Remarks by Steven D. Losner
633 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 18 of 26
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City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Great. That's good stuff. Thank you for bringing this. Yes. Thank you, Mayor.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“So you want to move your resolution? Yeah. All right. It's moved and seconded. Roll call, please.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“All right. Moving on to tab 18. Okay. Final agenda item.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Okay, so the first question is with respect to a reduction in the mayor's term of office from four years to two years.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Well, the change is with respect to the question as it will appear on the ballot. Right. Not the impact, but... a more neutrally framed question. Right. Council, any further questions or comments on this first item? Does somebody want to move it?”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Moved by Avala, Councilwoman Avala. We have a second on the reduction of the Mayor's term from four years to two years.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Okay, second by Councilman Roth. Anything further from Council? let's have a roll call vote on the ballot question calling for a reduction in the term of the mayor commencing in 2027 from four years to two years at a time but not limiting a total service of eight consecutive years councilman ron councilwoman aguilar yes councilman fletcher no”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“term years served as virtue by virtue of an appointment would not count towards the year of service so if someone steps in to fill that vacancy they run for they still have eligibility to run for the full term limit okay any questions or comments from council on this item moved by councilwoman vice mayor bailey second by councilwoman conski so let's have a roll call vote on the We've more public comment to all issues to the front of the meeting. Generally, I've been very liberal with this particular speaker this evening that I think that this has been talked and talked to death in prior…”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“No, this would, if adopted and passed by the voters, anyone who's on council now who was appointed in the past or may be appointed in the future, that abbreviated term would not count against their term limit, whether it be eight or 12 years.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“This is the appointment part. This is the appointment exemption that we're dealing with now. Okay, so let's have a roll call vote on the calculation of time.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“And we need to enhance the opportunity of others to serve without being up against an 8, 10 year incumbent.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Yeah, that was my initiative approved for discussion tonight by at least three other colleagues. Two of us don't have the ability to place anything on this agenda. So we'll close the public hearing, and I believe there's been a motion and a second on this one? No? Okay. So this is a motion to reduce from 12 to 8. Do we have a motion? Moved by Councilman Fletcher. Do we have a second? for a term reduction. No second for a reduction in term from 12 to eight years. So let me hand the gavel to the vice mayor. I will be happy to second it. I think people need to stand up and be counted. So it's…”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Very good, so it's been moved by Councilman Fletcher. I second. And seconded by Councilman Canabal to transmit the one question for placement on the November ballot. All right, so let's have a roll call vote.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“So let's let's look at that and all be up to speed on the exceptions to the upfront comments. You know, there are exceptions. to agenda items where we are not foreclosing the opportunity to make comments at the actual time the item is discussed.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“For that, Councilman, I recently reached out to Larry Ventura at the base, because I had heard that wraps were now permitted, that we didn't have to go into an actual air-based paint shop and have it painted under the same standards as an active duty airplane. He clarified that for us. There are some approved wrap vendors. But we have that information from about a month ago. I'd be happy to share that, you know, because that's not off my radar either and we're going to need to have some conversation, I believe, about a relocation of that jet. That is not a sufficient location in this day and…”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Kind of like it is without patriotic music, but that's another discussion.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“The original Military Affairs Committee, I guess it's called Council now, always took the lead, and they had a contractor who donated the crane and the flatbed truck to move it out there to the paint shop, and they also had a benefactor for the repainting. You may recall that when we first started talking about moving it, that organization, whether it was committee or council at the time, was resistant to the relocation. I took the opportunity at the time to look at the agreement. The agreement from the National Museum of the Air Force is between the city of Homestead and the National Museum…”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026