Mr. Coral Gables has a lot of debt on three Crafts Section homes

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With all the talk about racism in the recent Coral Gables election — a needed conversation on the heels of that terrible letter the new mayor signed opposing curriculum inclusive of marginalized communities at his daughters’ private school — nothing’s been said about other divisions that exist.

If many Gables residents aren’t outright racist — and that’s a big if, considering the city is the lone holdout on naming U.S. 1 Harriet Tubman Way — they sure are snobby. It’s not so much about black vs. white. It’s more about old Gables vs. new Gables. Cuban vs. Dominican. Private vs. public school.

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Not much more than a month after Coral Gables commissioners approved an upzoning of Miracle Mile — and before the election runoffs and a new commission is installed — the first building is being demolished.

The corner of LeJeune and Miracle Mile, where Randazzo’s Little Italy once was, has been turned into a pile of rubble. The sight sent Gables residents into a tizzy as they envisioned a six story building take its place.

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Former Hialeah Mayor Raul Martinez had a popular show on Caracol 1260 AM radio every afternoon. La Hora del Regreso, which translates roughly into “the afternoon rush hour,” was a political lightning rod that went after national hoodlums like Donald Trump and local hoodlums like Joe Carollo.

Until last week, when it was summarily cancelled without any notice after the owners of AmericaTeve signed an agreement to purchase the Miami radio station. They contract was signed Monday. Martinez was dismissed on Tuesday. By telephone.

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He’s still got two years on his term, but an anonymous flyer denouncing Miami Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla and warning residents about him is circulating in District 1.

In Spanish, it says Diaz de la Portilla is a career politician they can’t trust.

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A group of parents and Gables residents suing the city to stop the construction of a Wawa on Grand Avenue had their first hearing Friday — and got their first victory of sorts.

Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Michael Hanzman didn’t dismiss the case, as the city’s attorneys wanted. Both City Attorney Miriam Ramos and their outside counsel, Holland and Knight attorney Annie Gamez, were there.

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