Remarks by Chris Robertson
791 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 18 of 32
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“This is the last deal we'll ever make on this thing.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“There's smoke coming out of his ear, so I really wanted to say something.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Who owns the clubhouse and the event? That's a different issue. They do make money.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“And Winter Park's in a much better situation than we are financially. That's Orlando. Oh, Orlando. It's not quite in the Winter Park? No, it's in Orlando.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“You've been there? He's like the president of all of them.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“So they had a 50- Didn't you just say that they can't get the free water from Toho?”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Oh, that's a year. That's what they want to pay?”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Right now they're paying $5,000 a month?”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Okay. And here's the problem. We are not like Winter Park. We're not like anybody else. We can't even afford to hire five new police officers that are much needed next year, or the 25 that's needed. We cannot sell ourselves short on anything. We own two buildings that can be restaurants. That one at the lake, which that's up right now, and we're limited in what we can make on that. So to go backwards and collect less, that's a disservice. Especially signing up, it's beyond our terms. I mean, that's really, I get it right now, it'd be great to, Bill's great. Golf course is great. Love the…”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“That neighborhood Walmart down there, they're paying $25,000 a month. And that's a hundred year deal. That's a 20 year five, you know, with four extensions, four 20 year extensions. That's a hundred year deal, which essentially they're asking for almost that 70. So, you know, I can understand a lease like that because that's all that. That's a ground lease. And, um, Yeah, I just can't. The numbers don't make sense.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“I mean, if they want to pay us $25,000 a month, now we're talking some real numbers. Now we can hire some police officers. Now we can take care of our city and our residents. But that's going backwards. That's not helping us any. Love the golf course. I go out once a year with the Chamber Golf Tournament. It's fun. Our police chief won't ever go out and play with us. Dangerous or not. That's it. I mean, it's really, it is an amazing thing out there, and it's just, we just, we have limited sources of revenue in our city. Yes, sir.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“I didn't even talk to Bill about carving off some land and taking that out of the deal and saying, hey, Gohmann, look at this. Would this be a good hotel site? Some other use. Let us throw another restaurant out there. I don't know.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“The golf course, where are we at right now with them? Do we know where we're at with them, where Gohmann is? Because Bill told me he was willing to cut out all that land. Is that... dealing, is that idea in the trash? Did he ever bring that up? So he didn't even care about my comments.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Yeah. And my concern amendment three is polling. We've seen the polling numbers. this is an important decision because if we don't, if we lose an ad valorem tax base, we've got to make up for it somewhere. And that golf course that we have to look at this as a business, you know, it's, it's love golf, love the sport. If you can call it a sport, call me. I don't know. I'm just, it's the hardest sport I've ever played. No, it's great. It really is. But we have to look at the numbers. Is it financially sound? If you own that piece of property, would you do that deal? That's how we have to look…”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“They're still waiting from the Gulf Force for more numbers, you said?”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“It's like the neighborhood Walmart. John Joyce built it and sold it. It was purchased the day it opened. Yep. April 2014.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“It's your time. No, I'm still. I'm sorry. Sorry, Council Member Ball. Oh. Yes.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“I'm sorry. City Attorney, are you down? You good? Oh, yeah. I'm sorry. All right.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Yeah, I believe Council Member Paul and myself, we've gone out. Have you all been out there yet in South Florida? No. I went out there, oh God, what year are we in? When it was under construction. I knew the contractor out there, Dutch McGinnis is his name. But yeah, what a cool facility. Nicole gave you the tour and that whole crew. I sit on the East Central Florida Regional Planning, it's a long, Regional Planning Commission with her as well. All right, Council Member Fletcher.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Which is, I think, why we've been talking about it.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“And I don't have a light. So what's the point of, why not just say, here's what the fee is? Like what's the point of having a discount and playing all those, the numbers game when you just say, here's what the fee is. And then if you got to raise it, you do another study. But now.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“I do think a better... Because the formula, their methodology is challenged. Exactly, right, yeah. It's all based on the methodology. Now I understand why the need for a discount.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“I do believe that- But that also brings the commercial up.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Is that what we're talking about on this? The mobility piece?”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Right. Okay, that's why I just caught up with them the rest of the week.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026