Opinion - Coral Gables Gazette

Friday, June 13, 2025

OPINION

. But what unfolded again this week—and what has repeated at every commission meeting since May 6—isn’t solely governance as it should be.

EDITORIAL: Commission chambers no place for politicking

June 12, 2025

Safe cities are built not only on patrols and arrests, but also on investments—in talent, in tools, in training.

EDITORIAL: Safer Coral Gables no accident

June 9, 2025

Gas-powered blowers emit pollutants—including carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, and unburned hydrocarbons—at rates that defy common sense.

EDITORIAL: Coral Gables should ban gas-powered leaf blowers

June 5, 2025

By the early 1960s Coral Gables’ magnificent Douglas Entrance (originally La Puerta del Sol [The Gate of the Sun]) at SW 8th Street and SW 37th Avenue; the last, largest and most expensive of the city’s planned entrances) was dilapidated, underutilized and for many, an eyesore.

UGUCCIONI: When ‘The Gate of the Sun’ was saved and the rise of The Villagers

June 2, 2025

Commissioners Melissa Castro and Ariel Fernandez have found themselves, so far, on the short end of some 3-2 votes. But even in the minority, commissioners have an essential role to play.

EDITORIAL: Commission minority’s responsibility is to question

June 1, 2025

EDITORIAL: Public investments in the arts make sense…and dollars

May 29, 2025

The Coral Gables City Commission’s 3–2 vote last week sidestepped a broader opportunity to address a chronic issue.

EDITORIAL: Permitting process won’t get better on its own

May 26, 2025

Coral Gables’ first regularly scheduled City Commission meeting after the April election stretched 12 hours, with only a brief 15-minute lunch break.

EDITORIAL: There are better ways to govern than 12-hour meetings

May 22, 2025

The elevator Coral Gables Parking Garage No. 1 is so far gone that only total replacement would bring it back into service.

EDITORIAL: With garage in decay, all eyes on Commissioner Lara

May 19, 2025

the Coral Gables City Commission approved a measure that would reduce the over $7.1 million set aside for park renovations to about $4.4 million, with the difference going towards repairs to City Hall.

EDITORIAL: Preserve Phillips Park funding—Find another way to pay for City Hall fixes

May 15, 2025

EDITORIAL: Mortarboards off to University of Miami Class of 2025

May 12, 2025

EDITORIAL: City Manager’s recent dizzying revolving door must stop

May 8, 2025

UGUCCIONI: It’s a matter of perspective

May 5, 2025

EDITORIAL: No warm-up for Commissioner Lara

May 5, 2025

EDITORIAL: Happy 100th Birthday, City Beautiful

May 1, 2025

EDITORIAL: Commission truce over in just 24 hours?

April 28, 2025

EDITORIAL: What will governance look like in Lago-ville?

April 24, 2025

EDITORIAL: Coral Gables partisan politics toxic

April 14, 2025

EDITORIAL: Balance of power hangs in Lara-Wells runoff

April 10, 2025

LETTER: Bellicose mayor puts public safety at risk

April 3, 2025

EDITORIAL: No place for intimidation in Coral Gables

April 3, 2025

EDITORIAL: Judgment Day for Coral Gables incumbents – Please vote

April 3, 2025

LETTER: Pardo best to represent Coral Gables

April 3, 2025

Editorial: A Friend for the Gables: Chapter 2

March 3, 2025

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