Tag: Vice Mayor Rhonda Anderson
EDITORIAL: Five seats, one city — The work ahead for the Coral Gables Commission
By the Coral Gables Gazette editorial board The first 100 days of Coral Gables’ new City Commission have revealed a simple truth: this is a body defined by both alignment…
How this Coral Gables Commission is legislating in its early months
121 votes, 29 splits: How the Coral Gables City Commission is dividing By Coral Gables Gazette staff In the 100 days since the April 25 ceremony in which this Coral…
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…
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…
Commission approves steel window replacements at City Hall despite historic preservation concerns
The Coral Gables City Commission voted to replace the original wood windows at City Hall with steel-framed units, advancing an accelerated renovation plan over the objections of historic preservation advocates…
Commission censures Castro for seeking AG’s legal opinion
An effort by Coral Gables Commissioner Melissa Castro to revisit the city’s recent election timing change led instead to a formal censure at the July 1 commission meeting, as her…
Commission workshop sheds light on Coral Gables capital spending priorities
By Rafael Hernandez As the fiscal year budget vote looms, the Coral Gables City Commission spent two hours Wednesday reviewing the city’s capital projects. The Capital Workshop pored over a…
ANALYSIS: After years of complaints, Coral Gables suddenly finds millions to fix permitting
The Coral Gables City Commission had been in session for nearly seven hours on June 10 before the meeting took an unexpected and potentially transformative turn. Prompted by a question…
