Remarks by Rachel Streitfeld
749 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 8 of 30
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“But I don't think I'm going to be raising any money this cycle.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“I agree with that. So you're definitely not going above seven. Is that what I'm hearing?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Yeah, well, we have to be unanimous this evening. And so that's why I'm having this conversation to get a sense of where people are.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Okay. So let me just ask, Richard says he's going to vote against anything over seven. Do we have anyone that will vote against anything over 6.5? I mean, it depends. Do we need five votes for seven? So I'm trying to get a sense of where we are. I'm prepared to vote for seven right now.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Right. But we saw from the first slide that Sandra presented that maybe it wasn't the first slide, but at 5.42, We cannot accomplish the mandatory cost allocation recalculation. But to do the mandatory required cost allocation recalculation, we have to be unanimous for 6.1698. So in my view, tonight's vote has to be unanimous.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“I believe your home is worth... more than $526,000. But for that average home, my property is only worth about $240,000. So I'm half of that, right? Well, you get the extra $150,000 homeset exception that you're going to get.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“$45,000 in my condominium this year alone. And that was just to pay the required special assessment on my condominium so that it could be recertified after 60 years. And I appreciate how fortunate and privileged I am to have been able to shell out that money on an expedited timeline, right? The board of directors at Island Place set an extraordinarily unreasonable timeline whereby everyone was required to pay their full special assessment amount in something like six months, right? So some people were given different timelines, some people were not, but this was a very real expense that our…”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“These are very real expenses. And you're right to point them out. And it's important for us to be calling them out in public meetings. And we're all going to need to be having honest conversations with our neighbors about what this means. When I, you know, I've been knocking, not knocking on doors, like I said, I specifically reached out to about 50 homeowners across the village over the last three weeks and had very painful conversations with many people. In fact, I'll just say that I've been in public service in North Bay Village for over six years, and this is actually the most unhappy…”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Okay, so I'm hearing you on the Tallahassee strategy, and I certainly don't need to draw a line in the sand on that this evening. I mean, no, I don't. I'd rather we agree on a millage. So... I think it would be useful to accept we're going to be unanimous tonight and to start our millage calculations. What do we, you know, our base at the... No, to start... at the required cost allocation recalculation, the mandatory thing that we need to do, which is the 6.1698. I mean, I certainly would like to fund the community center. So I would prefer to begin at 6.4873. Okay. All right. So Andy and…”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“All right. So that's where we're starting. is 6.4873. Okay.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“So going through items five through 12, you know, let's start on the opposite side of the dais and have, you know, each of you. I want to know what is non-negotiable for each of you, things that you absolutely believe we must include so that we can calculate the millage.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Speaking of how just indispensable he is, right?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Who would remind us to use our microphones?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Yep. I'm keeping track of what people are prioritizing now.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“No, I know, but everybody's going to go down the list so that we can see where the priorities are. And if we have five unanimous on a certain priority, then we know we're going to add it. That's kind of what I'm trying to do here. So keep going on. What's your absolute priorities?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“to police department sworn as well as general fund?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Okay. All right. Are you sure you're done? Yes. Make a note that Andy doesn't care if you guys have coffee in the morning. Commissioner Acosta?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“right no i i understand add to that 275 000 okay i want to give actually our chief of police and our launch president the opportunity to speak about this um i would hate to have this conversation without you all weighing in so chief noriega uh lieutenant costa”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Well, I mean, the chief can delegate to the deputy chief. I'm not going to tell him what to do, but he is the chief of police. Okay, great. We love the Carlos and Sam show, Susan. It's a good team.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“There's a discussion about how we are taxing the public. You may have followed. I have. Okay. Um, there is, there are a number of proposed corrections, um, for us to consider this evening. Um, I think the 3% cost of living adjustment is something that everyone here understands. Um, I would love for you to give a little bit more color to, A, the four-hour fix. What is the need for that? What does it mean? How have your operations been impacted by the lack of those four hours? That's the first thing I'd like you to touch on. And the second is this pay scale implementation. What does it mean for…”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Thank you, Chief Noriega. Mr. President.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“We've got those kids trespassing on the roof, man.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Thank you, Chief Noriega. Thank you, Lieutenant Costa. Does anyone have follow-up questions or comments for our police leadership?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you. This side of the dais.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“I wanna make sure I understand where you stand for the purposes of the broader discussion. So you do not want to- At this time, give any compression. So seven and eight are off the table for you completely. Correct. Okay, so I want the police department to understand we have to be unanimous tonight. So if one of my colleagues says something is a deal breaker for them, I'm going to move on from that issue so that we can achieve unanimity here tonight on the overall issue, which is the millage.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026