Remarks by Steven Glassman
66 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 3
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“Juan, you didn't bake any cakes? No cakes. No cakes? Oh my God. No cakes.”
City Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“Look, we have a... Muchas gracias, Mayor. Buenas noches, toda la gente. My accent's much better than the Vice Mayor. All right, thank you. Good to see you. All right, it's my pleasure to present this proclamation from the Office of the Mayor, City of Fort Lauderdale. This is a proclamation in recognition of National Fire Prevention Week. Whereas the City of Fort Lauderdale is committed to ensuring the safety and security of all who live in and visit our community, recognizing that fire remains a serious public safety concern both locally and nationally. And whereas lithium-ion batteries power…”
City Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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City Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“Yeah, well, we had quite a discussion. I had recommended that originally, but then I deferred to you.”
City Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“But I listened to both you and Commissioner Beasley-Pittman, who didn't want to defer it.”
City Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“Well, yes, I did say a lot this afternoon, actually. And now I'm hearing everyone thinks that that's a great idea.”
City Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“Yeah, I was forced to withdraw my motion earlier in the day because I was deferring to my two colleagues who were here with me. But I guess you both had a change of heart, and I'm happy now that everyone's in agreement. And I agree with everything that everybody said.”
City Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“I certainly will. I would, and I know that defer, do we have to set a time certain, a date for deferral?”
City Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“I'm asking because this afternoon I heard problems with tabling. Everyone wanted to defer. You didn't want it to wait forever. Your words were saying, I don't want to wait forever. So I'm just a little, I'm So this is a little twilight zone for me. No, no twilight zone. I'm going to have to go back and watch the afternoon discussion and then watch this discussion. And I'm going to ask myself, where am I?”
City Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“Well, I'm going to say that staff has to help with that coordination of all of the public input and all of the stakeholders and the four or five or how many other people are proposing something on the site. We're going to have to make it very efficient. The lease expires in December of 2027. So we have to figure out, you know, Work it back and figure out how much time we need to make sure that we're effective.”
City Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“Then I move that we defer this item until April 20th, 2027. Okay.”
City Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. I am presenting a proclamation now from the Office of the Mayor, City of Fort Lauderdale, in recognition of Familial Hypercholesterolemia Awareness Day. Pretty good? Good job. That's a tough one. Say it ten times fast. I have to say it again now, actually. Whereas, familiar hypercholesterolemia, also known as FH, is an inherited genetic disorder that affects the body's ability to regulate and remove LDL, commonly known as bad cholesterol, from the blood. This can lead to a very high cholesterol level and an increased risk of coronary artery disease at a younger age. And…”
City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“Excuse me, Mayor. I'd like to just respond to this.”
City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“I'm sorry. I'm going to finish reading two more, Mayor, because it's important that people need to know when someone in our community tries to charm us, and yet this is what he posts on the internet, on social media. So I'm going to get through this. You'll just have to forgive me for this, okay? Okay, next one. All these crusty white people coming out and backing Debbie Wasserman Schultz are not white. They are just rich Jews like Debbie. These are nice, aren't they? Well, I am incensed over these, okay? And I am sharing my anger with you because I don't want anyone to be fooled by this man.…”
City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“I agree with you. And civility is a two-way street.”
City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“So Carla, we've had a bunch of meetings on this for almost a year now. This is really just about classifying the types of events that we see come, mostly to the Barrier Island, and putting them in categories so that we know how to assess them in terms of impact fees. So we know how to take a break, maybe one weekend on the Barrier Island where we'll have a quiet weekend. We've been discussing events, particularly on the Barrier Island.”
City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“Well, I think it's listed like that because it really does affect anyone that would go to the beach. And it's not just District 2. The Barrier Island, we actually, there are three districts that do. I don't know who decided it. But it does impact anyone that's going to go to an event. So I think that's why it says District 1, 2, 3, and 4. But this is dealing with just all of the events that we see. We're trying to just grab them a little bit, get a little control over how many events, what type of event we're going to classify them in, how we're going to assess their fees. That's what it's…”
City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“This is awesome. Right. It is. And to pass this call on your birthday today is extra special. Thank you. Happy birthday.”
City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“That's a legacy event, and your impact fee is going to be quite exorbitant.”
City Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“Mayor, is it okay if we ask the city manager just to address that? I was going to ask staff. Okay, thanks.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Introduce, and I will also say that it has made quite a difference on those seven streets, Los Olos Isles. Yes. It's Los Olos Isles section. The neighborhood looks really very different and very improved. So I want to thank Steph. I know that was a long, arduous process, and thank you for everyone that was involved in that. But it really has made a huge difference in that neighborhood in terms of all those utility lines buried, the landscaping, the roadways. It looks really nice. Thank you. Okay, great.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“May I also ask either the Chief or Laura or someone to explain the justification for the increase and also to talk about efficiencies overall because we just heard about looking at everything in totality. So is there a way that we can explain and talk about the $12 million we did find in efficiencies this year just to make sure that our budget was as lean as possible? That would also be greatly appreciated. Thank you.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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City Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“$15 a month? Yes. And that includes everything that we're dealing with in terms of the growth in our city and population and services required because of that growth in population, $15 a month.”
City Commission · Sep 14, 2026