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For Coral Gables, counting to three has become all the rage.
Recently, the majority of the Gables commission voted for raises for themselves, including for Mayor Vince Lago, who opposed them. Anyone who follows Gables politics knows that all you need is three to win.
There is one increasingly inconsequential person, however, who must not have watched Sesame Street as a child. Mayor Lago can’t seem to count to three.
So, I am taking it upon myself, out of the goodness of my heart, to offer a Sesame Street refresher course. Remember The Count in the cape, who found ingenious ways to share his love of counting with viewers on the other side of the TV screen?
Say it with me: One Commissioner. Two Commissioners. Three Commissioners. Ahahahaha.
That’s all you need in Coral Gables for a veto-proof majority.
Doesn’t it bring back great memories? I know it does for me. Mayor Vince Lago should jump on Instagram or YouTube and find videos of The Count counting to three.
But Lago can’t seem to figure this out. He tried to block the raises and was vetoed on a 3-2 vote by commissioners.
These days, when we watch the Gables Commission meetings online or in person, we see leaders who don’t see eye to eye and a mayor who behaves with disrespect and bullies others. In fact, things have gotten so bad, that Mayor Lago was censured at the same meeting on a 3-2 vote for using Spanish-language media to attack commissioners, who supported the raises, and their families.
Commissioner Kirk Menendez said he had never seen anything like it, slinging mud at their families, too. Menendez’s opinion is critical because he is the swing vote on the Coral Gables commission. When he sided with Lago, everything was rosy. Not anymore.
Lago complained to The Herald after the vote that the situation was “absolute anarchy.”
The silver lining is that Lago has found his campaign slogan for the annexation of Little Gables. Coral Gables: Absolute Anarchy! Who wouldn’t want to be brought under the wing of the “City Beautiful” — oops, I mean, the “City of Absolute Anarchy” when the mayor throws a fit whenever someone stands up to him? When they voice an opinion that doesn’t align with his dictates or vote based on their judgment. Media is paid off, Lago says. Commissioners “live off their wives” and the attacks continue.
So, let’s try this one more time. All together now: One Commissioner. Two Commissioners.
Three Commissioners. Ahahahaha. That’s all you need in Coral Gables for a veto-proof majority.
Being a leader is about debate, respecting other elected officials and finding ways to compromise and create laws where everyone gets something, and where the people get the services they need. It’s not about acting like a spoiled child and crying to local media, which Lago must have paid off to put him on the air, if we apply Lago’s past allegations about critics.
Mayor Lago should sit in the corner until he learns his numbers.
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