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What happens in Washington DC, it is also happening in Coral Gables. Politicians, like Dr. Melissa and Ariel, doling other people's money to get support from interest groups. Interesting how upset Dr. Melissa and Ariel get when anybody mentions touching their recently self approved massive salary increase. It is a consistent pattern from Dr. Melissa and Ariel: vote for anything that will fill their wallets, or that will get them votes from interest groups. On the opposite side, Lago and Anderson protecting CG residents interests, and trying to control runaway city spending. And Kirk is always in the middle trying to take advantage for himself on any opportunity. Hopefully, in the next election there will be broad resident participation, and decent commissioners will be elected to support Lago and Anderson to fix Coral Gables historical problems.

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Aesop, isn't it fascinating how the CGNA overlords have stopped packing these town halls where important community interests are discussed??? Could it be that they own the majority and know that they mostly have the votes, except for certain zoning changes anywhere near the Crafts Section? Hmmm?

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Here in Pinecrest, I can recall our first mayor Evelyn Greer telling residents how amazed she was that Coral Gables was at that time paying more in pensions to retired police officers than salaries to active duty ones. This knowledge guided Village Council's decision-making in Pinecrest for decades.

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I support a registration threshold. Fantastic idea. The resources poured into these meetings is significant, including staff time away from their families.

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