Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago is a sore loser.
Three months after the April election, in which his chosen slate lost to two independent commission candidates, Lago is still being petty and vindictive with the victors. This week, he cropped them out of the photo he posted on Twitter from the Fourth of July celebration at The Biltmore Hotel.
“What an incredible turnout for the 4th of July festivities,” he posted with a series of photos, including one where he is on stage with Commissioners Rhonda Anderson and Kirk Menendez. What? Did he think we’d assume Commissioners Melissa Castro and Ariel Fernandez could not be bothered to attend?
Well, the proof is in the other posts. Both Fernandez and Miami-Dade Commissioner Kevin Marino Cabrera, who was also in the photo, posted the shot sans any cropping. See the circle in this photo below? That’s what was cropped out of Lago’s posted photo above.
Then, when Fernandez went to take his own selfie, it looks like Lago turned his back. Even Cabrera, who had also endorsed the Lago slate, smiled for the shot.
This is not the only time Ladra has noticed that Lago is a petty boy. He has consistently been unable to look at Castro in the eye at commission meetings. Watch him when he speaks to her. He looks at the audience, his papers, his nails, the ceiling, anything but Castro’s face. What is that about?
In his post, Lago went on and on about the “sacred holiday” that celebrates our freedom and “unwavering commitment to democracy.” But democracy didn’t give him what he wanted April 11, so now he pouts.
And he pouts well.
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