Remarks by Miguel Angel Gabela
120 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 5
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“Yes, thank you very much for your sacrifices and the sacrifices that your families make also. One more thank you for many thank yous that you deserve. So God bless and thank you very much again for your service and what you do every day. Thank you.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“What do we do? Defer PZ10? PZ10. Okay. All right.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“No, what I have is that I had placed on the agenda, the last agenda which I was not here, a discussion item under security, and somebody took it off because I was not here. I'd like to reserve the right to talk about that as a pocket item later on if need be.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“Thank you. Say no until you get a design that is fitting for the neighborhood.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“No, no, you. Okay, so we all right, so let's get get down to the degree here What happened was and she's right? Okay, prior administrations have kicked this can down the road and it landed up now and we're talking about it now Right this morning. I was threatened Okay there was a mass text going around by my former campaign manager because since I took the the press away from him I walked back and he's not making money with me anymore and You know, he's doing this kind of thing. Some of these people here know them. His name is Emiliano. But he thinks I'm going to be swayed by this. And here's…”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“So then let's clear something else up. Let's clear up. So we're proposing a $450 million bond, and we're going to float that bond in tranches. We're not going to float it at the same time. When you do float that bond, that bond is my understanding that you have a three-year window to use it, right? And we're not going to do anything with it if we're not actually using it to service the debt. But here's the thing, the $130 million that you're also going to bring over from the $400 million to add to the $450 million, can we educate on what exactly we're doing with those $130 million? So there's…”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“The Miami Forever bond, there was a $400 million bond. Okay, 272 was issued at the time. Actually, out of the 272, 100 and something was never actually spent. Okay, it's still there, but it is committed is what I understand. Okay, and then out of that 400, we never issued actually 125 to 130, but now you're going to bring it full circle and add it to the 450. Do I have my math right or not?”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“I know that, but I want her to say it so the public can understand exactly what's going on here.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“Okay, so to be clear. That money is not to be used to join the 450, and that's what I wanted to clear up. That money has already been committed for something else. I don't know why that money was never used and it took so long to use it, because that's part of the problem here, that people don't understand fully what we've done here. And moving forward with the 450, we've got to be extremely clear exactly what we're going to do with the money, and that's why I want to clear it up. Those are my points. I want to help the police station. I want to help the policemen or men and women in uniform.…”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“We might not even need the money because if it's going to take time, that $100 million might just come in and we don't even have to use the bond. We might not even have to issue the debt.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“Well, I'm sorry, Madam Mayor. I would see a key word. You said capital, you know, grant. No, any grant that comes in pertaining that has to do with this issue here and the fire stations and the police stations, any grant at all will be used to pay down the debt, the principal. It will be used to pay down the principal on the bond.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“Thank you very much, because that was the last one I was going to put. The monies cannot be used to buy police cars, equipment, fire equipment, none of that stuff. This is purely for what we said it's going to be.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“So here's the deal. That's a rhetorical question. It's a rhetorical question. Again.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“At the end of the day, we're getting off subject here. At the end of the day, the voter will decide. And if the voter doesn't want to do it, then let them do it. Billy, you don't want to vote no, you vote no. I want to vote no, I vote no. Whatever, but put it up to the voter. And then meanwhile, while we're putting it up to the voter, let's work on making it better. If we can make it better, is what I'm saying, because we've been at this, we've been beating this horse now for three months.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“Are we discussing this item? All right, so are we calling the question? I motion to call the question. Second.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“I accept all those in the order that it came. And at the end of the day, if this money is not used for a police department headquarters, or for the repairing or betterment of fire stations, it will not be used and we will return it to the taxpayer. Is that clear? Am I clear on that? Yep. I mean, I can't be any more clear than that.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“Sorry, one more thing. And if for any reason, okay, if for any reason the project does not go through because things change here... Okay, then that money will be given back to the taxpayer in the city of Miami. Period. End of story. That money will not be, will not use that money for anything other than that stated purpose. This will not be like the $400 million.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“Okay, there is a controlling document. Correct. The controlling document is what this gentleman, the good lawyer, is now doing, right? And granted, you're not going to be able to get all your legal jargon in there, right, because it's 75 words, but that is the controlling document.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“Why are they forced? Wait, wait, wait. I'm an adult. I'm an adult. And when I go vote, you know, I read what's going on. And if you don't read well, and by the way, put on the 75 words that, by the way, this is going to cost you this. Because that's why I never wanted an election. That's not there. Wait a minute. Let me finish. I never wanted an election in August because it wasn't a true reading because everybody wasn't coming. Come on. I didn't want to jam this through. I always said that I wanted the election in November because I want, when everybody comes out, I want a true reading of…”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“But we can give it back in another way that you then have, if you have $450 million that you didn't have before, then you got a plus against your liabilities. So if you want to give it back in that way, you can give it back in that way. I don't know the rules, but.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“But you would have the money, you would have the money because we just stated that the money cannot be used for anything other than fire stations or a police. So if it's not used that, you are going to have the money. If it's not used on that, you know, it defeats...”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“It's going to be done in crunches, is what I understand. It's going to be done in crunches, because we don't want money that we're not using yet and service the debt on that money that we're not actually using.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“Can I ask you guys a question, both of you? Let me ask you guys a question. You have Southeast Overtown Park West. Oh, sure. And he has the Amiciuri. You just issued a bond for $150 million. Tell me, before you issued the bond, did you take a poll out there? Did you go out? Absolutely. We totally did. Absolutely. Because I was part of the community.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“It took you over a year because the county held it up and other things happened. It didn't take over a year because you guys were doing county meetings, guys.”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026
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“I got an idea. Let's do that. Let's do that. What are we now, in July? We're now in July. How many months? June, July, August, September, October, and then we get to November. We got three months to do it, ladies and gentlemen. Three months to do it. How about that?”
City Commission · Jul 9, 2026