Category: OPINION
EDITORIAL: Preserve Phillips Park funding—Find another way to pay for City Hall fixes
Next week, the Coral Gables City Commission will consider a resolution to reallocate $7.1 million in unspent park improvement funds from Phillips Park to the City Hall complex. Sponsored by…
EDITORIAL: Mortarboards off to University of Miami Class of 2025
The University of Miami Class of 2025 graduates at a crossroads—not just in their own lives, but in the life of the world they are about to enter. In three…
EDITORIAL: City Manager’s recent dizzying revolving door must stop
The resignation of City Manager Alberto Parjus after just four months on the job brings Coral Gables to a crossroads. When Deputy City Manager José “Joe” Gómez steps into the…
UGUCCIONI: It’s a matter of perspective
By Ellen J. Uguccioni Ellen J. Uguccioni was the City of Coral Gables’ second historic preservation officer when she arrived in 1982, one year before the start of the Biltmore…
EDITORIAL: No warm-up for Commissioner Lara
Richard Lara was bound to remember his first meeting as a Coral Gables city commissioner regardless. But this one on Tuesday, May 6 is a rare special commission meeting—only the…
EDITORIAL: Happy 100th Birthday, City Beautiful
Coral Gables, the “City Beautiful,” officially turned 100 April 29—a remarkable milestone for any municipality. In its first century, Coral Gables has experienced a whirlwind of growth, challenge, triumph, and…
EDITORIAL: Commission truce over in just 24 hours?
Well that apparently did not last long. Are contention and confrontation just how things are going to be with the Coral Gables City Commission? Just 24 hours after the new…
EDITORIAL: What will governance look like in Lago-ville?
While Vince Lago long has advocated for moving elections to November, April has proven to be a good month for the Coral Gables mayor. Two weeks ago, he won re-election…
Coral Gables partisan politics toxic
Coral Gables elected officials are increasingly aligning along ideological lines and it’s taking a toll on the city’s image. Yes, Coral Gables politics are officially nonpartisan, but it’s hard to…
EDITORIAL: Balance of power hangs in Lara-Wells runoff
When Coral Gables voters head to the polls on April 22 for the runoff election between Richard Lara and Tom Wells, the outcome will have far-reaching implications for the city’s…
