Remarks by Anders Urbom
97 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 4
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“so well we're so i would move the table this to october so that the budget would be in uh we would have clarity on the budget i think that is probably the single largest concern across the board seems to be and then additionally in that time there would be the ability for the public to understand what is going where and so that is my motion to table this to October for those purposes yeah I disagree with that but there's a motion on the table is there a second we have a motion on the table yes second to the motion”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
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“I have no motion beyond what I've already presented, so I would only be making the same motion.”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
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“I just have a comment. My favorite line from the Big Lebowski is, nihilist, or no, I'm sorry, I already messed up. Fair? Who's the nihilist here, right? So I often get, I was raised ultra-conservative, so it's only natural that at some point in my life, I am eventually the conservative in the room, even though I have not been a conservative for an exceptionally long time now. And so about a year ago, I was explaining to my wife that if you could picture a mountain top, a rocky mountain, okay, like a mountain top rock, okay? And halfway down that mountain, you have a lush plateau, a very lush…”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
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“I've mentioned several times I worked in restaurants a lot. I don't often speak of it, but I worked always at the highest levels of the food service industry. And so we would have people come into the restaurants wherever I was working. And, oh man, that guy's the, That guy's the owner of Navarro Pharmaceuticals. Oh, my God. Stuff like this. How much is he worth? $300 million. So people mumble and, oh, man, can you believe this? It's not always just celebrities. Fame and fortune give me fortune. I have no interest in fame, but give me fortune. So you'd have all these fortunate people come in…”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
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“I move to direct the attorney to join. Any lawsuit available to take on home rule issues in the state of Florida? Do you have a second?”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
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“I'LL SECOND. MOTION MOVED BY COUNCILPERSON LIGHTFOOT WARD.”
Village Council · Jul 1, 2026
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“Yeah, just one comment. Regarding the budget, essentially, I guess, but as it pertains to committees, so I take a lot of Councilperson Winters' points, and I would hope that we would start to have a couple of meetings each month again, perhaps like we used to have, meaning one round of committee meetings culminating in the general council meeting at the end of the month so specifically admin and finance public safety addressing the police department issues all the way down to including the public affairs committee which which would address the transparency issues of planning for marketing…”
Village Council · Jun 23, 2026
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“So on that topic, I would just like to say that my understanding of the reason for the special meeting is because with Trying to make the meeting manageable essentially and so we should be expecting to have two rounds of meetings each month like I said and so in the in the environment of committee meetings on Essentially a monthly basis matched with the general counsel on a monthly basis that would essentially alleviate the need for special meetings as it were and so my understanding as my discussion with the manager was That it is simply to create a manageable plate for these meetings so…”
Village Council · Jun 23, 2026
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“Yeah, just quickly, I just want to say that if you could envision it, there's essentially an infinite pile on top of each and every single agenda. And so it is my belief that if we can get back to a committee schedule. Now, it used to be that we had three weeks of meetings each month, three Tuesdays. because we had six committees, I believe. So I would certainly support combining committees into a three-committee structure or something to that effect where we could accomplish it in a Tuesday evening because we used to have a committee that started at, if I'm not mistaken, 6 p.m. The following…”
Village Council · Jun 23, 2026
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“Thank you. And isn't process spelled T-A-L-L-A something or other?”
Village Council · Jun 23, 2026
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“Sure, so after 15 years thereabouts living here, I have had jobs where I've been working I have driven from anywhere from, I don't know, Sarasota to Naples to Key West, Orlando, Jupiter, Boca, spent a lot of time driving around in Boca, Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Las Olas, all parts of Miami-Dade County. It is my understanding that as a resident of El Portal, the most effective way to ensure that outside traffic is not using El Portal as any kind of a cut through or otherwise shortcut. So I do take shortcuts, however you gotta know the secret about shortcuts. Shortcuts are not about saving…”
Village Council · Jun 23, 2026
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“Yes, so I understand I can be both arrogant and presumptuous sometimes, and I do apologize for that. I want to explain extremely succinctly that the reason that that should not be a point where a left-hand turn is permitted is for two reasons. The first is that the proximity of 86th to 87th, which is a... device controlled intersection meaning traffic light it creates an expectation for drivers passing through that anybody essentially thinking anybody coming out of 86 turning left will be a surprise to almost any vehicle traveling north on second avenue this is not my opinion this is I will…”
Village Council · Jun 23, 2026
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“Do we have a prepared answer from either the mayor, the attorney or the manager as to whether or not the possibility of the front part of this motion would even be conceptually possible?”
Village Council · Jun 23, 2026
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“I guess specifically what I'm saying is hasn't there been requests in the past to the county in the state that we change a sign or remove a sign that was an immediate and absolute no without a absolute ridiculously bureaucratic process of dealing with that entity whether it be the county or the state”
Village Council · Jun 23, 2026
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“Let's discuss rules, not exceptions here.”
Village Council · Jun 23, 2026
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“I have a point of order. Can we have the motion as stated, please?”
Village Council · Jun 23, 2026
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“Point of order, hold on, point of order. Have we established that it's simply, I mean, like, do we know how long it would take to rectify the situation of having it be available on the screen, or do we know? Yeah, it's not, we were trying for like a half an hour.”
Village Council · Jun 23, 2026
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“Okay, because my interest in asking was for the public benefit.”
Village Council · Jun 23, 2026
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“Okay, I have one statement, three questions. I'll start a timer on myself and keep it to under three minutes here. All right, here we go. My statement is I am frustrated with the problematic reality of the potential of a permit that was approved that should not have been approved regarding the four feet versus six feet statement there. Now, my questions, firstly, HERE IN EXHIBIT A AS PRESENTED BY THE RESIDENT, FEBRUARY 25TH, EXTENSION REVOKED SINCE RESIDENT DID NOT SHOW UP TO BOARD MEETING ON FEBRUARY 25TH, 2026. THAT'S THIS YEAR, FEBRUARY LATE. NOW, JUST A WEEK LATER, IT LOOKS LIKE, PERHAPS…”
Village Council · Jun 23, 2026
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“I have an answer to that. Okay, so in that example, the final agency action, the agency is the Village of El Portal? Yes. Okay, so. I have in front of me. In a technical sense it's the building department. I have in front of me exhibit A, I have in front of me exhibit B, and these are the exhibits that present essentially the basis for the failed inspection. My curiosity is with these being both dated June 23rd, meaning today, I would like to know if any representative of the agency, meaning either CAP government manager or attorney would know of a date prior to June 1st, which was the…”
Village Council · Jun 23, 2026
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“And where did you hear that from, I suppose, I guess, in my last question?”
Village Council · Jun 23, 2026
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“Is that accurate, sir? And then... June 30th, excuse me.”
Village Council · Jun 23, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Village Council · Jun 23, 2026
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“Have they made any demands of you to provide the engineering calculations?”
Village Council · Jun 23, 2026
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“Right. So my thought process on that is that, for example, with just take like the wood fence, right? Or just just fencing, right? Just traditional fence, right? So as I'm sitting here thinking about it, we have a, a number of styles, or specific designs, I should say not styling, but design offense, right? That match with county approved designs that allow for when to pass through so that the fence does not act as a sail in tropical storms and greater, right? And so one of the reasons that we don't have a requirement for engineering documents for say the wood fence is because there's already…”
Village Council · Jun 23, 2026