Remarks by Luis B. Santiago
193 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 8
- Play at 11:15
“Yeah, that's something that we discussed in early. I'm so happy that we're not raising the middle rate. Thank God that we take that decision because we're giving some relief to the residents, the taxpayers for the great city of Polanco. But what I see is, you know, the money that we're going to receive, I think we were talking before about $1.7 million, something like that. Let me see if I'm writing down somewhere here. And my point with that is, yeah, we're going to receive a little bit more revenue for the fiscal year, but we have so much Spencer that we left before when this come out of…”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 17:45
“Well, no, no question, because I think that we need all that thing that we have here. The only the two points that they mentioned in before the Tallahassee request, you know, to us, don't do not give me, you know, like, or cut it out the uniform for the employments. And the education that we need for everybody, you know, working in the police department, public works, co-enforcement, I think that's necessary to have that type of service in the city for the city employees. One other thing is, I'm okay with everything. We're going to receive like $10 million left of the last year. That's how I…”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“I understand perfectly. No, I was just responding. Yeah, okay. My point is, okay, yeah, now we have to see very carefully. We're only going to have $71 million, you know, in our budget for the next fiscal year. And if we're going to reduce something, the dollar has to, you know, order to us. I don't know how can they don't talking about, you know, cities events, all these events that we have.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 19:26
“Yeah, Mr. Mayor, the only thing is that I don't like to detouch anything about the two requirements or what they tell to us to do, you know, in this budget to cut it out, you know, the training for the employment, you know, for the city and the uniform. We need uniform. We need, you know, to make our city employment look professional in the street.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“I don't like it. I don't like that recommendation from them.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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City Commission · Jul 29, 2026
- Play at 51:44
“¿Seguimos? Sí. Con todo el respeto que ustedes se merecen, creo que... With all due respect, I believe that they deserve.”
City Commission · Jul 29, 2026
- Play at 52:05
“Hay algo que yo estoy mirando que no fue lo que se habló hace meses atrás y desde el principio que hemos estado tratando de cambiar esta legislación.”
City Commission · Jul 29, 2026
- Play at 52:27
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City Commission · Jul 29, 2026
- Play at 52:40
“I don't know if everybody have it with you. My colleague Commissioner Irving brought a good point a good point about this. There are people that do have space behind their house. Y habíamos quedado que sí, en aquel entonces, que se le iba a permitir.”
City Commission · Jul 29, 2026
- Play at 53:24
“Y hoy en día traemos algo que es lo contrario, y en el lenguaje...”
City Commission · Jul 29, 2026
- Play at 53:36
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City Commission · Jul 29, 2026
- Play at 54:38
“I believe that we know that we're going to create the sticker that you showed a few minutes ago. And if somebody has that recreation truck parking in the back of the house,”
City Commission · Jul 29, 2026
- Play at 55:07
“Se le iba a permitir. They're going to permit it to doing it. always, if they follow the rules and regulations that we already write in here, that that truck has to be on top of concrete or other material.”
City Commission · Jul 29, 2026
- Play at 55:28
“This is not for rent. This is only for parking at your home. Because the first time the legislation spoke of putting our vehicles elsewhere and paying rent for them, and I believe that is an injustice. Y ahora, pues estamos acá con esto, gracias a Dios, pero también queremos que se cumpla todo lo que se acordó con todos nosotros.”
City Commission · Jul 29, 2026
- Play at 56:31
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City Commission · Jul 29, 2026
- Play at 57:53
“Okay, that sticker. That sticker had to be in front of the house.”
City Commission · Jul 29, 2026
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City Commission · Jul 29, 2026
- Play at 1:15:54
“I'm going to say it in Spanish for you to understand. The vehicle that doesn't have a motor, I would prefer it. That doesn't throw any liquid, no gasoline, nothing. And it does the planet good. You're going to say it in English? You want me to say it in English? You did. Oh, okay.”
City Commission · Jul 29, 2026
- Play at 15:46
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City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 24:53
“And the next one is going to be presenting to one of the most famous colleagues that we have here in the great city of Opelika, Vice Mayor Joseph L. Kelly. And certainly an appreciation for you, finally, and reader.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 40:26
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City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 40:59
“Are you going to? vote against it or something are you no no sir no no no sir so that comes to give you time now to go ahead and put it on the record okay i want to put it in the record the concern is that we already be talking in the um uh agenda brady on monday and for the commissioner address she's outside right now i make it loud and clear that i'm going to supporting okay that item but okay that morning it had to be returned to the city because we are not the one broken that pipe That's what I believe that we'll be discussing in that meeting. The money is going to be refunding for the…”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“move it move by commissioner santiago and i'll put this item so i'll go ahead and second the item um for a discussion commissioner santiago uh thank you mr mayor i be uh talking uh through my manager uh for the last seven months i think about that morning they be assigning to me for uh the opalaka community newspaper That's, you know, one of the things that we've been talking. Nowhere and anywhere we can get through, okay, with that project because a lot of things happen. We don't found, as they say, no company that want to take over. Another thing is, you know, we be having, you know,…”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 47:52
“Yes. Mr. Mayor, hey, it sounds beautiful what you're bringing to us. Sounds perfect. Okay. Yeah. Is any complaint. But the other day we have a workshop and we'll be talking about to spend half a million dollars next year. Money that we already don't have. But we're talking about something that is there. And for some reason, and I want to find the reason. I want to find the reason why the newspaper not started in January. Why the newspaper don't started in February. There's a lot of things going on. And you're talking about the $7,200 that we've been talking about the other day to ending,…”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026