It’s on! Coral Gables candidates qualify with no big surprises; PACs get ready

Posted by on Feb 27, 2021 in Alex Bucelo, Fresh Colada, Jose Valdes-Fauli, News, Tania Cruz-Gimenez | 0 comments

Now the party’s getting started.

There were no big surprises or sudden jumps from one group to another in Coral Gables as candidates qualified for April 13 election by the noon Friday deadline.

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Coral Gables Group 2 race goes from clusterbunch to 3-way along ethnic lines

Posted by on Feb 15, 2021 in Fresh Colada, Jose Valdes-Fauli, News, Rhonda Anderson, Tania Cruz-Gimenez | 0 comments

There are seven candidates in the Group 2 race in the Coral Gables election. But, really, there’s only three. Everyone watching knows the fat votes will go to Rhonda Anderson, Tania Cruz-Gimenez and Jose Valdes-Fauli.

As the only gringa in the race, Anderson is almost a shoe in for the runoff. She might have the charisma of a cardboard box but this is Gables politics and it can still get ethnically divided.

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