Remarks by Maureen Porras
392 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 7 of 16
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“Great, thank you. So just to put it on record, I do agree and I think most of you have seen the email that I sent out. I do agree with the recommendations of the property appraiser who has urged cities to lower millage rates to provide relief to homeowners. And we've also not just received several emails, messages, and I do want to thank those of you that took the time to voice your opinions and give us your reasons and also those that came today as well. We are seeing a lot of rise in the cost of being a homeowner. We're seeing rise in insurance. We're seeing assessments. We're seeing HOA…”
City Council · Jul 30, 2025
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“So do you reject it or you accept my proposal? Can you give us an answer?”
City Council · Jul 30, 2025
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“I have follow-up comments. You took over five minutes. Councilman Pinedo took over five minutes. I think it's fair that I can do a follow-up.”
City Council · Jul 30, 2025
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“Yes, 6 as in B as in boy and 6C. Okay. Councilwoman Reynoso?”
City Council · Jun 4, 2025
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“So looking at the procedures, I also want to point out one thing. I know that we're kind of pointing out different procedural things that we need to correct, right, and that we've maybe in the past done wrong. And as we get to them, I would like to see them corrected, and that's what we're doing now. One of them is when we are at a session, like for example in the morning session, I've noticed that we have changed some of the items that are in the evening session. I would say since we have two agenda orders of business, one during the morning and one during the evening, that we stick with…”
City Council · Jun 4, 2025
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“And I've seen that too. I agree. I think that it helps, but I've also had residents who do not watch the morning session Where we defer something in the evening and then they come to the evening session not knowing that it's been deferred So I would say look at two things one if we can reconcile that if we can do something where we are notifying Residents some way and two we have two different Agenda orders of business, right? Do we not yes we so I mean Is it procedurally correct to go into the agenda order of business for the evening during the morning agenda order of business? I guess…”
City Council · Jun 4, 2025
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“I mean, something like that would be helpful. I understand the attorneys having to save time, but again, residents that are seeing an agenda published with an item in the evening and not knowing that it's been deferred because they didn't watch the morning meeting is a problem.”
City Council · Jun 4, 2025
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“These don't include the last ones, right, after you published the agenda? Correct, correct. Okay, so there'll be more. I still have more.”
City Council · Jun 4, 2025
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“Titles and affect the date this was full of ice may report us okay face may report, yes, yes, I saw this one to get individual votes and of course in opposition so that's the only reason I pulled it.”
City Council · Jun 4, 2025
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City Council · Jun 4, 2025
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“So it's in compliance with our procurement process? Of course, absolutely.”
City Council · Jun 4, 2025
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“This is a motion to call a question or for the item? Motion to call a question. Yes, yes.”
City Council · May 14, 2025
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City Council · May 14, 2025
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“So did you read the position description and requirements for this job?”
City Council · May 14, 2025
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“Are you aware that the Inspector General needs to be independent, impartial, and objective to effectively fulfill their role?”
City Council · May 14, 2025
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“Do you think you're going to be impartial and objective?”
City Council · May 14, 2025
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“Can you remind us why you resigned as city manager?”
City Council · May 14, 2025
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“Did you accuse us of violating the charter, retaliation, among other things?”
City Council · May 14, 2025
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“Okay. And are you aware that as a private citizen, you can actually file a complaint with the appropriate agencies, You can actually present your grievances to a court if you felt that there was a violation. Are you aware of that?”
City Council · May 14, 2025
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“You're not aware that there is an ethics commission.”
City Council · May 14, 2025
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“Yes. And going back to that meeting, you clearly displayed a very strong disfavor, dislike, however you want to put it, and a strong propensity, I feel, to discriminate against two sitting council members, including me, Councilman Cabral. If you are going to be presented, let's say, with an investigation against one of us, are you going to recuse yourself?”
City Council · May 14, 2025
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“Okay. So do you still believe that we violated the charter? You can answer truthfully.”
City Council · May 14, 2025
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“Right. As city manager, how many employees did you oversee?”
City Council · May 14, 2025
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“And as inspector general, as you know, your job would be to investigate waste, mismanagement, contracts, including some of the work that some of the departments are doing. You know that, right?”
City Council · May 14, 2025
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“So do you think there may be a conflict of interest if you're asked to investigate some of the staff that you once oversaw?”
City Council · May 14, 2025