Richard Lara sought repayment for gala ticket bought before Gables election

Richard Lara sought repayment for gala ticket bought before Gables election

Commissioner then mysteriously withdrew his request Coral Gables newly-elected Commissioner Richard Lara — who repealed the prior commission’s increased salaries and talks a lot about fiscal responsibility — tried to nickel and dime the city himself with a reimbursement request for a ticket he bought to the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce’s Centennial Gala. A ticket he bought before he was elected. Less that two weeks after Lara beat attorney T…