Remarks by Michael J. Ryan
398 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 7 of 16
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“Neither are beyond 1 o'clock for sure. Deputy Mayor? Deputy Mayor? Questions?”
City Commission · Oct 13, 2026
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“Thank you. All right, to the applicants, you all have the opportunity as well to make a presentation and answer any questions. Thank you, Shlomo, for that. Thank you, guys. Could you come forward? Stanley and Stacey? First of all, let me ask you, you've heard all of the discussion here tonight, correct? Yes, sir. You understand what are 12, I think, conditions existing now, correct? there was a suggestion of making a condition a little clearer that you wouldn't be handing off the establishment to a promoter, right, where they would charge a cover and they would promote it, you know, 70s night…”
City Commission · Oct 13, 2026
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“There was also a discussion about the employee parking in the back and this idea of the back door being open, as Commissioner Seguto said, just the nature. Folks don't want to leave the door open. How are you intending to handle that for the noise that may be going into the back of the establishment?”
City Commission · Oct 13, 2026
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“When it comes to caterers and things like that, they'll want to load where it's most convenient to be able to set up and to take it downtown. Is there space in the back for the caterers and otherwise to load into the establishment?”
City Commission · Oct 13, 2026
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“What the concern is during the main hours of operation while music's going or people are celebrating birthdays or other milestone events, we want to make sure that the noise isn't flowing outward from the back as well. And you understand the conditions are the front door and the back door need to be closed at all times, except for ingress, egress.”
City Commission · Oct 13, 2026
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“There was this suggestion, and maybe it's not fair to ask you this because you haven't talked to your lawyers about the significance of non-monetary default, this extra page. But as a general sense, are you willing to live up to these conditions at the risk of maybe even losing the establishment?”
City Commission · Oct 13, 2026
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“Okay, first of all, don't be nervous, okay?”
City Commission · Oct 13, 2026
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“not necessarily part of the code, but it seems to be that it's been voluntarily offered. And so I'm trying to understand the economics of it, because if you're holding a kid's 12-year-old birthday party and they're going to have 100 people there, you don't have to tell them they're paying for X number of hours of a security guard, correct?”
City Commission · Oct 13, 2026
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“You're going to have to pass that on to the...”
City Commission · Oct 13, 2026
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“We'll open that up. We may end up calling the chief back up. All right. Commissioner Clark, Assistant Deputy Mayor Clark, would you like to talk? Okay. Thank you.”
City Commission · Oct 13, 2026
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“All right. Well, we'll talk to staff. We'll have to decide on that.”
City Commission · Oct 13, 2026
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“Okay. And to the point, Commissioner Scudero raises, as you agree to things that are costing a lot more, there becomes this pressure to do things when things are slow.”
City Commission · Oct 13, 2026
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“And we've seen this repeatedly where a business has been struggling and they make decisions to go to a promoter or to put something in there. So that's a deep concern. We want you to be able to be, if this is approved tonight, you need to be financially successful to avoid those temptations.”
City Commission · Oct 13, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. You know everyone has to be out by 1.”
City Commission · Oct 13, 2026
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“The police. The police. No, no, no, no. You know what? You want to have a relationship with your neighbors, right?”
City Commission · Oct 13, 2026
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“Yeah, it's important. We're going to take a biological break here in a second. I hope you all will spend some time at least introducing each other, no matter what happens tonight, right? You all should do that anyway.”
City Commission · Oct 13, 2026
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“To be clear, you know, it's possible you plan an event with someone and you're going to make a judgment call.”
City Commission · Oct 13, 2026
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“Right? That you're going to say, I met with them. I understand who's coming.”
City Commission · Oct 13, 2026
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“I'm a little concerned. Yes. And you need to have that flexibility to ask for it. And I don't want money to be too tight because you'll pay the price if that event gets out of control. You understand that, right?”
City Commission · Oct 13, 2026
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“Right. So if you rent to a party and it becomes a melee and those guys got to come out, it will not take long to shut it down.”
City Commission · Oct 13, 2026
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“I'm not saying this to threaten you. I'm saying this to make sure we have a good line of communication. In the past, we've been here until 1 a.m., 2 a.m., 3 a.m. working to try to make sure the neighbors were all going to get along. So this is a moment for you to understand the seriousness from our perspective. And it's not because we're presuming you're going to do these things.”
City Commission · Oct 13, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Commission · Oct 13, 2026
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“All right, well, that's very thoughtful. Maybe you can give to your neighbors first. We'll be right. We'll take a five-minute break. Microphone down there that may make it easier than you have to get up. You don't have to get up. We've got a microphone there. Okay. All right. Again, please state your name and address for the record.”
City Commission · Oct 13, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Commission · Oct 13, 2026
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“I mean, the last time a husband had to speak, he couldn't remember how long they were married. You saw that earlier tonight.”
City Commission · Oct 13, 2026