Remarks by Joseph A. Scuotto
179 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 7 of 8
- Play at 1:53:20
“So I'm just going to touch on what Commissioner Clark said. They're already operating after two o'clock now, these five?”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 1:53:34
“Well, we don't want to, she's changing the business model. This is not their business. Wait, wait. If their business model has been to operate past 2 o'clock, well, you were just doing it because there was nothing on the books. I'm not trying to jeopardize their business, but obviously now they were operating like a club and not as, that's what I'm saying. So this is where I was getting at. So I'm, look, this is the reason why I wanted this. And I talked about this because if these five people are operating as a club, okay, and saying that it's a catering hall, and then I'm gonna go further.…”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 1:55:41
“Well, we didn't pass it yet. Right now, they've been operating because there's a loophole. That's the sad part. Yeah, but the point is, is I think...”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 1:56:24
“Yeah, we'd love to meet them, too. I mean, just so that if we could have a business, if we want to know where they're located, that they're open until 4 o'clock. I mean, that would be great for other people that want to go there.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 2:01:58
“So I had the privilege of meeting with you. I also had the privilege of voting for the Pinnacle First Project on Pine Island Road probably like 25 plus years ago. You know, as soon as I walked into that meeting and you were looking for monetary, you know exactly what I said right off the bat that I'm not going for it. And I said, if you want to walk, go ahead and walk. Because I just didn't feel like we needed to be subsidizing. So by the end of our meeting, you said that you'd be willing to swap property, that if we buy property, you'd be willing to give us property. And then I went further.…”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 2:06:56
“Okay, as long as you understand, I'm sure when you go through the process, you will figure out what's best for the residents that we don't repeat the same problem we just had. Not that anybody meant to do it, but... we don't want it to be whereas you know the residents are just against the development and they said don't touch my fence and then now all of a sudden they're like oh why didn't you connect my fence so we did it on hiatus road i just want to make sure that we do this here so you understand what i'm saying i just i had to just put that out it's understood commissioner it's…”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 2:08:03
“And if you could just make sure that maybe you go to one of the homeowners associations down there to tell them that you're going to be working with them, Mark, if staff or whoever wants to coordinate, so at least they know what's coming. Even though the signs have been up, but they were up, they came down, they went up. Now they fell down. I just I want to make sure that the residents know that it's now it's coming because it's been vacant for 60 years.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 2:57:40
“So this is... This is like multi tiered I mean this just didn't start out by. People are just worried about the license plate readers so I mean it's political on one end there's governors all over this country running right now there are senators all over this country running there's Congress people all running so. Whoever they pissed off and flocked that started this, that they're after flock in general. So, I mean, everybody thinks that the only people that do this is flock. I'm just saying as a name. So now you have everybody that starts bringing in everything about, you know, we're…”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 3:01:31
“Right. Okay. So now you say supervisors. So now in a normal person, is that a detective? Is that a sergeant? Is it a lieutenant? Tell me how it would start off.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 3:02:31
“So as the chief, you feel comfortable in the amount of people that you have that are allowed to access this right now? Yes, sir. And they're only specifically assessing this into the computer system for the LPRs if it's an investigation or something. It's not like just I want to look up somebody's license plate. So I'm just saying. So if that's personal, I mean, look, anybody could do something stupid. No one's saying not. But if you have, like you said, if it's somebody who had eight years on the job, obviously that person doesn't want to lose their job. And then if they have to go to a…”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 3:03:41
“About 30. So now I know for just personal. So every time that the Lord Hill cops would come in my restaurant, and you all know this, and I would say, thank you. Thank you for letting us use your LPRs. And I would say we have nine, but none of them were even on, right? I'm just saying, up until how many years ago? Four, four, five years ago. And then this opened up, I'm saying for us as a city, only opened up that we had nine until Sawgrass Mills Mall came here and asked if we would be willing, if they pay for them, that they could put them on their property. And I'll just say, I'm going to go…”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 3:10:47
“Look, we're not here to go into people's homes. We're not here to go into. But look, if you're doing something wrong, you know, it's a tool for you to catch them. You know, no different than if I don't want to put the E-ZPass in my car because I want to drive up north and I don't want to pay the toll. I mean, it can't happen anymore. I'm going to get hit at commercial, Atlantic, sample. So come on. I mean, for all the people that are talking about that it's invasive, it's intrusive, it's whatever, I don't feel that's why we're using it. So I'm happy to support this. Most of ours are on city…”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 3:13:51
“Okay. So right there, that's almost half of the people who should have access to this. Then you have sergeants and lieutenants. So it's not like you really have anyone that shouldn't really have this access. So I think we're in the right direction of how you're doing this. The only thing I could say bad about them is how big the solar, and that's the other thing that people say. So if anything, that is the only thing that I hear. Because when those first started going in, everybody thought that those were speed cameras because, I mean, that's what it is.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 3:14:33
“Right. And I would just say the last thing with the Sawgrass Mills Mall, imagine what we used to buy for surveillance. A scissor truck with the glass on top that we would raise up in one little part of the sawgrass to look out to see if we could see a crime or put it somewhere else. But that was what we had at the time. And times have changed to get something that's a little bit easier and not manned. Not that I'm taking away from manned stuff, but It's going to help you a thousand times over than putting 50 of those things around the mall because the people were robbing or stealing or…”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 3:16:27
“His 20 minutes are up. He's really late for wherever he got to go.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 3:35:30
“watching law abiding residents you speakers that's why it's said when people get misinformation bring it forward speaker”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 3:55:21
“It's the neighbor that had the caved in. So thank you. Thank you for the time.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 3:56:18
“Oh, no, I thought she was done. No, no, no, no. Go, go, go. I thought you said you didn't have anything. No, no, she doesn't.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 4:35:37
“So I know you and Commissioner Guzman are going back and forth, but what Commissioner Kirsch laid out in his thing about the polls was not about the expansion of the camps i just wanted to say so now i'm going to just say for being up here for a long period of time and representing sunrise then also be in the delegate for broward being the delegate for florida and being a delegate for the national league of cities it's always been about unfunded mandates, home rule, what we know what we need in our backyard. Commissioner Kirsch now is going to be the new league president for Broward County.…”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 4:42:18
“It's so rude. We're taking a break. No, I'm not gonna take a break. She's just a rude person. There's nothing you could do.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 4:42:28
“I want to give you whatever it is that you need. What the pause, like I would say, let them operate the way they are. Commissioner Guzman said you should meet with us individually. I think that's a great idea. I think it's something where we're at a point now where, like, I started on my first thing. It is 100% political, okay? Not here just locally, but just nationally. So for whatever it is, that's what it is. It's not we could do it. It's election year, governors are running, Senate, and I said all this. That's what the problem is. You know, now residents get involved. So we want to make…”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 5:00:22
“But don't ask our Congress people because we're in the minority. We need to get the others that are in the majority. I'm talking our state reps. Right. That's what I'm saying. Get the majority.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 5:01:32
“I just want to ask also to this. They're not calling a special session, right? That means we'd have to wait until January, February. No, I'm saying we're not going to get an answer from Tallahassee unless they call a special session, which they're probably not going to do. Daniels and DeSantis and all of them saying this is a hot button before the election and in the end of October we're going to call a special session to get the last of the voters to go nuts and figure out I'm just saying so I'll agree with you there But if it's January, February, March, I don't want to be waiting for them…”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 5:02:52
“I'll agree with you. I agree. On a statewide level. So all of the unions should get together, write the same letter with the same safeguards so that all of you do whatever FDLE is doing and better. I'm saying, right? I'm saying and better. Obviously, the cities that are looking at this and opting in and opting out, it's the same thing. Everybody should be on the same page. But you guys got to, you know, you're just one company out of the multiple. Now, you all got to be on the same page. I'm saying.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 5:05:24
“dealt with and it's easily handled because the departments want this so this is not a burden on them but who could be i'm saying i'm asking a question and they would know that you have to tell me the answer i'm just going to ask who gets exempt from this who gets exempt from coming in and taking their information where they said gets redacted and that we don't know who's assessed that's part of the discussion that's part of the discussion we have to have and we need some answers on that but and and listen”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026