Remarks by Joe I. Rasco
192 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 6 of 8
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“about, you mean government referendum from both sides we're getting here? We're getting hit with two slogans here.”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“Tell me if this is incorrect. Hold on, hold on. Mike, we cut you off last time.”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“Okay, let's do the June 30th. We know where we're going to be.”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“See, that's why we defer. Okay. Okay, let's double check and make sure that everybody can be at the July 7th.”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“Okay, let's work on that. Okay. I have appointments. Village Athletic Advisory Board. Got great resumes. Thank you, everybody. I have two people, Manolo Suida and Tony Gambrizio to the athletic board, both long-term Key Biscayne residents, very much involved in athletics, have been coaches and So I think those two will be very good. And we had an opening on the Sustainability Advisory Board, and I'm going to name Carlos Mendia, who is also the president of the Condo Association, so that should be a good fit for seeing if we can get something done on the condo side.”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“Thank you. The strategic planning session, we've identified that as July 7th. Everybody's good to go.”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“Yeah, hold on a second. We had set a council meeting on November 10th, but the election is going to be on November 3rd. So more than likely the 10th or 11th will be the swearing in. So I want to put that on everyone's radar so that you plan accordingly and that you're here. So that's all I had. Anything else?”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“We do have, I appointed someone to be on the flight path.”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“So yes, we do have in that case, and... through your commissioner, Raquel Regalado, you also have access to all that. I try to attend as many of these things as I possibly can, whether it's the Miami-Dade League of Cities or it's the Transportation Committee of the Chamber.”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“Well, the port's going to run into another problem. They won't have any fuel, but that's a different story for a different day. All right concern also about the bay and there are things that I think we should Up the ante a little more city west is having the same conversation And I think that's why we also have a very proactive Sustainability Advisory Board that will get into a lot of these issues.”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“The staff will be happy to talk with you afterwards. Mike, you want to jump in here? That's what happens when you go on vacation.”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“Okay. Yeah. I, I mean, this presentation isn't meant for us to make any decisions. So it's just kind of giving us a preview of, you know, what decision forks are going to be going forward. Right.”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“Yeah, I was not ready to make that decision. I didn't think so. Didn't even know we were approaching that decision tonight.”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“You're loading up my July 7th, aren't you? No. He just wants to enjoy his vacation. I'm sure we can find ways to accommodate, yes. All right. on a motion yeah yeah maybe maybe what I'm thinking here is make sure that when we get something on June 30th or before you'll have a performance and then and then if you know we might have a chance to discuss it on June 30th if we do fine if not then we we push it on and I wanna be convinced that we're doing the right thing here and we're just not, you know, moving because we made the decision, but let's make sure that we're in the right direction.”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“Oh, believe me, I'm not interested in stalling.”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“I'd like to congratulate Councilwoman Stoner for putting on the disability summit yesterday. She and her team did a great job, and I think everyone got a lot out of it, so congrats. Thank you. Excellent job.”
Village Council · May 14, 2026
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“Great. I'd like to skip over, if you don't mind, to the rugby presentation so that we can get the students back home to do their homework.”
Village Council · May 14, 2026
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“So on behalf of the village and my council persons that are here, we want to congratulate you for the work that you've done. You've been here before, so we know the work ethic that your group has and the fact that it's such a great family program. It's not just about paid coaches. It's about being very involved with the community and working as a team together. working as a family to get these boys to have a great situation both in school but also in athletics. And so on behalf of my colleagues, thank you very much, and we appreciate you so much that you've been able to achieve as much as you…”
Village Council · May 14, 2026
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“Why don't we take the opportunity to get Marilyn Schwartz to make the presentation. Sure. Friends of the Miami-Dade Public Library.”
Village Council · May 14, 2026
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“No, no, we'll, thank you, thank you. Thank you for your comments. Yes, Allens Mose.”
Village Council · May 14, 2026
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“No. Todd or our police chief, can you address Jaramina's points and you want to deal with her? Sure. Go ahead.”
Village Council · May 14, 2026
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“And if you need any further information, you can talk with them after. Thank you so much. Andrea Castillo.”
Village Council · May 14, 2026
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“Thank you so much for making your comments. This is an ordinance on first reading. Yeah, so... you have the ability to look at it and tweak it if there's some issues that we need to address, but thank you for being here and supporting it. Okay, any other public comments?”
Village Council · May 14, 2026
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“Yeah, let's just add Ed's item to the agenda and we'll discuss.”
Village Council · May 14, 2026