Remarks by Sean Mill
41 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
- Play at 28:23
“Thank you Thank you mayor a couple events I want to touch on the we we had our national night out. I was after our last council meeting we had had national night out which was a citywide event was held at Hunt Park and Amazing turnout. I want to thank all of our first responders that were there and the community that came out. Wonderful event. Then this past Saturday, we had our Saturday before last, I should say on the 10th, I had my annual fall festival out at Vegas Park. Even though it was raining off and on, we had a packed packed house. Again, thanks to my team. I really want to say…”
City Council · Oct 20, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. I want to thank the residents of Casablanca, the members of CAG for being here today. Probably next to my house is where I spend more time in Ward 5 than in the community of Casablanca, and I've spoken to so many people in the community, and the feedback is almost universal. If they want to see the hawk signal removed and go back to a four-way stop, I hear it over and over again. So I just want to go ahead and make a motion that we approve option B, authorize the Public Works Department to issue repayment of the grant funds, then authorize our chief financial officer to…”
City Council · Oct 20, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. And what Cindy didn't tell you is that their business is the oldest business operating in Arlington, the barbershop that was started by your grandfather. So they're the oldest operating business in Arlington, been there a long time. So thank you for the kind words. I was going to just go ahead and say move staff support, but odds went over its time. So we're going to punish you for that. No, I just want to say thank you to the folks at the bid because they're kind of an extension of our council office at times. You know, when we have issues out there in the community, you…”
City Council · Oct 20, 2026
- Play at 2:29:15
“Mayor, if I could just real quick clarification. I just checked with Councilmember Robillard. It was actually, he had stated that he was involved in the Victoria Grove. It was actually Pinnacle Point. Okay. Thank you. Just so it's clear. All right.”
City Council · Oct 20, 2026
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“Thank you, Mary. As some of my colleagues have mentioned, we had the very first ever Labor Day parade here in Riverside. A lot of folks don't know that outside of Los Angeles, the second highest number of union members in the entire state of California reside in the Inland Empire. And every year, those folks get in their cars and they drive to Wilmington. And I want to thank my office and my team for coordinating with the Inland Empire Labor Council, our friends from the building trades, the Teamsters, everybody working really hard to bring it here because let's keep these guys home. Don't…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 17:30
“No, there's no, you know, no rivalry here. Also, I just want to say thanks to Chief McKinster, as Chuck said, about 9-11. But what was really awesome, and, you know, I look at Councilmember Robart, his dad Larry was there, and Larry was one of the volunteers that went to 9-11. And talking to him about his experiences with that, not to mention talking to our firefighters that were there after 9-11 happened there, Very humbling, very humbling. And knowing that people like that, heroes walk amongst us. And heroes don't always wear capes. A guy like Larry Robillard, guys like the firefighters…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 33:10
“I remember as a kid, the library, and for you guys over there, it was before the internet, before everything was on the phone. But the library was our second home. As a kid, the librarians were basically the people who watched us after school. We would go there. They'd have all the newspaper, all the magazines, everything. And we'd spend our afternoons after school there. I so appreciate what you guys do for the community. The library was a place where you could go and you read a book and you escape from your life, from your reality. You could go anywhere. You could be anything in books. So…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor Pro Tem. Well, as somebody who is, I guess the word was a two-totaler, I don't drink, don't particularly care for alcohol, so I wouldn't know what's good whiskey or what's rot good. I don't know. I mean, it's all, I have no idea. But what I did do was I went over to Corona and talked to people that live by your store and asked them and actually got a lot of good feedback. The name Jazzy's Bar, it kind of stood out to me too. It's not a bar. And so I understand where Dave, my friend Dave is coming from, you know, like, you know, calling it a bar kind of just like, I know it's…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 1:46:41
“Okay, I just Yeah, again, I'm, I'm having a conversation with people. I said that that's not a bar. It's a kind of explain what you were doing. So they're calling it Jazzy's bar. So it was just kind of confused. So I was just wondering why? Why?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 1:46:59
“Okay. Thank you. You know, I just want to confirm with, this is, the number of licenses are going to remain the same. This is just, we're going to be transferring, well, if this is approved, it would be the license from the Rite Aid transferring over to this location, so it would be the same number?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 1:47:45
“Okay. And for me, you know, overconcentration is an issue. It's a big issue to me. I mean, when they wanted to put all the marijuana dispensaries in Ward 5 at one time, I was concerned about overconcentration of dispensaries. So, I mean, and they're clearly, I mean, just looking at it, there's clearly an over concentration of licenses in this track. But I want to ask you this, you know, can you explain why that concentration exists? You know, particularly given the presence of we have Riverside Plaza there, we have the Brockington Arcade, we have restaurants, other entertainment uses, and…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 1:49:16
“But just looking at raw numbers, if you're just thinking about like, wow, 11 liquor stores in the area. But we're talking about Ralph's. We're talking about Vons. We're talking about Trader Joe's. We're talking about major grocery stores in the area. So that adds to the number.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“And then I've written one other question before I came. What specifically distinguishes this proposal from simply adding another liquor store or bar to an already over-concentrated area? And what conditions and security measures give us confidence that approving these licenses will not create additional public safety or nuisance problems?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“As I said, I spoke to people in Corona about this. I'm not a big fan of liquor stores, your traditional liquor store, just like I'm not a big fan of smoke shops and things like that that attract folks. So I talked to the people that lived in Corona, and they're like, oh, no, that's not what it is. In fact, everybody I talked to that patronized the store, spoke very highly of it um i was blown away when this gentleman came and he said oh i'm going to get a a little sip for 20 so i don't spend thousands of dollars on a bottle i'm just like wow this is like it's pretty high-end stuff it's not…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 2:05:31
“One question I guess it would be, uh, I don't know who, who directed to, but my question would be, uh, how are we determining the, uh, makeup of the, uh, of the council committee?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“i mean that's that's the thing i mean we had a full discussion amongst the group through government processes i don't know how you normally just i mean we're how we're going to draw it up that that's really my my concern is it i mean are we just going to select the folks or is it going to be you know have there been a discussion about whether this goes to mayor's dominating screening committee for maybe initial discussion recommendation or if it is a submission of council members who have interest or”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 2:07:03
“Okay. So then my other question would be for meetings, is it as determined or is it going to be a particular?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 2:07:29
“And then is that something – question for the – so is this something that would be agendized through you? I mean, will we – is that how it works? Yeah.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 2:07:54
“Okay. And I would disagree. The Inspector General was like, we just picked on the people that we didn't like the most and put them on there.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. I didn't really have a question. I pulled this item because I want the community, I want people to understand what's going on here. This is a continual, you asked me, waste of taxpayer money. Now, I'm just going to, not all the outside council, I'm going to highlight one case and then it actually adds up to three cases. We continue to spend money going after Tony Platt. And just in this report alone, it's all fruit of the poisonous tree. That then leads to a lawsuit involving Councilmember Condren and former Councilmember Adams. Then I would argue that that leads to another…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 3:04:15
“I'll make a motion to approve the item. Again, to our new city attorney, just wanted to put it on record for you. You're a new guy here, but no disrespect to you or your office, but I'm a little tired of it, and I'll make a motion that we approve.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 4:06
“Good afternoon, Mayor Locke-Dawson, City Council, and staff.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 17:46
“Thank you, Mayor. Last week on the 27th, my team and I had a wonderful town hall meeting at the Riverside Country Club Mobile Home Park right in Ward 5. I want to thank all the city staff that came out there to bring City Hall to the community. uh football is back and we all know that and especially on friday nights um i'm so excited as a former high school football coach nothing i love more than a friday night high school football game and uh last friday i went out and saw arlington versus ramona and arlington and ramona are where most of the kids in ward five go to school and it was a great…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 41:10
“Thank you, Mayor. And first, how are we having a celebration without Marquise here?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 41:21
“But, no, Michelle, I got to say, you know, thank you, especially to the people who are out on the front line. You know, it's got to be just – it's a thankless job, for one. But it's just got to be tough. I mean, every day coming back after being out in the streets and sometimes you've got to come back and feel as if like, what did I get done today? But they get up tomorrow and they do the same thing. And that takes a lot. I know, you know, when I'm having a tough day, the last thing I want to do is revisit the day I had before, tomorrow. But your team does that every day. Our city's a better…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026