Remarks by James H. Scott
81 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 4
- Play at 38:05
“Listen, I walked a bit. And I asked him, I said, well, how do you?”
City Commission · Sep 2, 2026
- Play at 38:13
“I said, well, how did you maintain the grass cutting and whatever? He said he used to sit in the lawnmowers. The guy told me he's just been there four months, and he said, I was there, I want to be here four months, and that's how I pay my rent, is I maintain this property. I said, you, and he gave me names of other peoples who actually, you know, they're supposed to be renovating it, or renting it, or whatever, so... I didn't ask him how much they pay or whatever.”
City Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“He's subleasing it, yeah. He don't have a tree out there. Everything out there is like old or just wild. He's just living there in the trailer. And he's paying this rent? He's paying this rent for maintaining it.”
City Commission · Sep 2, 2026
- Play at 39:17
“He named the person who owned the tree farm, and he named the person in between him and the person who would have him out there to put him out there for the last three or four months. And the only thing he had to do is keep it cut. Keep it cut.”
City Commission · Sep 2, 2026
- Play at 39:59
“The reason I went there because someone wanted to lease it through the city. It's a company they wanted to lease it and I'm like okay, I'll go look and that's where we're at. So it's someone that really so we can almost set our numbers to kind of offset a lot of these things because we're leasing it out there now for whatever.”
City Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“So public works have 10 employees now, and those gotta make 12, or are they part of this 10 that you have?”
City Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“Yeah, that's what to put to the program.”
City Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“Travel basketball is not provided by the city. It's a bunch of parents and coaches. The city, this year, I think they provided uniforms and they help out with transportation and they allow the coaches to use the gym, but it's not their program. not travel basketball did not oh well I'm just looking at basketball they used to be but not they don't do that there's there that's not one person work for the city does anything with travel basketball okay because I'm just trying to say if we putting it in our budget we're saying we're going to do no they got a basketball program that they do with…”
City Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“I got a question. I've seen Park and Rec, they have nine employees?”
City Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“Oh, they have nine budgeted. They'll have nine working with them.”
City Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“And 2 of those apart I can see here too I'm not sure all 2 of them should be put 5 the 2 is point to write to a part-time.”
City Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“Could we see what the budget was? I think they used to have a program.”
City Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“Excuse me, but I don't see how it costs us anything right now when we have the staff up there You say we got nine people, and I mean from eight to two, there's nobody doing it.”
City Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“They have a senior room. Listen, Pahokee started the senior programs before they went to Belle Glade. That's where it originated from. It was up here. So what I'm saying, everything is in place to have a senior program. And I'm just trying to figure out.”
City Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“This is what I hate to say, but I know I hate to say it. We have a senior program up there. In this way, they came in social, they probably played cards, they probably did little senior activities, and they ate lunch because GA Foods still provide them food, but the I see them take it on the pier to the AARP workers.”
City Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“And it's for the seniors. Like the ones that used to come in there, they come in and they do their little activities. They have their little social gathering and eat and go home, whatever. And see the bus, the little bus, the ones that didn't have a ride used to provide a ride, go pick them up and bring them. I'm like, it's the same facility that's still over there. Everything's still there, so I'm trying to figure out why we have to wait on something.”
City Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“No, no, no. It's a room. It's a kitchen. That's where it was held at. That's what they call the senior room.”
City Commission · Sep 2, 2026
- Play at 1:07:47
“I know communities actually come and do, used to come there, like, when they do their lights and water, when they got special, instead of them having to come right now and see everything on the computer, since they're not... computer savvy, so they'll send someone in there and fill out all their paperwork and make sure that their bills and stuff get paid. They'll be doing different activities and different people just come and do stuff with them.”
City Commission · Sep 2, 2026
- Play at 1:09:25
“You know, the bad thing about it, neither one of them is a professional. Neither one of them had, you know, it's because certain chemicals you're not supposed to be working with. And no one teaching them that. They're just cleaning up, thinking, I'm home, so I'm just cleaning up.”
City Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“She's saying they didn't use the summer. Oh, the summer camp counselors.”
City Commission · Sep 2, 2026
- Play at 1:21:19
“How much is the registration fee? $150. Can I put some light on why they're asking for an additional fee for a uniform? That uniform, the kid keeps, and they have their name put on the back of it. And it's optional. You don't have to purchase it. when they ask for that you know to their defense is is the pair it's not at the honestly it's not recreation the exit but it is the coaches in the end up in what they call them parents on the spirit they are still right so they had a day at home yeah yeah no but that's not coming through the city that's that listen recreation is not excellent that's…”
City Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“They wear them, but that's not the one that she was talking about, the ones that the city owns. The ones that the city owns, normally you're going to see they're going to have an orange bold patch on them. The ones that you personally own, they're going to have your child's name on the back. And they take that home. They keep the pants. They keep the jersey. They keep it. They don't turn that into the city.”
City Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“Don't be exactly the same. I mean, you're going to be looking a little funny, so that's why you're going to buy that jerseys. I'm just kidding. Don't leave that alone. Go ahead. Y'all leave the people alone.”
City Commission · Sep 2, 2026
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“that that is paid for and so we use those uniforms and provide those to the kids so each team has three uniforms i said two to three depending on the team that's what i'm saying yes each team has at least two uniforms yes they just i mean the city have uniforms but the ones the other ones the city don't keep the the parent keep them i got about two or three of them sitting on my bike points right now with my names yeah okay so um okay so that would be with that”
City Commission · Sep 2, 2026
- Play at 1:25:43
“Well, the helmets have to be refurbished. And so then we should see that as an expenditure. And that's like $7,500 per helmet. Right.”
City Commission · Sep 2, 2026