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.
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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.
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The runoff for the commission seat in Coral Gables is really a contest between a well-connected, super funded lobbyist with a semi-famous last name, and a relatively unknown business woman with no money and an unfortunate last name.
Guess who the establishment has chosen.
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In New Hampshire this week to drum up support for his promised presidential run, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez offered up his personal cellphone number — and everyone ate it up.
“I’m going to do something radical,” Suarez said, speaking at an event at St. Anselm College in Goffstown, NH. “I did this in Iowa and people kind of freaked out. The cameras are on, so it may be broadcast, so it’s even more radical. But I’m going to give you my personal cellphone number.”
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Posted by Admin on Apr 19, 2023 in Fresh Colada, News | 0 comments
It’s like they haven’t learned a thing.
The dark money forces that attacked Coral Gables Commissioner Elect Ariel Fernandez before last week’s election have turned their focus to Melissa Castro, a mental health worker and permit expediter who made the runoff in the Group 4 race with text messages that say she’ll raise income tax and gas and grocery prices.
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Mayor Vince Lago, Brian Goldmeier, Anthony De Yurre all have loans
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