Remarks by Vince C. Lago
518 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 10 of 21
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“Now we move on to America's semi-quintennial moment. I'd like to invite Joanne to please join us. Again, for many of you who are not aware of what we're doing is over this 250-year anniversary of the greatest country in the world, we're celebrating important moments in our history. And we have individuals that join us at every commission meeting over this year to make sure that we have this moment memorialized and we get these experiences on record. Thank you for being with us this morning.”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“If I may. Yes. As we continue our semi-quintennial moments at Commission meetings, as I've said, it is especially fitting to welcome back a familiar face and a true friend of Coral Gables history, Joanne. Meagher. Many of you will remember Joanne for her tremendous work in helping bring us the Merrick moment during our city's centennial year. Through those presentations, Joanne and the volunteers of the Merrick House Governing Board helped us reflect on the people, places, and stories that shaped Coral Gables over the past century. Today, we're honored to welcome Joanne back as part of a…”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“Thank you, Joanne, as always. It's a pleasure to have you here, and we'll be ungrateful for your commitment to the city, beautiful, especially what you're doing with Merrick House. Two quick points before we give a nice little token of appreciation to Joanne. If you haven't visited the Merrick House, I had the pleasure of taking our pages who are here with us today. Please rise, pages, to be recognized. Or pages. So the PAGE program is a program that I started a few years ago here in the city of Coral Gables, and it's continued to grow. And these are tomorrow's future leaders. They're rising…”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“Thank you very much. First, I'd like to say a few words before we move on to the agenda about the devastating earthquake in Venezuela. The city of Coral Gables is collecting donations at all four Coral Gables fire stations to support relief efforts through Global Empowerment Mission. I've made a request and thank you to the manager and the DCM while the manager was away on the ACM for moving expeditiously. Thank you to Chief De La Rosa. I'm not sure if he's here. Oh, he's in the back. Thank you with your entire team, all the firefighters. Thank you for your hard work. We moved very, very…”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“Olga, this is just a small resolution of condolences for your son. I had the pleasure of spending time with him. We broke bread. super smart, kind, even in some very difficult moments that he had in his life, he was always resilient. He always had a smile on his face. And I think that's a testament to the incredible person that you are. Thank you. I'm very sorry that I wasn't able to make the funeral. I apologize. I was out of town. But this is the simplest gesture that we as a city can give to honor his legacy and to honor the hard work. And he has a beautiful daughter that will continue…”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“So on behalf of the city, we extend our deepest condolences to your family.”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Want to take a quick photo, please?”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“Item 82, a presentation or proclamation declaring July 2026 as Taste of the Gables Restaurant Month in the City Beautiful. Good morning, both of you.”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“Gloria, I want to welcome you to City Beautiful. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. We've had the pleasure of having multiple conversations.”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“And it's a real blessing to have you here in the city. Thank you so much. I am so honored to be here.”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“Also, by the way, don't be shy. By the way, I don't know if you've had this young lady's cakes. I had the opportunity to cut the ribbon at her establishment. It's located on Alhambra. And let me tell you, I've ordered from them before. Amazing, amazing cakes, delicious cakes. You're an architect. Thank you. You're an architect, correct?”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“I remember that from about two years ago when we cut the ribbon. And she's more of an artisan than an architect. She is amazing, amazing at what she does. And if you haven't eaten at Aromas de Peru, one of the best restaurants here we have locally, delicious, and it's also very healthy food too also. I enjoy it. So please make sure you go out there and try these incredible restaurants. The floor is yours, please.”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“Yes, by the way, they have coffee there also.”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“I feel like I'm part of, like, your team. I'm, like, selling it.”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“They're not just selling cakes and cookies. You can stop by there and have a coffee. You can enjoy yourself. It's in a great location on Alhambra. Make sure you go there. I've stopped by there for coffee.”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“Do you want to talk a little bit about your move your your oh? Yeah, so I just want to make sure I mean I visit your restaurants I just want people to know that you're no longer at the same location”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“By the way, if I may, thank you for giving us credit for the foot traffic. And I worked on the manager deserves all the credit for Hidalgo. He was there first day. I was with him at 10 o'clock at night as we were working. It was really Miracle Mile that first day when we were there. But it was the project Miracle Mile, Hidalgo were the same project, the streetscape project. But you deserve all the credit. Let me tell you why. So thank you for giving us credit on Hidalgo and all the programming that Belkis does and Martha and all our team does. That's a great thing. But your food is amazing.…”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“Moving on to item A3. Congratulations to Lieutenant Carlo Milito, recipient of the City of Coral Gables Firefighter of the Month Award for the month of July 2026. Chief, you have two items, item A3 and item A4. You want to take them both?”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“I just want to echo what you just said right now, but I want to make it very, very clear. The tax collector and myself had a conversation We immediately, Dariel Fernandez and I were talking back and forth about doing something here in the city. I immediately called the manager of the DCM that evening in the ACM, and we had a conversation. I said, what can we do? The next day, we had an on-site meeting with Laura and Martha Pantin. And the IT team, we put together a quick clip, we got it out there, and everything was rolling. So, you know, our staff moves incredibly quick, cohesive under the…”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“Thank you to both of you for your hard work. Thank you so much. Let's take a quick photo. Item A5, congratulations to Officer Christopher Challenger, recipient of the City of Coral Gables Officer of the Month for the month of April 2026. And we also are going to do Item A6, congratulations to Officer George Berenas, recipient of the City of Coral Gables Officer of the Month for the month of May 2026. Good morning, Chief.”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“Thank you to both gentlemen. Great work. Officer Challenger, Brennis, thank you so much for your hard work and making sure that we can sleep easy at night knowing that your team is working out there in pursuit of all these criminals and making sure that, again, this is the safest place to live, not only in South Florida, but in the country. So thank you for your hard work. Thank you. Moving on to item A7, congratulations to Javier Romero from the city manager slash communications department, recipient of the part-time employee of the second quarter for 2026.”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“Congratulations. Well deserved. Let's take a photo. Moving on to item A8, congrats to Robert Chang from the Parking Department, recipient of the Employee of the Month for April of 2026.”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“Thank you for going above and beyond. It's truly a pleasure. We've had the pleasure of meeting before along with all the employees behind you who do an amazing job on behalf of the city. So I want to thank you for your hard work. Who knows? The damage that could have been caused by leaving that child any longer inside that school bus at the end of the day could have been one of these brutally hot days. We got very lucky that you were there. And that luck comes with the pride that you take in being an employee here at the city of Coral Gables. So we are grateful for that. And this is just a…”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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City Commission · Jul 7, 2026