Remarks by Frank MacBride
336 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 14
- Play at 38:45
“How was the bus this time? It was there. It was there? It was there. There's been problems.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
- Play at 40:31
“I thought you did an excellent job of adjusting where the canopy was set up and your speakers and everything.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
- Play at 40:47
“Just sad to see that through the years the veterans have dwindled. We used to have 12, 15, 20 people speak about their history in the service.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
- Play at 41:27
“Was there any staff member that attempted to contact ROTC or the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts?”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
- Play at 43:29
“That's a $12,000 a year, $12,000 a month investment that we make that is not necessary.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
- Play at 43:35
“The school bus, the little charter bus. We have a private company that comes with a coach bus to pick up 32 children and take them a mile to Bay Harbor that costs $12,000 a month.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
- Play at 44:01
“The Commission's theory is that it takes cars off of 96th Street and away from the school zone to the lower... 30 new cars. 12,000 new bikes and scooters off of my school. If it's safe for the kids, it's safe for the kids. But it's not safe for the kids because they hire a coach bus, a limousine bus, doesn't have lights, doesn't have flashers, doesn't have a guard in the front so the driver can't see the children. And if you want to see my videos of children jumping off the bus and running down Byron Avenue without even thinking about looking. When crossing the street.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
- Play at 44:55
“The former AC, former TV, town manager, got a school bus for a short time. The problem is they say the school bus constantly broke down. I know the commission's had discussion on buying their own van, their own small bus to keep the service going, but then you have to have at least a minimum of two drivers that are certified to be driving a bus with children on it. It's just been, for me being a principal, it just bothers me that we put children on a bus and children don't sit on the bus and behave. I know, I've been on many, many school buses before.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
- Play at 45:54
“My recommendation? That mommies carpool. They get to know their neighbors. My kid went there. We didn't drive them every day. The neighbors took them.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
- Play at 46:30
“That's what... I know that the commission has looked into other companies and the manager has told me that he's still looking into other companies that would, there are private, Lou's Marina is a private school bus company. But it's still, that's the one thing that bothers me the most. Secondly is the cost.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
- Play at 47:00
“The school bus was weeks. That's how long the school bus lasted. And it went back to a coach.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
- Play at 47:13
“Well, this just started. Like before the contract was in place?”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
- Play at 47:22
“The former commission thought it was a good idea because of the traffic on 96th Street and the traffic going into Bay Harbor that it would lower.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
- Play at 48:56
“Because you have to live 2.1 miles away from any school site in order to get transportation, unless you go to a specialized magnet program. then you would get transportation, and that's really minimal now.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
- Play at 51:13
“And it keeps it in the forefront of their discussion.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
- Play at 53:23
“Okay. I'm old. It's an easier environment for the town because they do the hiring and they do all the certifications and they do all the licensing.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
- Play at 55:32
“Last week was the first week anyway. The school just got out.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
- Play at 55:50
“I don't know. If we lose our phones, we're in trouble.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
- Play at 56:39
“I wanted to make a recommendation and discussion to cancel the July meeting because of people traveling. For instance, if we didn't have a senior brunch, a senior trip, Memorial Day, no school bus, So what would we be discussing except for 4th of July?”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
- Play at 57:16
“Oh, you mean that's after the fact. If you removed the May item from the agenda, for instance, what would you be discussing? Summer camp, how many kids came to summer camp, and that's about it, an introduction of a new staff member.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
- Play at 57:34
“Historically, over the last four years, I've been on this committee off and on since a long time, 25 years. Over the last four years, we've canceled meetings in June and July because of people traveling. I drove back from Atlanta to come to this. So in July, I'm expecting another grandchild.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
- Play at 1:08:41
“Do you have a comment? Yes. Why don't you share with the committee, and I'll follow up the second question, the cost of fireworks and the drone show. Good question. And then we might have a question.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
- Play at 1:08:58
“Okay. So we have $95,000 into this. Who's paying for it? Parks and Recreation and, well, tourism.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
- Play at 1:09:06
“Sparkside Tourism? Totally. 100%. Yes, sir.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026
- Play at 1:09:36
“Well, we used to shoot from a barge, which was much better.”
Parks and Recreation Committee · Jun 15, 2026