Remarks by Danny Espino
181 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 8
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“Colleagues, any comments, questions, concerns on G1? Seeing none, G3, please.”
Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Jun 10, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Jun 10, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Jun 10, 2026
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“Okay. Entertain a motion to reconsider H9. Do I have a second?”
Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Jun 10, 2026
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“Motion to amend the co-sponsorship? Move it. Second. All in favor?”
Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Jun 10, 2026
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“Motion to approve as amended. Do I have one?”
Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Jun 10, 2026
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“All in favor? Aye. Aye. There you go, Madam Chair. Thank you so much. So now, any new business?”
Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Jun 10, 2026
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“Well done. Colleagues, anybody else with new business? Entertain a motion to adjourn?”
Fiscal Accountability and Government Relations Committee · Jun 10, 2026
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“Welcome to the Personnel, Student, School, and Community Support Committee meeting for May 6th. Coming in as your fourth string chair. I didn't say fourth. I can read the list. I'm the fourth string chair. Pinch hitting. I'll call the meeting to order. The members are Steve Gallin as our chair, Mary Blanco as our vice chair, Dorothy Bendros-Mendigal, myself as members, alternate members Robert Alonzo and Joe Geller, Ex-officio, Marietta Ross, Monica Lucci, and non-voting, Luisa Santos. First order of business is the minutes. May I have a motion?”
Personnel, Student, School, and Community Support Committee · May 6, 2026
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“Seeing no other opposition, may I have a motion to bring the D items to the floor?”
Personnel, Student, School, and Community Support Committee · May 6, 2026
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“Board Member Alonzo, do you have any comments on the Ds? Seeing no comments, entertain a motion to approve the D items.”
Personnel, Student, School, and Community Support Committee · May 6, 2026
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“Motion to bring the G items to the floor, please.”
Personnel, Student, School, and Community Support Committee · May 6, 2026
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“That's my comment. Additional comments? Board Member Geller.”
Personnel, Student, School, and Community Support Committee · May 6, 2026
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“Thank you so much. Seeing no comments, I'll just add that, like Board Member Geller, we've both had the opportunity to practice law in a public setting. It's a very interesting way to represent a client with interesting public dynamics, internal dynamics, and I respect the work that you're doing, and I appreciate everything you've done.”
Personnel, Student, School, and Community Support Committee · May 6, 2026
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“Thank you very much. Entertain a motion to bring the H items to the floor? Move it. Second. All in favor, say aye. Aye. H7 is mine. Actually, colleagues, I think somebody mentioned, and our board chair did, and board member Geller mentioned the fact that there is quite upheaval in Cuba right now. And as Secretary Rubio said, I believe, yesterday or just the other day, you have a country being run not by communists but by incompetent communists. And at this point, it seems that Cuba is on the verge of an evolution, hopefully a positive one. So with that in mind, we certainly have seen…”
Personnel, Student, School, and Community Support Committee · May 6, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Chair. So I will be adding a number 11, continue review of the student influx guide in accordance with your recommendation.”
Personnel, Student, School, and Community Support Committee · May 6, 2026
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“Okay, perfect. Any other comments? Seeing none, yes, Board McGillard.”
Personnel, Student, School, and Community Support Committee · May 6, 2026
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“Thank you, sir. Motion for cosponsorship?”
Personnel, Student, School, and Community Support Committee · May 6, 2026
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“Motion to recommend the item as amended. Second. All in favor?”
Personnel, Student, School, and Community Support Committee · May 6, 2026
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“Okay, thank you so much, colleagues. That exhausts our main agenda. On to new business. I'm going to take them a little bit out of order. Staff follow-up, Agenda H-7. I'm sorry, new business for the board members. Forgive me.”
Personnel, Student, School, and Community Support Committee · May 6, 2026
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“Thank you, Board Member Santos. I was looking forward to this. I really was. I mean, I had heard first, I'm sorry to interject, but I had first heard through comments at ABC that we both had expressed to the administration some challenges that we experienced during important transitions in ours. Does anybody want to go ahead and speak first on the item?”
Personnel, Student, School, and Community Support Committee · May 6, 2026
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“Yeah, I mean, so I encountered almost all of these things that you mentioned here. I think one of the biggest issues is fine, they get caught off guard. You can potentially catch them up. But then even when they buy into the idea of the fact that it doesn't get approved until June left parents with a lot of concern of just, well, am I going to be able to get in? And so for Miami Springs, which will now be Miami Springs Preparatory Academy, it's a school-wide magnet with an attendance boundary. So the kids are, you know, if you're in the boundary, you're getting in, and if you're not, you can…”
Personnel, Student, School, and Community Support Committee · May 6, 2026
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“From my point, I welcome taking that feedback and running with it, Board Member Santos, and seeing what you come up with, and we'll make the sausage next month.”
Personnel, Student, School, and Community Support Committee · May 6, 2026
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“Any preliminary feedback from the administration? I'm not going to hold you to it, it's okay.”
Personnel, Student, School, and Community Support Committee · May 6, 2026
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“Thank you, Board Member Santos. Appreciate that. Any other Board Member items for discussion? Seeing none, let's just jump one ahead to follow up for agenda item H7. I believe this is your item, Board Member Colucci. Any comments on that?”
Personnel, Student, School, and Community Support Committee · May 6, 2026