Remarks by Mario Morones
81 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 4
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“Mayor, is there a way that we can move my item, so we can just keep the discussion going on this? Hold on. Not right now. Let me finish the citizens' comments.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“And what I want to say, no, what I want to ask the citizens should know is how much was the savings since the finance knows or because on the packet that I got and I know you're going to tell me, oh, he didn't show up to the budget meeting and this was all done. But not one thing On that item, when that man came and presented, I asked him, the only thing I asked him was, are you from here? And he lied to you. Because according to, your timing seemed like he said from Idaho somewhere. Okay? My thing is, I'm only asking the questions, and I know y'all hate to say the questions, for me to come…”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“I will make a motion to pause the meeting, take a recess for at least five minutes.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“And off the record, if I had to go down there and speak as a citizen, off the record you need to show these people what point of order is. when I'm asking a question, a serious question for the taxpayers and the citizens of Florida.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“I'd like to see you. No, man, I'm tired of this. I'm always trying to cover for the people. Get away with a lot of things. No, I ain't gonna talk to nobody. Y'all want to take me in? Y'all take me in. Well, go ahead. Y'all have a big office. Bring it in. People elected me to protect them.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Is it going to take care of the hole back there? Yes. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“on these fees and everything. I just want to make sure that nobody's going to move the fees without the approval of the city council, right?”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“But it sounds like two cents You're saying like $58 to $100 or over there? Correct, yes, an increase. But it just depends on the amount of your house. An average house is probably $58, but somebody that has a home that's $300,000, $400,000.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“but this is where all this comes in with it that bracket that we supposedly i didn't pass it was passed with the mids and all this so i guess this might not be the time to ask but might be the financial but my thing is”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“And to me, I might be on topic, but like I say, if. The more we raise things, the more we spend. We never go back and say, OK, let's buy half instead of buy the whole. And to me, I know everything goes up. And people always say, oh, Morones don't want to advance. But we went up on their water rate. My neighbor said, man, I paid $201. And we told the people here, hey, Oh, that's not the way to treat her. But anyways, I'll leave it at that.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“But we actually need to vote now. I mean, if we did with the other two.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“I was going to ask about that. I have a question. I want to have the last council meeting July 22nd separate. Do I want to have some comment on that?”
City Council · Aug 12, 2026
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“Then we'll vote on A and C. Because the 22nd was the last meeting, right? Not the special meeting, it was the regular meeting, right? Okay.”
City Council · Aug 12, 2026
- Play at 29:27
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City Council · Aug 12, 2026
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“AND WE ALL KNOW THAT IT WAS WRONG. PEOPLE OUT THERE KNOW THAT. BUT THAT'S FINE.”
City Council · Aug 12, 2026
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“I have another question, too, on the executive session. Before we went to the executive session, we came out and took an election, and that wasn't right either. In the closed session, council was never allowed to vote on the action or possible action on each item that was on there. So the minutes need to be, and the mayor said and all that, and the minutes were never reflected to what happened back there. There was no motion at any time back there when we came back in. No, we didn't.”
City Council · Aug 12, 2026
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“there was nothing safe. He just went on to the next item. But go ahead, y'all keep sugarcoating, sugarcoating, sugarcoating, sugarcoating, to try to blind everybody out there. That's why we don't have a light tonight and stuff like that. We're trying to keep everything from the taxpayers and people that pay our salaries and all that. But y'all keep covering up all your little mess. Eventually, everything will come out to the light. Just keep hiding everything, and it'll come out to the light. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 12, 2026
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“Did you review the contract? May I please have the floor? Thank you, ma'am. Thank you. Was it?”
City Council · Aug 12, 2026
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“I just want to make sure that everything's legal. And I stopped by. I know that some of them probably didn't see the building, but I've gone in there because right now, I know we're not talking about everything, but the city needs everything. But we have to budget just like we're at home with our checkbook. Just because we want something doesn't mean we're going to go get it. You know, are we going to hire, are we going to raise against people for this? You know, sometimes we just gotta work on what we have. It's good to plan ahead, but a lot of times we're just spending and spending and…”
City Council · Aug 12, 2026
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“That's fine. But my thing in the future is just like, why not bring it here first and see if there's local businesses that can bid. A JOB. MAYBE THEY'LL FEED THEIR FAMILY BECAUSE THEY'RE HERE AND THEY'RE NOBLE. I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY HAVE ONE, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO BE BI-BORING AND BI-BORING OR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT, I'M NOT FORGIVING TOO MUCH WITH IT, BUT I LIKE TO, ANY KIND OF BIT, IT WOULD BE NICE OVER, I THINK IT'S, I THINK WE HAVE SOMETHING TO OVER $15,000 WE BRING TO COUNCIL OR $35,000. WHAT IS IT? ABOUT $35,000. THAT'S KIND OF LIKE GOING OVERHEAD AND NOT ASKING ANYBODY. I'm not saying…”
City Council · Aug 12, 2026