Tag: city commission
Coral Gables may cancel expedited permit program before launch
“Elections have consequences,” Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago has been heard saying following his victory in the April city elections. At the Gables City Commission on May 20, that may…
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…
18 development projects under city review in Coral Gables
Coral Gables continues to experience a steady stream of development proposals, with the city currently reviewing 18 projects. The mix includes major institutional expansions, mixed-use buildings, townhome developments, and school…
ANALYSIS: Power realigned as Coral Gables mayor moves quickly with agenda
The first meeting of Coral Gables’ newly reconfigured City Commission, held May 6, offered more than a glimpse into the city’s near-term legislative priorities. It provided a clear answer to…
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…
Commission raises repealed, November elections proposal advances
In its first meeting since the April election, the newly configured Coral Gables City Commission—absent Commissioner Melissa Castro, who was undergoing undisclosed surgery—swiftly advanced a series of ordinances and resolutions…
Commissioner Fernandez defends policy ‘reversals’
Ahead of the special Coral Gables City Commission meeting scheduled for Tuesday, May 6 that will address many hotly debated recent issues, including, notably, commissioner raises and the scheduling of…
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…
Let’s repeal our raises…or we should work for $1, says Mayor Lago
Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago wants city commissioners — including himself — to take hefty pay cuts or work for just $1 a year, and he’s called a special commission…
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…
