Remarks by Jerry Greenberg
195 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 8
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“But the notion that if we don't do it tonight, that when the clock strikes 12, it's going to suddenly be all this money more. I very much understand the lecture that everybody is saying. But we have a contractor who's not letting us break it up, who's not giving any extension, who's not whatever else. And I feel like we're being held hostage by a contractor here. There's not that many places building that many parks like this. And I think we have to have some leverage. And I think it's very significant. I'm not suggesting we just kick this can down the road indefinitely. I'm not. But to me,…”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“I have no doubt that you're negotiating perfectly and extremely effectively. To me, the fact that the contractor would sooner take his ball and go home and risk losing the whole thing, but risk losing the whole thing rather than giving 60 days in light of the changed landscape, I don't know what to say.”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“I just want to make one final point. I do think that combining this with a discussion about the bench is a little misleading. The bench is a $24,000 bench. Not a bench. Jesus, I'm just doing what I said I wouldn't do. It's a $24,000 item. Okay, we're talking about a whole lot more money. However people want to come down on it, and I respect both sides on that view, I respect both sides on this view, but it's apples and oranges or even beyond that, it's apples and cheese steaks. I mean, we're not talking about the same thing. It's different. But anyway, listen, I think everyone has expressed…”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“The motion is to approve the design. Right.”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“know that it's, and I obviously very much appreciate the protecting and standing up for the staff. We have the best staff in the world. I don't know that I heard it the same way, just to be, you know, as questioning the ethics and integrity of the staff. I just didn't. I think the comment was, you know, my being picked on I took as more of a colloquial comment, and for someone who has a long history with this village and this community, and considering some of the attacks, we got called money launderers online this week, and all sorts of others, literally criminals and money launderers. So…”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“Yeah, it does. It looks pretty good. I can still screw up some of these, though. I don't know who's here. If you're here, then you can come. Let's read them all. I'll ask you all to come up, and we'll give you your proclamations. If not, we will get them to people otherwise.”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“Raise your hand if you're not here. That's why I did not make it as a teacher or rookie teacher of the year. Starting with Howard Drive Elementary, our teacher of the year is Linda Holcomb. He's here in spirit. Our Rookie Teacher of the Year is Jordan Butler-Putt. All right, excellent, excellent. Welcome here. We'll see who's, are we doing them one at a time? Yes, come on up, come on up. She's coming up already. How do you wanna do this? Do you wanna have everybody? Let me see who else is here. From Palmetto Elementary, Brittany Batten-Jones is not here. She has little kids, I'm sure.…”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“Yes. Maria is here. Drone is here. And still. High school.”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“I mean, first of all, the zones are set by the boundaries. What's defined is the schools. I'm talking about primarily around the Palmetto Middle slash elementary rectangle, for lack of a better word. Who set that? I mean, how was that set? Was that by the village? Was that by the school board? And when and how long has it been? It was their determination that those two, the middle school and the elementary school, are treated as one?”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“And obviously, the high school, too. They established that, right? OK. And just one other question right now is the concern about ex post facto. I may play a lawyer on TV, but not right here. I mean, is that a concern here? I mean, is this a criminal? violation that we're dealing with or are we dealing when it comes to these I mean I understand the traffic violations most certainly can be but in this context are these criminal violations?”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“I mean, just I think the mayor just said it, but am I correct? Is it correct the attorneys believe that this complies with the law?”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON SOMETHING IN 11, THOUGH, WHILE WE'RE BEFORE THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO RAISE. AND I SPOKE TO MANAGER BRIEFLY ABOUT THIS, BUT ON PAGE 76 IN THAT TAB, THERE'S A SERIES, THERE'S SOME ADDITIONS IN BLUE RELATING TO BICYCLE RACKS AND OTHER MEANS OF STORAGE THAT IS JUST, THEY'RE SUBSTANTIAL. We didn't discuss them in the workshop on this or anything. And I just, I know the manager had to explain where they sort of come from, but I do think, I want to make sure we.”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“Okay. All right. I just want to, I want to just flag that I would have some concerns if they were, but if they're not, then my concerns are.”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“OK, so I'll just flag that if it is in there, I think we're going to have to have some discussion. But if it's not, then we won't.”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“It may be totally fine. I think that's all I just wanted to point out. Let's see if the state lets us.”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“I was going to cross-examine the applicant. Please do. No, I think I'm good. What type of trees are they all talking about? Are they Nate?”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“We thought about it. When we talked about this in the workshop, I think it's a fair concern. And that was part of why I think there was at least some talk of making it even earlier.”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“Right, right. So it could be the theory being, and your point's still good, that taking it down is when it's going to be heavier. It's typically more of an issue for people. And the people have, I mean, it happens in my street. I'm not the elderly one in this relationship, but there are people who help others bring it up. And usually it works. I suspect if somebody has a problem, my sense is that if there is that problem, code enforcement would talk to them and figure something out. You could probably even help find neighbors to do it. My concern is not having anything means people just leave…”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“And so we're gonna we're gonna yeah, we would hear that and I think that council member Myers point I mean to the extent there is a resident who has that sort of issue It's precisely the sort of thing It's good for the village to know so that we can help and neighbors can help and and as typically as happened before so there's We send a notice out letting them this is the rule and then we also include”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“No, I mean, I guess if there's, I mean, given the amount of time we spend on this, I don't need to belabor it if there's not. I don't know if people want to revisit it. I mean, to me, we spent time on this.”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“I mean, again, as we talked about, There's plenty of quiet time. There's Sunday. We are the only, there is no muted, we have already the most restrictive Saturday maintenance rules in the county. including Carl Gables, including everybody. Ours, as it stands now, is the most restrictive. All that we did, based on the concern you raised about early morning, we did push it back an hour. So it's 10 to 3. Frankly, that puts maintenance people working in the heat of the day. But to allow the sleeping in, OK. There's no reason for us to be any further restrictive than we already are. This only…”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“I just had a question, and maybe this was explained to us already. The Blues, at some point, the 500 and the first one is crossed out and made 250. And at least it appears to me on the second page Yeah, but on the second page, is the 500 supposed to be crossed out? Because it looks like it's, maybe it is, it's just a blue. Yes, it's crossed out. Okay, what is the reason for that?”
Village Council · May 5, 2026