Remarks by Catherine Smith-Rice
42 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 2
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“Thank you, Mayor Pro Tem. We've got a few others in the queue, so I would like to listen to what they have to say, and then we can come back to your suggestion. Commissioner Slendak is in the queue.”
Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“We want to, okay. I'm going to go to the, excuse me, Commissioner Slindak, I appreciate your 30 days. I'm gonna go to the attorney, Attorney Manton.”
Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“So from this body, well, from this committee, which it'll go to next week's meeting, Agenda, commission. Yes, ma'am, you're just recommending to the commission approval. Approval of 30 days.”
Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Okay, all right. I'm gonna go to Commissioner Wimbley. Commissioner Slindak, are you good? Okay, I got the 30 days. Commissioner Wimbley.”
Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Thank you, Commissioner Wembley. Commissioner Pulliam.”
Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Thank you, Commissioner Pulliam. Commissioner Lewis from the 6th.”
Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Thank you, Commissioner Lewis. Commissioner Guilfoyle.”
Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Okay, with that, quickly, I'm gonna ask a quick question before we go make a decision on this. Director, since you are the director, do you support the 60 days or are you for the 30 days? Just wanted to see where you stand.”
Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Okay. So Commissioner Slindak and Mayor Pro Tem Guilfoyle both had mentioned making a motion since the moratorium is actually up next week. Are you still, Commissioner Slindak, do you want to restate, do you want to state your motion?”
Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Okay, all right. So can we put that into a motion and have this committee go ahead and vote today to forward it to next commission? Okay.”
Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“I can do it without objection if my colleagues... Okay.”
Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Thank you, Director Cameron. And Madam Clerk, that concludes public services. Thank you.”
Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Yes, sir. Am I not the, I thought I was vice chair of that. Maybe I'm, oh, I'm not? Okay.”
Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“No, I forgot I was a couple of years ago.”
Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“I do want to say that I'm late coming to the table here. I'm listening to everything and I hear what my colleagues are saying. We do have this new department that we've hired. Is that not correct, Mr. Mayor? The department, the cleanup, the environmental grounds and- And maintenance.”
Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Yeah. Okay, all right, when that department does get going, this should be part of everything that they should be doing. Is that not correct? And what I'm saying is we've got a new department coming underway and they should be taking care of all of this from what, vacant lot, clean up right away. That's why we got a new department coming. Should they not? I'm just asking, I'm sitting here, I'm thinking of this new department we're paying for. They should be in charge of taking care of all the right-of-ways and the vacant lot cleanup. So we gotta see what, make sure that they do what they're…”
Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Every time, I do wanna say this. When I reach out to you, I appreciate your Department of Environmental Services getting to a lot of what, and it isn't always in District 3, it's in other districts too as well, but you do, you always make sure 99% of the time that you get somebody on. It might not be that day or next week, but you get somebody on it, and I do wanna give you a big thank you for that. Thank you. Sir.”
Commission · Jul 14, 2026