Remarks by Arlene R. Schwartz
54 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 3
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“The hope is that when the city center is built, we will stop having people drive through. Because while I haven't lived here as long as you, only from 82, I have been saying that forever, that we are a pass-through city to somewhere else. So the hope is that when that gets developed, instead of us taking our money to Coral Springs, we will keep our money in Margate. So that is my wish and to everyone who celebrates the Jewish New Year I wish you all Happy New Year from my family to yours nothing else. Thank you Commissioner Simone Thank you I've got quite a few things this evening first.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 16, 2026
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“The city issued the permit on the 10th. That's when they were asked to. They'd already been out of power for a week and a half or something, told no one. And suddenly it became a city problem. The city doesn't connect or disconnect power from FP&L.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 16, 2026
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“However, the school had resources to call the school board of Broward County and speak to the group that oversees charter schools. But in the end, they were waiting for a part from their private contractor. And if you talk to our rep from FP&L, they didn't know either. did not inform them. So when the FPNL found out that night, they stood there, cut the power, the private contractor apparently did what he needed to do, and then they put the power back on. Unfortunate when people go and say the city did this and the city did that, when they find out the city not only helped that power get back…”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 16, 2026
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“Do we have a motion? So moved. Second. Public?”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 16, 2026
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“I thought he was still on. I think he just, oh, I think he's done.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 16, 2026
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“Years ago, well, not years ago, when Fire Station 58 was being rebuilt, it had been my suggestion, since we didn't have enough space to store some of our fire trucks, that we build something next to it where they had, at that time, the temporary admin office. From what I understand from speaking to the city manager, that would be millions of dollars and that this is actually a better way to do this by leasing the property, which is a Cat 5 building, which we probably would not have had otherwise, and therefore being able to store all of the vehicles and have a command center that should there…”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 16, 2026
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“I would suggest that you get a hold of Doc Reno because he owes us that kind of publicity considering that he's done three of his events here. I would also suggest that every time we have something, whether it's the autumn, you know, the, sundown everything everything that we do whether it's national night out or i would say oktoberfest or that you have a table you know because other people okay that you have a booth because there are other people who do exactly the same thing for different organizations okay but a woman who lost her son uh to drugs puts out things so we have the um”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 16, 2026
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“Motorcycle group. They're going to be there as well. All right.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 16, 2026
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“It rained. Yeah. Well, the good thing that you didn't get wet. But I would suggest that that's another way to publicize things because he's got a bigger audience than we do. Yes. Thank you.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 16, 2026
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“My suggestion would be, number one, because it says non-bargain for you, realize that it will now be part of every union contract. So you forgot to add what eventually that will cost. But as someone whose son worked in one of the towers prior to, and new people who did not come home, I would make a suggestion that you wait until after Amendment 3 before you continue to give away holidays to people, not that I'm saying they don't deserve it, but you have to look and see whether or not Amendment 3 passes, because you're going to have to suddenly take back some of the things you're doing. So…”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 16, 2026
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“I would still suggest that since the September 11th has come and the next one is a year away and the amendment is to come up in November that we wait until after that before some of the things that we look to do at this point. Just my suggestion.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 16, 2026
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“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. He's not going to get a t-shirt?”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“May I ask a question? Isn't there a certain amount of days prior to that this has to be either approved or disapproved, and that would definitely be too soon?”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“But doesn't that come into conflict, I'm asking?”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“So the answer is yes, there is a time certain by which this has to be done.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“Could I ask why we're being asked to table this?”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“You can speak on it now, but it won't be on.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“Just to make sure, you are redoing the entire parking lot?”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“Apropos the comment about the turf fields, I went out to watch, as I understand some others may have a tournament going on for soccer at Southeast Field. And parents came over to tell me that they would have preferred that one of those fields stayed grass because of how hot which we've discussed before, the one field gets. So I have no great desire to see everything turn into turf. It may be a lot easier to keep and all of that, but if it's $3 million, it's probably not the most important thing we need to do since the fields have remained the way they are for this long and no one's really…”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“That includes also the stage being out there, the people who have to sit there, put it up, take it down, and every time that we go and we donate to fundraising kinds of things that we pay everyone who shows up because the stage comes up, like the thing that happened on It happens often. We donate the time, we still have to pay the staff, and the CRA doesn't have those people, so I'm assuming it's for the city to get paid.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“It's the generator that runs the stage and all of that stuff.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“I think we probably need to... And I don't have a breakdown in my backup. I don't see that either. No, there isn't. Right.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“Does this also include whatever it costs every time we do a Sounds of Sundown to also bring in the entities?”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“Remind me how much retail there's going to be.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
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“That was my only question right now. Thank you.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026