Tag: Mayor Vince Lago
EDITORIAL: Coral Gables should finally debate a developer-donor ordinance
By the Coral Gables Gazette editorial board For months, Coral Gables First raised almost nothing. Then, in a four-day window immediately after the candidate-qualifying period closed, the Lago-linked political committee…
Developers drive $134,500 surge into Lago-linked PAC
By Coral Gables Gazette staff In the two weeks after Coral Gables’ first November ballot took shape, a political committee tied to Mayor Vince Lago collected $134,500 — nearly all…
Coral Gables advances Crystal Residences zoning, 3-2, over garden objections
By Coral Gables Gazette staff Coral Gables commissioners voted 3-2 Tuesday to advance the Crystal Residences project on Phoenetia Avenue, moving a nine-story mixed-use tower and a rebuilt home for…
Four charter questions head to November ballot, from mayor’s term to parkland sales
By Coral Gables Gazette staff Coral Gables commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to send four charter amendments to the November 3 ballot, including a question that would let the mayor serve…
A four-year mayoral term and $70 million in bonds top the Coral Gables Commission agenda
By Coral Gables Gazette staff Coral Gables commissioners return July 7 to a packed agenda that could send four charter questions to November voters, authorize up to $70 million in…
Coral Gables commission ethics training set for public session Monday
By Coral Gables Gazette staff Members of the Coral Gables City Commission will gather Monday morning for their annual ethics training, a session required by both city code and state…
Neighbors seek emergency order to halt University Drive dog park before July vote
By Coral Gables Gazette staff A neighborhood association and a Coral Gables resident have asked a Miami-Dade judge to stop the city from acting on its planned off-leash dog park…
ANALYSIS: In Coral Gables’ November election, friction is on the ballot
By Coral Gables Gazette staff Control is not the central question in Coral Gables’ first November election. Friction is. The current majority already governs. On almost all votes, Mayor Vince…
CAMPAIGN ’26: Coral Gables heads toward its first November election as seven candidates qualify for three races
By Coral Gables Gazette staff (UPDATED 6.12.26) Coral Gables’ first November municipal election took shape Friday as seven candidates qualified for three city races, including the mayor’s office and two…
EDITORIAL: Coral Gables should set a higher bar for conflicts than the legal minimum
By the Coral Gables Gazette editorial board The question before Coral Gables on June 2 was not only whether a pool-equipment variance at 722 Aledo Avenue met the city’s zoning…
