Remarks by Frank MacBride
336 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 14
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“I've been the chair for the last two years, and I give a little background. I've lived in town since 1975. I'm a retired school administrator for over 20 years. I've worked for the school system now for 45 years. I have two children that are older than everybody else, but Marianne. Everybody is. And they all went to the camp here and the parks here. One went to Bay Harbor, the other one didn't go to Bay Harbor. He went to specialized schools for music. We live in a lovely place that has great thoughts of children from all ages, from seniors to infants. And I'm open. I get paid the same as a…”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
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“She keeps an eye on the park. What direction? The community center.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
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“I look down around the corner, Hawthorne, second house.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
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“I overlook the park. Rudy will tell you if he calls me one more time about the park.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
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“Thank you. Hello. Thank you for coming. You're the new chairperson?”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
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“You got a long way to go. 30 years I did it.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
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“I'd like to add a discussion item, Madam Chair. Sure. Yes. Discussion on possibly, just for discussion, canceling the July meeting because I did drive back from Atlanta last night to be here today. Oh, good.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
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“In the last four years, four or six years, we've canceled meetings in June and July because people are traveling. They may not be here. If you don't have form, then you can't have a meeting. And just up for discussion, we do it because in the past, I see Rudy's got like summer camp on here and things like that, but there's nothing that we didn't discuss until August at the close of camps and things like that that was discussed.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
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“Well, we're going to discuss it on the floor or something.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
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“So I made a motion to add something to the agenda. To discuss it. To discuss it. Okay. And then it would need a second. If it doesn't get a second, then it dies. Okay.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
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“I'd like to make a motion to add July 4th events in the rundown from the Parks and Recreation Director.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
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“Motion to approve March 16th meeting from the Parks and Recreation Committee. Second.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
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“That position should have never been dissolved.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
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“So, Madam Chair, I'm looking over your shoulder. The August meeting will be August 6th.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
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“It used to be at 7 o'clock. We used to have staff staying, say, from 5 to 7, sitting around.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
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“At least. I'm still thinking of working. I work. I'm retired, but I work.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
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“Does that go to your budget? That's a good question. That's an excellent question.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
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“In school, when we had had vending machines for, at least when Obama got healthy on us, that went into a principal's discretionary budget. I could buy things for the children, I could buy things for the staff, I could buy things for the secretaries. That normal budget, I wouldn't have those funds to do. The extras.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
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“I don't know about that. It should be. But if not, we'll bring that up.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
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“For the moment, could you consider the kayak rental as a vending machine? Do you know any stats? We haven't had stats on the vending of that in months. Oh, we can. We can get it. Okay, so I'd like to know, because it's just to see whether it's...”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
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“Again, that should go for your programming, in my opinion. The ramp is being utilized by residents with their own equipment.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
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“If you have the membership, you can use it.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
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“The community center has always been open to hotel guests. And residents. Because it was years ago, there was a lot of hotels that didn't have a pool.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
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“No. What do you have to do if you're a hotel guest? Show your keys?”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
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“When I was a kid, your mother gave you a dime and you went... 35 cents here in Pennsylvania. The good old days.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026