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Rory Diamond
Council Member
District 13
Jacksonville, FL
October 23, 2026
Last heard
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at 1:11Later that day, I kind of back-channeled with Mr. Ford's team, found out that he was unavailable to respond to us directly that day when we had reached out.
at 2:15I think it makes more sense now because there's a lot of work to be done with the CFOs and looking at documents and some of these other things to kind of get ready for testimony like that.
at 38:45Uh, so, uh, through the chair to Randall, uh, Mr. Barnes, then did JTA have in place a mechanism to monitor when people were exceeding or projecting to exceed their kind of arbitrarily cut budget?
at 1:18:39When we have this discussion, let's make sure that the council is also being fair to JTA, that we're only targeting a necessary service, not just like what everybody would love to have.
at 29:12And because, as we know, Nat Ford is leaving Jacksonville to start up at DART in next week, I assume, or his last day here is tomorrow, that's what underlies the need for an emergency.
at 45:25But if he's like, absolutely, I'm not coming, or no response at all, right, then Friday comes and goes and he doesn't show, then the next step is to then come back to the standing committee to see, do we want to enforce this subpoena?
at 31:18why were you pushing this $10 million gap if they're telling you, and these are smart dudes and lady who know what they're doing,
at 31:30And I hate to use the JEA example again, but that's where we started to figure out where the pressure was coming from.
at 14:16So while the situation at JTA really is a nightmare, there is no other path out other than to allow them to have this flexibility to do this.
at 19:10I forgot to do the thing I always try to do when I'm talking about JTA, which is to compliment Randall Barnes, Shepler, Cleveland.
at 1:49:33Cindy. Just, Ms. Tremor, there's no grocery store there now? Through the chair, there is not. And when
at 1:49:55I'm tracking. And you're not asking for 50 million dollars from the city for this? Through the chair,
at 53:32And I love that we're having a healthy discussion about it so that we can do basic services, which I know my colleague, Colonel Miller, is like, do the basics, right?
at 53:55And so if you came back to that podium and said, you know what, we signed this contract, we had to break it, the cost of breaking the contract was this much money and a lawsuit, I will stand behind you.
at 1:35:40but for the next budget cycle based on trades and some stuff for junior achievement, all these
at 2:45:48But yeah, so I would move that we move $750,000 above the line, and then move the other $750,000