Remarks by Joanne Simone
32 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 2
- Play at 37:29
“I understand, but $1,700,000 seems to be a lot of money for that.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
- Play at 39:46
“It'll be too late after we vote. I understand, but you still want to understand what it is. Yes, yes.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
- Play at 1:27:49
“Thank you. In my defense, I have sat up here for 14 years wanting to see a downtown. I have worked on trying to work with my colleagues to build a downtown for our residents and to ask for this to be tabled because my opinions don't count by some board members, I think is complete disrespect to me. I have sat up here. I have worked hard. I have done my best. Has everybody always agreed with me? No. Have I always agreed with everybody else? No. But I'm not disrespectful to anybody. At least I try not to be. and to hear that two board members want to table this because I'm for the project and I…”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
- Play at 1:57:38
“I know in the past we have reached out. I think, was it you, Larry, that reached out to the plaza owner? Or Paul, somebody I know did reach out to that plaza owner and they just were not interested at all in doing anything at that plaza. So I know in the past we have worked very, very hard to get him and told him about the grants and he just was not willing to do anything, whoever owns it. The manhole covers on Margate Boulevard, we're still working on those?”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
- Play at 1:58:16
“Okay. And the bus benches that we have in this city, we don't maintain those, the covered ones that are painted with the concrete.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
- Play at 1:58:31
“Okay, can we look at those? The one that I'm speaking about is the one by the hospital. It really is looking bad as far as painting goes. The columns are completely black almost. So if we can go through the city and spruce up our sheltered bus benches or sheltered bus stops, that would do a lot for our appearance.”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026
- Play at 2:00:27
“Okay, because they are really looking nasty, and they really don't make the city look good in the condition that they're in. And the last thing I have is I do want to address the carnival. I don't know why it was tabled, but I know everything about the carnival goes against our event policy for the CRA. The use of the property is restricted to businesses, sponsors who have a business or nonprofit organizations or religious institution. I know they're asking for an extra eight days. Um, the carnival is supposed to only be 14 days, but they want 17 days according to our policy. And the city…”
Regular City Commission Meeting · Sep 9, 2026