Remarks by Ken Gilbert
167 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 7
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“You saw the movie Money Pit, haven't you?”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“I'm in favor of that. And I think October 1st is the last day, so that would be perfect.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Well, I just think we don't need to be Ray Kroc.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Explain. I'll bring it by short detail. Ray Kroc went to San Diego one day and saw the McDonald's brothers making McDonald's the first time there's ever been industrialized burgers. So he stole their idea and then he bought their company. And the way Ray Kroc and McDonald's made the money was not by the building itself, was by buying the land and leasing it to the buildings and the franchisees. So Ray Kroc, the founder of McDonald's, made most of his money by 99 year leases for McDonald's to be put on him. So I don't think we need to be in that business.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“I was listening to Colby. I didn't know if he had anything else.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“I think we just need more information. If Goldman's asking the question, is there a representation, let's push this, and I don't like pushing things.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“No, I'm saying there's more information that Goldman Young's waiting for. Let's wait for that before we make a decision on this council.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Let's put it on the table and get a full package, as the mayor said, even just like this building. Let's get a full package before we talk about it.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“I don't know if anybody knows this, but the financiers for the St. Cloud Golf Course is the founder of Discover Park.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Perfect. Can we just wait for more information? And, Kobe, I get it. Municipalities are great. Golf course is great. My kid's been out there. I think it's a great links course. There's very few links course also, and it's 27 holes, which is another valuable. I don't want to lose it, but I don't want to give away the farm. But I think we do really benefit from having a golf course here.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“You're up next. Okay. I'm just paying attention.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. Just so you know, the Florida Turnpike expansion is ahead of schedule. It's all the way from here to Miami. I know it sounds slow, but we're about a year ahead of schedule for completion of it. Go to Florida Turnpike FDOT and look at where we're going, but it is ahead of schedule. Just FYI, four years ago, A ton of asphalt was $400. Today it's $1,200. Just so if you want to know why costs are associated with it, it's the cost of materials. We do have $1.5 billion already allocated for Osceola County for new streets and roads and things such as that through the Metro Plan…”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“No, no, but you have somebody walking you, but you actually have a blind experience where you're going and your centuries pick up. It's wild because then your hearing gets better and your feeling gets better, but it's a blind experience, but everybody here is invited to do that.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“I've done it. Oh, you've done it? Yeah. I just want to invite everybody because it's interesting. It's like, whoa, because close your eyes and walk across the street and hear the horns and hear everything gets magnified because of our census. But that happens, and everybody here is there. The Lake to Lake Trail, we're meeting with Osceola County, and it's going to go through Okeechobee. I'm fighting for it to come through St. Cloud because it will be the last stop, and I talked to the city manager about that. before this really desolate area to bring the bike trail from lake to lake. There's…”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Yes, asphalt lane. And then it'll be incorporated in what we have here. And it'll go through St. Cloud all the way down to the lake. From Okeechobee going up? All the way north, yeah, to Ocala.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Walker Ranch is probably, that's part of the reason we're doing Walker Ranch. That's a Walker property?”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“We won't have that tourism, that bike tourism. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN ON WEST ORANGE TRAIL. THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME TOURISM THERE, SO WE'RE TRYING TO WORK HARD. SO I VOLUNTEERED TO MEET WITH USVILLE COUNTY AS ONE OF THE METRO PLAN MEMBERS ON THAT SUBCOMMITTEE. SO I'LL UPDATE YOU THEN. GET US A TRAIN, MA'AM. GET US A SUNRAIL. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SOTO. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CONGRESSMAN SOTO TO DO THAT, AND WE MET WITH METRO PLAN. SOTO MET WITH THEM, AND I MET WITH THEM. SO WE'VE GOT THE INITIAL AND THE CITY BROUGHT IT OUT ALL THE WAY FROM THE AIRPORT THROUGH ORANGE COUNTY DOWN…”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Well, they didn't, and I don't know why. And other than that, I would just like to say thank you guys. I think we're getting a lot done, and I think this council I appreciate letting me report to. I don't get to talk to you about that, but that's what I've been doing over this past month, and I'll continue to do so. So thank you guys very much, and I yield back to you on this, Mayor.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Thank you. Yes. They're walking around with these.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Does it have to be read first? Thank you, Attorney.”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
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“Well, thank you, Council, for having those meetings, and that's what we're supposed to do because we can't communicate. So if there's no objections, I'd ask the mayor to motion to approve this at this time.”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
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“Well, thank you, Mayor. Our consultants, Gorman, has been great. I'm not in the restaurant business, so thank you for your evaluation, sir. Ken, if I may. $75,000, I do have... I do have commercial buildings that are rented. And when we signed a longer lease, we used those $75,000 or whatever for structural things, for windows, doors, patios, flooring, ceilings, things that are structural for that commercial building. I know these $75,000 were for tables and chairs, booths, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. what my understanding is that you can shake your head all you want, but let me finish.…”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
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“All right. Uh, deputy mayor. Yep. Thank you for your insight. Uh, when I looked at this project, Six or eight months ago, I was in agreeance, put it out for bid, do the RFP, do that. I listened to your instructions because you're the professionals of it. I do rent commercial buildings. One, you have a tenant that will take some time to move in. Two, you're exactly right. They're not coming in and say, we're going to put in 500 grand for a kitchen. You got to put in the 500 grand. I've been there or those improvements. I'm not trying to convince council whatsoever or any way because I was on…”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
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“Again, I'm not... But again, that's... I'm sorry. I just want to be...”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
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“It's the toughest industry I've ever... That's why I say so far away from it. It's so tough of an industry. You look at the failure rate with the first three years, it's incredible.”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026