Purely Performative
A look into Dr. Castro's "record"
Aesop's Gables
Pondering the politics and culture of Coral Gables
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Commissioner Hiroo Onoda
Fighting a war that’s already lost.
A Tale of Two Cities: Part 2
Three cities border Coral Gables. Castro reached past all of them for a village 19 miles away, one where her own company happens to do a six-figure business.
A Tale of Two Cities
It began as “just a thought” about visiting each other’s towns. By Instagram, it had become a test of whether Coral Gables commissioners support local business.
Downtown Still Has Its BID
The independent nonprofit that markets Miracle Mile is alive and working. What the city weighed and set aside this year was something narrower: a new tax the property owners didn’t want.
The City Will Have a Manager on October 3
Naming someone to run Coral Gables during the transition is a single vote. The deputy who could take it has done the job before. The loudest alarm comes from the faction that fired the last manager.
Reading the Part She Left Out
A closer look at what the War Memorial Youth Center Association's compliance defense leaves out, and what the IRS already knows.
Op-Ed: This November, Let's Campaign With Respect
Now that far more of us will be voting in local elections, how our candidates conduct themselves matters more than ever.
No One Bought a Vote. They All Say So.
Three blogs turned a routine campaign report into a scandal, and each concedes in its own words that no vote was bought.
The City Didn’t Get Lucky. It Made a Choice.
Coral Gables posted one of its best pension years in a decade. The analysis files it under caution. The context it skips is the reason the number moved at all.
The Lie of Objectivity
What happens when opinion hides behind reporting.
Less Ink Than a Drug Bust
Decoding the Herald's endorsement in the Group 5 judicial race.
The Neighbors Argued Themselves Out of Their Own Case
They lost the injunction and the zoning vote on the same day, then spent the meeting explaining why both losses were correct.
The Fourth Question Isn't About the Parks
Voters will decide in November whether the city can sell Granada, its parks, and the Youth Center. No one has proposed selling them. The fight that matters is a clause in a 1958 deed.
Your Signature Will Do, Counselor
The War Memorial Youth Center Association sent its secretary to vouch for it. Let's make that count.
Crystal Clear
Clearing the record on the Crystal Residences project
The Silence Is Not the Story
The Chamber removed its president and owes you no reason. Notice who could not bear to leave it there.
Public Review Is Not the Same Thing as Infinite Review
A campus hospital asked the city for permission. A certain “local” outlet says it needs its own public review. It is already getting one. Notice who wants a third.
The Lawsuit Can Only Win a Do-Over
Neighbors have spent five months and the city’s money fighting an off-leash dog park, and the best their case can do is force a hearing the city is already holding.
The Winter of my Disinterest
In with a bang. Out with a whimper.
Terms and Conditions Apply
A closer look at the War Memorial Youth Center Association reverter clause that doesn’t quite cut both ways
The 2026 Ballot
The candidates are qualified. The "local press"…not quite.