Remarks by Richard Chervony
409 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 8 of 17
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“But don't set expectations of lowering the millage because... No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“I think once you have all the positions filled, you'll have that, especially with the individuals that are coming in.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Section 11.7, temporary signs, political signs, campaign season, which already started. You're only allowed to have signs for 90 days. You're allowed three signs the whole year. After that, you're allowed to have as many signs as you can as long as it doesn't exceed nine square feet. two signs two by three which is a normal large political sign for instance if i would do a campaign sign the word is quite large unless it's very small lettering which doesn't It doesn't really help you. I'm not running for office. That's why I'm using my name. Okay.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“That's what I'm saying. Two signs, three by two or two by three already are the... the requirements with the three signs that's five signs 15 feet apart and you only have a 70 foot frontage you have to be very creative as to how you're going to put this one back here this one up in front you know and if you're on the water to create to create them to be able to put the What you have added is additional signage for campaigns. That's number one. Number two, political signs are only allowed on for 90 days. Qualifying takes place in July. Election takes place in November. That's more than 90 days.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“And you're going to go to a neighbor's house and say, can I put a sign up? Are they supposed to ask you how many square feet is a sign? Because you're only allowed X number of square feet for signage.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“I'm not ready to move it because then... I want to know how is the homeowner expected to measure the square feet of the signage? They can be in violation by having either too many signs, that are over the limit of the square footage or one big sign and a little sign.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“If you put your picture, if you put your number, if you put your name... You take up space. Take space. And you don't want small print because then you can't read it. I've played literally never made one. Never made one.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“I'm fine with that. Bring it back. The other thing is, what are the fines for those people that are procrastinators and do not remove it within the seven days after the election, both locally and internationally? Outside. Because now we're going into federal and state elections. And people come around, they put signs up, and state and federal are not going to come around the night after to remove signs.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“But if we have a fine for a candidate in our books, And I'm talking about not state or federal. If it's passed, for argument's sake, I don't even have to make it that short in seven days. Say 30 days. There's lots of them that stay there for two and three months.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Cite the property owner based on the 90 days. And I don't think the 90 days are enough. I mean, I need this worked up a little bit better, Heidi. If you want to, we can do a quick Zoom call and discussion.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“You can put a limit on the, let's say for single family homes over four by four sign or three by three sign, I don't care. But then you put limits on, you can have three signs year round, you can have three more political signs, but remove the 15 feet apart from each other because you don't have the room. It's only 70 feet wide, the property.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“You don't see the next one, but, you know, it's up to you where you place them. That's right. Okay.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“No, there should be a limit for single-family homes, and there should be a limit because I remember Gabrielle and Ash Tesla having the four big signs.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“I mean, let's be realistic. If somebody falls today and opens up a bank account and wants to create signs without getting the signatures and everything else, you're talking about now June, elections in November. You can do that. There's been times when people have done that.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“There's no requirement that you have to qualify to create a sign and put it up.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“So there's no requirement. You can put the sign anytime you want to run for office. once you fill the proper paperwork.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Well, Landon and I have fights over signs.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Schedule A, Section 2.3 says notification by mail. I am ignorant to this, and I admit it. But is mail delivered to a boat that's anchored at sea?”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“What if there's no land address on this vessel and all is sea-related?”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“It doesn't have to be registered. Somebody can bring it, or it's registered in Timbuktu, and they come here and they moor the vessel there. You have no address for them.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“If they receive it. And if there's somebody there to get it. Otherwise, you're pasting it on the vessel.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“I'm not saying no, but these are questions that came up.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“I'm not against it. I know. I have these issues.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“And they also talk about the magistrate has a hearing in 10 days. Our magistrate has a meeting once a month, and if each side requests a continuance, it can take three months for it to be heard by our magistrate. Let's be realistic. In three months, the guilty party has absconded and moved elsewhere, and until it comes back into our waters... What can we do about it?”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“For us, immediately, but we have pushed the issue on another city. That's not the whole point. The whole point is solving the issue, not pushing it onto someone else.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026