Coral Gables Watch

The removal of the Constitutional Chamber magistrates —without room for formal debate in the plenary or for the magistrates to defend themselves— received condemnations the same night by international organizations and the U.S. government. Julie Chung, acting assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs, issued a statement: “A strong U.S.-El Salvador relationship will depend on the Government of El Salvador supporting the separation of powers and upholding democratic norms.” On Sunday morning, Secretary of State Antony Blinken revealed that he had just gotten off the phone with Bukele and expressed “serious concerns” over the moves against the Constitutional Chamber and attorney general.

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Topic Coral Gables Neighbors Association Coral Gables Election Runoff Candidates Debate Description Here more from the shortened field of candidates about their plans for addressing the issues facing our community, and serving the needs of “City Beautiful” residents.

Candidates and Races to be Highlighted at Debate City Commission, Group II (7 p.m.) Rhonda Anderson Jose Valdes-Fauli City Commission, Group III (8 p.m.) Javier Banos Kirk Menendez Candidate Debate Ground Rules •

Please make sure you are in a well-lit, quiet space, where you get strong internet signals/service to assure you’re best represented at the event. • Plan on arriving early to the virtual meeting, the debate will start promptly at 7 p.m. •

Meeting Hosts, Moderators/Speakers, and Candidate early virtual check-in for testing your connection and taking a group photo will be available beginning at 6:50 p.m. •

Candidate questioning will be undertaken in several different formats: traditional questioning from our moderator (Mr. Kellner), round-robin questioning from host/sponsor organizations, and lightning-round questioning from CGNA president Susan Kawalerski (yes or no responses only) •

Candidates in the Group III questioning block will be asked to leave the meeting at the start until the start of their questioning period at 8 p.m. (you can stay in our virtual waiting room or sign back in at 8 p.m.) •

Be prepared, concise, and succinct in your responses to questions, you will have a maximum of 40 seconds to answer questions unless otherwise advised by the moderators/questioners • Long winded and/or rhetorical responses will not be permitted, please be advised offender’s microphones will be muted without warning •

No cross talk, talking over each other, and/or cross questioning is allowed unless authorized by the moderators/questioners Time Apr 21, 2021 07:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada) *

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Coral Gables voters will start getting vote-by-mail or absentee ballots for the runoff election beginning on Tuesday, one week before Election Day. Miami-Dade Elections Deputy Supervisor Suzy Trutie said that 13,082 ballots were mailed to voters on Monday. That provides very little turn around time if someone wants to return it that way. And anybody who waits until after the debate Wednesday could really be taking a chance their ballot doesn’t arrive in time.