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THE FLORIDA LEGAL CITIES IN TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA. AND I'VE BEEN WITH THE LEAGUE FOR 19 YEARS AND I'VE BEEN IN THE LEGISLATIVE POLITICAL ARENA FOR 36 YEARS I STARTED WHEN I WAS 10. I WISH UM. AND I BASICALLY HAVE DONE ALL SORTS OF EVERYTHING IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS FROM RUNNING CAMPAIGNS TO BEING RUN OVER BY CAMPAIGNS TO, UH, DOING LOBBYING TO WHATEVER AND SO. UM THIS IS WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING IN TERMS OF BEING INVOLVED IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS. AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW TO BE BETTER ADVOCATES AND THE THINGS I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT OUR TWO. I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THIS AS WE'RE GOING ON HERE. IS THAT EVERYTHING I'M TELLING YOU? CAN BE APPLIED IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR CITY FOLLOW THE STEPS ON THE TOP TALKING ABOUT YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE STATE LEVEL IN TERMS OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING TO YOU IN TALLAHASSEE? FOLLOW THIS IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO YOU FOLLOW THIS. THIS SCRIPT IS INTENDED. I'M HERE PRIMARILY TO TALK ABOUT HOME RULE, BUT EVERYTHING I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS APPLICABLE THAT IF YOU BUILD RELATIONSHIPS, YOU DO SOME OF THE STEPS THAT I LAY OUT. THAT'S HOW YOU GET STUFF DONE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL TWO AND SO THIS IS APPLICABLE ACROSS THE BOARD. I AM I AM FOCUSED ON TRYING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE FLORIDA LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AND HOW THEY'RE RUNNING. OVER. THINGS YOU'RE THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS THAT U. S CITIZENS HAVE, UH AND PREEMPTING, UH, LOCAL LOCAL CONTROL AND HOME RULE, SO IT'S AN ADVOCACY GOD FOR CITIZENS HOW TO BRING YOUR MESSAGE TO ELECTED OFFICIALS. UM TALKING ABOUT? OKAY, COOL.
SO HOME, LORD, YOU HEARD ME TALK ABOUT HOME WRONG SO HOME, LOL WAS ADDED TO THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION IN 1968. IT BASICALLY SAYS MUNICIPALITIES MAY CONDUCT MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT. PERFORM MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS AND RENDER MUNICIPAL SERVICES AND MAY EXERCISE ANY POWER FOR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES, PROVIDED THOSE ORDINANCES DO NOT CONFLICT WITH STATE OR FEDERAL LAW. KEEP THAT IN MIND ABOUT THE NOT CONFLICTING, THE STATE OR FEDERAL LAW. IS WHAT HOME ROLE REALLY IS, AS IT GIVES FLEXIBILITY AND AUTHORITY TO CRAFT LAWS SPECIFIC TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. SO INDIAN TOWN. IS NOT ISLAND ROT. WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN INDIAN TOWN ISLAND, RIGHT? TAMPA IS NOT TALLAHASSEE OR TAVARIS. UH JACKSONVILLE IS NOT, UH, QUINCY UP NEAR UP NEAR MY HOMETOWN OF TALLAHASSEE. CITIES ARE DIFFERENT, AND THEY'RE DIFFERENT FOR A REASON. CITIZENS CAME TOGETHER THEY CREATED A CITY. THEY DECIDED THEY WANTED AN ADDITIONAL LEVEL OF SERVICES. OR UH, WHETHER IT WAS A HIGHER LEVEL OF SERVICES OR JUST THE LEVEL OF SERVICES. UH THAT THEY WEREN'T GETTING THEY CAME TOGETHER THEY CREATED THIS ENTITY, A CITY. IT'S A VOLUNTARY FORM A GOVERNMENT CITIES ARE YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVE WITHIN A CITY. CITIES ARE CREATED BY CITIZENS. THEY COME TOGETHER, THEY SAY, WE WERE NOT GETTING SOMETHING FROM THE COUNTY OR FROM THE STATE OR WHATEVER. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO CREATE THIS ENTITY TO HELP TAKE CARE OF THESE ISSUES. SO. WITHIN THAT, WHEN THE CITIZENS WENT TO THE COUNTRY TO THE BALLOT IN 1968, AND THEY ADOPTED HOME RULE. WHAT THEY SAID WAS THAT U S CITIZENS. OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT YOUR CITY.
LOOKS LIKE THE WAY IT'S RUN. WHAT ZONING LAWS THERE ARE, WHETHER WHETHER YOU WANT TO ALLOW VACATION RENTALS OR NOT ALLOW VACATION RENTALS, WHETHER YOU WANT TO ALLOW STRIP CLUBS OR NOT ALLOW STRIP CLUBS. WHETHER YOU WANT TO ALLOW MASSAGE PARLORS ARE NOT A LOT OF US SO ALL THESE TYPE OF ZONING DECISIONS ALSO. MORE MUNDANE STUFF. DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A POLICE FORCE DO YOU WANT TO DO YOU WANT TO, UH, CONTRACT OUT WITH THE COUNTY? DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A FIRE DEPARTMENT? YOU WANT TO CONTRACT OUT WITH THE COUNTY? DO YOU WANT TO DO A JOINT? MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH ANOTHER CITY. ALL THESE THINGS ARE THINGS THAT YOU ARE SHE GET TO DECIDE. HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT TO PAY YOUR POLICE? HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT TO PAY YOUR FIREFIGHTERS? YOU WANT TO HAVE AN EXTRA RICH SET OF BENEFITS, OR DO YOU NOT WANT TO HAVE AN EXTRA RICH SET OF BENEFITS? DO YOU WANT TO ATTRACT BUSINESS OR DO YOU WANT TO BE PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL THEIR CITIES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA? THAT ARE REALLY PRIMARILY, THEY'RE JUST RESIDENTIAL. THEY HAVE VERY LITTLE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY IN THEM AT ALL. SO CITIES ARE AS DIFFERENT THERE'S 411 CITIES AND LET ME TELL YOU, THERE'S 411 DIFFERENT TYPES OF CITIES WITHIN THAT 400 THOSE 411 CITIES, I WOULD I WOULD TELL YOU THAT. NONE OF THEM ARE LIKE THE OTHER. THEY ALL HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT HIM AND CITIES AND CITIZENS WANT THE ABILITY. THE CITIZENS OF THAT CITY WANT THE ABILITY TO HAVE SOMETHING. CITY OF TIBERIAS HAS GONE INTO THIS THING. IT'S REALLY COOL THEY WERE HAVING
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FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THERE. DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE THE C PLAYING CAPITAL? OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. TAVARES FLORIDA THAT'S WHAT THEY DECIDED THEY WANTED THEIR CITY SO ALL DOWNTOWN HAS GOT ALL KINDS OF COOL LITTLE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, HONORARY MEMORIALS TO PEOPLE THAT. HAD MADE ADVANCEMENTS IN SEAPLANES AND ALL KINDS. YOU KNOW, THAT'S THEIR THAT'S THEIR THING, YOU KNOW, UH, FLORAL CITY, A CITY UP IN CITRUS COUNTY. THEY USED TO BE A CROSSROADS FOR WHERE THE CITRUS IT'S IN CITRUS COUNTY. IT USED TO BE WHERE ALL THE ORANGES AND THAT THEY WANT. THAT'S STILL THAT REALLY THEY THEY HAVE ONE BUSINESS. IT'S ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN. THE REST ARE SMALL LITTLE HOUSES. THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO LOOK LIKE.AND SO THAT'S WHAT HOME RULE IS ALL ABOUT. IS TRYING TO MAKE ALLOW THE CITY. TO LOOK LIKE WHAT THE CITIZENS WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE. WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU THAT ANY SUCCESSFUL CITY IS DIRECT REFLECTION. OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE CITIZENS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO IF THIS IF THE CITIZENS DON'T FEEL LIKE THEIR VOICES BEING REFLECTED IN THE CITY, THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE. OTHER PEOPLE IN PRETTY SIMPLE, PRETTY STRAIGHT BOARD. THAT'S HOW IT WORKS, AND IT'S A HECK OF A LOT EASIER. TO GET THAT DONE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL BECAUSE YOU ALL AT THE AT THE LOOK AT THE CITY LEVEL. YOU DON'T HAVE THE SAME PROCESS IN TERMS OF ITS NOT EXACTLY SAYING THERE'S SOME SOME SIMILARITIES, BUT IN TERMS OF, UM, THE REAPPORTIONMENT PROCESS, YOU KNOW, EVERY 10 YEARS WE GO THROUGH WHAT'S CALLED THE REAPPORTIONMENT PROCESS. THEY DO THIS THEY DO THE CENSUS. THEY COUNT PEOPLE, AND THEN THEY DIVIDE UP THE STATE INTO LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS AND STATE AND SENATE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS IN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS. WELL, GUESS WHAT WHOEVER'S IN CHARGE GETS TO DRAW THE LINES. SO WHEN THE DEMOCRATS WERE IN CONTROL, THEY WERE DRAWN LINES THAT WERE VERY FAVORABLE TO DEMOCRATS WHILE THE REPUBLICANS DURING CONTROL, THEY'RE DRAWN LINES THAT ARE VERY FAVORABLE TO REPUBLICANS.
IT IS A FACT IT'S NOT A PARTISAN STATEMENT. IT IS A FACT THAT DEMOCRATS DID IT WHEN THEY WERE IN IN DEMOCRATIC STATES. THEY'RE DOING IT, ERIN REPUBLICAN STATES. THEY'RE DOING IT. THEY'RE SO PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. SO WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE STATE LEVEL.
IS THAT THE LEGISLATURE. IS PICKING WHO YOU'RE VOTING FOR. AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, YOU GET TO ACTUALLY HAVE SOME SAY IN WHO'S SITTING IN THAT DAY US UP HERE IN TERMS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING, SO YOU HAVE A LOT MORE SAYING THAT SO THAT'S REALLY WHEN I TALK ABOUT HOME RULE. IT'S ABOUT. LOCAL VOICES, LOCAL CHOICES HAVING A SAY IN YOUR GOVERNMENT HAVING A SAY, AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR THE CONFINES THE BOUNDARIES OF YOUR MUNICIPALITY. OOPS, WRONG WAY TO DO TO DO SO. THIS IS A FASCINATING SO WE PULLED PEOPLE WE ARE WE CLEAR VIEW RESEARCH GROUP THAT DOES A LOT OF RESEARCH FOR THE LEAGUE OF CITIES HERE. UP IN TALLAHASSEE.
SO MY LOCAL CITY GOVERNMENT IS MORE CONNECTED TO MEET MY NEEDS AND BETTER REFLECTS LOCAL VALUES THAN THE STATE GOVERNMENT. 72% OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE PULLED SAID. THEY EXTREMELY AGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT. SO THERE'S. THE AVERAGE CITIZEN RECOGNIZES THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN TALLAHASSEE IS PRETTY DISTANT AND THAT THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON. THEY JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND. THERE'S JUST IT'S A LOT OF HEAVY, HIGH ENDED POLICY AND THE. THEY DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT WHERE THE THEY DO UNDERSTAND THAT WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD IS IN YOUR CITY AT THE COUNTY, CITY AND COUNTY LEVEL. THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE DECISIONS THAT REALLY AFFECT YOUR DAY TO DAY LIFE, WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO ALLOW A DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE STREET OR WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO ALLOW. STRIP CLUBS OR MASSAGE PARLORS OR WHATEVER NAME FILL IN THE BLANK. WHATEVER BUSINESS MAY BOTHER YOU, OR THAT YOU MAY LIKE OR WHATEVER IT IS. THAT'S WHERE THOSE DECISIONS ARE MADE LOCALLY, FOR THE MOST PART, THE LEGISLATURE STRIPPING THOSE DECISIONS AWAY MORE AND MORE EVERY YEAR. SO. ANOTHER REALLY COOL AND I JUST SHOWED I MADE THIS BECAUSE I WANTED YOU TO SEE THE DEMOGRAPHIC SO OVERALL MALE, FEMALE DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN OTHER 18 TO 34 35 TO 49 HISPANIC. AFRICAN AMERICAN WHITE INCOME GAPS, ALL ALL THE VARIOUS INCOMES. THAT STATEMENT THAT I SAID 72% IT'S PRETTY POPULAR ACROSS. THE WHOLE SPECTRUM OF PEOPLE. IT IS, IT IS. LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS.
THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING PEOPLE WOULD KILL FOR THOSE TYPE OF NUMBERS SO LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE BETTER ABLE TO SOLVE PROBLEMS BECAUSE THEY'RE MORE ACCOUNTABLE. THE LOCAL PEOPLE LIKE ME. EIGHT OVERALL, 80% OF PEOPLE AGREED WITH THAT, AND THERE'S THE BREAKDOWN OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS FOR THAT. THAT'S PRETTY. IT'S PRETTY GOOD NUMBERS, SO IT'S WHAT IT MEANS IS THAT PEOPLE BELIEVE. THAT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS IN TUNE WITH WHAT. YOU ALL WANT AND THAT THERE'S AN ACTUAL WAY FOR YOU TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN YOUR CITY. HOW
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MANY OF YOU BEEN TO TALLAHASSEE FOR DURING THE COMMITTEE MEETING EVER KNOW? YOU HAVE? YEAH. SO. DON'T KNOW IF HE DID YOU EVER TRY TO TESTIFY WHEN YOU WERE THERE? NO. SO LET ME TELL YOU HOW TESTIFYING AND TALLAHASSEE GOES. THEY HAVE A TWO HOUR MEETING. THEY HAVE 50 ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. THEY TELL YOU BEFOREHAND? WE'VE GOT A LOT ON THE AGENDA SO YOU NEED TO.WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO MOVE ALONG QUICKLY. THEY GET TO THE IMPORTANT ISSUES. THEY SAVE IT THE IMPORTANT ISSUES FOR THE LAST PART OF THE MEETING. THEY SAY WE HAVE 20 MINUTES. TO DISCUSS A POLICY THAT IS. LIKE YOU COULD WRITE A BOOK ABOUT YOU COULD WRITE AN INSIGHT, A SERIES OF ENCYCLOPEDIAS ABOUT IT'S SO COMPLEX OF AN ISSUE AND THEY SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS IN 20 MINUTES. COME UP AND TESTIFY. YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS. AND LITERALLY, WHY YOU'RE TESTIFYING. THEY'RE DOING THIS. OR THIS. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? BUT THAT'S HOW IT IS. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS IN TALLAHASSEE. THEY ARE DEALING WITH ALL THESE ISSUES, AND THEY.
PUT THE ISSUES THE IMPORTANT ISSUES AT THE BACK END OF THE AGENDA SO THAT YOU'RE CONSTRAINED BY TIME. THEY DON'T REALLY SEEM TO WANT TO HEAR FROM THE AVERAGE CITIZENS AND IT'S ALL IT'S BECOME THIS REALLY TOP DOWN, DRIVEN WHERE YOU NEED THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. THE SENATE PRESIDENT AND THE GOVERNOR PRETTY MUCH IN TOWN MAKING DECISIONS AND THE RANK AND FILE LEGISLATORS ARE GOING ALONG WITH THE LEADERSHIP DECISIONS AND JUST GOING ALONG GETTING ALONG BECAUSE THEY GOT. TERM LIMITS. THERE'S EIGHT YEARS FOR THEM TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND SO IF THEY WANT TO GET SOMETHING DONE, THEY HAVE TO GO ALONG TO GET ALONG.
AND SO ALL THESE DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE WITHOUT THE INPUT. YOU ASK? I JUST HAD A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEBODY. SOMEBODY DOWN IN THIS AREA. THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE A MEETING WITH THEIR LEGISLATOR AND ASK THEM. HEY WHY DIDN'T YOU SUPPORT OUR ISSUES AND THE ANSWER? THE GUY WAS, HEY, I WAS TOLD BY THE LEADERSHIP OF THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE THAT I HAD TO VOTE THAT WAY. WELL THE QUESTION YOU SHOULD BE ASKING THEM WHEN THEY SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS DID THE HOUSE AND SENATE LEADERSHIP ELECT YOU? OR DID THE CITIZENS DOWN HERE? ELECT YOU? BECAUSE WHO ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO BE REPRESENTING? YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE REPRESENTING THE HOUSE AND SENATE LEADERSHIP, OR YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE REPRESENTING YOUR CONSTITUENTS. SO PRETTY FAIR QUESTION, AND MOST OF THEM THEY SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW IF I'M GOING TO GET SOMETHING DONE, I ONLY HAVE EIGHT YEARS TO DO IT. SO I GOT TO. I GOT TO GO ALONG TO GET ALONG IF I'M GOING TO GET IF I'M GOING TO BRING HOME ANY MONEY OR WHATEVER. NO, THAT'S NOT REALLY THE RIGHT ANSWER. UM SO. THE IMPORTANT PART WHAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE LOBBYING PROCESS AND SORT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN TALLAHASSEE IS THIS IS REALLY VITAL, REMEMBER? AND AS I SAID, THIS APPLIES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. AT THE STATE LEVEL AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. THERE IS SOMEBODY IN YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS A YEAR, TELLING THEM WHAT THEY WANT FROM THEM. IF YOU'RE NOT IN THE EAR. OF YOUR ELECTED OFFICIAL.
THEN THAT MEANS THAT YOUR STORY IS NOT GETTING TOLD. THEY ARE NOT HEARING FROM FROM YOUR SIDE OF THE OF WHAT THE STORY IS AND GUESS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO GO WITH. THE PEOPLE THAT TALK TO THEM. SO IF YOU COMPLACENCY IS COMPLIANCE ESSENTIALLY, AND SO IF YOU'RE COMPLACENT. YOU KIND OF GET THE GOVERNMENT YOU DESERVE ON THAT. AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU WEIGH IN AND LIKE I TALKED ABOUT THAT, AND SO. THE THIS APPLIES AT THE FROM THE LOCAL HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION TO THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT TO THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT ALL THE WAY UP AND DOWN THE CHAIN. EVERY IN EVERY INSTANCE THIS IS TRUE IS IF THEY DON'T HEAR FROM YOU, THEY'RE GOING TO ASSUME THAT THEY CAN DO. WHATEVER THAT THEY WANT TO DO, BECAUSE YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THE ISSUE BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT TELLING HIM ABOUT IT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS I'M HERE TO DO TONIGHT IS TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT HOW YOU CAN SHOW YOUR LEGISLATORS THAT YOU CARE.
THAT YOU CAN. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU METHODS TEACH YOU HOW TO GET EDUCATED, ENGAGED AND.
SOMETIMES ENRAGED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON. UM. SO PROTECT HOME RULE. AGAIN HOME RULES ARE REALLY FANCY TERM FOR YOU ALL HAVING A SAY IN WHAT GOES ON IN YOUR IN YOUR CITY IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. I SAID BEFORE ABOUT CITIES OR REFLECTION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE CITIZENS REMEMBER THAT ONE? I'M TALKING ABOUT HOME RULE. THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. IS YOU ALL EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM, HAVING A SAY IN WHAT HAPPENS AND NOT HAVING SOME GUY OR SOME WOMAN IN TALLAHASSEE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN TO YOUR CITY? MAKING A DECISION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN YOUR CITY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ALLOW VACATION RENTALS, AND I'M NOT AGAINST VACATION. I OWN VACATION ROOMS, BUT I. WENT TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION AND GOT THE YOU KNOW, I ENGAGED IN THE LOCAL PROCESS UP IN UP IN TALLAHASSEE AND, YOU KNOW, ENGAGED FULLY IN
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THE PROCESS. WE HAVE RULES IN PLACE AND I FOLLOWED THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, AND NOW THE LEGISLATURE IS GOING TO COME IN AND SAY. NOPE. YOUR DECISION MAKING. DOESN'T MATTER.WE'RE GOING TO TELL YOU HOW TO DO IT. WE'RE GOING TO TELL YOU WHETHER YOU SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO HAVE RULES ON THAT PARTICULAR TOPIC. COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THEY TALKED THEY DEALT WITH CELLULAR PHONE TOWERS, YOU KNOW THAT THEY MADE A LAW THAT BASICALLY ALLOWS THE CELL PHONE COMPANIES TO PUT UP A CELL PHONE TOWER PRETTY MUCH WITHOUT ANY INPUT FROM THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT. ALL SO YOU'RE GOING TO WAKE UP ONE MORNING YOU'RE GOING TO FIND A CELL PHONE TOWER ON YOUR FRONT AND YOUR IN YOUR RIGHT AWAY. YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND SAY, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING? LIKE PAINT US, TALLAHASSEE SAID. THEY CAN DO IT. THREE ORDINANCES. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF CITIES WORKED REALLY HARD AT BECOMING TREE CITY USA.
IT'S A REALLY DISTINGUISHED, IT'S REALLY HARD TO BECOME A TREE CITY USA. YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THE HOOPS AND HURDLES AND. AND LOOK AT IT. I MEAN, IT'S NICE. I KNOW TALLAHASSEE WE LOVE OUR TREASON. TOZZI I LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IF THE WIND BLOWS A LITTLE BIT, THE POWER'S GONE OUT BECAUSE WE HAVE BIG OAK TREES, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT JUST IS, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT'S A SMALL INCONVENIENCE FOR THE BEAUTY OF HAVING A CANOPY ROAD THAT WHEN I'M RIDING MY BIKE, I GET TO RIDE DOWN THAT CANOPY ROAD AND IT'S SHADY, AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND THERE'S HAWKS AND YOU KNOW, JUST NATURE AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL. PRETTY SMALL PRICE TO PAY, THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE SAID LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE TREE ORDINANCES ANYMORE. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT AUTHORITY AWAY FROM YOU. AND THEY DID IT. YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE SOME LEGISLATOR GOT IN TROUBLE FOR CUTTING DOWN A GIANT OAK IN HIS YARD WITHOUT GETTING A PERMIT. AND HE SAID, WELL, THAT'S RIDICULOUS. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY THIS FINE. THAT SHOULDN'T BE. AND SO ALL THESE. MOST OF THESE PREEMPTIONS AND MOST OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN TERMS OF TAKING AWAY THE AUTHORITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ARE SOMEBODY HAS A COMPLAINT. WHETHER IT'S A LEGISLATOR THEMSELVES, OR IT'S A SPECIAL INTERESTS AND THE SPECIAL INTERESTS ARE FINDING THAT THEY CAN GO TO TALLAHASSEE AND THEY CAN GET RESULTS. THAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, SO THEY'RE MOVING ALL THESE LOCAL FIGHTS THE THINGS THAT SHOULD BE DECIDED THE LOCAL LEVEL THEY'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THOSE DECISIONS OUT OF THE HANDS. OF THE LOCAL CITIZENS AND OUT OF THE DECISION MAKING BODY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THAT DECISION UP UNTIL LASSIE LET ME JUST TELL YOU THAT'S WRONG ON ANY LEVEL. IT JUST IT'S JUST WRONG. IT'S JUST NOT THE WAY THINGS WERE SUPPOSED TO WORK. YOU SHOULD HAVE A SAY IN WHAT'S HAPPENING IN YOUR CITY. PREEMPTIONS UNFUNDED MANDATES OR WHERE THE LEGISLATURE SAYS, HEY, WE HAVE THIS GREAT NEW IDEA AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE YOU IMPLEMENT IT AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU THE MONEY TO DO IT, SO WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE BENEFITS FOR ALL POLICE OFFICERS ACROSS THE STATE WERE NOT GETTING GIVE YOU THE MONEY TO PAY FOR IT. SO FIGURE IT OUT. AND THEN THEY SAY, HEY, YOU GUYS ARE GOING CRAZY WITH YOUR PROPERTY TAXES. YOU'RE RAISING THEM ALL THE TIME. WELL, YEAH, BECAUSE YOU KEEP PUTTING MANDATES HONEST. LIKE, HEY, I'M GONNA BUY YOU A CAR. GOING TO PAY FOR IT. BUY HIM A CAR. MUCH WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE IS THEY'RE IMPOSING THESE UNFUNDED MANDATES ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT. SO THE PREEMPTION OF THE CITIZEN DECISION MAKING AND THE UNFUNDED MANDATES AND YOU'RE PAYING FOR IT ALL. AND YOU ALL ARE HAVING VERY LITTLE SAYING WHAT'S GOING ON IN IN YOUR CITY. SO LEGISLATIVE TAX ON HOME ROLE MORE FREQUENT AND WAY MORE ENCOMPASSING CELLPHONE TOWERS, TELECOM STRUCTURES, TREE CHANGING REGULATIONS. SHORT TERM RENTALS SMOKING IN PARKS. YOUR CITY CAN'T EVEN DECIDE WHETHER THERE OR THEY WANT TO ALLOW SMOKING AT LOCAL PARKS, YOUR PREEMPTED FROM DOING THAT. BILLBOARDS AND OTHER COMMERCIAL SIGNAGE. THERE WAS A BILL A FEW YEARS AGO. THAT BASICALLY SAID, UH, THAT THE BILLBOARD INDUSTRY. THEY THAT IT OUGHT TO BE STATEWIDE. AND GUESS WHAT? THE STATE DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME IDEA ABOUT HOW MANY BILLBOARDS SHOULD BE ALLOWED AND SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED. AND THEY ALSO DID ON COMMERCIAL SIGNAGE. THEY BASICALLY SAID THAT. IT WAS A GAS STATION. THIS IS ASTOUNDING.
THE BACKSTORY BEHIND US GAS STATION IN SOME TOWN. THERE WAS A REGULATION ABOUT HOW BIG THE SIGN COULD BE, OR THEIR SIGN COULDN'T BE SEEN BETWEEN TWO OTHER SIGNS. SO THEY WENT TO SOMEBODY IN THE LEGISLATURE. AND THEY SAID I AM MY GAS STATION SIGN CAN BE SEEN FROM.
FROM THE ROAD FROM YOU GUYS, AND THIS CITY HAS IMPOSED THESE REGULATIONS THAT WE CAN'T HAVE SIGNS BIGGER THAN THIS. I WANT MY SON TO BE BIGGER AND OTHERWISE PEOPLE CAN'T SEE IT.
I CAN'T TELL. AND SO THE LEGISLATURE SAID, YOU'RE RIGHT. WE SHOULD STEP IN AND WE SHOULD INTERVENE AND WE SHOULD ALLOW COMMERCIAL SCIENTIST TO BE TREATED THE SAME ALL ACROSS THE STATE. SO YOUR CITY NO LONGER HAS ANY SAY OVER COMMERCIAL SIGNAGE, SO WHICH IS JUST RIDICULOUS. YOUR CITY OUGHT TO LOOK LIKE WHAT YOU WANT YOUR CITY LOOK LIKE IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE BIG BILLBOARDS EVERYWHERE HAVE AT IT. GET ON IT. BUILD AWAY. IF YOU DON'T YOU OUGHT TO HAVE SAYING YOU OUGHT TO HAVE SOME SAYING THAT AND THEY'RE TAKING AWAY. THAT'S A PLASTIC BAGS. DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE WASN'T EVEN A CITY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA THAT HAD. IT HAD BANNED PLASTIC BAGS IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, BUT SOME CITY IN CALIFORNIA DID IN THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE DECIDED. YOU KNOW WHAT BEFORE PEOPLE OR WAS ACTUALLY THE FLORIDA RETAIL
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FEDERATION THAT DECIDED. BEFORE WE LET ANY CITY START TO DO ANYTHING CRAZY LIKE BANNED PLASTIC BAGS. WE SHOULD STEP IN. WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO IT. PLASTIC BAGS, WHETHER YOU. IT FOR A SIT AND YOU ALL WORK WORK WORK WITH THE CITY.YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT ISSUES OR THAT THEY, YOU KNOW ALL THE OTHER STUFF. THAT'S ASSOCIATE. THEY GO DOWN THE STORM DRAINS. THEY END UP ON THE BEACH IN THE STORM RAINS THEY END UP IN THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS AND STORM WATER TREATMENT PLANTS.
THEY'RE CLOGGING UP THE MACHINERY. THEY BURN OUT THE PUMPS THEY I MEAN, IT'S NOT JUST THAT IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD. IT'S COSTING A WHOLE BUNCH OF MONEY THAT PLASTIC BAGS FLOATING AROUND. SO YOU KNOW THE IDEA THAT HEY, WE SHOULDN'T ALLOW PLASTIC BAGS ARE CITY.
THAT'S NOT A LOOK. WE WANT. CAN'T DO IT. STYROFOAM CAN'T DO IT ALL THESE THINGS THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE STEPPED IN AND JUST SAID WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET YOU YOUR CITIZENS IN THE CITY OF SAINT PETE. THE CITIZENS WENT TO A REFERENDUM ON PLASTIC STRAWS, AND THEY SAID, WE DON'T WANT TO ALLOW PLASTIC DRAWS ON THE BEACH BECAUSE PEOPLE LEAVE THEM.
THERE WERE USE PAPER STRAWS. THE LEGISLATURE CAME BACK AND SAID NO. WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET THEM DECIDE THAT WE'RE GOING TO DECIDE FOR THEM AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE THEM HAVE TO AND THE CITIZENS. IT WAS LIKE 70% OF THE CITIZENS VOTED TO BAN PLASTIC STRAWS ON THE BEACH, NOT STRAWS IN GENERAL, JUST PLASTIC STRONGEST BECAUSE THEY END UP. ALL OVER THE PLACE.
THEY LOOK NASTY. IT'S DISGUSTING, ETCETERA, ETCETERA. SO. THE ONSLAUGHT IS GETTING WORSE AND WORSE AND WORSE, AND IT'S MORE ENCOMPASSING. THEY PASSED THE BILL THIS YEAR DEALING WITH HOME BASED BUSINESSES. AND WHEN I TALK ABOUT HOME BASED BUSINESSES, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT. THEY ACCOUNT AT HOME, DOING PAPERWORK OR THE LAWYER AT HOME STUDYING LAW BOOKS. I MEAN ANY BUSINESS THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE IF YOU WANT TO OPEN A TANNERY IN YOUR HOUSE NOW. THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE HAS SAID. YOUR LOCAL ZONING REGULATIONS DON'T MATTER ANYMORE. YOU CAN NOW OPEN ANY TYPE OF A BUSINESS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. HERE'S THE RESTRICTIONS BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR TO YOU SO. IT HAS TO BE. YOUR RESIDENTS DOESN'T HAVE TO BE YOUR PRIMARY RESIDENCE SO YOU CAN RENT OUT A HOUSE IN ORDER TO JUST HAVE A HOME BASED BUSINESS THERE. SO THERE'S THAT, UM BUT. THE REGULATIONS, SO WE'RE ALLOWED TO REGULATE NOISE, BUT IT CAN ONLY BE TO THE LEVEL THAT YOU WOULD REGULATE THAT BUSINESS IF IT WAS IN A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. SO WHATEVER YOU ALLOW IN A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, YOU NOW HAVE TO ALLOW. IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. SO GOOD LUCK WITH THE SCOOTER RENTALS, THE BOAT REPAIR BUSINESS IN THE YARD NEXT TO YOU, THE WHATEVER IT IS. IMAGINE YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE OF A BUSINESS. YOU KNOW SOME OF THE BUSINESSES SOME GUY BANGING ON A DRUM ALL DAY. YOU KNOW THAT'S HIS, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE ALLOWED NOW IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND, YOU KNOW, CITIES A BALANCE THESE OUT OVER THE YEARS AND THEY'VE THEY'VE COME UP WITH. HEY WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW YOUR HOUSE. YES YOU CAN HAVE A BUSINESS IN YOUR HOUSE, BUT IT HAS TO BE PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL. YOU CAN ONLY USE 25% OR 10% OF WHATEVER IT IS OF THE FLOOR SPACE FOR THE BUSINESS. YOU CAN'T HAVE EXCESS TRAFFIC COMING IN. YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T HAVE SEMIS COMING OUT, LEGISLATURE SAID NOPE. THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT'S GOING TO BE ANY MORE. WE'RE GONNA WE, THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE, EVEN THOUGH I'VE NEVER STEPPED FOOT IN YOUR TOWN ON GOING TO MAKE A DECISION THAT'S GONNA AFFECT WHAT YOUR CITY IS GOING TO ALLOW WITH RESPECT TO HOME BASED BUSINESSES. INSANE. IT'S JUST INSANE. SO HAPPY. GETTING EDUCATED BEING HERE IN THIS GOING ON IN THE LEGISLATURE, YOU KNOW? YEAH, I TALKED ABOUT THAT. BUT THEY DON'T REALLY WANT TO HEAR FROM UH, UP AND SO GET IT. EDUCATED. SO THE LEGAL CITIES WE HAVE A WEBSITE FL CITIES .COM ADVOCACY WHEN YOU GO THERE IF YOU GO TO FL CITIES COM WE HAVE A BIG ADVOCACY MANNER. YOU CAN KEEP UP WITH ALL THE LEGISLATION THAT'S HAPPENING DURING THE COURSE OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AND YOU CAN PAY ATTENTION TO IT.
ACCESS A VARIETY OF NEWS SOURCES. I LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT THE FLORIDA CHANNEL THEY THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO, THEY DON'T DO COMMENTARY AT ALL. IT IS STRICTLY, THEY SHOW THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS. THERE'S NO NO SUBJECTIVITY. IT IS. HERE'S THE COMMITTEE MEETING THAT'S RUNNING RIGHT NOW. IF YOU WANT TO WATCH WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION, THE FLORIDA CHANNEL IS A GOOD PLACE TO GO BECAUSE IT'S COMPLETELY IT'S COMPLETELY OUR OBJECTIVE. THERE'S NO THERE'S NO OPINION OR ANYTHING GOING ON, AND I DON'T KNOW IT'S JUST THE FACT. AND SO I TALKED ABOUT THE FLORIDA CHANNEL. BUT A VARIETY OF NEWS SOURCES YOUR LOCAL PAPER, NO DISRESPECT TO ANY ANY
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JOURNALISTS. I VERY DEAR FRIENDS OR THAT ARE JOURNALISTS AND ACROSS THE SPECTRUM. BUT THEY'RE ONLY COVERING THIS STUFF THAT'S GOING TO SELL NEWSPAPERS THEY'RE GOING TO SELL. THEY'RE GOING TO COVER THE STUFF. THAT'S INTERESTING. THE HIGH TICKET ITEMS THE I'M SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT THE BILL DEALING WITH BURNING AND LOOTING. YOU KNOW THE RIOTING BILL THIS SESSION BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE NEWSPAPERS COVERED HOUSE BILL ONE. OH, ASH, IT'S A REALLY BIG DEAL. THAT'S THAT. YES, THAT AFFECTS YOU. BUT. IT DOESN'T IT'S NOT THE SAME AS THE PLASTIC BAG STORY OR THE SMOKING IN THE PARK STORY AND THE STUFF THAT REALLY, REALLY AFFECTS YOUR DAY TO DAY LIFE. YOU KNOW THE NEWSPAPERS WERE TRYING TO SELL STATEWIDE. THEY'RE TRYING TO GET CLICKS ON THEIR NOT NOTHING. YOU KNOW, JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH WROTE A BOOK A LONG TIME AGO ABOUT THE MEDIA IS ACTUALLY. NO, NO. WHERE NEAR AS LIBERAL NOR AS CONSERVATIVE AS ANYBODY WOULD LIKE YOU TO BELIEVE, BECAUSE THEY SELL ADVERTISING AND THEY WANT AS MANY PEOPLE GOING TO THE SITE AS POSSIBLE, WHETHER IT'S RIGHT OR LEFT OR WHATEVER. AND SO THEY'RE TRYING TO GET JUST PEOPLE LIKE ANY OTHER BUSINESS, ESSENTIALLY SO UM. SO GETTING ENGAGED BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND AGAIN I TALKED ABOUT THAT THIS IS APPLICABLE ACROSS THE BOARD. WITH THE STAFF AT THE CITY'S AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE. AT THE CONGRESSIONAL LEVEL. KNOWING WHO YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE TAKE TIME TO GET TO KNOW THEM. WHO DO YOU THINK? WHEN. BIG ISSUE COMES UP. WHO DO YOU THINK THEY'RE GOING TO LISTEN TO? SOMEBODY THAT THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD FROM AT ALL. OR SOMEBODY THAT THEY'VE ACTUALLY BUILT A RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEBODY THAT'S TAKEN TIME OUT TO SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I WATCHED YOU LAST NIGHT ON TELEVISION? I DON'T AGREE WITH YOUR VOTE, BUT YOU MADE SOME PRETTY VALID POINT OR. HEY, YOUR POINTS WERE RIDICULOUS.WHAT DO YOU THINKING? EVEN THAT'S LIKE YOU'VE GOT TO DO IT RESPECTFULLY, WHICH IS I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN A FEW MINUTES, BUT YOU KNOW, BEING JUST BASICALLY BEING ENGAGED. WHO ARE THEY GOING TO TAKE THE PHONE CALL FROM WHO? THEY'RE GOING TO LIVE. WHO WHAT? EMAIL THEY'RE GONNA READ. THEY'RE GONNA READ THE ONE. THAT'S. OH SALLY WROTE ME TONIGHT. JOHN WROTE ME UP. LET ME SEE WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE ISSUE. THEY'RE GOING TO PAY ATTENTION THAT SO BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS. IN REAL ESTATE. IT'S LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION. IN POLITICS. IT'S RELATIONSHIPS, RELATIONSHIPS, RELATIONSHIPS, YOU NEED TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE DECISION MAKERS. IT'S VITAL IF YOU WANT TO GET SOMETHING DONE, BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE DECISION MAKERS. BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER GROUPS. NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS BAND TOGETHER. HEY DID YOU KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING? THE CITIES ARE GOING TO ALLOW THIS DEVELOPMENT OVER THERE. WHAT DO WE LET'S ALL GET TOGETHER? LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS. LET'S LET'S FIGHT THIS OR LET'S. LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, SO BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND OF LIKE MINDS. BUSINESS GROUPS, INCLUDING BUSINESS GROUPS, INCLUDING, UH CIVIC GROUPS, INCLUDING MINISTERIAL, NO CHURCH GROUPS.
THERE'S A BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT CARE ABOUT A BUNCH OF TOPICS AND YOU HAVE TO GO OUT. YOU HAVE TO TRY TO WHETHER IT'S STARTING A FACEBOOK PAGE OR JUST WORD OF MOUTH OR WHATEVER, PUTTING STATE WILL AND SOMETHING UP ON THE TELEPHONE POST, YOU KNOW, UH, BASICALLY LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT HEY, I THERE'S A GROUP PEOPLE THAT CARE ABOUT THIS ISSUE. YOU'RE NOT ALONE. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T GET THEM ALL BECAUSE THEY JUST DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S ENOUGH PEOPLE THAT CARE THAT THINK THE SAME WAY THAT THEY DO. AND SO THEY'RE LIKE, YEAH.
I'M JUST A LONE VOICE IN THE NIGHT AND NOBODY REALLY CARES ABOUT LIKE I DO. WELL YOU'RE WRONG. THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT CARE ABOUT IT THE SAME WAY YOU DO, AND THERE'S MAYBE A WHOLE BUNCH MORE ON THE OTHER SIDE. AND AS WE TALKED ABOUT IN THAT EARLIER SIDE, GUESS WHO'S GOING TO END UP? IF YOU IF IT'S THE ONLY ONE SIDE'S TALKING TO THE DECISION MAKER, GUESS WHAT DECISION IS GOING TO BE MADE IS THE DECISION THAT IT MAY BE TODAY. IT MAY BE THE ONE THAT YOU WANT. BUT TOMORROW BY NOT BEING ENGAGED, IT MAY BE THE ONE THAT YOU DON'T WANT AND SO BEING ENGAGED, REALLY, REALLY MATTERS. UM SET SPECIFIC GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO? DESIGNATE SOMEBODY IN THE GROUP TO BE THE SPOKESPERSON TO BE ABLE TO, LIKE BE ABLE TO TALK TO THE NEWS. TALK TO THE YOU KNOW, JUST BUILDING THAT COALITION.
PERSONALIZE YOUR STORY. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM THAT YOU'RE LIKE? JUST SAYING, OH, MY GOSH, THIS IS TERRIBLE AND WRINGING YOUR HANDS DOESN'T REALLY DO ANY GOOD, SO YOU HAVE TO PERSONALIZE IT. ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL. IT'S THE MOST ONE OF THE MOST TRUE THINGS THAT'S EVER BEEN SAID EVER. AND. PERSONALIZE YOUR YOUR STORY IF YOU PASSED THIS ORDINANCE MADAM. ER, MR COMMISSIONER. IT'S GOING TO MEAN THAT. MY BUSINESS IS GOING TO SUFFER IN THE FOLLOWING WAY OR MY BUSINESS WILL PROSPER IN THE FOLLOWING WAY. PERSONALIZE IT.
MAKE IT REAL. MAKE IT NOT JUST BE ABOUT THIS AMORPHOUS, YOU KNOW, LIKE, OH, IT'S BAD.
THAT'S NOT COOL. YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN OLD THERE'S AN OLD NEWSPAPER ARTICLE. I LOVE TO QUOTE AND IT'S KIND OF SO INSIDE BASEBALL. BUT I LOVE TO QUOTE IT BECAUSE. UM SOME GUY AT AT A COMMISSION MEETING WAS ABOUT TO GET ARRESTED, AND HE SAID HE WAS SCREAMING AND
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YELLING, AND IT ALSO HAS LIKE THE COPS CAME UP AND HE'S LIKE, DON'T TASE ME, BRO. AND THAT WAS LIKE HIS BIG PLEA TO THE POLICE. AND SO WHEN I WHEN I TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PERSONALIZING YOUR STORY. PERSONALIZED HIS STORY. DON'T TELL. DON'T TASTE ME, MAN.THAT'S GOING TO HURT AND I DON'T WANT TO GET HURT. SO DON'T TASE ME, YOU KNOW LIKE THAT HE'S PERSONALIZED IT IN A VERY PERSONAL WAY FOR HIM. DON'T TASE ME, BRO. I'LL BEHAVE.
I GOT YOU. I'M GOING TO START TO DO WHAT YOU JUST SAID. DON'T TASE ME, BRO. BE HONEST, BE CLEAR IN WHAT YOU'RE SAYING HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE. KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING, AND TELL US THAT THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK HERE AND TELL YOU ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THEY DID, AND TALLAHASSEE GUESS WHAT. VERY LITTLE. WHAT THEY DID IN TALLAHASSEE WAS WONDERFUL. I CAN I CAN ASSURE YOU OF THAT FROM THE FROM FROM WHERE YOU'RE SITTING HERE IS JUST JOHN AND JANE Q CITIZEN, A LOT OF WHAT THEY DID. AND TALLAHASSEE WAS NOT ALL THAT WONDERFUL. I'VE BEEN IN THE PROCESS FOR 36 YEARS, NOT HEAR THESE LEGISLATORS COME IN. OH, I GOT THIS GREAT NEW IDEA. AND IT'S NEITHER GREAT NOR NEW. AND SO, YOU KNOW. HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE, ASKING. WHAT DID YOU DO? FOR THE CITIZENS. OF THIS CITY, AND THERE WAS NO I BROUGHT $500,000 HOME FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT, BUT OKAY, THAT'S COOL. GREAT. THANK YOU. WHAT ELSE? WELL, I PASSED A LOT DOING THIS. OKAY, WELL, IT MAY NOT BE AS YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO OBVIOUSLY TRY TO SPIN IT IN A WAY THAT'S POSITIVE. THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU THEIR SIDE OF IT. SO BEING WHAT I TALKED ABOUT GETTING EDUCATED AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE REAL IMPLICATIONS ARE OF A PIECE OF LEGISLATION. THAT'S WHERE THE LEAGUE OF CITIES THAT'S WHY I DIRECTED YOU TO OUR WEBSITE BECAUSE WE DURING THE COURSE OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE PUT OUT. INFORMATION SAYING THIS BILL DOES THE FOLLOWING THING AND THEY'RE TOUTING IT AS OH, IT'S A PROPERTY RIGHTS BILL. THE VACATION. LET'S TAKE THE VACATION AROUND WILL ISSUE FOR A MINUTE. OH IT'S A PROPERTY RIGHTS BILL. WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO USE THEIR HOUSE.
HOWEVER THEY WANT TO, REALLY. HOWEVER, THEY WANT TO. WHY A PROPERTY RIGHTS TOO, AND I DON'T WANT A BIG OLD MINI HOTEL. NEXT TO ME, SO, YEAH, IT'S GREAT THAT YOU PROTECTED PROPERTY RIGHTS. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE PROPERTY RIGHTS FOR THE PEOPLE NEXT TO THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY OR THE HOME BASED BUSINESS? OH I LET PEOPLE I FOUGHT FOR PROPERTY RIGHTS SO THAT PEOPLE COULD OPEN A HOME BASED BUSINESS. REALLY? WELL HOW ABOUT THE IDEA THAT NOW I'M GOING TO HAVE A MACHINE SHOP NEXT TO MY HOUSE. YOU KNOW, SO UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE LEGISLATION DOES AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO SPIN IT AND WHAT THE REALITY AND HOW IT AFFECTS YOUR REAL WORLD IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. AND SO AGAIN, I DIRECT YOU TO THE FLOOR LEAGUE OF CITIES DOT COM WEBSITE AND UNDERSTANDING SO THAT WHEN YOU'RE READING WHAT.
WHEN AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN THEY GO I FOUGHT FOR THIS. YOU GO. WELL, THAT'S NOT WHAT THAT DID, YOU KNOW? YES, IT DID THAT. BUT IT ALSO DID THE FOLLOWING THINGS. SO BEING HONEST, RECOGNIZING THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO EVERY ARGUMENT. THERE REALLY ARE. THERE'S LEGITIMATE AND YOU CAN HAVE POLICY DISCUSSIONS. AND YOU CAN DISAGREE WITH SOMEBODY ON A ON A POLICY BASIS, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PERSONAL YOU NEED TO ALWAYS PLAY. I KEEP AIMING AT THAT INSTEAD OF THAT, UM, THIS IS JUST SOME NEWS ARTICLES ABOUT HOME RULE AND THIS LOCAL DECISION MAKING UM. UM REGULAR CONTACT FACE TO FACE CONTACT WORKS BEST MEET WITH YOUR LEGISLATORS MEET WITH YOUR CITY OFFICIALS DON'T JUST SEND THEM EMAILS, ESPECIALLY CANNED EMAILS. THEY'RE NOT AS EFFECTIVE AS YOU MIGHT THINK. THEY'RE NOT COMPLETELY INEFFECTIVE, BUT. GOING TO MEET WITH YOUR YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. THEY. CANNOT MAKE A DECISION UNLESS THEY KNOW WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU TAKE THE TIME TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND. MEET WITH THEM. LISTEN TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ISSUE. COMMUNICATE RESPECTFULLY, ALWAYS. HARD JOB. IT IS NOT AN EASY JOB TO BE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. IT'S TOUGH DUTY. GOT ONE IN THE BACK ROOM THERE THAT DID IT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. IT'S IT AIN'T EASY, IS IT AND YOU'RE NOT DOING IT FOR THE PAIN BECAUSE MOST OF THE MOSTLY ELECTED OFFICIALS, ESPECIALLY AT CITY LEVEL, OR NOT MAKING A WHOLE BUNCH OF MONEY. SO BE SPECIFIC. WHAT DO YOU WANT? WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? OFFERS SOLUTIONS. DON'T JUST SAY OH, THIS IS TERRIBLE. THIS IS TERRIBLE. THIS IS TERRIBLE. YOU GOTTA COME UP. SO INSTEAD OF THIS, HOW ABOUT THIS, INSTEAD TRY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE SOLUTION THAT MAKES AND ALWAYS PLAY THE LONG GAME. DON'T BURN BRIDGES. IT'S JUST NOT A GOOD THING TO BURN BRIDGES. YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT TODAY'S THE PERSON YOU'RE FIGHTING TOOTH AND NAIL WITH TODAY MAY BE THE PERSON THAT IS YOUR BIGGEST ADVOCATE ON ANOTHER ISSUE TOMORROW, AND SO ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS PLAYED THE LONG GAME. REMEMBER. BE RESPECTFUL AND PLAY THE LONG GAME. IT IS. IT IS SO MUCH MORE FRUITFUL, IF YOU OH, THAT'S SO AND SO THAT LOUSY BLAH, BLAH, NOT A WAY TO GO. IT IS NOT A SUSTAINING. IT IS NOT A GOOD WAY TO SUSTAIN A RELATIONSHIP. WE TALKED ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS BEING VITAL. THAT AIN'T A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP.
WHEN YOU START, YOU KNOW, MOCKING THE PERSON OR BEING BEING ABUSIVE TO THEM OR WHATEVER. UM SO SOMETHING SPECIFIC YOU CAN DO IN TERMS OF FINDING OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN
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THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS IS IF YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE, YOU CAN TEXT THE WORDS HOME RULE 25.OH, 457. YOU'LL GET A LINK, AND IT WILL ASK YOU FOR YOUR INFORMATION. WHAT THAT WILL DO IS PUT YOU ON AN EAT ON AN EMAIL LIST FROM THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES AND WE WILL SEND YOU INFORMATION ABOUT LEGISLATION. WE'LL TALK. WE AS I SAID AT THE VERY BEGINNING IS.
NEIGHBORHOODS CITIES REFLECT THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, SO WE ARE WATCHING LEGISLATION THAT AFFECTS THE DECISION MAKING POWERS OF U. S CITIZENS. TO HAVE A SAY IN WHAT'S GOING ON, SO WE SEND OUT A WEEKLY REPORT. WE SAY THIS BILL IS MOVING. THIS ONE'S DEAD. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. WE TRY TO KEEP YOUR BREAST OR WHAT'S HAPPENING IN REAL TIME. IF THERE'S AN ISSUE THERE, VOTE THAT'S COMING UP. YOU'LL GET A TAX SAYING, HEY, THERE'S A VOTE CUT UP ON THIS.
IF YOU CARE ABOUT THIS DECISION, HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN DO IF YOU DON'T CARE. IGNORE THIS TEXT.
IT'S ALL GOOD. SO WE TRY TO KEEP YOUR BREAST IN REAL TIME OF WHAT'S HAPPENING. 5457 TEXT HOME ROLE TO THAT. NEVER DOUBT THAT A SMALL GROUP OF THOUGHTFUL COMMITTED CITIZENS CAN CHANGE THE WORLD. INDEED IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT EVER HAS CHANGED ANYTHING BY BEING ENGAGED. THAT'S MY MESSAGE. THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
YEAH SO THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY DIDN'T WANT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO MAKE THE DECISION AS TO WHETHER THEY WERE GOING TO ALLOW SMOKING IN PARKS, AND SO THEY WENT, AND THEY GOT THE LEGISLATURE TO PREEMPT. THE DECISIONS TO ALLOW. UH YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED AT A LOCAL LEVEL TO DECIDE WHETHER YOU YOU ARE GOING TO ALLOW SMOKING IN IN PARTS OF THAT.
YOU'RE PROHIBITED FROM DOING THAT IN YOUR OWN PARKS. SO THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY. YOU CAN THANK THEM FOR THAT.
YES, THAT IS TRUE. THERE WAS A BILL FILED THIS YEAR. AND SO THAT BILL MOVED ALONG FOR A LONG TIME, BUT THEN THEY ADDED UP, THEY ADDED A PIPE. UM EXEMPTION, THEY ADDED A CIGAR PRE OF A CIGAR. UH CARVE OUT, SO BASICALLY, IT WAS LIKE, WELL, YOU CAN'T BAN CIGARETTES, BUT OR YOU CAN BAN CIGARETTES, BUT YOU CAN'T BAN CIGARS, PIPES VAPES. THERE WAS LIKE, WELL YEAH. I MEAN, IT'S LIKE. AND THE LEGISLATURE. WHY ARE THEY DECIDING THAT FOR YOUR HOMETOWN FOR A PARK IN YOUR CITY THAT YOU PAID FOR THAT? YOU'RE MAINTAINING WHY SHOULD THEY HAVE ANY SAY IN THAT? THEY SHOULDN'T. THAT'S THE ANSWER.
AND SO. THAT'S WHAT THE PERFECT EXAMPLE AND THEN THEY STARTED TO LOVE IT THAT'S CALLED LOVING IT TO DEATH WERE LIKE, OH, LET'S LET'S CARVE, LET'S CARVE THESE PEOPLE OUTLETS CAR SO THAT THE BILL EFFECTIVELY ENDS UP DOING NOTHING SO THAT LEGISLATOR THEN COMES HOME AND SAYS. WELL, I STOPPED. I ALLOWED SMOKE. I ALLOWED LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO HAVE A SAY 22 STOP SMOKING IN PARKS THAT THEY WANT TO EXCEPT FOR THAT'S NOT WHAT THE BILL REALLY ENDED UP DOING IT ALL IT IN A VERY LIMITED WAY. AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE SAYING, WELL, WHAT REALLY DID THE BILL DO? YOU KNOW, YOU SAY YOU PROTECTED PROPERTY RIGHTS. WHAT IS THE EFFECT ON MY PROPERTY AS SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T OWN A VACATION RENTAL? WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME? ON THAT ISSUE, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT VACATION ALS AGAIN. I OWN A VACATION RENTAL, SO I'M NOT ANTI VACATION THE LEAGUE OF CITIES AS AN ANTI VACATION RENTAL. WE JUST BELIEVE THAT YOU ALL SHOULD BE THE ONES DECIDING WHETHER YOU WANT VACATION RENTALS IN YOUR CITY AND THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE SHOULDN'T BE THE PEOPLE DECIDING THAT WE BELIEVE YOU ALL SHOULD BE DECIDING WHETHER YOU WANT TO ALLOW SMOKING IN PARKS. NOT THE FLORAL LEGISLATURE. ALL THOSE WHOLE LISTS OF ISSUES AND IT'S.
TRUST ME. THAT IS A VERY SMALL SAMPLE OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU'VE BEEN PREEMPTED ON. THEY PASSED THAT. NO, HE DID NOT. HE ON THE STAR ISSUE. HE VETOED THAT IN HIS FIRST YEAR, WE THOUGHT, OH, GREAT, THAT'S COOL, BUT THEN THEY'VE GONE BACK SUBSEQUENTLY AND SAID THAT YOU CAN'T DO IT. SO. KEY WEST KEY US. THE CITIZENS WENT TO THE POLLS, THEY SAID. WE WANT TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING OFF OF CRUISE SHIPS IN KEY WEST IN THE CITY OF KEY WEST AND OUR CITY, THE CITIZENS WENT. AND HAD A REFERENDUM REFERENDUM ON IT. IT PASSED LIKE 65 TO 70% OF PEOPLE SAYING WE WANT TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING OFF THE SHIP AND AFFECTING HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE POURING INTO OUR CITY EVERY DAY. AND THEY HAD AN
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ORDINANCE IN PLACE AND THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE. WITH THE HELP FROM THE HARBOUR PILOTS AND THE CRUISE INDUSTRY SAID. WE'RE GOING TO OVERTURN. YOUR LOCAL DECISION. TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING INTO YOUR CITY. THE LEGISLATURE THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS A GOOD MOVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION FOR THE CITIZENS OF KEY WEST SOMEBODY THAT'S NEVER SOME LEGISLATOR THAT'S NEVER EVEN BEEN THE KEY WEST AND HAS NO IDEA THAT THERE'S MOSTLY SEPTIC TANKS THERE. AND THAT WHEN YOU HAVE 1300 PEOPLE POUR OFF THE CRUISE SHIP IN A DAY THAT IT BACKS UP AND THEN BACKS UP THE SEPTIC SYSTEMS AND THEN IT FLOODS AND THEN BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. ALL THE STUFF THAT HAPPENS WITH THAT. FLORIDA LEGISLATURE THOUGHT THEY KNEW BETTER THAN THE CITIZENS OF KEY WEST ABOUT WHAT SHOULD BE GOING ON IN KEY WEST. IT'S JUST WRONG. THAT'S MY SPIEL, AND I'M STICKING TO IT. I APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE TONIGHT. I HOPE YOU LEARNED SOMETHING. I HOPE I HOPE YOU GET INVOLVED. WE REALLY WE'RE NOT SELLING ANYTHING. IF YOU SIGN UP FOR THAT, WE'RE NOT GONNA GIVE YOUR INFORMATION OUT THERE. WE WANT TO KEEP YOU ALL INFORMED. THAT'S ALL. THAT IS OUR GOAL. WE WANT TO KEEP PEOPLE INFORMED SO THEY CAN START TO SAY, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING AND TELL US WHAT'S HAPPENING. OR BEING AWARE BEING ALERT. YEAH. IT BACK AROUND AND MAKE. SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. AND THE ANSWER TO THAT IS BY BY BY BEING EDUCATED IN REAL TIME, SO THIS STUFF HAPPENED SO FAST YOU HAVE 60 DAYS DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND A BILL WILL COME OUT AND HERE'S THE AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY DID THIS IN PENNSYLVANIA, BUT THEY DO IT AND MOST I'VE WORKED IN ABOUT 15 OR 18 OTHER STATES WHEN I WORKED FOR KODAK AND FUJI, AND THIS IS PRETTY NORMAL. SO MY GUESS IS THEY DO IT IN PENNSYLVANIA, TOO. IS THE MORNING OF A COMMITTEE MEETING.THEY'LL ROLL OUT WHAT THEY CALL EITHER COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE OR I OR A LATE FILED AMENDMENT AND.
YOU HAVE THIS BUILDING, EVERYBODY, YOU'RE READY TO TESTIFY ON THAT BILL, AND THEN THEY ROLL OUT NEW LANGUAGE AND IT'S 27 PAGES WHERE THE PREVIOUS BILL WAS THREE PAGES AND YOU'RE LIKE, OKAY, NOW, WHAT DOES THIS DO? AND YOU HAVE TO CATCH UP ON IT ALL AND SO WHAT WE DO AT THE LEAGUE OF CITIES IS WE TRY TO. WE'RE READING THOSE WERE PUTTING ONLINE IN REAL TIME SAYING, HEY, THIS BILL IS UP RIGHT NOW, AND IT DOES THE FOLLOWING. YOU NEED TO CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATOR RIGHT NOW. WE DRAFT A MESSAGE FOR YOU. WE MAKE IT REALLY EASY.
YOU GET TO CLICK A BUTTON AND SAY, DEAR LEGISLATOR, DON'T DO WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO DO. THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT BY BEING ENGAGED AND THEY TRY TO MAKE IT REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT TO DO THAT, BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING STUFF. THEY'RE LITERALLY THEY'LL TAKE UP. THERE WAS A BILL THIS YEAR THAT WENT WHEN IT WENT TO THE FLOOR. IT WAS A 20 PAGE BILL. THEY LITERALLY WHEN THEY DID A LATE FILING, IT WAS 100 AND 20 PAGE BILL, SO IT WENT FROM A 20 PAGE BUILT TO 120 PAGE BILL, AND THEY ROLLED IN ALL THIS STUFF THAT WAS NOT GETTING TRACTION ANYWHERE ELSE. THE BILLS, A DIETING COMMITTEE, AND THEY'RE LIKE IT'S CALLED THE TRAIN AND THEY BASICALLY JUST LOADED IT UP AND. IT PASSED AND THERE WAS VERY I WOULD SAY, REALLY NO REAL DELIBERATION ABOUT. THE SUBSTANCE OF REALLY IMPORTANT STUFF THAT WAS IN THAT BILL BECAUSE THEY JUST SAY WELL LOADED UP. LET'S GO. I'M SURE THEY DID THAT IN PENNSYLVANIA, RIGHT? YEAH. YEP.
ADD ONS. WE CALL IT TRAINS, THEIR LOG ROLLING AND SO. WHAT I'M HERE TO DO IS TRY TO HELP YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE RESOURCES OUT THERE AND WHETHER USED THE LEAGUE OF CITIES OR YOU FIND SOME OF THE RESOURCES OF WE'D LOVE TO HELP BECAUSE OUR ISSUES ARE YOUR ISSUES. WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE AS I SAID THAT WE THINK THAT THAT THAT CITIES REFLECT THE WANTS AND DESIRES OF THEIR CITIZENS AND OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND SO BY DOING BY BEING A REFLECTION OF THAT. WHEN WE'RE TELLING OUR CITY OFFICIALS HEY, THEY'RE ABOUT TO DO THIS THAT U. S CITIZENS ALSO CARE ABOUT THAT SAME THING. YOU CARE WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO PRE EMPT YOUR ABILITY TO HAVE A RENTALS OR A MASSAGE PARLOR OR SMOKING IN PARKS OR FILL IN THE BLANK. ALL THOSE ISSUES THAT I'VE DISCUSSED, SO THAT'S HOW YOU CAN GET ENGAGED AND BE ALERT IN REAL TIME. QUESTIONS COMMENTS ANYWAY. YOU WANT TO JUST GRIPE ABOUT ANYTHING? I'M OPEN. SO THAT WAS SO. IN THAT INSTANCE, THE GOVERNOR VETOED THE BILL THAT SAID THAT YOU CAN
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ONLY DO PLASTIC DRAWS THE SO. SO WE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONTROL WAS MAINTAINED ON THAT. HOWEVER THEY'VE COME BACK AND THEY CHISELED AWAY AT SOME OF THAT IN SUBSEQUENT LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS. AND MADE IT. MORE DIFFICULT TO GET TO THAT POINT WHERE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN DO THAT. YOU HAVE TO DO SOME KIND OF LIKE A STUDY. IS THAT THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE WAY, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT LIKE. HURDLES THAT YOU HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH NOW, IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WHICH MOST LOCAL GOVERNMENTS DO THAT ANYWAY, BEFORE THEY PASS AN ORDINANCE, SO IT'S NOT SO. IN. IN EFFECT, THEY YOU ARE ALLOWED. THAT IS THE ONE INSTANCE IT'S PROBABLY THE ONE VETO OF A LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONTROL ISSUE IN THE LAST 15 YEARS, AND I CAN RECALL IN MY CAREER THE LEAGUE OF CITIES THAT THEY'RE THE GOVERNOR STEPPED IN, AND SAID. WHAT THE GOVERNOR SAID WAS. WE WERE LIKE, YEAH, EXACTLY. AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU. AND THIS IS NOT I DON'T MEAN IT POLITICAL BUT. THAT'S THE ONLY INSTANCE THAT THIS GOVERNOR OR THE PREVIOUS GOVERNOR OR THE PREVIOUS GOVERNOR HAS REALLY, UM, STEPPED IN AND SAID NO. THAT OUGHT TO BE LOCAL DECISION MAKING IN THE VETO MESSAGE WHEN HE VETOED THAT BILL, HE SAID. YOU KNOW WHAT IF YOU DON'T WANT, IF YOU THINK BANNING STRAWS ON. BY A CITY IS A BAD IDEA. RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T. VOTE FOR THAT, BUT THIS IS A LOCAL DECISION. WE'RE LIKE, HECK, YEAH, AND THEN. THAT ALL WENT BY THE WAY, SO THAT WAS THE LAST TIME WE'VE HEARD ANY LANGUAGE LIKE THAT FROM THE GOVERNOR. NO. AND IT JUST IS. I MEAN, AND IT'S LEGISLATOR, ITS POLITICS AND ITS ALL THAT STUFF, SO I YOU KNOW, I'M NOT TRYING TO PICK PARTICULAR ON GOVERNOR TO SANCHEZ. I AM. YOU KNOW, HE'S DONE A LOT OF GOOD STUFF. HE'S DONE SOME STUFF. I DON'T LIKE HE'S YOU KNOW, PRETTY. PRETTY STANDARD FOR A POLITICIAN. SO, YOU KNOW. I DON'T MEAN IT AS AN INDICTMENT OF GOVERNOR. I'M NOT. I'M NOT HERE TO INDICT GOVERNOR DISINTEREST. THAT'S NOT MY GOAL.SO. I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND IT. SO THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED A GRANDFATHER.
SO A LOT OF TIMES IF A CITY ALREADY HAS AN ORDINANCE IN PLACE, THEY'LL GRANDFATHER AND EXISTING ORDINANCE, THEY'LL SAY, ALL RIGHT, YOU ALREADY HAVE IT. IT'S SOMETHING IN PLACE THAT WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE IT, BUT NOBODY ELSE CAN DO IT, BUT SOMETIMES LIKE THEY DID WITH THE PLASTIC BAGS, THEY SAID. WE DON'T CARE IF YOU HAVE AN ORDERED INTO PLACE OR NOT, AND VACATION US. WE DON'T THEY SAID. IT'S KIND OF THEY'VE GONE BACK AND FORTH. THEY IN 2011, THEY SAID. WHEN THEY PREEMPTED, THEY SAID, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO GRANDFATHER. THEN IN 2014. THEY CAME BACK AND THEY SAID, WELL, WE'RE GONNA UNGROUNDED FATHER PEOPLE, SO IT'S. GRANDFATHERING IS WHAT'S THAT CALL WHERE YOU LET IF SOMEBODY HAS AN ORDINANCE IN PLACE, THEN YOU LET THAT ORDINANCE STAY IN PLACE, BUT NOBODY KNEW CAN DO ANYTHING. SO, UM, AND IT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT NOW WHERE THEY'RE NOT EVEN GRANDFATHERING FOR PREEMPTIONS ARE BASICALLY SAYING. IT'S GONE. YEP. YEP. YEAH. HOME BASED BUSINESS. YEAH. YEAH, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO OPEN IN A. YOU ARE ALLOWED, YOU WOULD BE UNDER THE BILL, AND IT PASSED AND IT'S BEEN SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR, YOU WOULD BE ALLOWED TO OPEN AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP OR A MOTOR SCHOOL RENTAL PLACE OR FILL IN WHATEVER THE BUSINESSES. YOU WERE ALLOWED TO DO THAT OUT OF YOUR HOME NOW? YES. WELL, SO THERE'S RESTRICTED THE YOU HAVE TO COMPLY WITH PARKING REGULATIONS.
BUT AGAIN THE REGULATIONS AND THAT'S WHAT THE KEY THAT WAS TRYING TO TELL YOU. THE REGULATIONS HAVE TO BE. YOU'RE ALLOWED TO PUT REGULATIONS IN PLACE, BUT THE REGULATIONS HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT. TO THE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY, NOT WITH WHAT'S EXPECTED IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, SO THEY WERE LIKE, OH, WELL, WE'LL TRY TO HELP YOU OUT WITH THAT, BUT IT'S IT DIDN'T REALLY HELP BECAUSE NOW THE STANDARD. IS THE KIND OF THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU WOULD ALLOW IN A COMMERCIAL AREA CERTAINLY IS NOT WHAT YOU WOULD BE ALLOWED IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. BUT NOW THAT'S THE STANDARD FOR WHAT YOU'RE ALLOWED TO DO. DO I HAVE TO WATCH THE CARD? HAPPY TO HANDLE. GIVE EVERYBODY ONE THANK YOU ALL. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME FOR BEING HERE TODA
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.