her car wouldn’t start, her heel got stuck in the elevator door, the Uber driver turned the wrong way and made her a few minutes late. But none of it mattered.
She was so psyched about her first chance to serve the residents that she took it all in stride. She was so happy to be there and so concentrated on the items in front of her, that she didn’t realize Mayor Vince Lago had been a condescending jerk, treating her like a little girl.
Coral Gables manager Peter Iglesias beats ouster attempt by commissioner
Coral Gables City Manager Peter Iglesias will live to see another day at City Hall.
Iglesias survived an attempt to fire him driven by newly-elected Commissioner Ariel Fernandez, who said at Tuesday’s commission meeting that Iglesias was too secretive and rude to residents and was leading the city in the wrong direction.
Incumbents Isidro Diaz, Reinaldo Rey win in Sweetwater commission races
Mayor Jose “Pepe” Diaz gets his slate to run the city
DEVELOPING STORY: Sweetwater on Tuesday was the opposite of Coral Gables because the mayor got all his candidates elected in the city elections.
Packed house at Coral Gables town hall shows residents’ new hope for City Hall
Planned “mobility hub” garage gets a big thumbs down
Miami: Joe Carollo uses eminent domain to take private property for park
Critics say it is another vanity project for his wife
New Coral Gables commissioner wants to fire city manager Peter Iglesias
UPDATED: Well, that didn’t take long.
True to his campaign talk, newly-elected Commissioner Ariel Fernandez has moved to dismiss City Manager Peter Iglesias. He has put a discussion on the May 9 commission agenda “regarding the termination of the city manager.”
City commission wins in Coral Gables show Mayor Vince Lago is weak, irrelevant
Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago is not as popular as he thinks he is. There’s no doubt that these recent commission races were a referendum on his leadership.
Even though he won re-election with no opposition, Lago worked hard to get his cronies elected. He called people and asked them to put signs in their yard. He texted people to remind them to vote for his candidates. Friends say he was obsessed with the commission races.
New Coral Gables Commissioners Ariel Fernandez, Melissa Castro are sworn in
Newly-elected Coral Gables commissioners Melissa Castro and Ariel Fernandez were sworn in Friday during a short investiture ceremony where they repeated their commitment to put residents first.
Oh, yeah, Mayor Vince Lago, who was re-elected without opposition, was also sworn in again. But he didn’t seem to have as happy a day. He seemed pouty and depressed. Maybe it’s because he now has to sit between the two new commissioners, both of whom he worked hard against.
In Coral Gables, Melissa Castro wins runoff with huge mandate margin
The upset was not a surprise. The margin was.
Melissa Castro won the commission runoff race in Coral Gables Tuesday against the better funded, establishment backed Ivette Arango O’Doski by 18 points, 59% to 41%. That’s an even wider margin than the mandate given to Commissioner Elect Ariel Fernandez on April 11.
