Former Miami City Manager Joe Arriola has filed a defamation lawsuit against one of the commission candidates in the Coral Gables election over a mailer that told voters he had been fired from the Magic City for taking bribes. The lawsuit names Javier Baños, candidate in Group 3, and former Miami Commissioner Marc Sarnoff — […]
The endorsements are multiplying in the Coral Gables election, which ends next Tuesday. And just in time, too — as the vote-by-mail or absentee ballots are mailed to voters. Three Group 2 candidates who didn’t make the runoff in the April 13 vote, Tania Cruz-Gimenez, Alexander Luis Haq and Claudia Miro, each endorsed Rhonda Anderson […]
Mr. Coral Gables has a lot of debt on three Crafts Section homes The commission race in Coral Gables Group 3 is strictly a matter of the less bad choice and some voters may want to hold their noses when they cast their ballots. On the one hand, we have a Joe Carollo ally who […]
UPDATED: City Manager Peter Iglesias told Ladra Monday that the permit and plans for a high-end Mexican restaurant were approved before the rezoning of Miracle Mile. The new building had to be demolished to make way for a 2.5 story building with terraces and open spaces as well as rooftop seating. There is no parking […]
They may have a new mayor already, but Coral Gables voters aren’t done picking the two commissioners who will serve alongside Vince Lago. Both commission races will have runoffs, as expected, on April 27. The Group 2 race looks more lopsided and Jose Valdes-Fauli, brother of the current mayor, Raul Valdes-Fauli has a lot of […]
Coral Gables voters will be able to cast early voting ballots this weekend for the first time in municipal elections. The election ends Tuesday. As of Friday, almost 4,800 have cast absentee or vote-by-mail ballots already. Many people have asked Ladra to make recommendations in the commission races, even though we’re going to end up […]
Voters in Coral Gables might think that Vice Mayor Vince Lago endorses commission candidate Javier Baños in the Group 3 race. That’s because a mailer arrived in mailboxes Wednesday making it look that way. But that is not the case. Baños knows Lago is extremely popular and bound to win. He is intentionally misleading voters […]
The mailer that landed in mailboxes Saturday calling Coral Gables Commission Group 3 candidate Alex Bucelo a puppet was paid for by former Miami Commissioner Marc Sarnoff. What does Miami have to do with the Gables? Well, while he denies it to the end, Javier Baños, who is also running in Group 3, is the […]
Look out, Group 3. Here comes Alex Bucelo. The sleeper candidate who jumped into the race to replace Coral Gables Commissioner Pat Keon — who is running for mayor — may be a 28-year-old newbie whose Papi is greasing the wheels. But he’s made an impression on people who are betting on him. Bucelo, who […]
And a $40,000 loan may have come via Joe Carollo Two of the commission candidates running in the Coral Gables April election have close ties to Miami politics. Claudia Miro, who is running in Group 2, once worked for former Miami Commissioner Marc Sarnoff. President of the Miami Republican Women’s Club Federated, she is now […]