Remarks by Keon Hardemon
77 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 4
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“Thank you for recognizing me. You know, in circumstances like this, you know, I think to myself, what are we doing here? And the goal of this fund is to provide potable drinking water to everyone. If that's not in the benefit of the people of Miami-Dade County, I don't know what is. And so when you start there, that is our responsibility. We should be spending that money, but we're not. And the question is, why? Why are we spending this money to remediate sites that we own? Many of you might not live in areas where you have things considered to be brownfields or contaminated water, soil. But…”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Sep 10, 2026
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“I thought you, nothing. Don't worry about it.”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Sep 10, 2026
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“You know, if we want to give the rate payers some dignity, how about we just remove the fee? Since we're not spending the way that we intend to spend it. I mean, if we remove the fee, then rate payers wouldn't have to worry about that. They just pay whatever their water bill is plus whatever other fees that we have and call it a day. You know, so it's like... If we want to couch it in sort of the idea that this is about dignifying the person who's actually paying the fee, then remove the fee. Because clearly the fee is not going the way that we expect it to have been going. It's not being…”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Sep 10, 2026
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“Madam Chairwoman, as I understood, Commissioner Cornhiggins was making a motion with those amendments. Is that what happened?”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Sep 10, 2026
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“And I'll tell you, I was trying to understand, Madam Chairwoman, what you were saying about the freezing or the, like, basically the capture of whatever funds were left unavailable. Because I'll tell you, by the end of the day, that that amount of encumbered dollars is going to grow. Because there's no, we're playing fast and loose when it comes with what is encumbered. I would think that it being encumbered happens after a budget cycle where we've approved a budget to do certain things. That's when generally things are encumbered. Well, there's some specific legislation that does that, but…”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Sep 10, 2026
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“I'm in a twilight zone because what I hear is, no, no, no, seriously, I'm in a twilight zone. I heard the commissioner say, I'm open to what you all want to put in there. I don't think these things make sense the way that you necessarily want them. For instance, I want 0%. I don't want a percentage point. But if you want a percentage point, propose a percentage point. I'm okay with that. What it sounds like is that You want her to propose a percentage point when she has proposed a percentage point. That's zero. So if you want a percentage point, you should say it's one. Two, I would happily…”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Sep 10, 2026
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“This isn't about bullying. This is about wasting everyone's time. The energy is about wasting time. You don't want to make a motion because you don't want to be in support. You don't want to be the person that made the recommendation for what it is that we're going to be deciding. This body, we make changes to things. The last cycle we were on, we just made an administrative change to our entire procurement process. And people asked for more time. We didn't give it to them. We moved forward when people had general concerns about how every single person was going to apply in a process that…”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Sep 10, 2026
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“I hear the discussion, but is there a motion?”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Sep 10, 2026
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“I completely agree. That's what the board is for. If you think that we're going to do all the work in the committee, then we're sadly mistaken. That's how this thing works. I fully expect to continue to talk about it. If they come back with recommendations, then we're going to talk about those recommendations. And even if we adopt those recommendations, we just have to understand that it doesn't appear to the administration that they don't like what we have being presented to us. And so that may never change, right? So it's just best that if we want to remediate the properties that we own…”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Sep 10, 2026
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“We already have a motion on the floor. It was already previously moved and seconded. Can we stop to clarify with the motion? Okay.”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Sep 10, 2026
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“I'm going to say this. We are not going to stand here and allow anyone to be intimidated on this dais, anyone who's in this room. And we're not going to stand, I don't care what you're talking about, what subject it is that you don't like, what you care for, what you don't care for, what your politics are, what they are not. What we are not going to stand for are people who want to make anyone in this room feel uncomfortable about where they are, which means that they are in this place. If you make people feel unsafe in here, you will be removed immediately. Immediately. We don't care what…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“A little unreadiness before you said the motion.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah. I don't know if you are aware of this, but I became aware because when I was serving as the city of Miami commissioner, we have certain zoning and we abut the county. And so the county made some changes long before any of us were on the dais. Our mayor was on the dais at the time. But they made changes where in the unincorporated areas, it allowed for the development of duplexes and single family zone areas, which... Sounds like this is exactly what this is, although they're in a program. That's how the property maybe was transferred, et cetera, et cetera. But that was a big thing to…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“I mean, because, like if... You know we can talk, like, you know.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“Well, that's kind of how this works, right? Like, we listen to each other, and then we say what we believe. We don't create like a game plan before, and then, you know, call to play.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“But they're required to do it right now, right? They're required to keep record now.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“I will allow Commissioner Lopez to engage a little bit further, because as I understood, they have a requirement now. And I too have an issue with keeping the record because in the district I represent, we have a lot of illegal things that go bang in the middle of the night that cause great injuries to people. And we have a proliferation of tents that are usually put up and they sell what is deemed to be fireworks or whatever type of explosive devices. And so it's a big mystery for me as an individual and then people who live in the community to have to deal with this, especially when you…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“I believe Manolo died around 80 years old, so he lived a very full life. And there are many people who knew Manolo for a very long time before he turned 80 years old. I was not one of those individuals that had the pleasure of knowing Manolo in his younger years. But it was always awesome to hear his friends from then describe Manolo then. I know they lie from here to there. We should lie for our friends to tell the best stories of us. And we should lie for our friends to tell terrible stories of us just to keep it spicy. I think you have to add a little bit of both truth and fiction when you…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“So, is property that's owned by the sheriff's office, is that distinct from property owned by Miami-Dade County?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“And so for instance, this study that we're doing, who pays for this study?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“So I know the county charges me to paint my county facility. Like if I want to paint my office, the county charges me. And I know that the sheriff charges us to utilize the The Sergeant at Arms, is that correct? I think so. Okay. Is it within reason to charge the Sheriff's Office as well for the services that we're providing her?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“Help me understand this. I'm trying to conceptualize what you're saying to me. There's a budget. It's a pie. And in this pie, you cut it a certain way, where I give, say for instance, certain departments or offices, like the sheriff's office, a certain percentage of that pie. Which means then we have less percentage to use it towards other things, right? So if we give the sheriff a percentage of this pie, And then we say, OK, we're going to do this work for you, but we're not going to charge you. It costs money, but not for the sheriff's percentage of the pie. So the shares get a certain…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yes, I think there's a scrivener's error in the item, and I think that's what the county attorney's office wants to put on the record. And so my motion will be to approve the item inclusive of the scrivener's errors that are entered on the record.”
Safety and Health Committee · Jul 13, 2026
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Board of County Commissioners · Jun 18, 2026
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“So obviously, I mean, I just stepped into the meeting, but I engaged directly into the conversation because I was listening as as I was driving on my way here. Of course, I heard other applications as well. And this is the particular part that I'm of concern about, because what I don't want to happen is for everyone's district to be affected and not necessarily know because it's been disguised in. an application that's particularly for my district. And so I want to hear from staff about why you would make that particular recommendation. And after I hear that, then maybe I'll make some changes…”
Board of County Commissioners · Jun 18, 2026