Remarks by Rita Regev Spector
159 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 6 of 7
- Play at 36:32
“I mean, I love the idea. It cuts down on our personal visits to Home Depot, but if you're borrowing somebody's leaf blower, and it breaks, then what?”
Community Relations Board · Nov 13, 2025
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“Another option could be something that you don't really need. Instead of putting it on offer up, I'm just thinking of a personal thing. We have some kind of saw thing that my son left in the garage and we're dying to get it out. And it's like a $200 thing. And that's something I would gladly, you know, this is my contribution, use it in good health. If it comes back, comes back. If it doesn't, that's fine.”
Community Relations Board · Nov 13, 2025
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“That's great, but I mean, that's how long Kushner's going to be there.”
Community Relations Board · Nov 13, 2025
- Play at 45:07
“That would be great. There was one that was going to join the committee. What's his name? When Fred Glanson came to another. Oh, Camilo Dino. Yeah.”
Community Relations Board · Nov 13, 2025
- Play at 45:51
“And we would do this at the community center or people's homes?”
Community Relations Board · Nov 13, 2025
- Play at 46:02
“If it's not going to be a gym and it's going to be a heritage house, yes. What about planning it?”
Community Relations Board · Nov 13, 2025
- Play at 46:21
“That would be cool because then we're supporting local businesses too.”
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- Play at 47:52
“Is there... He wrote for Elvis and who else? I don't know. He wrote a lot of Elvis' songs. He lived on Irving. I want to say Byron. I lived on Irving.”
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“I was good friends with his granddaughter. I think it's S-I-D Tepper. Warren Tepper. I mean, I knew the kid. Warren and Jackie and”
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“I mean, I know... Do you feel like her now? Sure. Mystery, mystery author, you show up in your head. So, one of my classmates is a Harvard professor and a writer. And he's on TV all the time. Thayne Rosenbaum. He's written many, many books. And one of them was How Sweet It Is about Miami in the 70s. That was Jackie Gleason's line. He might come down from New York. He's a friend of my friends. He's a good political analyst. He was our temple, speaking. Which one?”
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“Yes, and then be encouraged to read the book.”
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- Play at 53:52
“And in the meantime, look for other authors.”
Community Relations Board · Nov 13, 2025
- Play at 54:04
“That would be further down. Once we get this going, he would need a few months in advance.”
Community Relations Board · Nov 13, 2025
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“I could talk to him about if he bundled it, if he's coming to visit anyway because he has friends here and stuff. Yeah. I mean, what is our budget as a committee? Do we have a budget? Frank? 10,000 a year. 10,000 a year, yeah. Uh-huh.”
Community Relations Board · Nov 13, 2025
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“If you think it's a big draw, I mean, I know that a lot of people outside of Surfside will come to see him, because he did a book signing at Books and Books, and it was all Beach High reunion people.”
Community Relations Board · Nov 13, 2025
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“Yeah, you'll see him on MSNBC and Fox News, and he's a commentator. He does a lot of political stuff. He's a professor at Harvard, and... or was a professor, and he runs a program at the, in New York, it's the Y, the big place, it's a place where they have all kinds of political discussion with big names and some celebrities, something, I think the Y,”
Community Relations Board · Nov 13, 2025
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“Yeah. But I really like the idea, and it's something that... As an exercise for the kids, I think it's great.”
Community Relations Board · Nov 13, 2025
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“So question of the community relations board dates. So these are the dates for next year, 1 through 12. Do we stagger 3 o'clock and another time?”
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“It wasn't yoga. It was a walk. Early morning walk.”
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“Okay, read that. Let's talk about the beach walk first. Oh, beach walk, okay. So we did have one. It was very nice. A small group, but it was impactful because there was a guy that came. He didn't know anybody in town. He was super lonely and he was able to get out and meet people and that led him to go on the tour, the Surfside tour with the historian and get out more. Really interesting story, back end story. So I'm thinking about how to spin it, how to market it, how to engage people to make them really want, oh yeah, I really want to do this. This is so awesome. Come out and meet my…”
Community Relations Board · Nov 13, 2025
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“Absolutely, that we don't pay for, because I will get it for free. Okay, even better. And that segues into another thing. There's an advisory board for downtown Surfside, which I was put on by Mark a few minutes before he exited, so I don't know if that's effective, but I want to get the vendors of... downtown together as a unit and to engage us so that we patronize them. I spend thousands of dollars a month on food in Surfside. And I think it's nice that we get a little bit of reciprocity from them to repatriate the patrons. So we could definitely, Grove already said they'll give us coffee.…”
Community Relations Board · Nov 13, 2025
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“That's a great idea, yeah. But then we would probably skip the coffee, though.”
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“Yeah. So, yeah, sunset sounds like a great idea, like at 5 o'clock.”
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“I used to do this when my kids were little and I lived in Aventura. I would take them on the circle, around the circle, dinner, shower, knocked out. Let's knock your kids out. Yeah. Get them ready for bed. This is like a great pre-dinner walk with the kids. They're done with the homework. Bring your kids, bring your dog.”
Community Relations Board · Nov 13, 2025
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“I don't remember. Yeah, I'm totally okay with that, doing WhatsApp, being an administrator. If we want a co-administrator, you guys can join in. Do we need the app at all? Can't we just say, just show up? Well, maybe it's a good idea to get an idea. Be the friend that brings a friend. I know.”
Community Relations Board · Nov 13, 2025