Remarks by Joseph Corradino
550 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 6 of 22
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“And I don't disagree with that whatsoever. I don't feel the same way in the sense that I think that it's a worthwhile discussion to give us flexibility because we haven't discussed the budget. We've only received it. But the way I'm reading it, probably this gets five to nothing, in my opinion, to stay exactly where it is. And this is for discussion purposes only, which I don't know how we could, my personal opinion is why not, why limit yourself to where you think you want to be if you just got this book tonight? And I just want to make that clear from my perspective. All right. And I would…”
Village Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“But just to be clear, we weren't going there. We were having a discussion. Right, but the tax, the notice they got showed. The only thing we really have to do, well, They think like somebody said that we do get paid too much. They do. Follow the money. Right, they wanted their money. But the only thing we have to do all year is have this discussion.”
Village Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“And that a citizen would be upset that we're gonna have a discussion on a budget that we just got tonight that we're leaving our options open would be a disqualifier. I mean, we have to have this discussion. It's our job. I agree.”
Village Council · Jul 14, 2026
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Village Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“I'll even go as early as 5 o'clock. No, she said 5.01. 5.01.”
Village Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Oh, my God. But in September, we only have two set, and that's both for budget. No, but we're going to have to. No, one of the meetings in September is the council meeting.”
Village Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Oh, okay, the 10th. Oh, I see what you're saying.”
Village Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“No, no, right? We're not having a meeting on the council meeting. So how do we avoid that? Can we start the budget hearing at 5.01 and do a council meeting at 3 to get that out of the way?”
Village Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Because, I mean, we don't want to dilute what would be a... We don't dilute the budget with the council. We can narrow the agenda down, right? Yeah. Can we do that? Anybody mind starting the council meeting on the 10th? At 3 p.m.?”
Village Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“We just introduced the budget. It's taken three hours. We started at 4. It's 7.30.”
Village Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Our previous planning director drove all the way from Fort Myers. Does he inherit the car?”
Village Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“But there won't be signs yet, I've heard enough.”
Village Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“We're glad to have you. Thanks very much. Thank you.”
Village Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Case number 21-CV-22819-RKA. This session is estimated to last about 60 minutes, and the following people may be in attendance at this meeting. Myself, Joseph M. Cordino, Vice Mayor Ken Fairman, Village Council Members Jerry Greenberg, James McDonald, and Ariel Meyer, may be in the session. Village attorneys Mitch Beerman, Chad Freeman, Alicia Gonzalez, Eric Stetton, Jack McCluskey, and Village Manager Yosin Galeano. These proceedings will be recorded by a certified court reporter, and at the conclusion of all litigation, if that ever happens, discussed, the transcript will be made part of…”
Village Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Okay. Good. Thank you. So we'll adjourn to the other resolution.”
Village Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Hey. All right. Good to see you. Mitch, can I go and close this thing out? OK. All right, I'm going to now reopen the meeting. The attorney-client session has been terminated, and those in the closed session have now rejoined the members of the general public in the council chambers. For any further proceedings, the time is now a little bit before 4. At this time, we're going to continue our special meeting, which is, I can just close the special meeting, right? We're going to terminate the special meeting. So, meeting adjourned.”
Village Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“You ready? Okay. Once again, it's Thursday, June 11th at 6 p.m. I'd like to call the meeting to order and have the clerk call roll the members, please.”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“Let's do the Pledge of Allegiance. The flag is that way. Aye. I guess we have a popular agenda. We have unpopular agenda nights and unpopular agenda nights. We have cookies and pink lemonade that should soothe the savage beast. All right, let's do the consent agenda.”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. Does anybody want, before we hit the consent agenda, does anybody want to pull anything from the consent agenda?”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“FABs four and five will be pulled and they'll be addressed individually. Anybody else? Okay, would anybody like to speak on anything on the consent agenda that's not been pulled? So these things will all be voted on. If you want to have a comment about any of them, you're welcome to get up right now and give a comment. If not, we'll move on.”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“Okay, three, four, three, four, and five.”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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“Anybody else from the council before we open the public? Just one last thing on that.”
Village Council · Jun 11, 2026
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Village Council · Jun 11, 2026