Remarks by David Wolf
103 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 5
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“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
Village Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“Yeah, two things. George, let's just say, for argument's sake, if we could wave a magic wand and this would be done tomorrow, the funds that would be there, what happens to them since it's allocated to this specifically?”
Village Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“So my perspective is that, kind of going back to what you said, number one, we heard from the community and every single person I spoke to, and I don't know if anybody else has, but said we have to do whatever we need to do to fight the battle as best as possible. And I'm wondering why we went so conservative. From my perspective, we should be going to the maximum. We should be putting whatever money we can. If it's instead of $99, it's $199. I don't know if you don't have that calculus. Yeah, on the maximum. But we're not losing the money. And I think the most important thing you said was we…”
Village Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“But again, my perspective is I just want to make sure this is a very important topic and we're not being short-sighted by increments to taxes, which I know everyone's very sensitive to and we should all be sensitive to, but this situation from my perspective is very different. I agree. It's very different. You know, even having some conversations with the people over in the board at the St. Regis, I mean, their litigation was significantly smaller than what we're dealing with. I mean, they hired the best lawyers, but they spent $10 million on their legal defense. Put that in perspective,…”
Village Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“Is there a thought? Alejandro, is there a thought process around your question?”
Village Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“For me, really, I don't really see this. We're talking 1.6 versus 2.2. We're not really talking about significant dollars.”
Village Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“I just want to thank you. I know you spent a lot of time and effort on it, and I know there was a lot of different companies, and I bugged you a lot, so thank you for your efforts. I mean, I think... These are great options. I did see the equipment in the North Shore, and the equipment does look great and durable and so forth. So I guess time will tell, but it looks great, and I think it's great options, and I think it's a great addition to, again, our healthy environment, our walking environment for people to be able to do these exercises and so forth. So thank you for your presentation and…”
Village Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“No, the only thing I would say is, I mean, I hear comments. I think that, you know, on a beach path, this is normally how you see it happen. I mean, if you go through Surfside, you go down further south through Miami Beach, you know, you don't have the only place where they have one beach. Big one altogether is all the way down in South Beach where it's actually an entire workout, and they probably have 10 or 15 machines or something. So, you know, this is not supposed to be a full workout like you're going to the gym for an hour. It's supposed to be a time for people to be able to walk on a…”
Village Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“Not much happened this year besides mediations. Again, the truth of the matter is that easily doubles if we go to court, easily doubles.”
Village Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“I was just saying, I know we're going to put on the nose, but I think communication around this is key to this process. And if we make the decision, don't wait for a bill to come out and everybody starts screaming. I think we definitely need to have communication out to the community because if the community understands this and understands what we're doing, everyone's going to support it. For sure. The education piece is key.”
Village Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“And as well, if the dollars aren't used, it's not like they're going somewhere else. They can go back into the budget. They can reduce the millage rate by that amount of dollars. I wish we could say the dollars aren't going to be used, but that's not the case. I'm sorry. Go ahead, Jeff.”
Village Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“My initial thought would be, say, to put it to $4 million. I think Jeff just brings a great point as well, which I didn't say, which I think is messaging out to them as well. Hey, we're ramping this up. We're not sitting back. We're not going to shy away from this guy.”
Village Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“What would be the impact on people's pockets? Oh, boy. It's almost double from the two. It's twice what I showed you and then a little bit more. It was $99 to $300 max, give or take. Hang on.”
Village Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“You could take your kids home. You don't have to stay.”
Village Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“I was just going to say, you know, from your thought process of like a marketing and collaboration, I mean, I would like to get maybe Romero's perspective as part of the resort tax and marketing and any thoughts on this from your perspective. Maybe you want to – sorry to put you on the spot. Yeah, thank you.”
Village Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“Appreciate it. Yeah, just if you decide to spray, just spray by the buildings and don't spray anywhere else. Spraying is quite detrimental from a health perspective.”
Village Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“Okay, but I'm glad to hear they're doing traps and stuff. Yeah. Much better.”
Village Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“Okay. It's already been said, but I think it's worth repeating again. I don't know if they really had a chance, because for the work and everything that Dwight's done for 11 years, I think from my perspective, I've only been here four, but as I told Warren the other night, I said, it's the highest level of service that we've gotten from Dwight. And you have, again, a high bar and big shoes to fill. From the first time I came in here and I didn't know anything, you were there. You were there to help me. You were there to teach me, really. You've been an incredible resource. And I know Penny's…”
Village Council · Jul 13, 2026
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“Okay, so we are going to close the council meeting. Adjourn. Adjourn the council meeting.”
Local Planning Agency · May 19, 2026
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“Recess. Sorry. Okay. Long term. Thank you. Rick, is Grace over here?”
Local Planning Agency · May 19, 2026
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“I'll second. Okay, very good. It's a voice vote, so all in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed? None. Motion passes. We will now move on to LPA1.”
Local Planning Agency · May 19, 2026
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“Great. Thank you. Any questions from council? No? Okay. Thank you so much. Any public comment on this item? No?”
Local Planning Agency · May 19, 2026
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“You want to make a motion? You're making the motion? Okay. Buzzy's making the motion.”
Local Planning Agency · May 19, 2026
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“Great, thank you. Okay, LPA2, Mr. Clerk.”
Local Planning Agency · May 19, 2026
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“Thank you. Any questions from council? No? Any public comment?”
Local Planning Agency · May 19, 2026