Category: OPINION
Coral Gables should stop governing by surprise
Vice Mayor Rhonda Anderson read the article over lunch. It had been published shortly after noon on an anonymous blog and raised questions about Commissioner Melissa Castro’s travel expenses for…
Vote no on the four-year mayoral term. Keep your say over City Hall.
Coral Gables voters should reject the charter amendment that would stretch the mayor’s term from two years to four. It looks like a small change to the calendar. Its real…
Lago backs tax relief and says no service cuts. The missing piece is the math.
Mayor Vince Lago put fiscal stewardship near the center of his case for another term at Wednesday night’s candidates forum. There is a record behind that argument. Coral Gables has…
A Youth Center plan should reach the Parks Board sooner
The Parks and Recreation Advisory Board does not need final authority over the War Memorial Youth Center to deserve an early look at plans for its replacement. If Coral Gables…
EDITORIAL: Coral Gables has processes. Lago did only what the rules required.
Coral Gables had promised itself a process for choosing its next city manager. It also has a written process for deciding whose name goes on a park. One was a…
EDITORIAL: Coral Gables swore them in. Then acted as if the truth could wait.
By the Coral Gables Gazette editorial board Before anyone testified about Crystal Residences, Coral Gables required an oath. Raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm that the testimony…
EDITORIAL: Coral Gables has not shown its 30-year UM deal is fair
By the Coral Gables Gazette editorial board The City Commission voted 4-0 Tuesday to advance the University of Miami’s proposed 30-year development agreement, with Commissioner Ariel Fernandez absent. The vote…
EDITORIAL: Gomez may be the right city manager. Coral Gables should prove it
By the Coral Gables Gazette editorial board Mayor Vince Lago’s proposal to appoint Deputy City Manager Joe Gomez as Coral Gables’ permanent city manager, effective Jan. 8, 2027, is both…
EDITORIAL: Don’t rush the public decision on UM deal
By the Coral Gables Gazette editorial board The University of Miami’s proposed 30-year development agreement did not appear overnight. That matters. UM submitted an earlier version of the package in…
EDITORIAL: Coral Gables City Commission should stop treating an interim manager as a contingency
By the Coral Gables Gazette editorial board Peter Iglesias gave the Coral Gables City Commission more than four months to prepare for his departure as city manager. More than half…
