Remarks by Damian Pardo
99 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 4
- Play at 3:05:28
“Absolutely. And the neighborhoods like Coconut Grove, I mean, this is exactly what we're talking about. So I appreciate the support.”
City Commission · Jun 25, 2026
- Play at 3:07:19
“I can respond to that. This comes back to commission, so there's plenty of time when it comes back. So I think it's open enough in this form for us to go ahead and vote on it and for the work to get done and come back.”
City Commission · Jun 25, 2026
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“Yeah, RE7. Aaron DeMeo, I think, is here as the chair of our Climate Resiliency Committee. And I thought maybe you could just take a couple of minutes and explain this specific item. And thank you for all the work you have done on this and the committee.”
City Commission · Jun 25, 2026
- Play at 3:39:06
“Actually, do we know how many cities have entered into in Miami-Dade County of the 34 municipalities?”
City Commission · Jun 25, 2026
- Play at 3:39:21
“South Miami, and actually, that was a big source of my frustration because when this item was coming to commission, I had requested time and time again, let's wait for that to pan out so that we wouldn't have to enter into a voluntary agreement. That isn't the course we chose, and both of us voted against it, but there's also people here asking, well, If now we're in 287G, and I have all the faith in the world with City of Miami Police, and I've always been very open with the public, contact us directly. If we know of anybody that's doing anything, we need to be very hands-on as commissioners…”
City Commission · Jun 25, 2026
- Play at 3:54:54
“I'll also say that if there's anything anyone sees, please say something. We get emails all the time to all of our offices. If there's an incident, we want to know directly. So please make sure you're keeping us informed so that we can stay vigilant and on top of it. I know we had 70, I don't know how many people, but we had lots and lots of people speaking on this issue. Thank you for coming out and just understand that we want to know. We want to be advised of anything at all.”
City Commission · Jun 25, 2026
- Play at 8:09
“Chair, whenever you have a minute and you're done.”
Midtown Community Redevelopment Agency · Sep 26, 2024
- Play at 28:41
“Thank you. I appreciate that. First thing I want to say is I think it's apparent to most people that this is never the way something like this should be handled. you kind of proved my whole point of political theater and taking something which may all be very easily explained, very well explained, and creating a fiction around it to hurt someone, an employee of the city of Miami, who happens to be my chief of staff and does an amazing job. And I value highly and is one of the people who has helped every CRA and helped every person in the city. And I bet you can talk to most people through the…”
Midtown Community Redevelopment Agency · Sep 26, 2024
- Play at 29:43
“So let me speak. Absolutely. So let me speak.”
Midtown Community Redevelopment Agency · Sep 26, 2024
- Play at 30:00
Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Midtown Community Redevelopment Agency · Sep 26, 2024
- Play at 31:11
“This should not be handled like this, Commissioner. This is not the way that we should act as a city with each other or with the public. This is disingenuous and it's false. And we shouldn't be doing this at all. And even more. And by the way, we can go into Bayfront Park Trust. There's a million things that we have. Miguel Ferro and where he was employed. There's a million things. We shouldn't be doing this. We should simply get the information as appropriate and if their measures need to be taken, taken. But everything here was approved above board.”
Midtown Community Redevelopment Agency · Sep 26, 2024
- Play at 34:37
“All I have to go on are your statements made at this moment on the dais. There is no time to investigate this other than the texts that I've received, which he tells me he has his outside employment forms filed that I know of. He's an above board person that complies with everything. So he's not here. He's not here. I don't think, I think this is like bordering on defamation. This is an employee of the city.”
Midtown Community Redevelopment Agency · Sep 26, 2024
- Play at 35:50
“I wouldn't do that to an employee in my office. And I wouldn't do that to any employee. What you're doing right now, I wouldn't do to anyone.”
Midtown Community Redevelopment Agency · Sep 26, 2024
- Play at 36:40
“I mean, you said you were chairing the meeting before, but you didn't know you were chairman now. So, I mean, I just don't know where this information... You've gathered, and I have nothing to...”
Midtown Community Redevelopment Agency · Sep 26, 2024
- Play at 36:55
“Listen, I've always been in favor of transparency. I'm in favor of full transparency, and I will commit to investigating all of this on our behalf and share it.”
Midtown Community Redevelopment Agency · Sep 26, 2024
- Play at 37:37
“I don't have a specific hour set for him as Chief of Staff or for your job as the Midtown CRA.”
Midtown Community Redevelopment Agency · Sep 26, 2024
- Play at 37:58
“Well, he has enough with what he does too.”
Midtown Community Redevelopment Agency · Sep 26, 2024
- Play at 38:42
“Commissioner, I'm happy to work with you on this issue, and I suggest that we move on. We have pressing issues with our budget, and I think it would be better served for the city if we did that.”
Midtown Community Redevelopment Agency · Sep 26, 2024
- Play at 44:36
“Commissioner Gabela, that's not what was happening in that transaction. I don't know if you've seen the building, but it is a blighted building and it's 10 affordable housing units.”
Midtown Community Redevelopment Agency · Sep 26, 2024
- Play at 44:57
“It's a really dilapidated, falling apart building that runs that restaurant. The employees need to live there, and they're rehabbing. The top, I believe it was 10 units. If you come to the building and look at it, and you follow the resolution that was passed, you will feel very good about the project. It is not... And I'm a big proponent of CRAs, and I want to say that OmniCRA has adopted all of the state best practices, and you certainly know because you work with OmniCRA. And so we don't have these issues of, you know, what's happening. How do you feel about OmniCRA? Listen, in my…”
Midtown Community Redevelopment Agency · Sep 26, 2024
- Play at 46:12
“That is so not true. After Diaz-Lapartia left, there was a complete audit. There were implemented operations... That's not what I'm talking about at all.”
Midtown Community Redevelopment Agency · Sep 26, 2024
- Play at 46:49
“Commissioner, I would like to let him answer the question.”
Midtown Community Redevelopment Agency · Sep 26, 2024
- Play at 52:00
“Commissioner Gabela, after the audit, all of those operational things were implemented, the new audit standards. You know that, Miguel, because you were part of that as well.”
Midtown Community Redevelopment Agency · Sep 26, 2024
- Play at 1:03:26
“It's in the Omni-Sierra District. It also involves the county and Florida Department of Transportation.”
Midtown Community Redevelopment Agency · Sep 26, 2024