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Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago faces a cease-and-desist letter from the firefighters union’s attorney after making pointed remarks about IAFF Local 1210 President David Perez during the July 1 City Commission meeting.

ANALYSIS: Mayor’s scrutiny of Youth Center oversight revives long-running tensions

Fresh from a commanding re-election in April and now heading a commission majority, Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago is moving swiftly to assert his policy agenda. In recent months, he…

Among the most consequential items, the commission will hold a public hearing on an ordinance to clarify responsibility for maintaining sewer laterals—the underground pipes that connect private property to the city’s main sewer system.

NEWS

Coral Gables Commission to consider sewer repairs, land purchases, pickleball privileges, leaf blowers

The Coral Gables City Commission will meet Tuesday, June 10, to consider a wide-ranging agenda that blends infrastructure, civic policy, and symbolic gestures. From sewer repairs and land acquisitions to…

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

OPINION

EDITORIAL: Coral Gables should ban gas-powered leaf blowers

Coral Gables is once again confronting an issue where science, public health, and civic identity converge: the noise and pollution caused by gas-powered leaf blowers. A proposal by Vice Mayor…