Remarks by Michele Lazarow
58 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 3
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City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Before we get into that, if you don't mind.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Remember, not everybody, because even somebody who's listened to recapture rollback, it's very difficult, so try to make it as simple as possible. I will try my best. Okay, I know it's not easy.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“So most people saw a value of their homes go down.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Which was about 2%. Now, in addition to that... You have non-advalorum assessments.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Okay, and even myself, I forget. The trim notice is not the actual tax bill. It is not the final bill. And it has a column that says, if nothing is changed, if something is changed. So the numbers that may be increased are the other taxing districts and not necessarily Hallandale, who receives a very small part of that actual tax bill.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“On behalf of Hallandale. On behalf of Hallandale.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“And just to be sure that you're getting all of the applicable homestead exemptions that you have, I'm assuming you know which ones you're entitled to or not entitled to, but in case you can speak to the director and make sure you're taking advantage of all of the not discounts, what's the word? Exemptions, thank you.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“I thought that's what you were going through. I'm sorry. It's difficult to learn recapture, but okay. Oh, I'm sorry. No, that's okay.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Yeah. Well, why somebody else can read it doesn't need to be made. This is the so well, Mike's got it.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“And L. And L. And M. L. So motion to approve all consent except K, L, and M. Perfect.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“I agree, I'm in agreement. So how would we address this attorney?”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“How would you, do we? I think the motion would be to.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“So do we vote now or do we rescind or? I don't know.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“So the mayor can make a motion. I'm back to my original question. How would we be addressing the item that's on the agenda tonight, given how the commission, I don't know how everybody else feels.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“We have a second. What's going on? Okay, thank you. Move forward, please.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you. This is one year, not five. One year, not five. One year. Okay.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“I'll make a motion, but I have a question. Okay, go ahead. Okay. So I don't know if this is the time, but I'm gonna do it now anyway. So the problem is that the HOAs have been paying their water through their maintenance. They are no longer going to be doing that. Now they're gonna be paying it directly, correct? So they're double dipping in a sense. We're charging them and the HOA who I don't believe is going to say to them, oh, by the way, right. Just so I understand, I am telling the people that I know who are in HOAs, and I don't know what we can do about those HOAs such as my own. I have…”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“No, I understand that, but here's the question. You know, there's going to be a general HOA bill for water for the general property. Right. I mean, they're going to have to pay for something because of the general... HOA, gym, pool, stuff like that. But I don't, this is very complicated for seniors and people that pay money to HOAs. I understand we needed to do this to collect, make sure we didn't have debt and all of the reasons that you list here that are to our benefit. But I really, this part of it really upsets me.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“I mean, I'm hoping that people call me and ask so that I can tell them, go tell your HOA. But I think it's also going to be confusing for the HOAs. They're not going to know how to back out each individual other than to say, I was trying to do the math myself with my own maintenance. How would they do it? What part of my maintenance accounts for? And what I was saying is that we need to back out that actual number, right? So what is it? What was it? What is it? 125? 145. 145, 145. So out of my maintenance, how to account for that 145?”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Yeah, and if you wouldn't mind forwarding me that packet that you sent to the managers.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“You need a motion on this? Motion. Second.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Um, yeah, so I have a request of city attorney and Chief Michael to research kratom, which is a opiate derivative from a plant base. And after speaking to people who work in treatment and psychiatrists that I know that have run treatment centers, apparently they are admitting now more patients addicted to this plant than actual opiates or any heroin or any kind of narcotic.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026