Remarks by Doris Acosta
293 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 12
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“I can agree with that. It's kind of... with a limited amount of time.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Can this expire in three months, this offer? Yeah. Three months? Does that seem fair? No, three months is as long as we're going to have this offer available.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Why are we losing 2 1⁄2 million? You were willing to lose more than that because you were going to vote for the 200 to begin with.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“But you've been so persuasive. I'm being realistic. And that's why I'm trying to be flexible.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“60 days? 60 days going once, twice, I'm in.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Maybe we'll get a frenzy and we'll get more money than we've expected.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“And that's, I think, the best that we can do. Because I am concerned.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Sandra, just before that, just wanted to clarify something. I don't know if you mentioned when you said the medium house price was at $500,000, correct? Yes, $526,073.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Another thing, as we were working on these figures, you were updating them with me at the same time, you notice how many of these fees were actually reduced from, I think, 2020, from when you were looking at this, like, what was it, like the Everglades Construction Project, the Children's Trust, there was a few, not huge numbers, but there were some reductions from where we were in 2020 to where we are today. tax-wise. Thank you. I just wanted to clarify those things.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“I just want to- I have the same question you have.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“I was just going to ask you, how did we come about this?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Let me put it in a very easy way. Your microphone.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“um if there's an appetite to cut the budget from the lobbyist and to go this next year without making a concerted effort in tallahassee i have a question to frank about that based on the conversation that i had with you for that revenue source that i discussed with you that i'm going to be bringing up in september would that be a huge problem not having a lobbyist well you're going to have to legislation is going to have to be”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“It's a big endeavor, but it could be a huge win for us. Obviously, you haven't heard nothing about it.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“No, no, no, no. It's not about an idea of going to state capitol and make change. That's not at all why I was asking this to Frank. It's because a very specific plan to provide a significant amount of annual revenue to the city of Northwood Village would need somebody to lobby for us to make that happen. And of course, you don't know nothing about this, and this is why I'm asking you.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“The state for the proposal that I was going to make in September.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Correct. And that's the only reason why I'm not.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Come on. Save space here. Save space. Okay. Question, Sandra. I would like to know how much would it be with all of these added?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Oh, what do you mean? Oh, like, what would that be?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Just making sure we know. Okay. So, and again, next year.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Yes, because now the pay scale goes differently.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Sandra, could I have that estimate, if you don't mind?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Microphone, Chief, please. Turn the mic on. Thank you.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“I do have a question. Earlier, I spoke to you and I asked you about the increase in calls from our dispatcher. You gave me some figures, which blew my mind. Last year, you mentioned we received a total of 48,631 calls for service. That was last year. Yes. July 2020. The first time months earlier. This year? Yes. We are higher than that at 52,356, which makes it almost 4,300 calls a month for service. Opening, it was last year, it was 48,000 for the first seven months of the year. And what is it now? 48,631. And now it's 52,356, which is an average of 4,333 per month. Now we are going to be…”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“It's another open space, active space that we would imagine is going to create even more calls, events, attention.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026