Remarks by Fortuna Smukler
248 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 10
- Play at 14:48
“She wanted to know what was going on with 14.5 and I told her it was deferred until September. Yeah, that's true. Yes.”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“Do we have to make a motion to approve? Motion to approve.”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“Okay. Um, commissioner Sean, you've done a beautiful job and as I whispered to her a little bit earlier, some residents came up and, um, congratulated you and praised your hard work. Everyone had a beautiful evening. Also, yay to Highland Village. Thank you Commissioner Smith for pushing it and thank you to Trisha Harris. For how long have you been asking for this, 25 years? for more than 25 years for asking for this. To a city attorney, Joe, last month I had asked you, I know we spoke earlier and I forgot, last month I had asked you about that ethics complaint that was thrown out and if we…”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“All right. I mean, it was a frivolous ethics complaint filed against me that was thrown out like instantly. And I still had to hire an attorney and that was like 400 and something dollars. And I wanted... Yeah, sure. I wanted the city, and the city is paying for that, so I wanted the city to ask for the money back. Speaking of which, one of the speakers said something about the mayor suing the city. Can you Because not everybody, I don't know.”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“campaign of the campaign to uh update the commission on on how that's going all right uh i have a motion no i i'm sorry i have a question you know i can we just make this a request and we we don't we haven't even signed the contract we don't know if the company can do it in 30 days like we can't hold them to it and then we can't hold them to it okay so it's a request we don't know why are we making a motion we don't know if the company Do we need input from this company to do this?”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 2:33:17
“So we did raise the employees portion last year, $10?”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 2:39:31
Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“Mr. Mayor, my husband's company's name starts with the word Miami, and we were living in Miami Beach when we opened it up, but we chose just Miami. I don't know why, but we did. Our office is in Miami Shores. If Miami Shores comes knocking on my door telling me that we need to change the name to Miami Shores, et cetera, the rest of the name, I would say absolutely not. This is the business we've had for all these years. and I'm not changing my name because the city decided that I need to change my name. And what about like these, I can't think of one right now, but I'm sure there's businesses…”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 2:50:43
“I'm just telling you that if Miami Shores came to me and told me I needed to add the name Shores now to my business, that's not happening.”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 2:50:58
“They have to change the name through the department, their checks, they have to check everything. It's not just, it's not changing a name, it's changing, it's a process.”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 2:56:06
“I'm trying to find out what it was. I was asking if this resolution, the one that says we can't do Aventura, is it just the word Aventura or is it any city?”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 2:56:59
“We have always said everybody has to vote. We've said it, including Commissioner Smith and including... No, Commissioner Smith and I have always said everybody has to vote.”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“Just for the record, for those wows out there, Commissioner Smith and Commissioner Smuckler have always said in the last few years, ever since we went to a ethics class where it said everybody has to vote, we've always been adamant that everybody has to vote.”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 3:15:32
“But if you see someone actually stealing it, call the police at that time. If you see them stealing it, better yet, take a video of it.”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 3:17:45
“So, so I, oh, sorry. No, no, I'll wait till. Oh.”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“No, and also I think Vice Mayor wanted to speak. Okay. All right, so this bond, So this bond is paid by the candidate or the campaign? The candidate? No, the campaign? Okay, no, I just wanted to know if it was a personal expense or if it was a... Okay, that's what I wanted to know. Also, is this going to be effective now or in 2028? Well, I mean, it's...”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 3:35:38
“I was asking if it was now or 2028, because I believe that 2028 is the right time to start.”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“All right, so can I, like, the primaries happen, and a lot of people that have lost, they're not picking up their signs. Like, can I pick them up? I mean, can I, they're bothering, they're not on my property, but they're just bothering me being out there. Right.”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 3:36:35
“What if it's like on the right-of-way or something?”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“And I do remember that the city had this bond thing going on a few years back because I remember having a resident Yeah, I had a resident call me because Code had picked up some of their signs and they were crying. Not a resident, I'm sorry, a candidate. It was a little sign. A candidate called me hysterically many years ago and I had recommended, rest in peace, Norman Edwards to her to use as an attorney. So yeah, we did do it with the little signs. Okay, so I hate campaign signs, so I'm anti-campaign signs, but I just want to say that I was just doing a little Googling here, and so when the…”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 3:38:10
“All right, so can you look at Reed versus Town of Gilbert?”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 3:38:29
“Yeah, but that one, if I understood correctly, says that if we allow, let's say, for sale signs for unlimited amount of time, then we have to allow the same size campaign signs for that unlimited amount of time. Mm-hmm.”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“Well, I mean, here it says a town cannot have a rule that allows a commercial for sale sign to sit in a lawn for six months while ordering a vote for candidate X sign to come down in two weeks. A what sign? Vote for candidate X. That may mean something, some vote taken out of context.”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
- Play at 3:40:54
“I'm okay with your answer. I don't want to prolong this anymore, but thank you. I'm finished with my questions.”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026