Remarks by Bernard Einstein
270 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 11
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“The code wasn't different then but they're not they're not attached.”
Town Council · Apr 21, 2026
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“That's a different scenario the Gate in front of Joel Newman's house, like his front gate.”
Town Council · Apr 21, 2026
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“And I don't know if that is current, if someone else could get, you know, how Joel Newman's.”
Town Council · Apr 21, 2026
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“It's like a, you know, 14 foot wall. They say, though, from the other side of the street, it's only six feet off the ground.”
Town Council · Apr 21, 2026
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“You can see it, but the other thing is there are other houses that are closer to the main road.”
Town Council · Apr 21, 2026
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“Aesthetically, it looks... Are we opening up Pandora's box by allowing this and other people saying, oh, you went, you know, one thing that's sort of sacred is the setbacks.”
Town Council · Apr 21, 2026
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“Let's say the house next door to them. They knock it down. And they say, I want to build the same house that's next door to him, to me, exactly the same, with the garages just where they are, with a gatehouse, whatever it is. I just want the exact same house. And we say, no, you can't do it. You've got to have your garages back. It's not right. I'm just.”
Town Council · Apr 21, 2026
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“By the way, in those garages that you're playing, what is there now?”
Town Council · Apr 21, 2026
- Play at 43:13
“I know, but what's there now? Asphalt? Right now, yes. Okay.”
Town Council · Apr 21, 2026
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“They're getting 800 square, how much is 800 square feet on the ocean right now? Conservatively?”
Town Council · Apr 21, 2026
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“Not that that should be important. Well, again, I think the bigger argument is what we have to do is a setback. And that is something that we've always.”
Town Council · Apr 21, 2026
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“But Glenn, Mayor, we're going to go back to the original Reason we changed the code a few years ago and that it up It's sort of like a slap in the face to building regulation board You know like why show up if if they come in and they were 5-0 against this how much was the vote 5-0 5-0 You know, did they say well we did it looks nice, but we should have done it or I hear you You know, I just said 5-0 and now we say no I You know, come to me, come to your building regulation court, and we'll just throw it out the window.”
Town Council · Apr 21, 2026
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“But very quickly, they could have. I mean, it could have gotten by the code if they said it had a hardship.”
Town Council · Apr 21, 2026
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“But they like this question. Is he? Town Manager, in your opinion, as to what you've seen going on for 20 years of your tenure, do you feel that the next time we have a code revision of the ocean that we should allow this type of setback?”
Town Council · Apr 21, 2026
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“If they build a garage, they build a garage.”
Town Council · Apr 21, 2026
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“Okay. When they build this garage, do you have to come up to GNAD?”
Town Council · Apr 21, 2026
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“From here to here, How much feet is that?”
Town Council · Apr 21, 2026
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“From the property line. Instead of 10 feet, it's got to be further in.”
Town Council · Apr 21, 2026
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“When we did this code, because I can't wrap my head around why we, did some of this stuff. Right.”
Town Council · Apr 21, 2026
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“And I had that fight. Ben, that was when we were on council.”
Town Council · Apr 21, 2026
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“Yeah. So if he goes parallel to his bottom floor and just draws, that's what he wants to do. Is that correct?”
Town Council · Apr 21, 2026
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“Okay. How is that affecting his, he's still going to be 10 foot back on a second floor or how many he's going to be 10 foot back. Correct.”
Town Council · Apr 21, 2026
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“From the step. How's that going to affect his neighbor? Did we pass this because we didn't want people looking down on the neighbors next door? For an aesthetic law.”
Town Council · Apr 21, 2026
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“Yeah, but that's an aesthetic, but it didn't work. No, it didn't work. If they wanted to not make a box house, then they should have made a code that-”
Town Council · Apr 21, 2026
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“And when all is said and done, aesthetically, how is this going to look?”
Town Council · Apr 21, 2026