Remarks by Fortuna Smukler
248 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 10 of 10
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“You're saying that it's better to have this as an ordinance than in the charter? Yes.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“I just wanna say that if they're snowbirds and they were voting, then they shouldn't have been voting.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“May I? Yeah, so I think saying that the smarter people would be voting in May is not the correct language that should be said. I think what happens in November, it'll either be for the governor of Florida or for the presidents of the United States every two years. and um you know people generally go out to vote for that and then there'll be like oh yeah that's right there's let me pick this name because i like this name or i've heard of this name right those are the those are the people that vote in those elections but the people that that we want to vote right are the the people who who…”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Yeah, but you're still in the same situation. You're going to have that.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“No, you want every voter to come out, but in the May vote, It'll be people who will understand in the November vote. It'll be people who may not understand and they're just gonna pick a name because, oh, I know somebody by that name or I like that name or it's a woman or it's Jewish or it's Haitian. They may just pick a name because they're there and they're gonna pick a name, but the person who's gonna go out and vote in May is gonna go out and vote because they are informed.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“I don't remember when we voted in May, did we have all the polls open or we had just one?”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“So Washington Park better be built by then. Oh, it will be. Okay.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“What happens if that issue actually happened on Election Day in November?”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“When we ran for office in North Miami, there was an issue. There was something because I remember Pizzle went and bought water for everybody. There was an issue there at early voting. So it could happen.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Correct. If it's an ordinance, we don't have to vote on that right now.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“And it says May, but is it May 1st, May 31st? Like when would it be? The first week of May?”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Second. Jackson. But wait, are we going to talk about? So we will have a runoff. It's not going to be the most votes. Okay.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“No, that's what we're just agreeing with.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Is that going to be two items or one to put together? Two. Two?”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“And can this be an ordinance? It can be an ordinance.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Attorney Geller, can we make it an ordinance?”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“So you're saying there's a Florida law that says...”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“So what about when you vote to certify it? Remember how we vote as a commission to certify it?”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“So if we have a... a commission meeting the following week to certify it, right? Like I'm termed out, so we'll use myself as an example. So we have a commission meeting, there's an election, somebody wins, a week later, we vote to certify it, which is what we've always done. I can't do that. I can't certify it anymore.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“So what if someone were to, let's say, file a police report or something? Then does the police have to investigate it? And then there'll be proof?”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“But if the police, let's say, were to investigate and they can, they'll see that there's no, that the person doesn't live there. That's it.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
- Play at 5:30:32
“Wait, wait, isn't there a, is that it? 7.26, are you making any justifications?”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026