Remarks by Robbie Hughes
277 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 9 of 12
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“Here's what that said to me yesterday. It's a great idea, but it's set up as usual for Panama City to make money. That's how it's read. That's how it's perceived when it's read on the document, and it's about Panama City making money. And that's a problem for me.”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 14, 2026
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“That may be a proper way to say it, but when it's read by three different people and they all have the same feeling... That seems to be a theme these days.”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 14, 2026
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“But volunteer to be paid. If you tell him to come in, that's one thing. If Robbie Hughes asks him to come in, that's another.”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 14, 2026
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“And because of that, this maximum pay that we're requiring?”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 14, 2026
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“It says three days after on Thanksgiving.”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 14, 2026
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“The number one problem with our document and with our permit, we're talking about. We just happen to be doing it over one specific item because that's what brought it to light. This is the first reading. Exactly. While we're on the first reading, if I may, Brandon sent over to us some comments. July the 4th, for example, they have their events has July the 4th on Beach Drive. When this document says you can only have one event, per um holiday well let's say that janice and i sneak in and throw in a july 4th uh permit and we beat cove events that's to me that's not fair because they've been…”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 14, 2026
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“And I think it's wonderful. There were three things happening on Harrison Avenue at one time downtown a couple weeks ago. That's great. But when you have in writing that it can happen where it cannot happen, that's the scary part for the public. On a case-by-case basis or approved by the commission or something to those words, now you've got somebody that says, wait a minute, what happens if we've got a different commission than a Wolfpack? Right now we all think it's a good idea.”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 14, 2026
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“We didn't know what the numbers were at the time.”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 14, 2026
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“Totally. So we want to create... What does that look like, a food truck inspection? What are we looking for?”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 14, 2026
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“How long do you do on camera? Because I bet we can get a video of you talking about inviting the food truck people to come see you at that station.”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 14, 2026
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“But let's put you on video. Christian, can you do that? Yeah. Yeah, that's fine.”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 14, 2026
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“Do you have any feedback? What do you want to say? We have to go through two readings because I bet we can get three votes up here for GC1 on both of them and move that forward.”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 14, 2026
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“But the planning board doesn't count as a public hearing and this be a public hearing?”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 14, 2026
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“I know, but could this be the second public hearing? My question is, can we use this as a second public hearing and vote on it? Or do we have to notice that it's going from GC2 to GC1? And because it's down zoning, that's not a material change upward. So it should not hurt the public.”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 14, 2026
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“I was trying to get you home. I have to come back here.”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 14, 2026
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“Any discussion? Yes. With all due respect, the public has had an opportunity, right? They've had a letter, they've had a sign, they've had a planning board meeting, and now they've had this first reading. I would respectfully disagree with the commissioner that we need to give them more time. Is anybody here that lives in this neighborhood right now? Again, and that's not a slam on the public. The public has to participate. And we're giving them that chance. You know what you're supposed to do. You're downgrading and making it better in zoning, not upgrading. So you're, in my opinion, If I…”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 14, 2026
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“We can approve in two weeks, but we're going to make it be four is what we're doing. We can do it in two. We're going to make it be four.”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 14, 2026
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“If there's an interest meter ticket, charge them, not me.”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 14, 2026
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“No, it was a one-car funeral. You gave me too much credit on the two-car funeral.”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 14, 2026
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“I think what I really liked about his presentation, plus the air for it and how he has that process, I think I would be very much interested in hiring him for that. Hiring somebody for yet another process to follow when we can't even follow the ones that we try to put in is hard for me to get on board with.”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 14, 2026
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“We're going to talk about that again today here on the smart thing. Exactly. I get to have some fun with the mayor. I'm not with tonight, so.”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 14, 2026
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“You could have a final title suit from here until the end of time on most of that stuff. And the problem is, the time, it's the cost that goes along with it. Because it's a lawsuit in Florida and its state. And so it takes time.”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 14, 2026
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“Well, because they're private properties. So the city doesn't have the title problems. The owners of the problems. But we're going to pay to help clear those title issues. No, no. They're going to do that.”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 14, 2026
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“Because they start cutting the things that we disagreed with. Out of the box, it was a bloodbath. We were going to lose people, we were going to lose services. So what Josh is saying is... know that you've got to cut. Revenue should not be in the conversation. Expenses should lead the conversation. That's kind of where I'm at. And let's just cut that. Never mind what we're bringing in. We don't know it. So if we know we've got a $4.5 million problem, let's go find that. And that then sets us up for, all right, we've cut it. Y'all cut it out.”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 14, 2026
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“Statutorily, I've got to have insurance. That doesn't mean I've got to have double. That's my concern if we have too much.”
City Commission Meetings · Jul 14, 2026