Seven Coral Gables and Miami-Dade officials sit at a long panel table during Mayor Vince Lago’s Sept. 23 Town Hall at the Public Safety Building.
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Lago backs four-year mayoral term, four other November ballot measures

Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago used a Sept. 23 Town Hall to endorse all four city charter amendments on the November ballot as well as a statewide property-tax measure that…

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Headshot of Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago, who wrote a Washington Post op-ed linking GOP success in Florida to environmental reforms.
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Lago backs tax relief and says no service cuts. The missing piece is the math.

Mayor Vince Lago put fiscal stewardship near the center of his case for another term at Wednesday night’s candidates forum. There is a record behind that argument. Coral Gables has…

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Infographic showing proposed Coral Gables FY2027 expenditures, including $174.2 million for personnel services, $79.4 million for other operating costs, $33.2 million for other capital projects, $10.6 million for debt service, $6.2 million for sewer projects, $6 million for City Hall repairs and $5 million for sea-level rise mitigation.
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Coral Gables’ $323.3 million budget clears first hearing as millage holds flat

Coral Gables commissioners tentatively approved a $323.3 million budget and held the city’s property tax rate at 5.559 mills, advancing both measures on 4-1 votes with Commissioner Melissa Castro casting…

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