Remarks by Christine King
199 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 8
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“I'd like to pull RE11 and RE10. I guess RE9 and 10 go together.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“I would just like some information on this item. I'm not, I don't understand why we would be taking away the option to fill a vacancy by appointment. To take that away, for example, I wanna use the example when Commissioner Reyes got sick and he really worked until almost the very end. But what if we have a situation where there's a vacancy 30 days or less before an election, then we don't have the option to fill that vacancy through appointment. And I also think that with respect to vacancies, there should be some consideration for what the district commissioner would want. I remember when I…”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“So I agree with you. Again, that has been my position. But if you said, because you know what your district wants, and you said, I would like to appoint X, I'm saying, I don't think we need to remove the choice. Because when the body comes here and they make it clear, I go with what the community says. But now if the community says a point, we can't do it. They can do it on the ballot. No, you can't. Well, again, I don't think, me, I just don't think we should take that away from this body, the choice. And I've always gone, since I've been elected, I've gone with special elections versus…”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“And I do think, because typically the body is aligned, we hear the public comments, and we listen. We listen. taking the choice away though. Also, special elections or appointments, it's not necessarily favorable. Appointments have been the kiss of death. You don't enjoy, you don't get an advantage. You don't enjoy incumbency like we have. And even with special elections, because what Commissioner Gabela said, the community decides so quickly, but then the person that's elected, they're in the seat, and then now the community has time to, and that doesn't work out either lately. Miami-Dade…”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
- Play at 5:22:58
“They do a lot. They do a lot, right. Miami-Dade County appoints.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
- Play at 5:32:56
“Yes. So I have an issue with RE11 because this seems like billboard shopping. This issue was first brought to my attention in District 5. It's a billboard, not a billboard. And then when I realized that, nope, this isn't a billboard. It was never actually a billboard. And now you're trying to move it over here and put it over there. And I disagree with the statement that this will not create a chain effect for other billboard companies to come back and want an amendment to their their contracts that they have to pay us for billboards, et cetera, et cetera. I don't think that you should be…”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“And I'd just like, for the record, to confirm that this billboard issue originated in District 5?”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
- Play at 5:35:43
“Okay. And I just want to let my colleagues know that if something like that happened in your district, and you said no, and they came shopping it in my district, that would be a no for me, because... We are talking about billboards, right? Right.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
- Play at 5:35:59
“Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, right? So, and we know how sensitive the community is about these billboards, and again, I don't believe that you should be shopping, you know, you get a no from one district, and then you go find another district that it's palatable for, in addition to the legal ramifications that we will be walking into, which is what I said, and then they went someplace else. So, I'm a no.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
- Play at 5:38:01
“It's not approved. Because if it was approved, it would have come forward.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
- Play at 5:38:08
“It wasn't approved. That was a draft. If it was approved.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
- Play at 5:38:14
“It was reviewed and it was not accepted.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
- Play at 5:38:23
“I was just answering him because he spoke to me directly.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
- Play at 5:45:55
“No, no, I couldn't. First of all, there's some history that's being left out. It's not even a billboard, and there's some state issues. Attorney Dooley could speak to that. It's not even a billboard. So it's not that. If it was a billboard, I would have... place the billboard in D5 when they wanted to do it. There are several issues that go along with this that they are not talking about, because I'm not unreasonable. You know, they were going to give me community benefits from this billboard if, in fact, we could have made it work. But there were several issues going along, one of which they…”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
- Play at 5:46:48
“I would defer to our city attorneys to speak to that.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency · Jun 25, 2026
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“At this time, I will open the floor for public comment. Anyone that chooses to speak on behalf of any of the items before us, please step forward. Seeing none, public comment period is now closed. Gentlemen, would you like to pull any of these items for discussion?”
Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency · Jun 25, 2026
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“I have a motion and a second. All in favor?”
Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency · Jun 25, 2026
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“Items passes unanimously. Thank you all for your advocacy. This shall conclude the Southeast Overtown Park West CRA meeting for June 25th, 2026. See you in July.”
Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency · Jun 25, 2026
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“Welcome to the City of Miami Commission Meeting. I am Christine King, chairwoman of the city of Miami commission and commissioner for district five. I'm joined by, with my colleagues, commissioner Ralph Rosado, commissioner Escalona and commissioner Pardo. We are going to start our meeting with recognitions. I believe my colleague commissioner Rosado has a recognition. for someone very special oh he says he doesn't think they're here yet and it's the only one that we have so let's go ahead and start our meeting with prayer we have pastor davis here Good morning.”
City Commission · Jun 25, 2026
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City Commission · Jun 25, 2026
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City Commission · Jun 25, 2026
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City Commission · Jun 25, 2026
- Play at 9:50
“that will be known as PI one. And at this time, I believe commissioner Rosado, your, um, recognition ready. Okay.”
City Commission · Jun 25, 2026
- Play at 13:26
“At this time, we're going to open the floor for public comments. I understand we have a lot.”
City Commission · Jun 25, 2026