Ethics board to advise strictures on Coral Gables Commissioner’s in-city business dealings
Nearly a year after Coral Gables Commissioner Melissa Castro asked for guidance on whether her permit-expediting business can keep working for clients in the city, the county’s ethics board is saying yes — but in a very narrow fashion.
Castro and her lawyer, meanwhile, have a different interpretation of the rules highlighted in a Feb. 4 proposed opinion the Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust (COE) will weigh approving Thursday.
They believe it clears her to continue business as usual in the city without having to divest herself of her company, MED Expeditors, or leave office.
The proposed opinion comes at the request of Castro, who solicited the agency’s opinion after she took...
