Remarks by Joshua Wostal
62 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 3
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“My questions are very basic. What source of money is being used to pay for this?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“So you're going to advance the development and funding agreement?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“That helps me get to my point. Which funding source is it?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“So general fund property taxes is what's gonna be used for this. And we're gonna advance it. When do these money start getting spent?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“That would maybe be a question. Are you going to expend it before the myriad of other agreements still have to cross the finish line?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Sure, so you're gonna start expending it now. There's a myriad of other legal documents that the board has to approve. They approve the first one, that's fine. But the... licensing user and fee agreement. At the last meeting, you said that the raise were still stuck at 100% of revenue from all sources.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Sure, but you're not speaking to my point, which is that do you have a clawback mechanism for all of these monies if the board says, hey, they won't budge off the 100% and then they don't get their votes? Is the taxpayers' property taxes just gone? I'm not sure I understand exactly what you're saying. You have a myriad of legal documents remaining. I do. Okay. if they don't budge from all of their huge asks that they still have 100% revenue from all sources and the board says, you know what, you're being too greedy and we've already spent hundreds of thousands of dollars of property taxes, is…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Oh, I have no idea that they're going to get their votes. I'm just making those board members aware since it was buried under consent with no conversation. and the public aware that you're about to expend hundreds of thousands of dollars of property taxes for a stadium that isn't even finalized, and if it falls through, all of that money goes away, which, off topic, vote yes on Amendment 3 to increase your homestead exemptions, since we obviously have ample money. I think that that's a real risk. and it's abusive to the taxpayers that you're gonna proceed with expenditures prior to having…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“It's a CIT project that has a legal requirement to be advertised and added to the CIT project list, correct?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“And we're going to start spending money before that's done?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“prior to the legal requirements of posting a public hearing and changing the project list. Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. All right, Commissioner Cohen.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Oh, I second that. It's just not a motion.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026