Remarks by Danielle Cohen Higgins
389 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 16
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“Thank you, Commissioner Gilbert. Commissioner Milian Orvis. Thank you, Madam Chair.”
Aviation and Seaport Committee · Sep 8, 2026
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“Anyone else commissioner Hartman you're recognized.”
Aviation and Seaport Committee · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you commissioner Hartman commissioner Gonzalez you recognize.”
Aviation and Seaport Committee · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you, Commissioner Gonzalez. And thank you, Director. Again, I think we've all applauded our fire department and our first responders for an extraordinary job. And this is when our community tends to shine the brightest. You know, when we have tragedies, we know how to handle it. And we always come together as a community and showcase how amazing our first responders truly are in Miami-Dade County. And this is another example. And there are five lives that were lost, and I know they have not been identified yet. But there's also three people, I think, that are still in critical…”
Aviation and Seaport Committee · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah, and I know that a lot of agencies have responded and have been on the ground, the NTSB, the FAA, obviously MDSO, our firefighters, everybody at MIA. Has anybody been in touch? And I know there was a general thoughts and prayers statement that has been released, but have we all been in contact with Amazon?”
Aviation and Seaport Committee · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay, great. Thank you, director. If there's no further comments or questions from that, yes, Commissioner Gilbert, you're recognized.”
Aviation and Seaport Committee · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you. Um, any further comments or discussions? Uh, yes. Deputy mayor, you recognized Madam chair.”
Aviation and Seaport Committee · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you Commissioner Gilbert and thank you Deputy Mayor for providing that clarification. I do think that it's an important conversation to have and clarity needs to be given because I don't think anybody wants to see a display similar to the one that we saw happen again, especially when lives have been lost. It is a complete distraction from what we should be focused on, which is making sure that we are keeping those individuals in our thoughts and our prayers and being unified as a government and as a county. And I'm very, very hopeful. And I know, in fact, that we will, we will get there…”
Aviation and Seaport Committee · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you, thank you. Okay, any further comment or discussion? I know this will be ongoing. Director, thank you for that detailed report and analysis. And I thank my colleagues for the obvious unified expression of care and concern regarding all those affected and obviously repeating the message that Miami International Airport is very, very safe. um and and obviously an amazing uh airport here so with that any bifurcations or um any item that any of you would like to discuss on today's agenda seeing none i'll entertain a motion on the entire agenda separate and apart from 3d it's been moved…”
Aviation and Seaport Committee · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay, I don't have any problem advancing 3B and asking our chairman to place it on the next agenda. Anybody have an objection to that? Seeing none. Okay, to the attorneys, any unreadiness or unfinished business before the body this morning? Seeing none, thank you all so much, everyone. We are adjourned.”
Aviation and Seaport Committee · Sep 8, 2026
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Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you. Next speaker, please state your name, your address. Chambers. Chambers. Chambers. Thank you. For those of you that are joining us for the first time, we don't applause. We raise our hands in support. We can thumbs down if we don't support, but we don't allow the applause. Welcome. Please state your name, your address, and the item that you are speaking on. I'm going to remind you that we are here on public hearing items. 5B is listed for a lot of you as the item that you are speaking on. However, it is not. And I will repeat, 5B is not the Israeli bonds item. If you start your…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you for your testimony. Next speaker, your name, your address, you'll have one minute in the item you are speaking on.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“That item has already passed. That's 11A2. That item has already passed.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“Speak to the item that you registered to speak on. 11A2 has already passed. Thank you.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“That's not how it works here. Unfortunately, the public hearing on that item has already been opened and closed, which that instruction was previously given to you downstairs. You need to speak to the item that you registered for. That's what our rules require. We almost follow the same rules. 5B is what you're registered to speak for. Please proceed on 5B.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“To our sergeants, to our sergeants, to our sergeants, we will have order in the chambers. To our sergeants, if you are standing in the back, I need you to find a seat. I need you to find a seat now. Please find a seat within the chamber. Please keep order in our chambers and please be respectful of everyone. Are you wrapping up? Are you finished?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you. Commissioner, Commissioner, can you please ask to be recognized as a- Listen, we could be asked to follow the procedures in this board, but we're not doing that.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you, thank you, Commissioner Hardiman. He's speaking to, I don't think it was caught on the microphones, but somebody within our audience spoke out, out of turn and without registering. I couldn't agree with Commissioner Hardiman more. Again, we will have order in our chambers. Welcome back, Mr. Chairman.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“I need to bifurcate 5D, Mr. Chair, for a brief motion. If the attorneys can please read my motion on 5D.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“To my colleagues, there are other folios going to Habitat for Humanity. They requested the removal of this folio because for whatever the reason, this particular parcel became very difficult for them to construct on. So they simply requested that this particular folio be removed from consideration. Thank you, Mr. Chair.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think 5M raises an interesting issue because nowhere in the item have The administration, the attorneys articulated this very important piece of information that was just shared with us on the microphone, i.e., this is not a discretionary item essentially for us to vote up or down. You're saying if it meets certain technical statutory requirements, we are mandated by law in order to approve this. I'm not sure why that critical information is not included in the item because our residents read these items. They organize, they petition our offices as they absolutely…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“I do think that that would be helpful. I don't know that that needs to be a policy decision. I don't know that that needs to be an item. I think that's just a level of transparency that our residents deserve so that they can understand when they're positioning our office, the position that we're in and the discretion that we have, or that we don't have. which is applicable in this instance. I support the district commissioner and her decision to say that this is not conforming with the neighborhood. This is not appropriate in the neighborhood. I'm not sure where it takes us legally, and I…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026