The palm trees that cost former Coral Gables City Manager Pat Salerno his job — after he was caught in a lie about them — must go, too. An independent consulting firm has found that 14 Bismarckia Palms along Ponce de Leon Boulevard in downtown Coral Gables do present a visibility issue to drivers, after […]
Aaaaaah. City employees in Coral Gables have been breathing easier for almost two weeks now that the paranoid and problematic City Manager Pat Salerno, who resigned abruptly last month, is gone. At least physically, though some fear he is still in the background. For most employees — some of whom joked (read: feared) that the […]
Among the three companies Coral Gables Commissioners considered Monday to find a new replacement for former City Manager Pat Salerno — a controversial figure who resigned abruptly two weeks ago rather than answer for the lies he had been telling the commission — was the company that put Salerno there in the first place. Colin […]
Coral Gables Commissioners on Wednesday named Assistant City Manager Carmen Olazabal the interim chief of the city until they can find a permanent replacement for Pat Salerno, who resigned abruptly last week rather than face questions about lies he told the elected body. And they also talked about choosing a recruiting firm to make a […]
The morale at Coral Gables City Hall and among municipal employees made a 180 degree turn Tuesday after City Manager Pat Salerno — who was basically, and finally, caught in a lie — resigned abruptly during a commission meeting. “A lot of people are very happy,” said one woman who works at City Hall. But […]