Remarks by John FitzGerald
5 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“Thank you, Chair, and thank you, Jim, Steve, David, for being on with us today. I don't have any questions. I support this going to quarterly reports. I think it will help. I think all of us know that the last budget cycle was a rough one for us, and we anticipate upcoming next spring to be equally if not more difficult. with some of the decisions we have to make. So I think the transparency on the revenue coming in will be helpful in terms of explaining to our constituents where their money's going and why things are being cut, what money has not been coming in or is coming in or not coming…”
City Council · Oct 8, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam President. I just want to thank the Chair, Governor Ops, Councilor Galeta Sabato. She ran a great hearing the other day and we had a lot of testimony. At the end of it, we just want to make sure we get the wording right. The state has a temporary ban on the synthetic kratom as it speaks. It is still available over the counter in our city at the moment, but that ban is temporary. And so we want to make sure whenever that ban is taken down, whether it runs out in the statutory year or it's taken down for any other reason, that our ordinance would go into effect right away so…”
City Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Chair. BMC, for the most part, resides in District 3 and having to deal a lot. We stand with our resident physicians just as we do with the BMC nurses, not only to the greater city, but to the community right around them. They also have a huge impact when you think about the issues at Mass and Cass. To have an issue with nurses and resident physicians We hope that we can resolve this because as the safety net hospital for that area and for our city It's important. We provide the continue to provide these services for those in need. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam President. I'd just like to thank the lead sponsor for leading on this and bringing it forward. And I just want to uplift the Dorchester Italian community. He's a really nice guy.”
City Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam President. I just want to keep my Chief of Staff, Amanda Curley, in our thoughts and prayers as she deals with the loss of her grandfather, John Jack Curley Jr. It's a tough week for her. She lost a friend as well. and um so that's the rest of this week that's what she'll be uh she'll she'll be participating in and um i know it's not easy and uh just to the curly family i want to say uh we're keeping that family and our thoughts and prayers thank you thank you chair recognizes counselor jerkin thank you so much a lot of us know john pulgini but i called him the other day he…”
City Council · Sep 23, 2026