Remarks by Philip Falcone
16 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“Thank you to General Services and Director Lee Withers for the Fox.”
City Council · Oct 20, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. Yes, we're happy about the Fox Theater getting everything beautiful for Festival of Lights. And it just needs to happen anyway. It's our property. We need to maintain it. So a couple of things looking back and then looking ahead. We had a great in the north side, a Halloween spooktacular. It was quite spooky. And but, you know, I kept hearing people were All excited to be there. But the prize that everyone wanted to see was there was a great game the fire department put together that was throw a firefighter rubber ducky through a slot and you got candy. And that was the line…”
City Council · Oct 20, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. We know whenever Ed's here, it's good news. It's positive improvements happening, money being spent. I move staff's recommendation.”
City Council · Oct 20, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. Last week, we completed a town hall tour where we had six town halls in 12 days, and it was a world win. And I'm happy I came out alive on the other end of it. And I want to thank, in particular, our Fire Department Chief McKinster and Battalion Chief Reynolds, who came and joined us for one of them. And Chief Gonzalez was that one. So they were well attended overall. No shocker, the best attended one was one on. historic preservation that is what ward one cares about so that was our best attended one and thank you scott watson for being there and being our our support staff…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Director Christmas. I think the world of you and of your department. And it was particularly educational for me when Director Christmas and I, I had not been to all of our library branches. Of course, I'm a Ward 1 creature, and I stay in my little neck of the woods. But I had not been to all of our branches. So Director Christmas and I, she took me on a tour. of all the libraries and it was very educational and it was great to meet a lot of the team. I'm still biased. I love the archive at the main library, Ruth and Glenn at the archive, very appreciative of their…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Mayor, I don't think the microphone's on.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor Pro Temservantes. A question, Brian, if it's for you or for the applicant related to landscaping, if landscaping for the parking lot in this site is in phase one or phase two.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you. And just want to express appreciation related to the mid-century architecture. It's, of course, the character of that particular neighborhood. It makes sense. You're across the street from the most iconic mid-century dive bar in town, the Sire, with its awesome neon sign and mid-century architecture. So I appreciate that homage to the character of the neighborhood. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor Pro Temservantes. Typically, I'm not in support of additional committees and working groups, unlike my friend who called in on public comment, mainly because I believe in, as I've showed this with the clerk before, the committee of the whole. I think we should all be together and we just workshop stuff and we don't need to have all these council committees and all this stuff. But I think for this particular topic and the fact that we don't have a committee of the whole, that we kind of have no other option, I appreciate it. I talked to Council Member Robillard about this. I…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. Oh, loud there. Let me stand way back. There's a series of town halls that I'm doing on a town hall tour, and there's quite a few, so I won't necessarily list every single meeting that's happening, but sharing that we've had one last night, we had one today that both were well attended and successful, and having some still to come for students, for businesses, for Spanish speakers, as well as the general town hall for anyone who just wants to come and share what's on their mind so those are posted on social media for anyone who would like to get involved and this is in…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“We're not timing as we should, so that's why you weren't. But you did a great job, Michelle.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“i'm going to have to stay with leaving it the same i'm not comfortable with the 200 000 threshold uh so you know that's that's where i stand on the issue thank you thank you councilmember councilmember falcone thank you mayor i'll be brief i i see both sides of this i do think it's i definitely resonate with what councilman mill shared about that we we are elected to make these decisions and when we go to neighborhood meetings we get yelled at and held accountable and we get yelled out here too and get held accountable for things that sometimes we don't have any control or say in. So I think…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I would, I agree with what you said, Councillor Mayall, but in the instance of fleet, poor general services, we need to help these people. We need to help general services get stuff across the finish line, and that's one department that this, I think, would help.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Council Member Mill. Happy to second that. I just am appreciative to both Grapevine as well as to the team that make this happen. And I want to share what I always share when we have projects that come before us. This is, again, proof that when people come down here and tell us that there's no affordable housing happening in Ward 1, that Ward 1's not doing any of this. that it's fake news it's misinformation board one has the most so uh to all the news agencies in our city that love to share misinformation about um that we don't build anything that we don't…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Dear God, as we gather today, we pause to recognize a significant milestone in our community. It's the start of a new school year for many of Riverside's students, both in Alvert and Riverside Unified School Districts. We invoke a spirit of wisdom, patience, and dedication over our entire local educational system. May our educators and administrators be granted the energy and creativity needed to inspire the next generation of Riversiders. May our students encounter safe, welcoming environments that spark curiosity, promote lifelong learning, and build character. let us as this governing body…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. Just one update because we're behind schedule here. Downtown Area Neighborhood Alliance meets Monday, August 17th at 7pm at the Isaac Walton building in Fairmont Park. Anyone who lives in Ward one or downtown specifically is welcome to join us. Thank you, Mayor.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026