Remarks by Joseph Magazine
62 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 3
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“Anything with a cash flow that's consistent like that is bondable.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“I'd still like to hear it in October, whether it is deferred or not.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“I'll echo, I think this is the epitome where we simply just have to do more, right? We have so many communications and PIOs and PIO departments and neighborhood affairs departments, and then we go and contract out more communication? No. I will not vote for that. I live in this neighborhood. I got involved in this city because of some of the projects along here. We need to be more efficient with how we operate across the board. There's probably five different teams all delivering some type of similar message. It's not about needing more. We need to work smarter. I see Commissioner Fernandez…”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“In the total? We need to work smarter. We need to work smarter. It's as simple as that. We cannot have PIO officers, public information officers, out the wazoo, and then contract out communications. We simply can't, we have to put a line in the sand about constraining the growth of government. It is as simple as that, and I hate to sound petty, and it's not that these things aren't important, they're supremely important. But if you don't put your foot or line in the sand and say we just simply have to do more with less, it'll never get done. And this is one of those instances where I just…”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“If I ever said that to my boss, I'd be fired. Excuse me. I'm sorry, Commissioner. If I ever said that to my boss, I'd be fired. My boss would say, I guess you have to stay later tonight. I guess you have to work on the weekends. That is the reality of real-life work. I am sorry. It's as simple as that. If my boss came to me and said, we lost a resource. We need this work to be done. If I said, I'm sorry, we're just going to have to produce less, I would be fired on the spot. We have to deliver, and we have to do it with less. Sorry, Commissioner, Shirley.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“And I'll probably vote in opposition, but I take your points as well, and I get managing the peak to trough, and if you're not fully staffed up for excess levels, you need to do outside support. Perhaps I'm not even talking about this project, I'm not talking about this project specifically, just an overarching theme that I've been reemphasizing.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“And I'll say magazine. I will call the vote I'll say one thing with all this communicating going on whether it be for this project with outside vendors one thing I don't know if we need legislation or policy that actually really really irks me is it's left up to us to communicate staff level decisions on Facebook, which is probably the main form of interaction with our residents. There are three or four primary Facebook groups related to the community that the entire everybody in our community knows about and when we're talking about why is that palm tree cut down as part of the euclid oval…”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“I've actually, and I appreciate it, Commissioner, I've heard from our residents, including as we speak, And they're saying it is much needed and a valuable resource. And as I mentioned, where I was going with my commentary wasn't specific really to this. It wasn't isolated to this. It was more of thematic talk. So I've heard from residents of our neighborhood groups that chimed in during this discussion say, hey, they're really providing a valuable service. I think I've boxed myself in on my vote, but I'm telling you in live time that my comments may not have been agreeable with some of the…”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“And I'll also say we have an event that's become a flagship event of our season here in Miami Beach and actually occurs not deep into this season. It would only be a week or two outside of that. So wondering if you'd be amenable to that, whether it be just grandfathering it in or extending back to let's call it May 15th. Commissioner Bott.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“Yeah, the May 15th. It's the F1 Corbin Beach event that's been a flagship of our city for the past five or six years. It's, I think, done wonders for our city, the type of caliber and attention that it's attracted. Seemingly, they've done so without any issue for the past five or six years. It's already operating, so... leave it up to you whether you'd consider either grandfathering it in, or I think it's usually done that F1 weekend, which is the first weekend in May, so perhaps starting May 15th, or if you didn't want the ambiguity of what date it might be or moving it up for other dates,…”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“What you're saying, we essentially have one annual recurring event that's never had any issues. It predated all of us. I don't. I don't see it my role to come in here and say, oh, wow, this has been a great flagship event for our city. This high profile, great press. Let's get rid of it. It's never had any issues. We are co-signing not to have new events to accommodate the entire rest of the season. That's a huge win. I think that's a good place to land, but I'll defer to the sponsor on that.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026