Tag: city commission
EDITORIAL: A city commission cannot govern through permanent political warfare
By the Coral Gables Gazette editorial board Coral Gables has spent a century cultivating an identity rooted in civic quality, architectural beauty, and institutional seriousness. That identity depends not only…
ANALYSIS: Sexual harassment allegation and Sunshine Law claims deepen Coral Gables commission feuds
By Coral Gables Gazette staff At different points during discussion on a single item at the May 19 Coral Gables Commission meeting, there were accusations of sexual harassment, claims of…
Youth Center dispute returns to Coral Gables City Commission agenda
By Coral Gables Gazette staff The Coral Gables City Commission meets Tuesday, May 5 with several of the city’s most consequential unresolved issues back on the agenda, led by the…
Coral Gables votes to move elections to November
By Coral Gables Gazette staff The results of the first-ever fully mail-in ballot referendum in the history of the City of Coral Gables made history of another kind Tuesday evening,…
After two-hour debate, Coral Gables delays human trafficking training resolution
By Coral Gables Gazette staff The Coral Gables Commission held off on passing a resolution that would require the city’s emergency personnel to undergo additional training in human trafficking, sexual…
EDITORIAL: The Commission’s record is real. So was this missed opportunity
By the Coral Gables Gazette editorial board When a commission defends its past record more vigorously than it engages the idea before it, the instinct must be examined. The Coral…
Mobility Hub contract, duplex height increase and $929,000 parking upgrades headline Feb. 24 commission agenda
By Coral Gables Gazette staff Coral Gables commissioners will confront several consequential decisions on Tuesday, February 24 that will influence the city’s transportation infrastructure, residential neighborhood scale and municipal parking…
Controversial 110 Phoenetia Avenue project heads to high-stakes City Commission appeal
By Coral Gables Gazette staff The Coral Gables City Commission will confront a packed agenda Tuesday, Feb. 10, led by a high-stakes, quasi-judicial appeal of a proposed nine-story mixed-use development…
ANALYSIS: Are ‘punitive’ recesses becoming a new flashpoint at City Hall?
By Coral Gables Gazette staff “I have been left with no resort, after the circus we had before… I will have no other choice but to conduct the meeting in…
Commission advances University Station plan changes in bid to retain control
By Coral Gables Gazette staff At its Jan. 13 meeting, the Coral Gables City Commission advanced a set of comprehensive plan amendments governing development near the University Metrorail Station, framing…
