Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago is all ‘damage control,’ zero budget plan

Posted by on Aug 23, 2023 in Ariel Fernandez, Budget, Coral Gables politics, Fresh Colada, Melissa Castro, News, Vince Lago | 0 comments

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.

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Miami commission approves $2.5B budget, tax break at Saturday hearing

Posted by on Sep 12, 2022 in Budget, Francis Suarez, Fresh Colada, Miami politics, News | 0 comments

Miami Commissioners approved a $2.5 billion budget Saturday after almost zero discussion and a weekend public hearing that lasted about two hours.

They call it a $1.5 billion budget, but that’s just for operating expenses. The capital projects budget is almost another $981 mil.

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