Remarks by Brian Scott
56 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 3
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“Okay. OK, if. If there's any opportunity for improvement in these in these programs as far as for next year's budget, you know if you could look at that between now and. When we vote on this would be, you know, commissioners out there is or not, but well.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“They are. Yeah, and I think... They're very similar populations. Yeah.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Sorry about that. It's all right. No, I just want to echo Commissioner Flowers' comments. I mean, I find the NACA meetings valuable. I serve on a couple of different committees and transportation committee being one of them. And I find that that you get to learn a lot, a lot of understanding and knowledge about how the federal government's looking at funding transportation for future projects, which has certainly helped inform my decision as we work towards original NPL. So so anyways, I just support what you said. Thank you.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Yeah, I just wanted to say that I agree with you in looking at the The full third millage. And just a point on social action funding. We were very generous to not-for-profits with our ARPA dollars, which was a choice we made. We didn't have to do that, but we did that. And a lot of these not-for-profits, not all of them, but a lot of them have some pretty nice endowments as well. So I don't think that they're going to... I don't think that our... That's what I want to dig in and find out. Right. I have some of that information, but a lot of them have pretty nice endowments too. I don't see...…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Did you have a comment? Yeah, thank you Mr. Chair. Yeah, back in July I brought this up and asked Barry and staff to work on a on a white paper on that as well. So where are we?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“It makes total sense to me, and I'm really glad the sheriff is coming in, because I think just out of courtesy and respect for an independently elected constitutional officer and a law enforcement professional, that we have a conversation with him.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“I mean, not at the moment. I'm going to drill down into some of the supporting documents on this a little bit. Okay. And see if I have any other questions for our next meeting. But I appreciate that.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“No, I agree completely that I think a resolution would be a really smart thing to do because there's a lot of angst out in the public on this particular item, and I've gotten emails as well as I'm sure all of you have, and they're really pushing us, some groups, to do a moratorium, but we can't because of SB 180, and a moratorium is only good for a year anyways. So I think if we were to do a resolution that just laid out our intent, I think that would just go a long way to building some trust with the public because there's just a concern out there that if we don't do a moratorium, that some…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. Chairman. People have a lot of distrust in government, and this hasn't helped that at all. We didn't make any decisions on any of it. I mean, we don't do that here, right? The sheriff handles that for the county, and the individual agencies handle that amongst themselves. We never voted on it. We never talked about it. Nothing ever came before us on it. Now you're starting to see some agencies come out and talk about it, and I'm glad to see them doing that. Okay, they're talking about some of the good things that it's doing, but the fact that these things just showed up and…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“In any system, it's, you know, that's no different than an officer sitting in his car and just, you know, plugging in license plates of pretty girls, right? I mean, there have been officers that have been disciplined for things like that, too. So any system like that is... Capable of being abused. There just has to be policies around that to make sure that if it happens that there's, you know.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“If you don't talk about it, in the absence of information, they're going to fill in the blanks, and it's not going to be with something good. I mean, it's just not going to be.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So our methodology in the past hasn't always been perfect, but we continue to refine it as new technology comes online and becomes available and as we learn more. So I'm fine with recommendations here, and I'm confident in the way that we're collecting data going forward, and I think we're going to have really good metrics to evaluate this next year with.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And I really appreciate you bringing back some great options. I think any one of these options is far superior than the previous options that we were, that to me looked like something out of the Hunger Games. So all of these are way, way better. I like that grand entrance of option one, but for just efficiency, option two just makes a lot more sense to me. And I'm right where you're at. It's either 2A or 2D. You know, I mean, the simplicity of 2A is just, it just does what it has to do. 2D is just very, it's just very classy to me. So that's kind of where I'm at on…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“To me, option two seems just the most efficient option to do. So I was between 2A and 2D. That's kind of where I was at. On the outside? Right.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“A, B, C, or D. From an aesthetic standpoint, I like D the best, but that also depends on whether you can see the mechanical stuff or not. If you can see the mechanical stuff, then I would probably go with probably C to hide that. Yeah. but I think D looks the most classic.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“Commissioner Scott? You can move mine over to 1A. I mean, I don't think, I like the look of D. I don't think it's worth $8 million though. And 1A is perfectly functional. It gets the job done and it looks good. So just move me to 1A. Okay.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“sites and those a lot of those devices were outside of the legal you know requirement Commissioner Scott has a question yes thank you mr. chairman so Kyle this is for the entire country not yes state of that's correct I assume that I just wanted to confirm that thanks”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“My understanding has always been that because the Pinellas Trail is not a road that they can't law enforcement cannot write a speeding ticket because it's not actually a public roadway. So they're going to try failure to follow a traffic control device. That's correct.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“So if you're 21 versus 20, you didn't follow the traffic control device, but it's not a speeding ticket.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“Did you have a comment, Commissioner? Just a comment. I just pulled up Amazon and just put in e-bikes. So there's a Varla M75 electric dirt bike with a 5,500-watt motor capable of 50 miles per hour for $1,799, and there's only nine left. So if you want one, I suggest you. Wow.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“Wow. On Amazon. See, that's Amazon. And I guarantee I've seen these on the trail. They pass me on the trail. Oh, no.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“Well, I think, so there's problems with all of it. I mean, because some of these class three bikes will go up to 28 miles an hour. So that's a problem, too, if you've got something that's- In our trails. Right, that is behaving dangerously or recklessly. So the class three ones are a problem, but- You know, I see, and I think we've all seen, we've all had personal experience here, the proliferation of the ones beyond the class three, the Emotos. So those are becoming, I think, the bigger problem, but the class three still presents a problem. I mean, if the maximum speed limit is 20 miles an…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“The e-motives in the electric personal assistive mobility devices is where the bigger problems are coming from. Because like I said, once you get above 20 miles an hour, the problem grows exponentially.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“And they're the ones I was just looking at on Amazon.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026