Tag: Mayor Vince Lago
Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago receives cease-and-desist letter over fire union president comments
By Coral Gables Gazette staff Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago has received a formal cease-and-desist letter from the attorney representing the city’s firefighters union, following a series of pointed remarks…
EDITORIAL: Coral Gables should let the voters decide
By the Coral Gables Gazette editorial board A Miami judge’s ruling this week struck a blow not only to the City of Miami’s election changes but also, by implication, to…
ANALYSIS: What Miami’s election ruling reveals—and why Coral Gables may be next
By Coral Gables Gazette staff With Miami’s municipal election ordinance now struck down in court, Coral Gables finds itself in a newly exposed legal position. The city’s own decision earlier…
Chelsea Granell, Mayor Vince Lago’s former chief of staff, promoted to Coral Gables Governmental Affairs Director
By the Coral Gables Gazette staff Chelsea Granell, Mayor Vince Lago’s former chief of staff and a longtime City Hall staffer, was appointed Coral Gables’ governmental affairs director last month….
Annual ethics training for Coral Gables City Commissioners set for July 22
By Coral Gables Gazette staff Coral Gables elected officials will convene on Tuesday, July 22 for a four-hour public ethics training session aimed at reinforcing transparency, legal compliance, and public…
EDITORIAL: Coral Gables elections are drowning in dollars
By the Coral Gables Gazette editorial board In Coral Gables, political campaigns now operate less like civic conversations and more like well-financed commercial enterprises. The numbers tell the story: In…
EDITORIAL: The challenges for the Coral Gables City Commission majority
A new political majority now is firmly in control in Coral Gables City Hall. Mayor Vince Lago, joined by Vice Mayor Rhonda Anderson and Commissioner Richard Lara, now commands the…
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…
Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago’s PAC raised $152,250 in April
In the first two weeks of April, during the final stretch of Coral Gables’ municipal election season, Mayor Vince Lago’s political action committee, Coral Gables First, raised $152,250 and spent…
Commission calls for Fernandez ‘phishing’ investigation
With Commissioner Ariel Fernandez absent from the July 1 meeting due to a medical issue, the Coral Gables City Commission voted 3–1 to direct the police department to initiate an…
