Remarks by Vince C. Lago
518 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 21
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“Sir. Would you please put your address on the record?”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Okay. Just for the record, one additional minute from the three minutes. I have no idea what violation of due process that was. We'll move forward.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“When was the next person. You want to go back to Mister Fidel.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“I didn't hear it. I apologize. Thank you.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“We get the point. Do you have anything else that you'd like to add for the record? Yes.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“I'll let you finish. When you're ready to finish and you provide the necessary respect here, then I'll keep moving forward. But there has to be order and decorum in the room. I know you want to have a free-for-all. That's what we had in the past, but we don't have that here now. Everybody has a voice and an opportunity to speak, and I've given everybody the opportunity. I just ask you to give me the same respect. Now, first and foremost, you know it very well that that is not competent substantial evidence. At the end of the day, anyone can come here and say whatever they like. The body has…”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“And you're doing a good job on behalf of your client, but these are facts. A person's opinion coming up here, whether they're in favor of a project or they're against a project, is not competent, substantial evidence. It's not. You as a lawyer know that, and you cannot argue on that here. I'm not a lawyer. We have two lawyers on this panel along with our city attorney. And you know that very well because you've used that argument in the past when you've been up here and you've said that things are not competent, substantial evidence. And you said it very clearly. And I wish I had that clip to…”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you. As we move on now to a conversation amongst the Commission, before we do that, can I have a motion and a second? I'll move it. Second. Second.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“That's what we're doing. Madam Vice Mayor.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you. First and foremost, I ask for my colleagues, maybe we should do it via motion, And we have a motion on the floor, but with a second motion to refer this through the city attorney to the necessary. Outlets, whether it be at the state or at it be at. The ethics commission, or it be at Kathy Fernandez Rundle's office to address this issue front and center and then you report back to us when you have some information.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Moving forward on that front, okay, that's been answered and cleared up. Let me tell you why I'm in support of this project. I support this project because two reasons. I support Crystal Academy. And number two, the individuals that came to see me were willing to have a 12-story building be built there instead of the nine-story that's being proposed now in an effort to save a private piece of property. It's a private piece of property. It's not a park. While I would love to save that green space, I understand that people have an attachment to that. Again, people have property rights and we…”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Mayor Lago. Yes. On another note, let's move on to the issue of the referral. Give me one second. I know. I know. But we're not going to wait until the end. We're going to do it now. Because I want to make sure that it comes from me. So I'd like to make a motion.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“For this one item, I'm passing the gavel. I've been here 14 years. I'm passing the gavel. And that is, the motion is that I ask the city attorney and the city manager to work in tandem to ensure that this issue is referred. The fact that we had individuals that showed up here, and not only in Miami-Dade County, showed up here and lied to the commission, that they were residents of the City of Beautiful. I want to make sure that it's referred to the necessary authorities, whether it's Cassidy Fernandez-Rundle, whether it's the ethics commission locally and at the state, Whatever entities need…”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yes. Moving on to item E4. May I have a motion?”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yes, we are tired of the 5 may have a motion. I'll move it that second.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you very much. Mr. Clerk, do we have any public comment?”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“I understand speaker several members of the board are also here that wanted to speak from the University of Miami for speaker Maria Cruz.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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City Commission · Aug 25, 2026