Remarks by Danny Espino
181 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 8
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“I call this meeting of the Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee to order.”
Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Jun 10, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Chair. I heard somebody say that he's moved on to a better place, but I'm going to disagree with him on that. Yeah, me too. So let's go ahead. Before we start, let's do the Pledge of Allegiance.”
Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Jun 10, 2026
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“Just a brief moment of silence, please. Flex meditation. Thank you so much. I'll entertain a motion to approve the minutes.”
Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Jun 10, 2026
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“May I have a motion to bring the E items to the floor?”
Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Jun 10, 2026
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“Hear, hear. Any other comments? Thank you so much.”
Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Jun 10, 2026
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“Yeah, I was going to ask him if he had additional comments on E87 or E88. Through the chair, I'll answer any questions you may have. Madam Chair, before you.”
Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Jun 10, 2026
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“Thank you so much. Seeing no comments. Colleagues, why don't we just jump ahead to E201 before we get to the hot potato.”
Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Jun 10, 2026
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“Anybody else on E201? Okay. And now the moment we've all been waiting for, E143.”
Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Jun 10, 2026
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Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Jun 10, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll jump in and just say just a couple of things. Now that there's no connoissance and no protest, I'll echo something I said when it first came up in committee. I think we have to, as a board, take a look at our policy on procuring this particular situation. As a former city attorney, and I've done a lot of procurement over my legal career, the fact that you score something in the first segment of evaluation and then result in a voice vote where we as board members can't necessarily identify without digging into a record how they got to that decision, what are the…”
Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Jun 10, 2026
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“So on the county- On the county side. On the county memo, they requested on July 16th at the commission meeting, this memo was dated August 6th with a summary of findings. And then there's a subsequent memo on the 12th. So I mean, from what I gleaned from this, this came from budget, this one came from the actual mayor's office, in less than 30 days, And now that I have the floor, forgive me, because I don't remember how long you want to speak. I'm going to tell you right now, guys, you've heard me say this before. This was with regards to the co-location. I hate having to make a decision…”
Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Jun 10, 2026
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“All right, so what I'm saying to you is that if it wasn't done on that timeline, what would have happened?”
Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Jun 10, 2026
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“All right, but that wasn't an answer to my question. My question was, what if it had gone longer?”
Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Jun 10, 2026
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“As far as I can tell, I'm sorry to interrupt you. As far as I can tell, I'll look back at my notes because I obviously did not commit this stuff to memory. Not in my notes, but the memo itself. I don't recall if in this memo they talk about splitting the medical and the pharmacy, and I don't have a price for what Aon did at the county.”
Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Jun 10, 2026
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“Homework between now and committee and board meeting.”
Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Jun 10, 2026
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“No, no, no, please. No, no, no, please. Are you done?”
Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Jun 10, 2026
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Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Jun 10, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you for your understanding. Board Member Geller?”
Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Jun 10, 2026
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“Thank you. So colleagues, in light of the discussion, is it everyone's poison to maybe defer without, or to recommend, to transmit without a recommendation on E143? Can I understand a motion to recommend transmittable?”
Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Jun 10, 2026
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“Thank you so much. entertain a motion to approve, recommend approval of the rest of the items.”
Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Jun 10, 2026
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“All opposed? May I have a motion to bring the G items to the floor?”
Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Jun 10, 2026
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Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Jun 10, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm sorry? Member Blanco.”
Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Jun 10, 2026
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Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Jun 10, 2026
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Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Jun 10, 2026