Remarks by John R. King
118 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 5
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“I guess I'm disappointed it's taken us six months and we're still not anywhere near where we should be on this. I'm not sure how much longer it's going to take us. According to the property appraiser for Lee County, that property has a market value of $6.9 million, and that's down from $10.4 million last year. I think it would behoove us in this situation when we're asking people to make sacrifices that we look at all options on the table and then we put that property up for sale. And I think it's just imperative that we do that. I don't know why we continue to hold on to it. I mean, I've in…”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Thank you. I just think what I'm hearing is it's an asset but it's an asset that keeps losing money and how much longer do we want to hang on to it that it's going to continue to lose money?”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“What it's costing us real dollars in $218,000, it's cost us to not generate anything yet. Fair point.”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Yeah. I'll just let author Larry Niven speak for me when he said, hopeless causes are the only ones worth fighting for. The fight for the taxpayer is the most hopeless of them all, and I can't support it.”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Mr. Mayor, if you can indulge me for a second, just the category you're in. brought to attention is something that Kathy had asked earlier. I see the termination of TDC agreement is on there. I don't think I'm obviously not in favor of that, but I'm not sure we got an answer for her as to why”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“I think we can all suppose, but thank you.”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“OK. Councillor King? I think I already addressed a lot of these. I guess I'm going to agree with you, Scott. My concern about the parking is, like I said earlier, what's the tipping point? Do we find out what really will cause people not to be there? But one of the saving graces, I think, is that it can be quickly, hopefully, addressed if that becomes an issue.”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“I understand and again I'll talk about the businesses in Times Square that have concerns about this. Obviously then the data hasn't from the past backed up the concerns but It can still be a concern. I have an issue with the beach raking increase. I need more information on that. And, again, the 3% is what we agreed to with the vendors. I'm good with that. But nitpicking about umbrellas and those kind of things, that bothers me.”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“I believe that's what I understand, but I don't know how accurate that is. We did raise the fees last year. That caused us to lose some customers, but we've increased the revenue because of the fee increase.”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“It's been a long night, so I'll skip everything. Thank you, everybody, for all your hard work, for being here tonight. And with that, I'll move to adjourn.”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Councilor King. Well, for the Deputy Town Manager, I'll offer these words of wisdom from Frosty the Snowman and say, happy birthday.”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“concert king the only difference is since the last hearing i received one email in support”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Yeah, I'm trying to find it. Again, I think I mentioned it this last time. How do you address the concerns of the residents about the height?”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Also one of the emails we received there was a concern about the five foot easement and whether there actually can be found the property lines where they exist.”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“I do not. Okay. I'm just looking forward to hearing from the better Allers.”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Well, should we do a five-year agreement or just do a year agreement and then revisit it?”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Well, especially when it says subsequent annual fees will vary year to year.”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“I would think that the contractor or FPL would have insurance to cover this. And you're right, Mayor, we haven't accepted a job completed, so it shouldn't be on us.”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“It is on us when we're taking $150,000 from future maintenance, and the maintenance is just going to go up down the road because the costs are going to increase in, what is it, a 10-year agreement? Down that road, it's going to cost a heck of a lot more for maintenance.”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Councillor King, questions for Mark? Can you give me the Reader's Digest version of what's this all about?”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“So if he wants a bigger meter, shouldn't that be on him to pay for that then? Oh, yeah, definitely.”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“You're shaking me down again, John. Thank you, Mark.”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“I've got a couple things. Yes, sir. Thank you for your explanation because that clears up a lot for me as well. In your discussions with Lake County Sheriff's Office, did any of the subject of these cameras helping with any incidents on the island? Do we have any data on that?”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“I just wondered if there was any hard data on this. Because this is an emotional issue. And most of it is played out on social media. And everybody on social media is an expert on everything, but they don't know anything. They're usually wrong about their rights, and the Supreme Court has noted that a person traveling in an automobile on public thoroughfare has no reasonable expectations of privacy in their movements from one place to another. So that really bothers me. I just didn't want us caving, looking like we're caving to that kind of social media pressure. You make some valid points. I…”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Well, in lieu of ongoing budget issues, I'm willing to forego this to save the taxpayers some money. Any other discussion, Scott?”
Town Council · Sep 9, 2026