Remarks by Mack McCray
87 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 4
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Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Right there. You got a list, okay? The ones that she's been talking about, are they on your list? This is what I'm trying to get. I know what I'm voting on now, but I'm trying to get to the heads of tails. So every meeting, I don't want to say we're missing some art. Art is valuable.”
Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Requesting a report for all of us sitting up here. You know, I am. I don't have any questions. A motion to approve this. R-26027.”
Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Mayor, excuse me. Are we going back to proposed resolution R26173? Are we going to do that tonight? Are we going to do that after y'all do y'all presentation?”
Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Tonight, okay. So I'm good. So let me ask you the question. You're good. You're telling us that you don't want us to approve this. You want us to approve it because you want the city manager to...”
Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Let us bow, please, to the creator and maker of all mankind. Father, we pause at this time just to say thank you. Thank you for all your goodness that we take for granted. We want to say thank you tonight for our chamber full. But whatever reason, let us agree. And also, if we disagree, let us remember that we're still human. We all make mistakes and we all have opinions. I ask that you continue to bless this great city, the city of Boynton, but most of all, bless the United States of America. As we get ready for another election, let us vote, and vote the correct way. And one thing about it,…”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. If I need to pull anything, I do it in proceedings right now. It's good the way we are. Thank you the agenda. Thank you. Motion to approve. Second.”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. First of all, I'd like to put emphasis on our community meetings that we have that last Monday of each month over at the Carolyn Sims Center. Although it's held in District 2, this is not only for the citizens of District 2, but for all of the citizens that live here in Boynton. The last meeting we had the privilege of having State Representative Rob Long Address us. County Commissioner Bobby Powers, yours truly. City Water Department gave information to the conditions of the water system here in Boynton. And also we had representatives that gave us information in regards to…”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you for your report. First of all, I'd like to say you talked about rental of vehicles. Have you all looked into rental of fire trucks, garbage trucks, et cetera? Is that savings? I'm just saying maybe the public would like to hear that.”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“My next question is, we have a lot of city staff, high-ranking, that have vehicles that they drive that the city provides. I'm just saying, is there any way that you all can look into it and find out who, really don't need a city vehicle can use their own vehicle and can pay for their own gas and stuff. I'm just saying a penny earned is a penny saved, and that's the way I'm looking at it.”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“When we're presenting a budget to the citizens of this city and anybody else, I'm just saying, The main thing after we show where we're saving money, we need to show them how we are saving money and what we are cutting out. I'm just saying we're cutting to the bone. So when people say y'all could do better, I'm just saying show me, show them that we're doing better. We are cutting out everything that's not of a necessity. and not of a priority.”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“I was, I was shocked when I came back and I found out that we did not have a PI budget. And I'm just saying that was kind of shocking to me. I'm like saying, who made that decision? And I don't know how we got to that point, but, uh, I guess you all are doing the right thing. I'm watching you all to make sure that we are doing the right thing. I'm just as guilty as you all are, okay? No, you're watching. Thank you, sir.”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Mayor, I'd like to say since we have the audience here and a lot of people don't know why the city manager is not here. Anytime a city manager is absent when we're doing a budget, it's nice to let them know he's under the weather. He's not out because we're doing the budget. So I just want that to be clear.”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Mayor, when we start putting out the word hiring freeze for the city of Boynton, we have to be careful and make sure that we explain it the correct way because people are saying, well, I don't want to go to Boynton because they're not hiring anybody. I'm just saying, so we have to be cognizant of what we're saying and how we say it.”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“I don't have a question, but I have some concerns now. The concern is that what Commissioner Cruz asked, you didn't have a presentation for that, which I understand. We asked something else. You didn't have a presentation for that. Make yourself a note. I'm just saying, you know, when you give it to us next time, the public needs to know this. I'm just saying it's not just for us. It's their money and our money that we're spending.”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“When we start saying reduce rates for citizens, we have to be cognizant of making sure that people who say they live in this city lives in this city.”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“I'm ready. My first one will go to staff. I'm just saying, when was the last time we had a rate increase here in the city of Boynton?”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay, I'm in favor of going to the government to get as much as we can, grants, whatever. Per cent. Because, first of all, I'm just saying when you look at the graph and we're talking about, you know, increases, increase, you know, we have retirees. We have people who have families and everything. And all of a sudden I recognize that this should have been done years ago. We look like we waited until we got to the worst and said we need to do something now. And I'm just saying this is a, excuse me, this is a hell of a bill for somebody to chew. I'm just saying, I'm sitting up there looking at…”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“I appreciate that. You all keep coming back before us and saying, you know, a study done here and a study done there and a study done here and a study done there by the government. The government is supposed to be looking out for us, and I'm just saying, you know, for the What study did you all read? That's what I'm kind of putting my things on, saying, you know, somebody missed the boat somewhere. When the boat's docked, somebody didn't get on. I'm sorry. I know it needs to be done. That's what you all are telling us, but if you all got grants out there, you all need to find as much money as…”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay. You said that you found $30 million in a grant. Different grants. Different grants. Y'all looking at some more grants?”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“I think y'all need to step up the game. I'm sorry.”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay. I'm through. Thank you. We'll go in order.”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“When we did the East Water Treatment Plant and we put up that champagne glass, y'all call it, some years ago, probably 20 years ago, a little less than that, and we had the big old pipes running from Warbright all the way out to the West Plant and all that stuff, I was under the influence then that doing all of this, they told us before on another different set of individuals that this will help get Boynton Water where it needs to be. I feel like when they did that to us, we was duped then. So I'm, I don't want to be duped again. That's all I'm saying. 17% is a little too high for me to go at…”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“This is my final question okay tonight we're talking about a 17 percent increase will you all be back here next year talking about we need to keep going up?”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026