Remarks by Eileen Higgins
260 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 10 of 11
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“Yes. Okay. I have a motion on all of that.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“Second. Second. All in favor say aye. Aye. All right, now we will return to RE3. Commissioner Gabella, I think you were the one with the next question. Is that correct?”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“Will we do that? That's probably something that's shade me.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“All right, so despite our total dismay about this item, no offense to your legal services, do I have a motion?”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“I know, I would never, I'm not looking at anyone except you. And it's Commissioner Rosado's birthday, so we can't ask him.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“Maybe because it's your birthday, you could just do a favor. We can all hold our noses while we vote on this if we need to.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“This will die for lack of a second and we would go to court.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“Which I think we all know costs more. So that is.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“Yeah, but it's hard to do that. All right, so no one is willing to second. I'll second. All right. I'll second. And then we'll owe you a second on another thing you don't want to do in the future. All right, so everyone please hold your nose as we vote on this item. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? All right, show that item passed begrudgingly by our commission.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“Thank you. We're sorry you have this case. All right. RE3. Now we're on to RE9 and 10, which are connected, I think. Who would like, I know Commissioner King, you pulled.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“Commissioner Pardo, again, you're the patient one.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“They did, pardon the interruption. It used to be they could appoint for a very long time, even as long as, you know, three and a half, you know, let's say, God forbid, something happens on day one of a term, you could appoint someone for four years. But we put a charter amendment on that you could appoint, but that appointment was only good until the next countywide election. So for example, Commissioner Lopez was appointed less than a year ago, and she's already on the ballot. So there was this idea that they didn't want to, in countywide elections, or the county has sometimes more, can be…”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“This is one of those times where it's very complicated because obviously we should always elect a representative, right? That is an obvious feature of our democracy, our country, and certainly our community. But then you run into, every now and then, you have a six or nine month or one year gap where you've got to fill things in. And when the supervisor of election used to report to the county you at least had a municipal government that had control over the supervisor elections. And we have a pretty good relationship with the county. I realize today we had a little tit and tat with them. But…”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“I don't know what you guys... We are having a lot of good suggestions here, I think.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“Yeah. Okay, so we'll defer 9 and 10 indefinitely. I think there's a lot of meat in this discussion, right, because we can end up with vacancies right now that we don't have the ability to fill properly, quickly, and efficiently within our charter and whether that ends up being a charter amendment the next time there's an election grade and if there's something we can do. Okay. All right, so we have a motion to defer 9 and 10. Do I second? All right, all in favor?”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“Yes, that will give Commissioner Escalona time to say.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“Commissioner Rosado has the floor. So we can get to you after Commissioner Rosado finishes.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. To our city attorney, you want to explain that to all of us?”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“Commissioner Gabela, you have a question? Yeah.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“All right, colleagues, any more discussion or thoughts on this? Commissioner Rosado, how would you like to proceed? I have control of the meeting, thank you very much. Commissioner Rosado, how would you like to proceed?”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“Okay, there's a motion to approve. Is there a second?”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“Okay, we have a second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? No.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“Motion passes three to two with Commissioner King and Commissioner Pardo being no votes. Thank you. All right, where are we? First readings, I believe, will we read those titles into the record?”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026