Remarks by Doris Acosta
293 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 12
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“It already has in this short period of activity that it has.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Well, we had, for example, when we did the opening, right, for not our opening, but like the ribbon cutting, I think it was for AFA, right? We had high-profile politicians coming into town. You all received calls to say, hey, what are you doing to secure our people? And that now took the attention that would have gone to our normal residents into this new activity last minute. And it's going to continue to be like that. It's not going to stop. So what do you predict that happens?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“And this also extended to Johnny, correct? Because he's your forensic person for the video reviews and all of that.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 4:15:02
“So he has to witness all of these things, just the opposite of him.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“And that doesn't include cases like the one we had here on the causeway where we had, remember the gentleman coming out on North Bay Island and you had to physically restrain him and some of our officers were hurt. So now you're losing that person.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“So the reason why I bring this up so that the public can hear real life examples of officers have to endure and what they're at risk by not paying a little bit more in taxes to help us with this. So is there anything else that you would like to add to this?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 4:22:55
“Now, if I may say, Richard, what you were saying about the compression, of course, is a reality, right? My thought with that is there is a reason why these people are getting such an increase of 30,000 versus some that may not get none of that. It's because of also loyalty of years of working here.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 4:23:17
“It's just now. If you look at this, not even a point. not even a tenth of this, it's those increases. And, and, If we're going to make heavy decisions today of increasing taxes, you really should try to resolve heavy problems and not just lightly. So at least we'll be moving on to something that really makes a difference and an impact rather than for small reductions.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 4:23:52
“Can we change that later? We do go higher and change this later.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 4:24:28
“No. No, this is including all of it. No. There's other items. That's why I started with give me the total points so that I would start with.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 4:26:37
“But this still puts us at those numbers.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 4:27:05
“Yeah, but the equipment doesn't get on the street. It doesn't work for us. It doesn't stay. We need them over equipment.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 4:28:18
“That's what- That's our change from the original one that you gave.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 4:29:33
“And that was something I was gonna talk to you about too, about hours of operation, because there are cities that don't necessarily have it. I mean, for now we can start with two.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“But we obviously established that we cannot make everybody happy. Just so we realize that. That has everybody covered in the best way possible.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 4:37:53
“Well, I don't think that's what she was saying.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 4:37:58
“We're all just trying. Again, space here. We're all just trying. Can we just go back to this?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 4:38:12
“Well, we still haven't even shown each other's priorities here.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“No, I wasn't. I had just started with asking what all of them are. But I actually am very curious to hear Commissioner Cook's priorities. Vice Mayor, go ahead. Oh, Vice Mayor, sorry.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“And could we get what that would be then, Sandra?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“So commissioner, the reason why I asked that is because it's what you were saying, uh, vice mayor. It's so you took the big hits. Okay. From here, which is great, but the difference is so minimum that I believe is worth seeing, but whatever, uh, my priorities are, uh, definitely, I would like to see pretty much everything here. The only one that I'm also, I agree with the vice mayor is number 11. Other than that, and again, it's not even a 10th of a point. So these are just so small. It just doesn't make any sense and not make a jump for what makes our community whole rather than Big point,…”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“But that's my thought behind it. Nick picking tiny little pieces. It's not going to make anybody a hero here tonight. That's for sure.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“No, I'm going to go for everything. I'm just saying, I understand, but I want to go for everything. I feel like if anybody, the neighbors need to get something that makes them happy during the holidays. And again, it's a minimum amount. It's not even a tenth of a point. Okay.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“As we attach it to a capital improvement project.”
Village Commission · Jun 25, 2026
- Play at 58:21
“We've already started that process. So we should have an expectation of that line of what the expense is and what it is.”
Village Commission · Jun 25, 2026