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Jay Spieler's avatar

I admit: I'm a sucker for schadenfreude (hence my on-again, off-again flirtation with Fox News.)

So it is that wild horses couldn't drag me away from Coral Gables Insider or Politico Cortadito.

I wonder if Kirk Menendez will cite the Baños-Carollo connection as yet another example of the "corruption" he thinks to be paralyzing the City Beautiful. (If he were true to KFC style, he'd call it the Baños-Carollo-Fernandez connection.)

Just in case the letter I posted to the Insider this morning doesn't see print there (Mr. Baños might be distracted right now,) here is my pending submission:

"However, recent months have seen a decline in visibility..."

You could have fooled me. Certainly, to judge by the new yard signs on my property that's not the case, but apparently you have some objective measure about Lara's visibility versus, I dunno, Wells'.

As to Wells' advocating for Fritz and Franz, for the life of me I cannot understand the interest in and enthusiasm for the City of Coral Gables in essence to subsidize a private business. If old-time, cherished establishments like Cafe Abbracci or Books and Books came to the commission looking for hand-outs I don't think any amount of advocating would produce city funding for them. Why the need for taxpayers to support this particular joint?

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A C S's avatar

This explains why Mr. Bathroom (his words, not mine) is not running for any of the spots. He obviously has something to hide and an election campaign may uncover it...

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Steven's avatar

I knew Gables Insider was questionable when they started deleting all my comments on each of their blogs. They don't accept any kind of dissent thus that fake blog is not real journalism.

My skepticism for Banos deteriorated even further when he was appointed directly by Ariel to sit on the board of historic. Let's not forget Banos is a tax attorney. Explain to me how a tax attorney can contribute to architecture and historic aesthetic with no expertise whatsoever in the area.

Ariel & co. have proven to be a corrupt, ineffective, unprofessional and let's not forget very lazyyyyy group who can no longer hide what they came here to do: GET RICH.

We have been awaken now. Thanks Aesop!

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