Remarks by Patty Sheehan
20 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“Thank you, Mayor Dyer. And Jokita, are we ready to go? Maybe? I know this is a little unusual, y'all, but Jokita Johnson is an amazing artist. I got to meet and know Jokita. We took a stained glass class together. And she has taken it to a whole other level. She was one of the featured artists in downtown when United Arts did their downtown artist series, which was wonderful. Joaquita's story is absolutely inspirational. She is a person who has had tremendous personal difficulty, but has turned it into beauty. And she's one of the most inspirational and positive people I know. And it's my…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you so much, Tokita. And she also did some work over at one of our parks as well in Colonial Town. And I just think that public art is so very, very important. And a lot of times what we don't think about is people who don't have access to museums, people who don't have the ability to go to them. Public art is for everyone. And so I just wanted to thank Joquita so much for her great artwork. Again, I'm so sorry that the videos didn't show.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“But we hear so much negativity. She looks so beautiful.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you so much, Chiquita. I'd like to take a moment to recognize a very important person in Orlando that I would walk by frequently every time I'd go downtown. Milton McKnight passed away. And he was actually a beautiful, I call him a fixture in downtown Orlando because Milton suffered from cystic fibrosis. He was in a wheelchair. The whole time I've known him, he's either been selling flowers or giving people a smile in downtown Orlando. And Milton never begged. Milton wanted to give somebody something for what he was getting. It didn't matter how sick Milton was. It didn't matter how bad…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Well, I'm not trying to diminish anyone. I'm just saying there's a concern that was brought up by my historic neighborhood association folks over the weekend because they had a chance to review the budget and saw that it was not funded. To say that this process is so transparent is kind of ridiculous since I just found out that right before a meeting, a little less than a week's notice, that we are doing away with the downtown historic district so i mean to say that there's this huge amount of transparency is ridiculous i've been on this council more than longer than anyone else i've never…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Ray, it says that the portion that goes to the state of Florida goes to the Department of Revenue. That just goes to their general revenue fund, they get to use it for whatever they want to? Yes, absolutely. Wow, it would be nice if they use more for trauma centers and yeah. Yeah. Things that's really necessary as opposed to just taking most of the money off the top and using it basically for whatever they want to. When we have to pay for most of the operations and we only get less than half a million dollars to actually spend on our traffic safety programs and everything like that. And I…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“uh thank you mayor and commissioners um you know i i walk four to six miles every day and i have an e-bike and we do our rides on on the weekends but i only have an e-bike because i'm old and i can't keep up anymore so i'm not riding crazy but something that i have noticed Motorized bikes have been around forever. They were the precursor to motorcycles. So the problem is the behavior. It's not the technology because, like I say, they had motorized bicycles before they even had motorcycles and it created that technology. So the problem is the way that they're using them. Something that I've…”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“Well, the e-bike takes off. Wow, okay. Are we tracking how many times the e-mobility people are hitting pedestrians in a separate category?”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“Okay, I'd like to have that because I think that's a real concern is that, you know, And as I'm riding on the weekends and as I'm walking, I'd like to know how many, I see a lot of dangerous behavior and like I say, I just jump off the trail or do whatever I have to do or even I'm walking my little dog. Unfortunately, she's taken to barking at the bikes now, so it makes it worse because she's interacting with them and getting upset. And I'm just walking my little dog on a sidewalk in my own neighborhood, and I'm dealing with this kind of behavior. So I know that other residents are dealing…”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“We do require that on cars, exactly. We require horns on cars.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“Well, and I think part of that, too, might be, and I know that our folks are doing a good job with education, but we might need to post some of these rules of the road on our trails. and maybe not as many because it was a lot to read all at one time, but the basics like yield to pedestrians, use an audible signal, and things like that to at least try to make it somewhat safer. But I agree, Chief. The problem isn't the old folks using pedal assist. The problem isn't the kids trying to get to school, except for the mass exit situation. I think we can deal with that with education. But it's this…”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“Yeah, I'm looking at the. The electric bicycles are more. The chart here. And it says Class 3E bike bike with electric motor that only engages while the rattle is patterning. It says pedal assist, but I think that I think the Class 2 and Class 3. are transposed because the class three, I think, don't have pedals. And those are the motor bikes. So if there's a way that we can separate out the ones that don't have pedals, maybe that's a way to be able to separate out the moto bikes that seem to be a lot of the problem is those, and those are the ones that aren't legal anywhere.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“Yeah, but a lot of the ones that they were riding where they were engaging with law enforcement didn't have the pedals.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“Yeah, and that's what I was gonna ask. Emoto isn't even on this chart and an emoto. How fast can that go? So you're saying that can go as fast as a motorcycle It's it's going to vary.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“Right, can you ban them if they don't have pedals?”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“So as I'm saying, it would be easier for a police officer to see if it doesn't have pedals. Correct. That would be an easy thing to be able to see. And it looked like a lot of those rotten kids that were blocking the intersection were riding those kinds of vehicles. So, you know, I mean, like I say, I think we're more interested in banning the bad behavior that is attracted to the bad. you know the the the moto bikes and stuff like that um yeah i mean i i don't want to stop kids from being able to ride to school i understand a lot of schools are pulling from a lot further you know my kids are…”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor Dyer, and I would like to read an inspirational quote from President Theodore Roosevelt. It's called The Man in the Arena. It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs, who comes short again and again because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who does actually strive to do the deeds, who knows great enthusiasms, the…”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“YOU WANT THEM TOGETHER OR SEPARATE? TOGETHER. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ALL. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“it's all good all right and i was not at the last um city council meeting but i will but i see interim fire chief shannon and eddie i look forward to working with you very much and uh congratulations and sorry i wasn't here to to welcome you last week um i want to thank carol adams group for 22 years of sponsoring backpacks and all the school supplies ON THE ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS LIST FOR OUR KIDS IN PUBLIC HOUSING IN REES TERRACE. THEY DO IT EVERY SINGLE YEAR. THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR 22 YEARS. THAT'S REALLY COMMITMENT. I WANT TO THANK TED CAROL AND HIS TEAM FOR DOING ALL THESE FOR…”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“I do have a concern about, well, I have a concern about doing with historic district, but the other thing was this was supposed to incentivize reuse. The problem I have with that is the $5 million. I mean, if you're gonna require only the very, very wealthy and the best and the biggest investors, there are buildings that someone might want to renovate, and it would be under $5 million. And this is the problem that I have with some of the things that were said about doing with the historic district was that there were smaller investments. They just weren't $5 million. It's like we're only…”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026