Remarks by Guido Maniscalco
31 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
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“To require the attendance of the members, meaning that members of city council have, what, certain days that they're allowed to miss on meetings? What is that exactly? It says compel and then switch to require the attendance of the members and to enforce the same by fine or penalty if they so elect. I don't know.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“What does that mean that they do not have to live in the city of Tampa?”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“You have to live here in a certain period of time before you qualify and all that.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“The word officer to me means an elected official. It says the officer has been elected or appointed. We're the elected ones.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Yeah, no, I'm glad that you brought that up. You know, Regarding the mayor, I once caught a glimpse of her calendar. I don't know how she does it. I mean, it's from morning to night. That's one thing. My wife can attest of that common of a part-time job. I think I sit on seven or eight boards, and I try to get on another board.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Would you like one of my boards? I already asked, and I can't. And I'm sorry my wife isn't here. She doesn't come to the meetings. But I get calls at 8 in the morning on a Sunday. When they have your personal cell phone, it's different. You're on call. We get complaints. We get requests. And I'm glad because I know what I signed up for, and I'm here to serve the community. But it's not part-time. And then the events that we go to... And then the community events and the neighborhood events and the association meeting. I mean, it goes on and on. It is a full time job. You can make it part…”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“So just to clarify, the salary does not revert back to the 50-something thousand that was prior to this, correct?”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“If it would have reverted back, I would have said yes.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Well, you know, when this first came up, when the Charter Review Commission was established with under councilwoman campaign and that era we hadn't had a look at the charter since like 1975 or 74. the thing is if you look at you know sticking and just staying with the eight years look how much the city has changed in eight years and what has happened i mean we have you know the pandemic in between and everything i think 12 years is just is too long yeah and leave it at eight years and again people just voted they just voted on it yeah so is there any appetite i know i say then we reject the…”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“You know, I mean, I support this, you know, inspector general position, because I mean, we have a, our own ethics commission, uh, locally, we have a state ethics commission, but beyond that, you know, something like this would be, you know, truly independent. And like you said, uh, council member her tech lead the mayor and the city council completely out of the process. So it's not tainted in any way. Um, And then you have the selection committee. They choose that person as unbiased or, you know, as unbiased as you can be and take it from there. But I appreciate this. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Motion to allow him to participate. Second.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“And I'll second that, and I'll add here what I'm looking at for the agency review of the city of Tampa objection. It says the city staff finds that the long-term planning vision of the city favors a more conservative, thoughtful, and approach to development around cemetery uses, which is better accommodated under the adopted public, semi-public, future land use designation. I mean, that's right here, so that's it.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“So the closest alcoholic beverage establishment, is it a brewery or what is it? It's the realtor that has it?”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Okay, that's what it is. Yeah, I know they came before us, I don't know, five years ago or something.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“So the two gentlemen in the green jackets?”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Are you of the Vietnam era? Or you're too young? I'm 72, sir. All right. Well, thank you very much. It's an honor to have you here.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“And I'm 70, so we're both Cold Warriors. OK. Very good. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“They did it because they broke ground already on Station 24 this week, so it's all in schedule.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“I'm going to second that. And if any council member is interested, if you go to station one downtown, you can actually still see the bullet holes from that day in the in the front door. And Bill Wade, who is very active, he's retired, but he's very active with the Firefighters Museum, gave me, you know, the tour and everything. But great, great motion. Council member Vieira, I'm happy to support it.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“First, tomorrow is September 25th, 925. So it's unofficially Dolly Parton Day. Oh, yeah. You know, we remember her. All right. I have a motion. More serious stuff. A request by the Planning Commission setting an adoption hearing. for the City of Tampa FY27 through FY31 Capital Improvement Section CIS Scheduled Projects Update on October 22nd, 2026 at 5.01 p.m. and direct the legal department to provide the city clerk with the form of notice for advertising the public hearing. Second.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Thank you very much. And then the second motion is a request by the Planning Commission setting adoption hearing for TACPA 26-09 and TACPA 26-10. on January 28, 2027 at 5.01 p.m. and direct the legal department to provide the city clerk with the form of notice for advertising the public hearing.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026