Remarks by Roberto J. Gonzalez
253 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 11
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“Thank you, Mr. Chair. And just to see if we can get both Commissioner Gilbert and Commissioner Bermudez on board. I don't know if this could be a friendly amendment to Commissioner Steinberg, but what if we made it so that the commission had input as to who does the study? Because the administration wants the study to move forward, but if we had a say as to who does the study, then perhaps everybody can be sufficiently happy with the fact that everybody's included.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“That's not what I'm talking about, Dolores. I'm talking about the actual entity, because you cited to possible universities and stuff, right? Yes. So the actual entity, if we can have a final say as to who does that, it could be FIU, it could be the University of Miami, it could be Berkeley, it could be a thousand different people, right? A thousand different universities. But I'm just saying, if we could have a say as to who does it, perhaps more folks would be on board. Commissioner Regalado.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, you already got- Caution. You took out your co-sponsor. No, I'm going to exclude myself. That's right, you took it out, yeah, yeah. You said that already, though.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“No, but I can't. I'm not going to discuss 85.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I'm going to read this for the record. Although I have discussed it with the county attorney's office and they do not believe there is a conflict of interest, I'm recusing myself on this item in an abundance of caution. I may have a potential conflict of interest regarding the discussion and vote of item 8A5. I'm a party to a business lease agreement with a possible affiliate to Case LLC that is the county's proposed tenant in 8A5. Item 8A5 would authorize the county to enter into a lease agreement with Case LLC. In an abundance of caution and to avoid any…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“Bastian's item? Okay. He co-primed it. I mean, I don't have an issue with that, but she's the main sponsor.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you. Mr. Chair. Commissioner. Please. So just to clarify, the actual resolution says we're compatible. And I'd still like to defer to the department for the explanation. This was taken word for word from the act study. This is specifically from the act study.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“I mean, thank you. Commissioner Gonzalez, would you like to move your item? Yeah, I'll move it. But just, just to make sure you will include that, correct?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, and Mr. Chair, if we can get Chief Palmer to clarify, or the administration, if the mayor, I saw the mayor raise your hand, or the chief, if they can address that we're looking at the county as a whole and we're not looking only at Doral.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“And Mr. Chair and Chief, just to also clarify, because Commissioner Regalado also pointed this out, you're not looking at land that's being utilized right now by Miami-Dade County, and also that you're not going to look at land that there's a plan for right now in Miami-Dade County.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“Commissioner Gonzalez, all about Commissioner Emiliano-Orbis. Thank you, Mr. Chair. And actually, I want to thank Commissioner Regalado because that's the broad perspective here. The broad perspective here is to be able to analyze all the properties all throughout Miami-Dade County, to commit well to commissioner gilbert's point specifically for the sheriff's function but really for a county-wide response time and public safety um benefit which is why we're doing this study because for example i i concur with uh commissioner regalado where a primary Section of what is covered by the sheriff…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“I want to thank the chair for putting this together. Guys, we're recognizing you today. But I know that you don't do it for the recognition because you're built different. You represent the best part of humanity. After Jesus is ascended into heaven, the disciples are left here, right? And then you have Peter and John that they're walking towards Pentecost and they're walking and they see a disabled beggar. And the guy's literally sitting in front of the temple asking for money. And then Peter looks at him and he says, money I don't have to give you. But I will give you everything I have in…”
Board of County Commissioners · Jul 21, 2026
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“So Director, I want to congratulate you on taking this role. I think that it's clear that it's not going to be an easy role, but I have looked into some of the things that you did at Port Everglades. And Port Everglades being one of those ports that is on our heels, it almost feels like the Miami heat Giannis trade right now. And I'm glad to have you on this team. Thank you. It won't be easy, you're not going to get a lot of sleep, but I'm sure that you will be up to the challenge, and I look forward to working with you.”
Board of County Commissioners · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you Mr. chair and, you know, I do appreciate commissioner regular articles articulate. explanation of of the complexity of how this was brought forward i think it's something that it is very much needed however something that the county attorney's office well something that the county attorney said really caught my attention and that was that this was only applicable to county roads And so from what I understand, Commissioner Steinberg was requesting that the amendment apply if, and correct me if I'm wrong Commissioner Steinberg, if it passes through the municipality. And so I think…”
Board of County Commissioners · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you so much, Mr. Chair, and I want to thank the chief for that explanation. I think we should probably put forward a motion to deem her and Commissioner Gilbert our official accounting translators, because that was fantastic. However, to Commissioner Lopez and Commissioner Cohen-Higgins' point, I think it would be a good idea, and I think that this is what we're trying to get to. To the chief's point, there is some debt that perhaps can be deemed uncollectible. And the director made a good analysis because I've seen debt collection in the past through the legal field. Sometimes you can…”
Board of County Commissioners · Jul 21, 2026
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“Yeah, so I'd like to piggyback off what Commissioner Millian-Orbis and Commissioner Cohen-Higgins said. I do appreciate the mayor's comments. They're diligently taking notes on this conversation, but perhaps it would be good for the county attorney's office to give us a more of a narrow Instruction so that there's no confusion. And by the time the administration comes back with a report, they're not left with coming up short. So I love the fact that you said we should have categories. Definitely think we should have categories. I want to hear from Commissioner Lopez and Commissioner…”
Board of County Commissioners · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you. And Chief, I would just like to add because I've seen debt collection through the legal field in the past. There are some third party companies that would probably purchase unmarketable debt just to be able to say that they're collecting debt from Miami-Dade County. I'm just going to throw that out there.”
Board of County Commissioners · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I'm listening diligently to all of my colleagues. I think it's important that in acknowledging this report, there's two things that are happening here, right? And so the first one is past mistakes. And I think it's important to put on the record that the Proterra issue is an issue. that affected the entire United States. The attorneys are not saying this. I am saying this. It's almost a defraudment that happened upon not only Miami-Dade County, but Broward County, many counties all throughout Florida, Texas, Washington, North Carolina, Michigan, Wyoming. And so I…”
Board of County Commissioners · Jul 21, 2026
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“I'd like to piggyback on that and get an appointment as well.”
Board of County Commissioners · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Chair. And so I want to start off on a positive note. As Commissioner Cohen-Higgins said, very impressive. Thank you. Thank you for being serious. Thank you for being prepared. Thank you, Commissioner. He's probably the most prepared I have ever seen any director, right? And I very much appreciate how prepared you are. Thank you. But now.”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Jul 15, 2026
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“To echo some of the sentiments of my colleagues, I do have to agree that, for example, the original bid for the scope of work that was originally approved, what was that original bid? And I believe it was like a $3 million. But what was the scope of that work? And then this new additional work, when exactly did it come about that the Bentley style was necessary?”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Jul 15, 2026
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“So I think, I don't want to put words into your mouth, Commissioner Lopez, but I think this is exactly where Commissioner Lopez is going, because the permitting is put forward by the county. I know they're separate departments. I understand they're separate departments, but it would only be logical that If we're the ones giving the permitting, why didn't we factor this into the original scope in the first place? I mean, we are the ones that are giving the permitting. And so that leads me to, How did this whole electric vehicle charging station come about? Why exactly didn't we consider that…”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Jul 15, 2026
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“Got it, so those new federal standards are amounting to a $2 million increase?”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Jul 15, 2026
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“Got it, and why weren't those evacuation requirements taken into consideration in the first place?”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Jul 15, 2026
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“Got it. Okay, thank you so much really appreciate thank you.”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Jul 15, 2026