Remarks by Luis B. Santiago
193 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 8
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“My recommendation, $280,000 again for that type of event at Evian Night, not good. I want to reduce it to $50,000.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Oh, yes. Let's get it. Let me tell you something. I believe by January 1st, 2027, That event right there is not in the list for the event, okay, that the federal governor or the state government, they want to all celebrating. Like, Mayor, like, 4th of July is an event that is going to be covered. Yeah, because 4th of July, that's a national day. Okay, but Arabian night is not a national day. I'm very sorry for that. It's not a national day.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Mr. Mayor... Right now we are in a position that we need money for other problems that we have in the city. I think that we spent a lot of money in that week out here. And the next celebration, you know, for the Arabian night or the 101 years for the city, okay, we're supposed to, you know, reduce it and celebrating locally here in the city. I'm not happy to bring another festival like that for $180,000. No way. Commissioner Irvin?”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“$55,000. Okay. Is that me? What kind of help is that for the city? Because even you reduce $55,000, okay, that we receive, we are still spending like $230,000 in that night. He's not helping us.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Arabian Nights is your culture? No, it's not your culture. It's a culture for everybody here in the great city of Guadalajara. Let me tell you this, okay? If we're going to talk about, you know, culturally, I believe culturally is the month that we're celebrating that is being approved for the federal government, okay, the Afro-American month, okay? The Black History Month. Okay, that's one. Okay. Arabian night is something that we do here in Opalaca.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“But we can't celebrate it, you know, when that cost is too much money, sir. And let me tell you loud and clear. Okay. I really know that this year we're going to have changes, okay? I don't know what kind of changes, but we're going to have changes here in this chamber. And that's going to be the responsibility for whoever take over, okay, that seat there that you're sitting right now, okay? And it's going to be in the... And the charter of that person, okay, all the expenses that we're going to have next year. Okay, that's your responsibility.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Okay. All right, Fifi. That's the way that you say it. I only tried to tell you what is the reality of that. $280,000 is too much money.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Okay. Thank you, sir. I'm sorry, Fifi. That's it.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Yeah. Question madam. In the maintenance that we have in police work. that we don't have a professional electric person certified for the city? How are we fixing the problem that we have in all the buildings that we have?”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“The FPNL issue, whatever they do there, it's affecting our building. It's only burned the swimming pool system. What about the rest of the building? It's not affecting because of that? No, it did not affect it.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“That's the money that we're spending in parking recreation. That's not only Chabandi. We're talking about Helen Miller, Ingram Park. What about the Butterfly Park? That's part of us? What are you talking about?”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Uh-huh. No, I don't know. That's another part of the city parks. And I have a lot of complaints about that little part.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Okay. It's only a question. What are they talking about? What are we spending in parking recreation every year? And salary and everything is $1,605,000 we're going to have.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Yeah. Yeah. And that million something dollars is including the $280,000.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“I see we have like $1,000 here for golf cart repair.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Yeah, we're in the beautification. And budget, very important because the city have to maintain, you know, clean all over the realm as a manager. And he touched something about the alleyways. Okay, about the alleyway. What are we talking about there? You know, the maintenance and the alleyway.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Very good point. Where is all that items coming from when they found what you're talking about, you know, furniture that they're throwing from where? It's illegal dumping. And what are they finding in the middle of the alley? Yes. In the middle of the alley? Yes.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Well, I believe if they are in the middle of the alley, somebody had to, you know, see a co-enforcement, you know, like probably they coming from the back yard for somebody out there that they throwing out. Let's go after them because the other day we sighting somebody, okay, that he has some kind of boxers. in his front of the garage, that it match with the same boxes that the other guy have across the street. Yes or no, co-enforcement lady? Yeah, and we found out what is the situation is. With this type of problem that we have in the alley, if I found anything behind my house, it have to…”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“In the alley, yeah, but that had to come from that. And what are we going to do about it? Public Works is going to take care of that?”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“How are we going to know that they say the truth? Are we going to have proof that they pick it out or whatever?”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“That's a good one. That's a good one. Let's be careful with that. And Who do the medias?”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“The same contractor. But what is that median? It's only, I think that's a portion of 27th Avenue?”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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City Commission · Jul 14, 2026