Remarks by Fortuna Smukler
248 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 10
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“You know, I'd like to say no until it's corrected, but at the same time, I don't want it to not pass. So can I vote afterwards, later? I'm going to.”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“I'm passing right now. Oh, that's good. Paul, see, I'm passing.”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“Yeah, but if I were to vote no, then it wouldn't pass.”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“Well, that's why I don't wanna, that's why I'm passing.”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“All right, but for the record, I'm a yes on the previous item. Yeah, I'm a yes as well, Madam Clerk. Okay, I have a change. All right, just sit down. What?”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“I think it's very interesting about this because there's no right.”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“Can we do a move point? I would like to do it separately because I have a question on one of them. All right. We'll do it separately, Madam Clerk.”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“All right, so I've actually, so I'm the chair of the Commission of Status of Women, and I had a few of the commission, the COSW members approach me about renewing them, but... Because of the... But because, are we for sure certain that we cannot have the Commission of Status of Women?”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“Okay, so would it be... And we don't have any meetings or events coming up anymore.”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“Commission said it does not have any more meetings or any more events until ever. So would it be a mute point to a point? I mean, I don't have a problem.”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“All right. I mean, it's only for three months.”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“No, I'm not denying it, but just think. I mean, she's coming to the library board, and obviously I'm a yes for that. I just don't know if we should just. She'll go down as one of the last members of the board. All right, that's fine.”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“Are we appointing? Yeah, no, I'm okay to appoint. Okay, good. That's a point.”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“The appointing Virginia Freedlove to the library board. I don't have that one. Yes, number 16.3. 16.3.”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“It's very confusing. It does say it somewhere. But I know I read every word. I had to read it.”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“Oh, okay. No, but it does say beautification somewhere.”
City Commission · Aug 27, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. I know that I voted yes on this ordinance, but I really think it is too much money for one department, especially since it's the beginning of the department. Maybe once it's fully... that fully know what this department will really bring back to the city. So I would like to see that amount changed. I think it's more important to put that monies in some other department. So I'm not sure if we have to bring it back as an ordinance to change the amount or...”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“So then we're going to give the community development, we're going to take money away from the community development department because now they don't have that salary?”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Well, I'm just saying that we need to cut money. I'm going to talk about if that amendment 3 passes or not. I'm not even going there. But, you know, we're trying to cut monies in all the departments and here we're giving the economic development a million dollars. So I would like to see something cut there as well. If nobody agrees with me, then we'll suspend it.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“As long as we save some money there, I'm game.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“And one final note, Commissioner Smith said a word that triggered a thought in my head. She said the word parcels. We have a few pieces of parcels that are empty, doing nothing, paying property taxes and landscaping bills. Why don't we sell this? I mean, why are we holding onto them? I'm not sure what you know, right, because you're just like new to the job.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“But we have some property that I think we should just, right, we're paying property taxes on them?”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“No, we don't pay property taxes? No. We're paying landscaping, right?”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yes, so, I mean, I know, I think there's a rather large parcel on West Dixie that I've been approached to, not recently, but in the past, about, I don't understand why we just, why we're holding onto it.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026