FULL STORY: Were some people paid to support Gables apartment project? City will investigate<\/a><\/p>\nHere are key takeaways:<\/p>\n
Attorney David Winker, representing resident Bonnie Bolton and others opposed to the project, played video clips showing individuals speaking at hearings using different names at different meetings or providing nonexistent Gables addresses. Some had also spoken at Miami-Dade County meetings about the old Calusa Golf Course redevelopment.Mayor Vince Lago called the alleged conduct \u201catrocious\u201d and \u201cshameful,\u201d referring the matter to authorities. He noted it wasn\u2019t the first time fake supporters had surfaced in the city, citing fake signatures on a 2024 petition to recall him from office.Police Chief Ed Hudak acknowledged that lying under oath is a crime but compared giving fake names and addresses to lying about one\u2019s age, saying the matter likely wouldn\u2019t end in prosecution.Sarina Sorrentino, vice president of development for the project\u2019s developer, Fifield, said she was shocked by the allegations. \u201cThis is not how we do business,\u201d Sorrentino told the Miami Herald. \u201cWe do not condone lying or misleading information.\u201dCommissioners approved rezoning for Fifield\u2019s project in a 3-1 vote, with Melissa Castro opposed and Ariel Fernandez absent. The Mediterranean-style complex at 110 Phoenetia Ave. will include live-work units, residential units and a new rent-free facility for Crystal Academy, a school for children with autism.<\/p>\n
This report was produced with the assistance of a proprietary tool powered by artificial intelligence and using our own originally reported, written and published content. It was reviewed and edited by our journalists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A rendering of Crystal Residences Courtesy of Corwil Architects Coral Gables commissioners have ordered an investigation into allegations…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-383897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}