Remarks by Fortuna Smukler
248 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 10
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“No, the commission says the woman has never had money allocated to them. This has always been the back to school, has been part of the commission of status of women, but it's allocated to the back to school national handout. We've never had any funds, ever.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“That's North Miami. Their commission gets a lot of money.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“The North Miami commission of status of women has money.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“okay so i'm sorry commissioner smith to the best of my knowledge and all the events that i've ever been involved in in the commission status or multicultural i know we always don't spend it all because we leave money for staff and police department okay thank you for that insight commissioner sue”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“I mean, I get what you're saying, and I think it's a great idea, except Heart Health Walk is February, because that's Heart Health Month, and Bike 305 is always in March, because that's Bike 305 month.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“ride the bike and they're not going to walk for three and a half miles and ride a bike like like my husband likes to bike and then he'll bring the bike to the the heart health walk and then everybody gives him the look because he's biking during the walk and you know you're you're kind of like biking in the middle of a walk and you can't you really can have it's not conducive to have bikers and walkers at the same well why don't we just do a triathlon so they start off walking and then they jump on the bike right okay we can swim in the canal it”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“And actually, the last two years, we've included in the walk, we've had racers, a 5K. Right. So we'll start off with the 5K, and they'll be running. And then a few minutes later, we'll do the walkers.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yeah, we reached out to, right, so we reached out to runners and got them involved in the part of the 5K.”
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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“fine we can do that so september 10th is not uh it's not happening yeah we'll make a note of that uh commissioner and then we're gonna we're gonna end with uh commissioner uh smuggler did you have something yeah i did want to say if if we were able to do i don't know why i put on my calendar the juneteenth breakfast on june 20th i don't know why i did that so i missed it but um if if we can maybe take since we can do the breakfast and as commissioner smith said that it was amazing maybe we can take some of that money and put it towards the the stars and splash um because that that was like…”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. FOR NON-RESIDENTS.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“We couldn't see... Oh, yeah, when you're in the center, when you're sitting in the center, it's hard to see the side...”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Okay, and also, Commissioner Smith, just so you'll know, the Heart Health Walk, The Heart Health Walk for next year is gonna be taken over by Parks and Rec, so communication. Communication. By communication. We do all events. Right, it's no longer gonna be part of the Commission of Status of Woman because of the DEI law that most likely the Commission of Status of Woman will be, that committee will be eliminated.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“All right, thank you. Well, obviously, I believe we are all fans of yours, and you're doing a great job wearing the two hats. And Commissioner Hsu, with your idea, the only concern I would have with your idea is that maybe in the future, when he decides to write off into the wild blue yonder, that we may have problem finding someone who can do both jobs. He can wear the two hats and get paid for it, of course, if he chooses to. That's the most important part, if he chooses to. So thank you so much for your service. So I have two questions. So that old, old balance that we've had for like 20…”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Okay, and what about the residential accounts that were passed through from many years ago?”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Right, so I believe Mario had already spoken to a firm and... About this. I think it was a collections firm.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“All right, but they're working on it. I mean, they're actively working on it.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“I thought Mario had contracted done in law and No?”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“So you mentioned that you've got for Eastern shores you have gotten a $50,000 yes 57,000 if I'm not mistaken the exact number and that was for the”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“All right, well, the puddling is still there, just saying, but all right, thank you.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“And in that survey, they also found that there is one house that, they did the driveway over the drain.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“On Longstreet, yeah. All right, thank you.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Your contract is not up. No, it's not. So it's just to change the compensation. It's not to renew the contract.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“So we're going to do that at a budget hearing or at a commission meeting?”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“And also I'd like to know... From the other four cities.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026