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County commissioners in January will struggle with the same puzzle a committee ducked this month: how can we afford to open the long-awaited Miami Center for Mental Health and Recovery?
The answer should be that we can’t afford to leave our $51 million investment closed.
Yet a commission committee this month put off a needed vote to open the center because the county couldn’t prove it would save us money. Nobody questions…
Miguel Angel Gabela, elected in November 2023, serves as the City of Miami Commissioner for District One, representing Flagami, Allapattah and parts of Little Havana. A longtime resident and business owner in the district, Mr. Gabela has spent decades living, working and raising his family there, giving him a firsthand understanding of the community’s needs and potential.
Mr. Gabela was born in Cuba and came to Miami at age 6 as part of the Liberty…