Remarks by David Weingot
68 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 3
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“You know, let's see. I'm really happy you're here.”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“I hear all of that, and I also recognize that evenings are, after we've all worked a full day and have families, but yet we devote the time to do it, and we each make time. I was on travel, and I joined one of these special meetings that were scheduled, you know, pretty short notice, but we were noticed, and I joined from Switzerland and participated, and so... You know, we make the time for things that are important to us to the best of our ability. It doesn't mean that we won't miss a meeting. You know, every so often we're human. This is a volunteer involvement. The $1 a year gets used up…”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“I'll make a motion to pass 2A as written.”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“If I may. Thank you, Commissioner Trevani, for your very level-headed, thought-out points on it. I agree with you. It's frustrating at times that things take time. You want to effect change. That's why you're up here. You devote a tremendous amount of your time to it. And as we see it, we're simply reverting to what was here. So I don't see a need to COMPLICATE IT FURTHER WHEN IT ALREADY IS CHALLENGING. THERE ARE SO MANY CHECKS AND BALANCES IN PLACE. OUR TOWN CHARTER WAS IN LINE WITH BEST PRACTICES THERE. SO AS IT WAS, IT WAS DIFFICULT TO GET THINGS DONE, BUT THAT'S GOVERNMENT BECAUSE WE NEED…”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“Okay. I appreciate the feedback and I'm comfortable with that.”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“I think it's important that the quorum be sustained there, and that the public recognized that, to the mayor's point, that if you say a false accusation enough times, that's what people know. And they have yet to produce any proof of these things. And there have been attempts on myself already. And you could scrub. licensing 14 states with the FBI for my security firm. So you could have fun doing that all day long because I keep a squeaky clean life there. But those that have made those attempts can know that I will handle them very, very seriously, and my attorneys will take that very…”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“All right, thank you for that clarity. With that, I see no reason why anyone should have an issue with there being a rule not to slander anyone up here. I think that's part of maintaining decorum and in the effort of finding balance and working together here, I listened to the request to strike impertinent and that will remain. However, I'm not gonna change my motion to remove slanders.”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“Okay, so we're amending the motion to have a discussion following the vote?”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“I'll just share what I shared in our first reading on this. And I've taken some time to speak to elected officials from other jurisdictions on the item. Surfside was a small town. If you look at the budget over the last decade, it's increased significantly for the right reasons. It's grown significantly. It's vibrant. There's a lot going on. There's a lot more tax dollars coming in. There's a lot more to be managed. And perhaps when it was just a small little village, there was less work to get done. But it's very happening. There's a lot going on. And when elected officials represent the…”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“I'll step in. I think it's very important to address because this should not be misunderstood as not caring about safety. It's simply not putting in place a rule or law that is not enforceable. I was actually going to do a search with our wonderful law enforcement to see how many citations have been issued since this was put in place. But I think the burden on law enforcement is quite heavy already. So for them to start looking through a sandcastle or anything like that to see if someone's in violation is probably... overbearing, overreaching enough. So just for public record, everyone…”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“I support the education. I think something I expressed, I think it's a good way to spread awareness to this.”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“Remains as original and they'll be separate. Yeah, okay.”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“I'll hop in and just reiterate some of what I shared the first time around. And I just want to address a key piece they brought forward is on the surface, if you're not looking at it or looking into it, you know, you could say, oh, how are you removing some piece of ethics restrictions here or requirements? And then the idea of us being a light onto other towns. Again, I speak to other towns. There is a stigma about how things have operated here and what has transpired here over the last two years. And what I keep getting is I hope you guys could clear it up and clean it up. And it looks like…”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“I just want to address one thing I'm thinking because a colleague, Giovanni, had mentioned one prior, I think it was a meeting, that a component, and again, I'm going to be very clear, this is in support of you. This is, God forbid, nothing accusatory because I have nothing to accuse you of because you're an awesome, upstanding member of society. But you mentioned there's a component to your job that has a sales element. So I just want to enlighten you on what I like the transparency. I like being a model to other governments. And I'll address the best practices part. I don't want to take too…”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“And then we would just have to make up for the additional 200 or so? Correct.”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“I have a question before future projects. At a town meeting here, the commission voted for $500,000 of repairs towards the stormwater pumps and system. That was for emergency repairs and pumps that were found to be in immediate need of repair. Is that included here?”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“Okay, I just wanted to clarify, so that's aside from these funds that are available?”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“So I have a few thoughts for my colleagues. Number one, as far as the communications, I know 300K could sound like a lot, and we have public comment on that as well. And I believe we got a few quotes. I know you're encouraged getting a few more quotes.”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“So a few things, I chair the tourism board and there's actually, it was the first meeting and I had to step out in the last five minutes of the meeting and in that time there was a vote by the board to spend $80,000 on the video segment called the Surfside thing.”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“And that's something that typically would be covered by a communications department or And this is, you know, or our outsourced resource that can cover that. So I'm just looking at total net spend that would have been rolled up if we had someone doing that as part of it. So that was $80,000 just on that segment for as long as that's going to go. To Commissioner Trevani, as far as some of the bigger projects, and including the spend on the lobbyists this year, which is definitely an increase. I see it as an investment. Firmly believe we'll get appropriations through that. That will be a…”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“For clarification, for it to be a net zero or zero increase, what would we have to do as a commission?”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“And what's the risk in doing that other than us?”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“I've got a few points to keep in mind if we do go solar.”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“Just a few things to keep in mind. If we do go solar, the capital expense, the initial investment may be slightly higher, but then we reduce the ongoing electric expense. Keep in mind when we hit undergrounding, this would avoid many complications there. Yeah, yeah.”
Town Commission · Aug 27, 2026