Remarks by Ken Gilbert
167 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 6 of 7
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“Well, again, and thank you, City Manager, for clarifying that. I was made for the appointment. It was canceled. I made other additional plans that got rescheduled. But I have to say something that... Now we're looking at a savings over $100,000 to get somebody in security to take that. I also have to envision our 77,000 people, which we kind of agree upon and sense it's offered a great service. I mean, there's no doubt about it. But they do take up parking. They do take all that. But we went to the table, and we got 100 grand. I would think for a security officer because if we have to put a…”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
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“I just defer to our chief because, as we know, we have the best police force in the United States and, of course, also Florida.”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
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“What is your thoughts, Chief? I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to talk to you about this.”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
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“Chief, do the person that they hire and they pay for, is that qualified? Because I know when we go to part and settlement, they have uniformed. And it seemed like a police officer that I greeted as soon as I walked into Rotunda.”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
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“I don't want to burden you, but I... Will Bruce cover the cost?”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
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“Well, we're T and T we're T plus two, but that's a difference. One times 0.5. And that's the difference that that person would be a full time employee. I, I'm just asking you chief, I don't want to not have folks here, but I just hope we have the most qualified people here.”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
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“What do they do? They have an officer. I don't know if he's a county. I don't.”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
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“their tax collector space. And just as a reminder, we were, we were for cost savings.”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
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“Our police chief is the greatest guy ever because he wants people with guns to qualify.”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
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“Do you want me to bring it back or just go ahead and work on putting a bid out?”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
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“Deputy Mayor. Chief, I certainly appreciate you looking at a $187 ticket going directly to the city plus three points per fraction is what I'm thinking driving through a school zone. That's just the minimum. Civil infraction is $100 but it's not no points because you don't know who's driving. I'm a big proponent of safety in school zones and I think everybody here in the council is and so are you. I would request whoever our vendor is to fix it. They just need to fix it. I'm not telling them how, I'm not telling them why. If not, tell them to go bye-bye and find another.”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
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“I would ask the council either you fix it or you go bye-bye and we find another vendor.”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
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“That is correct. Wait on the lawyers to argue it out.”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
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“There's other cities too, not just counties. This group has other cities. The county is not turning them on either. Let's stick with that. They're not turning them on.”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
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“I'm going to pray tonight a lot, but if something happens to one of those kids, then we're going to say, Oh, we need to fix it. I want to fix it before something happens. And when I was kids and when I was crossing guards.”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
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“I'm putting extra officers going 72 miles an hour. Boop. That crossing guard that's doing a job because they love it, not because they get paid a lot.”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
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“And I would I would ask you to watch yesterday's special special match I'm gonna get personal right now because my nephew runs Wayne is Inga's charter schools. He runs them in low-income areas and he has 80 schools they runs and One of the crossing guards last year got wiped out dead going 72 miles an hour dropping her kid off and under influences of ABC, XYZ, whatever she had in her body, and this was just somebody just walking a kid across the street.”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
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“I know, but when you spank a baby enough, they stop putting their hand on the stove.”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
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“Are you good with that, council? Are you good with that? That's a good answer. Yep. Do it. Bye-bye. That's it. I agree. Are you okay with that council? Are you okay with that chief?”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
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“That's the direction of the council. Council Member Paul said I think the four of us.”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
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“It took us three and a half years to get here. I don't want to need three and a half years before they're active.”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
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“Whoever texts does a great job. I don't mind. My phone's on 24-7, so thank you. Thank you. And all the citizens thanked us. I mean, that's made a tragedy into a good thing. Speaking of that, when is that road cutting through?”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
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“You know what? They're a vendor of ours. We'll tell them when we're ready.”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
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“I just don't want the tail walking the dog. You can call them whatever they want. They're a supplier to our citizens. I don't want them to put deadlines on us. We want to do it. We've talked about doing it, but you got to do this. You got to do this. We've been good. There are customers. There are vendors. There are citizens. All right.”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026