Remarks by Fortuna Smukler
248 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 6 of 10
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“Thank you. So you said you got a text or a call in the middle of the night from- Highland Village, right? So it wasn't Eastern Shores, so you didn't come running to Eastern Shores, right? That's correct. Just to clarify that other communities get service in the middle of the night. Okay. The other thing, you said that this is a plan for the five parks. Can you tell me the five parks?”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 2:37:02
“All right, so when you build Washington Park, are you already gonna build it with a generator already?”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“yes so wait so the eastern shores tiny tot lot is not getting a generator just asking so you just asking i'm i'm joking we don't have space to put anything on that tot lot i'm just trying to it doesn't even have a closed in building yeah you probably don't we don't have it mr mayor for the mayor yes”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“I think there's an item on the agenda about that. That speaks to that?”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Yeah, so I personally, I think there's like five or six here. I would like them separated because there's some that as a voter, I'm not even talking about as commissioner right here. When I go vote, there's some that I may vote yes, and there's some that I vote no.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“And if it's this way, then I may just have to vote no, and so may many other people. So I would like to see these separated, please.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“I'd like to make a motion to split them up, please.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“But let the people decide what they want. Not everybody wants it.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Two of them that went through. In 2016, there was, I believe it was 10, and only two went. Two goes. I'm like, yeah, it doesn't matter. No, two failed.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“I'm pretty sure we said that we wanted them individual.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 3:47:30
“So here we have like six, is it five or six items? Let's just make five or six items.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Okay, and in 2009, I think it is, there were seven ballot amendments for the city of North Miami Beach. So we can have six. It's fine. Yeah, for sure.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“So cover them all. Can you do up to five, please?”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“I said there were seven last time. We can do seven again.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“The civil service board is five residents and one from the police union and one from the general employees union. And I served as a chair of the civil service board for years. And I was in the committee prior to being the chair for years. And I don't ever remember, I mean, there was only one time that there was a case about firing somebody that we actually reversed it. But that was one time in years. And that was with attorneys and attorneys for this side, attorneys for that side. That was like, that meeting took hours. but I will never get rid of the Civil Service Board. I don't have an…”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“All right, and then one more thing. The reason that there hasn't been a civil service board meeting in eight years, by the way, is because the prior meeting prior to me coming on did changes to the, no, it wasn't the charter. It was the civil service rule changes was done by the commission. It was done by the commission. Okay, actually, let me backtrack. The Civil Service Board did changes. Our changes were more to modernize it, to do, you know, instead of he, well, instead of saying he or she, it was, you know, correct terms. We added things that just were, you know, the civil service was…”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Well, if we can, I think we I think we but I don't want the deadline of the 24th to pass and then find out we can't.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“7.1. I'll accept the one about the anniversary.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Wait. Well, I want the anniversary part. That's it. Okay. Oh, okay. But I thought he said it was something else.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“The anniversary. We just voted on the anniversary. All right. No. I'm a yes.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“So let's just make, let's just do nine. I mean, up to nine.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“She has to resend the other motion first. I resend my updated.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“I want to resend my previous motion and change it to up to nine.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“I was talking about how the vote, how the commission itself changed the civil service. No, no, no, that had nothing to do with it.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026