Remarks by Joshua Wostal
62 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 3
- Play at 8:00
“I'll move approval and I just have a question, that's why I'm queued.”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 8, 2026
- Play at 8:09
“Is this just a standard 4-3 vote or is this 5-2?”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 8, 2026
- Play at 16:42
“madam chair yes i i didn't want to interject and you just kept turning pages but should we be asking the applicants first if they wanted to exercise their continuance right that's a lot of you're very articulate but that was that was a lot and i want you to waste your time but that's next on the agenda to ask the apple come on up do you have to read it first can we”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 8, 2026
- Play at 24:07
“I have issues with introducing such a new large zoning into the area, specifically because of the amount of times that I've seen over the past four years, the zoomed out map of them saying, well, look to the property to the west or to the east. Specifically, I see some very large lots to the east of this property, and I just wonder what happens when they come in and say, well, in a sea of R2 or R4 that's there, we have one R12 and the planning commission uses that to start approving a much higher density in the area. So Adam, was this not able to be achieved for him? I mean, I have no problem…”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 8, 2026
- Play at 25:18
“Can we pull back up that map, the color-coded map of the zonings that are around it? Yeah, I just see a tough future there for whatever that large lot is to the southeast, which is zoned light industrial, it looks like right now. And then the ones two to the east, which is zoned R4, it looks like, single family. I just have reservations. We've seen it done in the past where we try to accomplish... Allowing something like this then it gets used as justification for a much more intense use in the future I don't have a problem with him trying to get three units on the lie on quarter acre. That's…”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 8, 2026
- Play at 27:05
“Those are my comments. I hate introducing these new much higher intensity land uses into the map just because we've seen them be used for presentations to justify a much larger one. I want the applicant to be able to utilize the land, but I just have reservations about the higher land use. Thank you.”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 8, 2026
- Play at 42:49
“I'll just say that unlike the last item, this one's already surrounded by much higher density of future land use. So I will move for approval.”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 8, 2026
- Play at 56:17
Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
- Play at 1:04:11
“I'll leave it at that. All right, Commissioner Wohlstuhl. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have a 74-page resolution I'd like to read in the record. I'm kidding, but I did want your reaction. I'm just gonna read you, I'm gonna read you a little snippet from it though, Commissioner Bowles. First, just ignore the main tweets. I'll be joining the chair and removing all social media on November the 4th myself. So in 2012, there was a DRI, Resolution R12-007. The public, preserve rural Lithia, can go look this document up themselves on the hillsclerk.com public record search of the BOCC records. They can…”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
- Play at 1:40:28
“Thank you. I think she meant robust presentation, but I appreciate the thoroughness. And when my wife is disgusted that I call a mosquito bite a blood mill, I'm going to be blaming you there, Doc, for giving me that. But I do want to make sure that the public doesn't feel like a sense of panic. 224 people is one 10,000th percentage of the population of Hillsborough County. It's a very small number. I do appreciate that it's better for you to get on top of it before it becomes a problem. Josh brought up something that I was gonna bring up. This is being paid for by the emergency disaster and…”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
- Play at 1:59:01
“I'm sorry, what'd you say? I said I'll second it.”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
- Play at 1:59:08
“Is this something that, like, did the DJJ ask for this site, or what's...”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
- Play at 1:59:32
“I've read all the back and forth, the email that they're being booted for the Ray Stadium unexpectedly. So yeah, whatever we can do to land them, I'm good with.”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
- Play at 2:04:46
“Thank you, and I'm obviously not gonna have discussion on all of them, but these are all live local projects of which zero have been approved in the unincorporated Hillsborough County, especially since we unanimously filed a lawsuit because we disagree and we believe that this law is unconstitutional. I have no idea why we are proceeding forward in any mechanism to move Live Local Project forward, whether if it's to do with the rezoning or not. But I will point out on the next item, although I'm only gonna really comment on one of them, I'll comment on the next one briefly, that Commissioner…”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
- Play at 2:07:17
“I will rescind my motion and accept that as the motion and I will second it.”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
- Play at 2:08:53
“Just one comment. I want clarity on the county attorney's office helped development services create language that's currently advertised to the public that if they choose to proceed forward with a live local project and we prevail in our lawsuit, we're gonna go tear down their building.”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
- Play at 2:09:28
“And these projects, the Hillsborough Financing Authority, yes, it's a state facility, but Hillsborough County government many moons ago delegated our power to them. We delegated our own, they're essentially an extension of us in this world. They're going to use a government bonding funding mechanism to fund these projects, correct? While we are also simultaneously promising that if you proceed forward, we're going to bulldoze it. I just, I don't know even how we got to this point, but I'll leave it there. I got some smiles at least out of today, thank you.”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
- Play at 2:10:43
“Thanks, I mean, we all know what the public hearing is, but there is many, many historical precedents that have been set throughout the history of Hillsborough County that when we have highly provocative or of high public interest items, that we have held public hearings in a site more conducive for the public outside of County Center and after 6 p.m. The first thing I wanna ask is that just as a favor from the board's parliamentarian, Rick, There's some confusion. I'm not gonna call you a nerd, I'm a nerd, but I think that we might be the only two possible nerds that have read all of the…”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
- Play at 2:14:57
“I'll call that when we get to the public hearing. I would say they did have other nights available that they would open up to the board to accommodate us for such an important item. So if it doesn't need to be on October the 21st, I would accept that as a friendly amendment to direct the county administrator to work out the best date that works for all of us and then work with this location to identify their availability at that time and date. Does that work? Okay.”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
- Play at 2:16:06
“Oh, it's just to schedule the public hearing to be in the evening at a remote location. For both items. Well, that, yeah, I mean, just what's advertised, but that is kind of a misnomer, I guess. Thank you.”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
- Play at 2:18:56
“I mean, we have six of us here right now.”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
- Play at 2:19:36
“That works for me. I'll accept that. I do agree with the Vice Chair, though, that it's kind of open-ended. None of us want it to be drawn on. This is not a strategy move. This is simply a promoting public transparency move. And I know that they had the 22nd available to them, and I think they said something like the 28th. And they host a variety of events there with technology solutions available. But that's fine, I'll accept that as a friendly amendment to leave it to just direct you guys to find a suitable location outside of County Center at 6.30 p.m., centrally located as possible in the…”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
- Play at 2:20:36
“I mean, I'm fine with the zoo, I think is a net less contentious item. If that remains, if you wanna do this for the raise, I'm fine with that. I just... They happened to be, they were scheduled together by staff. So if you guys would like to split the zoo to proceed on the 21st at 10 a.m., then that's fine with me, and then schedule an alternative public hearing for the Tampa Bay raise item and centrally located in the East Hillsborough area, that's fine with me as well.”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
- Play at 2:21:11
“Okay, then I will move to schedule a public hearing, an alternate public hearing for the Tampa Bay Rays item amendment to the CIT project list at 6.30 p.m. at an alternate location located in the East Hillsboro area. district centrally located and direct the county administrator to work with the Board of County Commissioners on a suitable date. Second.”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026
- Play at 2:22:00
“I will move for approval of scheduling the original CIT public hearing on October the 21st at 10 a.m. Second. And now, Rick, you don't need to give the explanation of a motion to divide the question. All right.”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 7, 2026