Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago said on Tuesday that he didn’t have to recuse himself from a vote on a variance appeal because he doesn’t do business with Brian Goldmeier anymore. Which raises an interesting question: Since when? The controversy centered on an appeal involving property at 722 Aledo Avenue, owned by political fundraiser and […]
Mayor accused of sexual harassment by commissioner For a brief shining moment Tuesday, the Coral Gables Commission appeared ready to discuss something mundane: a reappointment to a city board. Then Mayor Vince Lago grabbed the flamethrower. And just like that, City Hall once again transformed into the most expensive live-action telenovela in Miami-Dade County — […]
A tradition at Fritz & Franz Bierhaus could be over Apparently, Coral Gables is ready for the FIFA World Cup. Just not the people who actually gather to watch it together. On Tuesday, Mayor Vince Lago, Vice Mayor Rhonda Anderson and Commissioner Richard Lara once again kicked the can (the ball?) down the road on […]
Did he upset Mayor Lyin’ Vince “The King” Lago? And just like that, Coral Gables City Manager Peter Iglesias is out. Iglesias — the once-fired, then dramatically rehired city manager who became the administrative face of Mayor Vince Lago’s restored political machine — announced suddenly Wednesday that he will resign effective Oct. 2, immediately after […]
The gloves are off in Coral Gables. Actually, the gloves came off months ago. Now they’re using brass knuckles wrapped in public records requests and legal threats. The latest chapter in the increasingly ugly war between Mayor Vince Lago and the Coral Gables War Memorial Youth Center Association came this week in the form of […]
The escalating battle between Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago and activist Maria Cruz — who went from close kitchen cabinet ally to recall organizer — heated up another notch Tuesday when the 80-year-old grandmother dared call the mayor a wannabe king. Cruz, a frequent flyer at City Hall and full-time thorn-in-the-mayor’s-side, took the podium — […]
The racist group chat scandal tied to Republican student political circles at Florida International University did not materialize overnight, out of thin air. It grew from something. Over time. It was nurtured by an environment that not only tolerated this kind of hate speech, but secretly and subtly encouraged it. Sure, people are falling all […]
Coral Gables City Manager Peter Iglesias just got a shiny new title: Government Engineer of the Year, courtesy of the Florida Engineering Society’s Miami Chapter. It’s the kind of award meant to celebrate technical excellence, ethics, and infrastructure leadership — the best of what happens when engineering meets public service. But is it really just […]
Eight charter changes, zero polling places Coral Gables voters are about to reshape their city government — without ever setting foot in a polling place. The Miami-Dade Elections Department on Thursday will mail 37,332 absentee or vote-by-mail ballots to voters in the City Beautiful to decide the fate of eight charter amendments touching everything from […]
Vince Lago delivers 20-minute lecture on Instagram etiquette At last week’s Coral Gables commission meeting, Mayor Vince Lago devoted nearly 20 minutes of dais time to what may be the gravest threat facing the City Beautiful: An Instagram story. Specifically, a repost by Commissioner Melissa Castro of a video by Florida House 113 candidate Tony […]