Remarks by Gerardo Vildostegui
85 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 4
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“RIGHT NOW WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. THROUGH THE MAYOR, THOUGH, CAN I ASK THE ATTORNEY? THERE WAS A QUESTION ON THE FLOOR TO THE ATTORNEY. I SAID THROUGH THE MAYOR COULD THE ATTORNEY CLARIFY THE WORDING OF THE CHARTER, PLEASE? BECAUSE IT DOES BEAR ON WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.”
Town Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“Who may and who served previously, right? But the who served previously is a restrictive clause. The may is that you may go up to five. But I'm sorry, the who have served previously is a restrictive clause modifying the members. It doesn't say who have or have not served previously. So the may, the force of the may is on the number five, as I would think. It's not on the restriction of having served.”
Town Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“I would like to, I mean, because I wanted to get clarity on the question. I appreciate the attorney's answer, but I think the language of that says that they're former members. I also, I do want to address, because this has come up before, Mr. Mayor, and we may have a disagreement about this that I think we should talk about. I have a lot of experience working with teenagers in academic contexts and when they're applying for merit-based organizations and boards like this. It's what I do. And teenagers have a really, especially when it comes to college applications and anything that could go…”
Town Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“It's not playing it. I mean, these kids.”
Town Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“Move the consent agenda forward, but could we get an answer to the question about the parking fund audit?”
Town Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“Okay, then I move the consent agenda. SECOND.”
Town Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“Sorry, when you say motion to approve one of them, do you mean one particular one, or just”
Town Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“Yeah. The cheapest one? Because there's two of them that are sort of within a small difference, Carlos and Susanna and Eminem. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR CARLOS AND SUSANNA.”
Town Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“All right, yeah. Well, I just wanna make one quick comment. I'm proud to have been on the Commission that initiated this service. I think it's one of, the achievements I'm most proud of, and I'm really glad that we can vote tonight to extend it. I wanna say a little bit about why I favor that, because I have two constituents who I consider good friends who oppose it, and I wanna just say something to them. For me, besides the huge benefit to parents who now have an extra 45 minutes in their morning, which is really valuable, I think this is a major traffic reduction initiative and it fits…”
Town Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“I WOULD HAPPILY MAKE THAT AMENDMENT. SO SUBJECT TO THE TOWN ATTORNEY'S NEGOTIATIONS AND COMPLETION OF THE CONTRACT. SECOND AGREES.”
Town Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“Yeah, Mario, I just want to say I talked earlier about the school bus being one of my proudest achievements, but right up there and probably among the very best things that I did in my first term was to vote to bring you on board and I still remember the League of Cities meeting when Tina Paul spoke with you and she was so excited to learn that you were looking for work. And yeah, it was just a tremendous stroke of good luck for the town of Surfside that you were with us as long as you were. or have been. I continue to believe that you're the best manager we've had in recent memory, and I…”
Town Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“It's not fair what he's going to do, I know, but I don't want kids to get pulled off. I guess I'll go there.”
Town Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Town Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“One thing I've been meaning to mention, in Miami Beach on Normandy Island, along their Bay Drive, they have street end parks. They're considerably wider than the ones that we would have, but they are a decent model. And I don't know the details of how they're set up. I've only seen them in passing. But they're extremely pleasant. I think they could provide some inspiration to anybody who's looking at the area. And I just want to mention that to the commissioners. If you're ever in that area on the south side of Normandy Island, check out those parks. And I'm curious whether you think there's…”
Town Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“So, um, I mean, I, I still think there are things we could talk about tonight. I mean, we have it's early. Um, even if we don't make any decisions, there are still topics worth, I think, discussing that we can try to prepare for next time.”
Town Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“On this issue, really just in terms of planning how we move forward, I had a pretty helpful briefing on this topic from Mario. And since we won't have the benefit of his counsel next time, we were discussing how topics like 9a, 9d, perhaps 9i might fit into the urban plan. I would love to hear from the manager just before her before we lose him and before we Break for the evening whether he has any thoughts about how to how to approach these things whether piecemeal or not You know just as a general strategic Suggestion Through the mayor”
Town Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“Part of the reason why I asked is when I spoke with Mario earlier today, we were talking about general streetscape improvements, possibly bulb outs, possibly how do you use the roadway. And I feel like this is where things start to stack up on each other, though. If there was going to be any new space created, could that be used for the streetlight? So it is hard to pick 90. out of a complete Streets remake or a Streetscape redesign. So it is tough. And I share the desire to move forward on certain things. But I'm not sure that one breaks off as easily as you think, because it's going to…”
Town Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“ARE WE BUILDING SOMETHING OR ARE THEY GIVING US A DESIGN?”
Town Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“So their design, we'll talk about things like placement, strength of the light, things like that. But not all the full design components. Not the full design. Yeah, yeah, yeah.”
Town Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“I think there is one action item. Sorry, are we?”
Town Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“THERE'S ONE SUGGESTION I WOULD MAKE THAT COULD ACHIEVE SOME OF THIS GOAL WITHOUT SACRIFICING THE CHILD SAFETY COMPONENT. And this could be an action item I think that we just ask the staff to look into. I can't tell from the size, the width of the curb cut, whether it's really possible for somebody in a wheelchair or a mobility device to kind of get up onto the sidewalk and then turn to the south to access that path. And it could be that if the pole can't move, just a wider curb cut would give somebody more space to get toward that path. And it still maintains the child safety component. You…”
Town Commission · Aug 11, 2026
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“Present. I'm going to try if headphones reduce the feedback.”
Town Commission · Aug 6, 2026
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“Congratulations to the flag of the United States of America, to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
Town Commission · Aug 6, 2026
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“It wasn't on the agenda then either, but we...”
Town Commission · Aug 6, 2026
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“Yes, I would like one. All right. Please take the three minutes, though, Commissioner. Sure. I want to just say that one of the things that I love most about being a commissioner and one of the things that attracts me to the job is the possibility of open dialogue and debate, honest debate where we work together with people who may agree with us or may disagree with us and try to arrive at the answers. What I feel is happening today with these two meetings is a travesty of those ideals. Everything about these meetings, the short notice with which they were called, the sheer volume of the…”
Town Commission · Aug 6, 2026