Remarks by Thomas F. Carney, Jr.
415 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 17
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“Thank you very much. I did get your email, by the way. Thank you. I did get your email. By the way, you had some good facts. I wish I'd had them before I could have included some of your stuff in what I wrote, by the way.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Well, no, I understand that. You spent a lot of time analyzing it, and I appreciate it. Anyway, sir.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“That property is located in 33444, just to help you out.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“I appreciate it, sir. Thank you very much for your input. Okay. Are there any other members of the public wishing to speak? Seeing or hearing none. Public comment is closed. It's to us now, correct? Correct. All right. I'm going to start by, I mean, everyone saw that I wrote emails and all this other kind of stuff. So talk about what I believe. I'm not talking about what anybody else, but what I believe. Because the common theme, as we all, because, I mean, we are in a hot political season at the moment, reading everything, everybody running. The common theme about every single political…”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Who would like to go next? I'll do it. Commissioner Casale.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Our auditor quoted what the policy is. No, no.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“I asked the auditor that very question Monday.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“And I lost last year because you said we had to make up for it the year before.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“I don't know what HR said. I got them off the city. I got it off the audit. No, you're not.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Well, where are the cuts coming from? No, it's true. People can go watch the meetings.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Excuse me. Excuse me. You voted. I'm not going to let you get away with lying again. You didn't vote for the police contract. I'm not going to let you get away. You voted. It's in the minutes. First of all, I voted against it.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“I voted to ratify the contract as per the law. Lie. The city attorney.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“You're out of order now because I just ruled you out of order. Would you please explain what the law is? Explain the vote. Would you please explain what the law was? It's in the minutes, Mayor.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“You're used to making decisions that get through city lawsuits. Oh, please. Which one? Would you please rendition what the vote was to ratify the contract?”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Would you explain to her what we voted on? Because she clearly doesn't understand. I know what we voted on. You voted on the contract. You really should go to law school. It's in the minutes. I know you stayed at a Holiday Inn Express, so you probably don't have to.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Would you please explain to her what we voted on?”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“If we had followed you, we would have had a lawsuit.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“It's called unfair labor practice. It's like, yes, it is.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“You mean the one-time COLA increase for the employees who hadn't had a COLA increase in 10 years?”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“And I applaud you for that. Thank you. We all had the same kind of thought.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Not my job. But where are we? I have to tell you, unless you do the millers right and you force people to make cuts, they don't make them here. We've proven that time and time again.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“It took $25 million out of the budget. Are you willing to do that?”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Well, the Carney Consult document shows it's going to stay down because there's three more commissioners that need to speak.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“Okay, Commissioner Mulliken, would you like to be recognized?”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026
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“I actually asked that question and cut the analysis. You're basing a reserve on a different taxable value. The taxable values have gone up so much in the last four years.”
City Commission · Sep 22, 2026