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Ronald B. Salem
Council Member
At-Large Group 2
Jacksonville, FL
August 27, 2026
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at 2:26:56I think 50% for, what is it, 36 days, 33 days, or whatever it is, to November 3rd is very reasonable.
at 2:27:06I also agree with my colleague, Councilmember Diamond, that we could have done a lot more for Amendment 3 and did not.
at 11:22When I had an issue with a riverfront piece of property a year or so ago, he was a leading charge, believing what I was trying to do, and was vocal about it, and took a lot of courage to do that.
at 53:10The other organizations that you, and I don't need to know the names necessarily, that you mentioned that also intermingled dollars, city dollars with their other dollars, are they coming up to, are they on the noncompliance list as well?
at 1:16:15And it would seem to me, and this is just my opinion, that depending on what this person does, they all should be in the mayor's office versus being in finance.
at 1:33:56I think you whispered my ear that the mayor used her transfer authority to make up for what was cut by the finance committee so that the service – the amount spent was what she had budgeted.
at 17:14Just to clarify, it takes ten votes to pass it, but two-thirds to keep it on the agenda?
at 21:20Curious to why this is a two-thirds vote versus, versus just 10.
at 46:13And I came back because I felt so strongly about this. In rules, I was the only person that voted
at 46:21against this. And let me tell you why. And Council, former past President Freeman, just for the first time,
at 19:52concerned that is this a trend where we're going to call it a rev grant and it's actually a completion
at 50:56when I say, um, your budget that dollars that you get through the tax increment? Uh, through the chair,
at 40:29I just wanted to thank you for your leadership on – you stepped in, and we didn't miss a beat through that process, and appreciate what you've done.
at 40:42And I think we've had a good committee, good dialogue throughout the year, and I think that's important.
at 41:06I've heard we might tear down that building, creating a bunch of potential parking or something else there, waiting for the jail to move.
at 45:02And through the Chair, I believe those spaces, and you might not know this, were identified for the park that's down there and some previous legislation.