So much for confidentiality. Less than three weeks after Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago and Actualidad 1040 AM came to a mediated confidential settlement agreement in that weak defamation lawsuit Vinnie filed last year, and four days after both parties filed a “joint stipulation of dismissal with prejudice,” which reconfirms that confidentiality, Lago goes and tells […]
It’s so painfully obvious she gets under their skin For almost 12 hours Tuesday, Coral Gables Commissioner Melissa Castro took the hits from her colleagues on the dais like a professional boxer who is used to being in the ring for extra rounds with opponents who don’t fight fair. And even though she was not […]
Even before Miami-Dade Commissioner Eileen Higgins officially threw her hat in the ring for the Miami mayoral race, the Miami-Dade Democratic Executive Committee was sending out text messages linking the front-running Republican candidate, former City Manager Emilio González, to Donald Trump. Then Tuesday, a day after Higgins submitted her resign-to-run resignation at the county, the […]
Town manager, council member say it won’t be 36% The Miami Lakes Town Council has set a tentative property tax rate for next year — and brace yourself, Lakers, because it’s higher than anything you’ve seen in nearly a decade. The new ceiling? It’s 2.6372 mills, or $2.63 for every $1,000 of taxable property value. […]
Shady lobbyist defends Florida’s ‘Stop WOKE’ Act So, former Miami Commissioner turned mega-lobbyist Marc Sarnoff has found himself a pulpit in the Wall Street Journal, of all places, wagging his finger at America’s universities for being too “woke” and praising Ron DeSantis and Jeanette Nuñez for saving Florida’s ivory towers from the Marxist-Islamist menace. Eyeroll. […]
Four months after he got sworn in as Coral Gables’ newest commissioner, Richard Lara is finally bringing his first resolution to the dais. You’d think it might be some bold policy idea to set the tone for his term. Maybe something on development, zoning, traffic — or even trees. Nope. Item F-17 on Tuesday’s agenda […]
Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago has a new political target in his crosshairs — the Coral Gables War Memorial Youth Center Association, the decades-old civic group that safeguards the land where the city’s youth center now stands. But it’s only because former Commissioner “Coach Kirk” Menendez, who had the guts to challenge him in the […]
County commissioner wants to qualify by petition For everyone still whispering that Miami-Dade Commissioner Eileen Higgins might blink at giving up three safe years on the county dais for a risky run at Miami’s top job — stop. It’s done. There’s no room for doubts now. Higgins submitted her resignation letter as a county elected, […]
Well, vecinos, it looks like the Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago has finally found a way to get rid of Planning & Zoning Board member Sue Kawalerski — the only member who regularly sides with residents over developers. All it takes is three votes of the commission on Tuesday in what could be an unprecedented […]
In her efforts to close a budget shortfall she says is caused by the sudden loss of COVID dollars and the five constitutional offices separating from the county, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava might be compromising public safety. Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosanna “Rosie” Cordero-Stutz all but waved a big red siren this week, warning commissioners that […]