Remarks by Darrin Palumbo
628 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 13 of 26
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“We're going to have some light signs going on here. Joan, how many people are signed up to speak on this item, please?”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Let's get through a few counselor questions. We'll talk about extending, but let's go through a round. Counselor Gray, you're up first.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“All right, please, please, let's counsel. Let's stick with Mary.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“I apologize. We have to extend this meeting. Oh, yes, please. Casey, when are we changing the hours? Is that the October 1st meeting in October? October 5th. All right. So, counselors, this is the big one, and these folks' voice needs to be heard, and we're not going to stifle that. If I calculate, 15 people signed up, did you say?”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“So 11 times three is 33, and then four get five minutes.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“It's a midnight or it's a sketch after there. Am I within my rights to extend this to a, you guys have to extend to 12 o'clock. I need a motion. I move to extend it to midnight.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Anybody opposed, say no. If we can keep this going around as quick as possible, that would be good. I'm sorry, Vice Chair. Please ask your question.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“I'm just trying to protect the city. Let me just try to, if I could tie this up. And I'm trying to hear what you're asking. But let me ask it this way. Is there any approval for pontoon boats, mega yachts? No. It's amount of people. What are the criteria for any boat? That's what I think. How did this boat of this size become legal in our waters?”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“And where did this resolution come from?”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“It doesn't say cruise ship because they put pumpers in there for bigger ships.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“I'm happy to answer any questions. I'm sure I might have a couple of guys' light signs with questions. If not, I have one. Vice Chair Champagne.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“I thought that you were banned from that conversation.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Sorry, city attorney's barking at me, so we'll catch up in a little bit. Sorry. Vice Chair Champagne.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“I see no more lights on. I have a couple quick comments. We have to get the public comment. We're going to be here a while. Councilor Dome, I agree. Planning Board Member Finkel, Bailey, Hanson, DuBois, Ferringer, Jansen, Mike Hogan, these are all good, intelligent, smart people that ask these questions for nine hours. There was a woman that came up to speak for public speaking. I forget her name. It's been a long meeting. But she had asked a bunch of questions I couldn't answer before getting here. And I said there's going to be no overnights. It was a condition. There was a series of other…”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Opposed? Please start calling them up for public comment. Three minutes and five minutes if seated, please.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Thank you. Joan, please hold off on calling the next person up. Guys, congratulations. We're going to need to reset our video recording mechanisms. We're going to midnight, so we're going to take a five-minute recess so we can do that. We'll bring the rest of the public comment up after that. We're in recess. It's tomorrow.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Actually, councilors all present, it's actually, if you think about it, not to make this, it's 9-11. So that's something we'll be getting together with tomorrow. Joan, today, yes, exactly. Joan, who's next on our public comment list?”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Greg, I'm sorry for the city attorney. I gave you three minutes.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“I have a question for you, sir. Yes, you can. I've got about, I can't count on my phone, but about 350 Rosemarine emails. You can just see them. I spent 40 minutes on the phone with one woman, another 20, half an hour with somebody else. I forget which public speaker came up and said we didn't get back to her. I did get back to the first one and answer the questions because they were detailed and I was answering other emails. We've had nine hours of meetings. We've had this meeting. Meeting with staff, other counselors have been emailed, called. We've had information in the newspaper. And I'm…”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Appreciate your input. I might respectfully agree to disagree on that, but I do appreciate your time and coming. Thank you. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“All right. I'm going to take my go-around. I'm going to get to you, Councilor Goldberg. I'm going to take mine first. Zach, before I get to you, I want to make a little statement. I've been making some notes here. Just something I find ironic. At my request, I don't know how many meetings back, a year back, eight months back, I asked Dan High to produce a report with the Waterways Advisory Committee on the channel, right? Why? I didn't think we were getting our fair share from Naples to dredge it or to make sure it was safe. And it's the only one in Collier County that wasn't. Man, we…”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“All right, I'm going to leave it at that for the moment, but that's what's on my mind, the maximum boat size. Councilor Goehler?”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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City Council · Sep 10, 2026