Remarks by Mike Mannino
67 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 3
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“Thank you. Yes, I was voluntold that I had to take part in cleaning up. They handed me a mop and some plastic gloves and said go get them. I had an enjoyable time, but just to credit the three or four of you. your passion, your creativity, and obviously your resourcefulness, which we just witnessed. I don't know how you made a dollar stretch as far as you did, but you and your team definitely did. So I found discomfort in three options in losing. that historic gem in our city and the story behind it. And I'm glad we threw you four at it and said go wild and go to town and saved it. So I wish…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. My only question was reoccurring operating expense. Is that $15,000 in change? Is that a monthly, a yearly? How is that?”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“not a question just a comment um ford pinellas showed up for a meeting not too long ago and we were surprised to see it looked like a clearwater city council meeting because they were lined out the door to get in fortunately we heard that it was a clearwater item so we got a little nervous but to find out that it was this overlay i just wanted to commend staff on how they approached that and truly went out into the community and fully engaged to help them bring clarity to what the overlay truly was, what it meant, and so they could understand what the changes going forward were. So thank you…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. I appreciate the outside-the-box thought process on finding a solution to water conservation and finding ways we can be more efficient with our resources. Also, kudos to the staff for pursuing grant opportunities, which I know staff has really worked hard all over the city on pursuing grants. And every time we're successful with that, we save the taxpayer money. And I know they appreciate that as well, so thank you.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Council Member Menino Thank you, Mayor. Thank you for bringing this forward. Obviously, this pilot program worked, worked for us, worked for staff, worked for the vendor, generated money, which is a beautiful thing for the taxpayers. I don't know the fair or circus apparatus market, but a cleaner and classier one, I I don't know that market, but I'm in favor of it. I kind of agree if we market one of the world's best beaches and that image of it, should we have a circus or fair apparatus highlighting the bulk of what any picture or video would be when they watch Monday Night Football and…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Yeah, thank you, Mayor. Thank you for putting this as an agenda item. I think we all felt the pain of hearing that residents were sitting outside for over 12 hours and the elements of whether it's sun, rain, lightning, whatever it may be. I didn't like the fact of putting any of our residents, young, old, it doesn't matter, through that. This is a challenge. Any time you have a higher demand than you do supply, we're going to have an issue. No process that we can come up with and put in place is going to create more seats in this building. And our first responders are going to tell us we can…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“If we do our research, they do shift into a protocol B. I don't think any of us would be blindsided in knowing that we're going to have a high attendance meeting when we've had a high attendance meeting. I think all of us in this room could have probably identified over the last several months when one of those meetings would occur and weeks in advance without an issue. I think whatever we come up with, we do have to make sure We prioritize safety, fairness, and the integrity of the process, and that's what is most important in it. Whether we put caps on the registration, whether they're…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Are they given like a QR code for registration for when they come to the door and staff checks them?”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Okay. Yeah, I'm for finding another system, just again finding something that Doesn't keep people out in the sun for 12 hours. It's fair, has a level of transparency to it, consistency. I think we would all agree is important. I mean, some cities even to make more of a level of fairness, it's not a first come first serve time basis. It's 166 seats that you have. They register for it. And then there's a lottery system that almost randomizes who's speaking. So you avoid pros and cons. You also add a level of transparency, not say I'm questioning your timestamps. But if the public doesn't see a…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“I agree with it. Yeah, I agree with you. We've talked about that a handful of months ago, I think, under the last city attorney's office was a discussion. I don't want to change the subject, but I still wanted a little clarity on this new process moving forward. Did you say that there's no cutoff? So like if somebody registers and they're number 500?”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“So with 160 that we hold, 161 through 500, do they know they're 161 through 500? Or are they just showing up early, not knowing if they're getting in?”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“I mean, they're still kind of waiting outside to get into the building, but how does, so somebody that's number 400, when do they show up and not know if they're getting in or not? Do they wait in line and then told they didn't register early enough?”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Yeah, if I'm number 400, I probably don't need to come sit up front of the library for an hour and a half to get in the door to then be told by staff that scans my ticket and says, oh, sorry, you're number 400. You can't get in. We should have a process that's a little more transparent. We know how many seats we have. When you reach that limit, there should be a cutoff and whether anything after that maybe goes to a waiting list or if people don't check in 10 minutes before the meeting, you go to the waiting list or who's sitting outside. But I think we're still putting ourselves in a place…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“But we're not fixing the challenge of having people standing outside for hours. They're still, if they just registered and we're telling them 1,000 people can pre-register, they don't know their number, they don't know if they're speaking or not, it's first come, first serve. That's what we're doing now. How do we fix the system of not having first come, first serve standing outside of the library so they know if they're 160 and they're getting in the building or they're not?”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“The challenge is we don't We have other agenda items. We don't have a split house 50-50 to say alternate. I mean, some may come speak to the Greenwood overlay district. Some may want to come in and speak to Clearwater Villages. Some are really excited about Carpenter Fields upgrades. How do you keep them out, keep them in, or alternate? I don't know how that works. I'm okay on a ticketing system, but... You're still making them first come, first serve, go stand outside if you want to get in the building and be number one through 160. We're not solving that challenge. And the only way you…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“I think we're overthinking this. Taylor Swift and Garth Brooks figured this out a long time ago. You have X amount of seats in a building, and you only have X amount of seats. And you know that you're getting into the concert or you're not, and you're not sitting out there not knowing. And this isn't a takeaway. You've done a lot of work, and I appreciate it. If your system isn't adequate, then we need to find a system and a ticketing system that probably works better to solve our needs. But I think just to shift to an online system because we feel we need to make a change, we're still making…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“She's going to go look into it. There's hundreds of ticketing systems out there that you put a cap on it, can't sell or reserve more tickets than you can see, put the rest in an overflow. I think we're really overthinking this, but if that's the direction from the dais.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“OK. I mean, it would be nice to have the data and the information and then make the appropriate decision and rule accordingly.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Now, I do have a question. Okay. Don't you start.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“So they can't attach them to the podium or set them on the podium?”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Thank you, sir. I was waiting. Thank you for bringing that up. I guess if this is something that you're not going to be a part of a discussion going forward, that you should probably be thanked for your many years of service on especially those two important regional boards you didn't just show up and serve i know on psta which is a very important regional board you sit on two subcommittees an executive committee i think as well as a legislative committee and you have your normal advisory board appointment so That's not just one meeting a month. That's three. So somebody filling that regional…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Have a good evening. Yes, thank you. What's that? My son is...”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Move to approve agenda item 6.1. Second.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Move to approve agenda item 6.1. Second.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Mayor, thank you. Just one question, Mitch, if you do not mind, I thank you for being here and take time out of your day and your family's schedule for being here. There was a discussion previous about east-west access and giving some sort of alternative and reprieve, and I believe the solution that was given on a compromise was a right in, right out. Can you discuss that just a little bit?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026