With less than two weeks before qualifying ends, Coral Gables Commissioner Mike Mena still has no opposition in his group in April’s upcoming election. And chances are it will stay that way because of his war chest. Mena has amassed $111,650 in contributions since last April, according to the last campaign reports filed this week. […]
Of the three candidates (so far) running for the open seat in April’s Coral Gables election, the newby handpicked by the incumbent is winning the money race. In two months time, attorney Jorge L. Fors, who is backed by Commissioner Frank Quesada, who is not seeking reelection has raised almost $65,000. That’s incumbent money, $5K less […]
Among the last things he did — probably before he wrote that long congratulatory letter to himself that was distributed on the city’s enewsletter (more on that later) — Coral Gables City Manager Pat Salerno doled out raises to his favored employees (read: cronies). According to a series of emails obtained by Ladra, Commissioner Pat […]