Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago got an opponent to challenge his re-election easier this month when Michael Anthony Abbott filed paperwork indicating he would run.

Abbott is an accountant who has lived in Coral Gables since 2002. He said he is also a founding member and CFO for SynXGlobal, Inc., a logistics transportation company. His late brother, John Abbott, worked at the city’s building and zoning department.

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The first Coral Gables city budget hearing was in full swing Thursday when Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago ducked out for the unveiling of his fancy clock on Miracle Mile. Quietly. He sort of sneaked out after public comment, during the staff presentation, like he was going to the bathroom.

But he never came back.

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Almost three months after it happened, the investigation into the alleged aggravated assault by Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago against City Manager Amos Rojas at City Hall has been closed — and sources say, no evidence wad found that there were any real threats of violence.

According to people on both sides of the June incident — and a city official who confirmed the “case was closed” — the Florida Department of Law Enforcement ended the investigation recently and no charges will be filed. Apparently, while the mayor allegedly took off his jacket, threw it on the floor and got into a fighting stance during a June 4 meeting with the city manager, detectives could not make the case that an actual threat had taken place.

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‘Sept. 11 is not a national holiday,’ mayor says

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Mayor Vince Lago takes another loss at City Hall

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Everybody who follows politics knows that there are winners and losers beyond those on the ballot. And in every election, it’s good to reflect on who those victors and has-beens are — and, maybe, why.

So, without further ado, a nod to the other winners of the Aug. 20 election — and a nudge to the losers. May they get the gist.

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