TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 2023
9:00 A.M.

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9:15:42AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
PRESENTATION AND COMMENDATION TODAY ON
APRIL 11, 2023.
STAND FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE.
(MOMENT OF SILENCE)
I THANK YOU.
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ]
PLEASE BE SEATED.
MAY WE HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
9:17:34AM >>LUIS VIERA:
HERE.
9:17:38AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HERE.
9:17:41AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
HERE.
9:17:42AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
HERE.
9:17:45AM >>THE CLERK:
WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
9:17:47AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
9:17:49AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE THE

ATU COMMENDATION FROM THE AGENDA TODAY, THE NEXT WILL TAKE
PLACE IN JUNE.
9:17:57AM >> SECOND.
9:17:59AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
I MEAN COUNCILMAN VIERA.
EXCUSE ME.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
IS THERE ANY OPPOSED?
MOTION CARRIES.
9:18:10AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
9:18:24AM >>LUIS VIERA:
IF I CAN HAVE OFFICER TED CLAY COME UP HERE.
HOW ARE YOU, SIR?
IT'S MY GREAT PLEASURE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, MR. CHAIRMAN, TO
PRESENT OUR OFFICER OF THE MONTH TO OFFICER TED CLAY WHO IS
HERE, AND LIKE I ALWAYS SAY, WE ALWAYS DO THE POLICE OFFICER
OF THE MONTH AS WELL AS THE FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER
BECAUSE IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE VALUES OF OUR CITY, WHICH
IS OUR CITY OF TAMPA IS VERY PRO-FIRST RESPONDER CITY, A
CITY THAT SUPPORTS THE HARD WORK OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS,
AND THAT INCLUDES THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR TAMPA POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S A MESSAGE THAT WE HEAR AGAIN AND AGAIN FROM OUR
CONSTITUENTS IN OUR CITY, AND I BELIEVE THROUGHOUT THE STATE
OF FLORIDA AND THROUGHOUT ALL OF OUR UNITED STATES, WHICH IS

WE SUPPORT THE HARD WORK THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT DOES.
SO I WILL INVITE CHIEF JOHNSON HERE.
9:19:12AM >> I WAS A CAPTAIN IN WITH OFFICER CLAY SHOWED UP, AND JUST
THE RELATIONSHIP THAT HE HAS, VERY RELAXED, AND THAT'S THE
ULTIMATE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT RIGHT THERE.
OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS, OFFICER TED CLAY HAS BEEN A
QUINTESSENTIAL EXAMPLE AND COLLEAGUE AT THE TAMPA POLICE
DEPARTMENT, SERVED IN A VARIETY OF ROLES DURING HIS CAREER
AS A PATROL OFFICER, FIELD TRAINING OFFICER AND A MEMBER OF
OUR STREET ANTI-CRIMES SQUAD.
ON TOP OF THE DAILY WORKLOAD HE IS THE FIRST PERSON TO TAKE
ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS OR OFFER ASSISTANCE TO HIS FELLOW
OFFICERS.
OFFICER CLAY STAYS ON TOP OF CURRENT TRENDS AND CURRENT
INFORMATION OF DETECTIVES.
HE BROUGHT A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS,
LOCAL BUSINESSES, WHICH HAVE PROVEN VALUABLE DURING
INVESTIGATIONS.
OFFICER CLAY CONSISTENTLY GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT HE IS
CALLED TO DO.
AN EXAMPLE OF THAT, OCCURRED IN FEBRUARY WHILE INVESTIGATING
A COMMERCIAL BURGLARY.
ON FEBRUARY 16, NINE DAYS AFTER THE CRIME COMMITTED -- OOPS,
SORRY ABOUT THAT -- ON FEBRUARY 7TH, OFFICER CLAY RESPONDED
TO A LOCKED STORAGE ON HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE AFTER A SUSPECT

FORCED HIS WAY INTO SEVERAL LOCKED STORAGE UNITS.
ONCE INSIDE THE SUSPECT STOLE A GAMING SYSTEM AND VIDEO GAME
ALONG WITH OTHER VALUABLES.
HE LATER FLED ON FOOT.
OFFER CONDUCTING A SURVEY, OFFICER CLAY LOCATED RADIO OF THE
SUSPECT AND THE VEHICLE HE DROVE AWAY IN INCLUDING HIS TAG
NUMBER WHICH LED TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE SUSPECT.
ON FEBRUARY 16, 9 DAYS AFTER THE INCIDENT -- (LOST AUDIO).
IT WAS LEARNED THAT HE HAD JUST BEEN RELEASED FROM JAIL TEN
DAYS PRIOR.
THANKS TO OFFICER CLAY'S DILIGENT INVESTIGATIVE SKILLS A
CAREER CRIMINAL WAS ONCE AGAIN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND PUT
BEHIND BARS.
HIS WILLINGNESS TO FOLLOW UP ON THIS CASE AND OTHER CASES
AND TO ALWAYS HELP AND STEP UP AND SUPPORT FELLOW OFFICERS
IS THE REASON WHY OFFICER CLAY HAS BEEN SELECTED AS THE
OFFICER OF THE MONTH APRIL 2023.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:22:11AM >>LUIS VIERA:
AND NOW BEFORE THE WE FORMALLY PRESENT BEFORE
TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, I KNOW WE HAVE SOME MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY HERE, MR. STEVE MICHELINI WHO USUALLY BRINGS GIFTS
FROM HIS CLIENTS, A NUMBER OF THEM, COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY,
SO WE WILL PRESENT THOSE OFF-SITE.
SO GO AHEAD.

9:22:37AM >> TAMPA PBA.
9:22:50AM >> STEPP'S TOWING SERVICE.
CONGRATULATIONS ON A JOB WELL DONE, WELL DESERVED.
ON BEHALF OF TODD AND STEPP'S TOWING, A DINNER AND NIGHT OUT
IN OUR COMPANY LIMOUSINE.
YOU DESERVE IT.
AND ALSO BUSCH GARDENS COULDN'T BE HERE AND WE HAVE A GIFT
PACKAGE FOR YOU FOR BUSCH GARDENS.
CONGRATULATIONS.
9:23:16AM >> WE PRESENT YOU WITH A GAME BALL RECOGNIZING OUTSTANDING
PERFORMANCE. I PRESENT YOU WITH A GAME BALL.
9:23:36AM >> I PRESENT YOU WITH A MEMBERSHIP TO THE TAMPA THEATRE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR OUR
COMMUNITY.
CONGRATULATIONS.
9:23:56AM >> I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY WITH A GIFT
CARD TO ANY OF OUR RESTAURANTS.
THANK YOU.
9:24:18AM >> PLEASE COME AND ENJOY TAMPA THEATRE.
9:24:33AM >> THANK YOU.
9:24:34AM >> GOOD MORNING.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD AND WE ARE PRESENTING YOU
WITH AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO ENJOY.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
I WANT TO THANK YOUR FAMILY FOR SHARING YOU WITH US.

TREMENDOUS RESPECT FOR THE POLICE.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR COMMENDATION.
9:24:57AM >> THANK YOU.
9:25:04AM >>LUIS VIERA:
AND THERE ARE MORE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, BUT
YOU WILL GET THOSE OFF-SITE.
AND I SEE YOUR BEAUTIFUL FAMILY, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THEM
COME UP HERE OR NOT.
WHATEVER YOU WANT.
SO WITH YOUR WONDERFUL WIFE HERE AND YOUR TWO BEAUTIFUL
DAUGHTERS HERE IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE ON BEHALF OF TAMPA
CITY COUNCIL TO GIVE THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL COMMENDATION
FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK AND ALL OF YOUR SERVICE HERE FOR THE
CITY OF TAMPA.
WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL.
9:25:33AM >> THANK YOU.
9:25:37AM >> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY FAMILY.
IF IT WASN'T FOR THEM I WOULDN'T BE HERE.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:25:56AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
MOST IMPORTANTLY THANK YOU, YOUR FAMILY, AND THANK YOU FOR
THE SACRIFICE THAT YOU ALL MAKE, EVERY TIME YOU PUT THAT
UNIFORM ON, YOU ARE OUT THERE PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY,

MAKING IT A SAFER PLACE, AND TO YOUR CHILDREN, KNOW THAT
YOUR DAD IS A HERO, AND IT'S PEOPLE LIKE HIM THAT INSPIRE US
EVERY DAY TO BE BETTER AND TO SERVE AND GIVE BACK TO THIS
COMMUNITY.
SO CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU.
9:26:29AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT AN 8 TO 5 JOB OR
11 TO 7 IN THE MORNING JOB.
THERE'S A POLICE OFFICER 24 HOURS A DAY, NOT BECAUSE THEY
WANT TO, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO.
THEY WANT TO DO A JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SAFETY OF ALL
CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA ARE RESPECTED AND NOT IGNORED.
FOR YOURSELF AND THE THOUSAND OR SO POLICE OFFICERS, WE
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IN THE PAST,
CONTINUE WHAT YOU ARE DOING FOR THE FUTURE, AND IF IT WASN'T
FOR YOUR FAMILY TO ALLOW YOU TO DO ALL THOSE THINGS WE
WOULDN'T BE STANDING HERE TODAY.
I WANT TO THANK YOUR FAMILY ALSO AND EVERYONE IN THE
COMMUNITY WHO UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS IS NOT ABOUT KEEPING A
SECRET, NOT SAYING WHO DID IT, IT'S NOT A GAME SHOW, THIS IS
ABOUT SAY WHO DID IT SO WE CAN GET OUR STREETS BACK TO THE
CITIZENS SO THEY CAN QUACK IN PEACE AND NOT BE DISTURBED,
NOT TO BE NERVOUS WALKING THE STREETS.
THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS FOR THE

CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
9:27:34AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
OFFICER, I TALKED WITH YOUR WIFE AND YOUR
TWO DAUGHTERS OUTSIDE IN THE HALLWAY AND I NEED TO HEAR FROM
YOU.
OF YOUR TWO DAUGHTERS, WHICH ONE IS THE SHY ONE?
[ LAUGHTER ]
I REPEAT MYSELF ALL THE TIME WHEN I TELL PEOPLE IN THE
AUDIENCE AND ON TV, IF YOU ALL WANT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS, OR
WHAT THE BRAVE WOMEN AND MEN OF TPD GOES THROUGH EACH AND
EVERY DAY, GO TO THE CITIZENS ACADEMY.
YOU WILL FIND OUT IN SIX WEEKS JUST THE SURFACE LEVEL OF
WHAT THESE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN DO.
I THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
KEEPING THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA SAFE, MAKING SURE THAT OUR
PROPERTY IS PROTECTED, MAKING SURE OUR CHILDREN ARE
PROTECTED.
THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THE CITY OF TAMPA'S FAMILY.
CONGRATULATIONS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:28:56AM >>LUIS VIERA:
I HAVE GOT THE NEXT THREE.
OR TWO.
9:28:58AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
I WAS THINKING IF YOU WANT TO GO OUT AND
GET A PICTURE, I CAN DO THE COMMENDATION.
9:29:13AM >>LUIS VIERA:
FOR EFFICIENCY AND WHATNOT.
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT THE TAMPA FIREFIGHTER OF THE

QUARTER TO MR. BRIAN NOONAN.
[ APPLAUSE ]
IT'S A PLEASURE TO PRESENT THIS TO MR. BRIAN NOONAN, AND THE
SAME IS TRUE FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS, WHICH IS WE DO THIS TO
REFLECT THE VALUES OF OUR CITY OF TAMPA WHICH SUPPORTS OUR
HARD-WORKING MEN AND WOMEN IN TAMPA FIRE RESCUE, SO I WILL
INVITE OVER HERE CHIEF BARBARA TRIPP.
9:29:53AM >>CHIEF TRIPP:
GOOD MORNING, BARBARA TRIPP, FIRE CHIEF,
TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
WE HAVE MR. BRIAN NOONAN.
LET ME TELL YOU WHY HE'S BEEN SELECTED.
DRIVER ENGINEER, HE CAME TO TAMPA FIRE RESCUE MAY 18th
OF 2009, HAS BECOME A ROLE MODEL FOR MANY OF THE DEPARTMENTS
AND HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY FOR EDUCATING HIMSELF UPON OTHERS.
AND MADE TAMPA FIRE RESCUE A BETTER PLACE TO WORK.
HE ALWAYS HAD A PASSION FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND HAS STRIVED
TO PROVE HIMSELF THROUGH EDUCATION AND HARD WORK.
HE'S A FITNESS INSTRUCTOR, PERSONAL TRAINER, SWIM COACH AND
NUTRITION COACH.
HE CONTINUOUSLY VOLUNTEERS HIS TIME TO HELP OTHERS LEARN
HEALTHY HABITS, THROUGH PHYSICAL FITNESS AND NUTRITION.
DRIVER ENGINEER NOON DID RAN HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO FIRE
STATION 19.
TO SAY HE LIKES WATER IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
ASPECT A FIREFIGHTER, HE IS HIGHLY EDUCATED.

HE LIKES TO LEARN BUT HE LIKES TO BE PHYSICALLY AND HANDS-ON
WHILE DOING IT.
HE HAS AMAZED AN IMPRESSIVE NUMBER OF CLASSES AND
CERTIFICATIONS AS HIS DESIRE TO IMPROVE HIMSELF, AMONG THESE
SEARCH AND WATER RESCUE, SWIFT WATER BOAT PRIORITIES, COAST
GUARD CAPTAIN, ADVANCED OPEN WATER DIVE, RESCUE DIVER,
AQUATIC RAPID RESCUE TECH, DIVE INSTRUCTOR AND HAS OVER
5,000 HOURS OF SERVICE TIME.
HE'S ALSO A PwC RESCUE OPERATOR.
INDIVIDUALS HAVE PERSONALLY SEEN THIS GUY SWIMMING IN TAMPA
BAY WATERS FOR OVER FOUR HOURS STRAIGHT.
AGAINST THE TIDES.
MISSING ONE FLIPPER AND STILL CAME IN FIRST IN THE GROUP.
JUST RECENTLY HE WAS SELECTED AS TRAIN THE TRAINING
INSTRUCTOR.
HE SPENT TWO WEEKS LEARNING, IMPLEMENTING AND INSTRUCTING
NEW TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES TO FOLLOW ALL PERSONNEL
ASSIGNED TO MARINE DIVISION AT TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
DRIVER ENGINEER NOONAN HAS A SECOND PASSION, WHICH AGAIN IS
IN PUBLIC SERVICE, BUT THIS IS TECH MEDICAL RESCUE, TEAM
MEMBER, AND A POLICE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA.
HE HIS TRAINING CONTINUES FROM THERE.
EMERGENCY EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE AND DEVICE, RESCUE DIVER, FBI
TRAINING, BOMB MATERIAL, COUNTERTERRORISM AND OPERATION AND
SUPPORT TRAINING, BIOTERRORISM, WEAPONIZED BIOLOGICAL

TRAINING, LAB TRAINER, AND NUCLEAR COUNTERTERRORISM
TRAINING.
TONGUE TWISTER THERE.
HE HAS EVEN TAKEN THE TRAINING FOR POLICE CANINES WHEN AND
IF THEY ARE INJURED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
HE IS A STATE CERTIFIED PARAMEDIC HAZ-MAT TECH AND FLORIDA
STATE FIRE COLLEGE INSTRUCTOR, DRIVER ENGINEER NOONAN HAS
COMMITTED TO THE CITY OF TAMPA FIRE RESCUE, TAMPA POLICE,
THE COMMUNITIES ON BOTH EAST AND WEST OF FLORIDA, AND LAST
BUT NOT LEAST HIS FAMILY WHICH INCLUDES HIS LOVELY WIFE, MS.
JAN, AND THREE YOUNG BOYS, ETHAN, 12, AND CONNOR AND CUREN,
BOTH 9.
HE SERVES AS EQUIPMENT MANAGER LITTLE LEAGUE AND NOT
SURPRISING BOARD MEMBER AS WELL.
HIS COMMUNITY SERVICE CONTINUES WITH PROVIDING FREE SWIM
LESSONS NOT ONLY TO MEMBERS OF TAMPA FIRE RESCUE TO THE CITY
OF TAMPA EMPLOYEES AND THE COMMUNITIES ON BOTH THE EAST AND
WEST COAST OF FLORIDA.
THIS GUY THAT MAKES TAMPA FIRE RESCUE BETTER AND WHAT IT IS
TODAY, HE SETS THE PATH, HE HAS PROVEN HIMSELF AS A LEADER
IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
MANY ADMIRE HIM.
HE ALWAYS HAS A SMILE OWN HIS FACE.
HE'S VERY SELFLESSLY SACRIFICED HIS TIME AND PUT OTHERS
BEFORE HIS OWN.

HE'S NOT A MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER BUT WE ARE GOING TO MAKE
THAT HIS NEXT JOB, BECAUSE HE HAS DEFINITELY A BIG IMPACT ON
INDIVIDUALS AND SHOWING THEM THE BEST WAY TO BECOME A
FIREFIGHTER.
SOME SAY HE'S A MACHINE, NOT EVEN A REAL PERSON.
BECAUSE HE NEVER GIVES UP, NEVER GIVES IN, AND PUTS 100% OF
HIMSELF INTO EVERYTHING HE DOES.
HE ALWAYS TRIES HIS BEST, AND THE DEFINITION IS WHAT A
FIREFIGHTER SHOULD BE.
IT IS WITH GREAT HONOR THAT WE LET NOW DRIVER ENGINEER
NOONAN HAS SELECTED AS THE SECOND QUARTER FIREFIGHTER FOR
TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:34:50AM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR THAT.
AND BEFORE WE HEAR YOU FROM, WE WILL HAVE AGAIN MEMBERS OF
THE COMMUNITY COME FORWARD AND SHOW THEIR APPRECIATION.
YOU HAVE SOME INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL BE PRESENTING THIS
OFF-SITE BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE --
9:35:19AM >> CONGRATULATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE LOCAL AND
CONGRATULATIONS.
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
HE DOES ALL THIS WHILE COMMUTING 3-PLUS HOURS EVERY DAY TO
WORK.
9:35:42AM >> STEPP'S TOWING.
CONGRATULATIONS.

THIS IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
ON BEHALF OF STEPP'S TOWING, A NIGHT OFF IN THE LIMOUSINE.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
9:36:13AM >> CONGRATULATIONS.
PRESENTING YOU WITH A GAME BALL RECOGNIZING OUTSTANDING
PERFORMANCE, MY GOODNESS.
ON BEHALF OF THE GLAZER FAMILY, A GAME BALL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
9:36:33AM >> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO TAMPA.
WE ARE SO LUCKY.
WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU AN AND YOUR FAMILY TO ATTEND
ANY OF OUR RESTAURANTS AROUND THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND HOPE
YOU ENJOY A NIGHT OFF.
9:36:55AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:36:59AM >> GOOD MORNING.
ON BEHALF OF TAMPA THEATER, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
HARD WORK AND IMPRESSIVE RESUMÉ.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND
CONGRATULATIONS, A MEMBERSHIP TO TAMPA THEATER, FOUR
TICKETS.
CONGRATULATIONS.
9:37:20AM >> THANK YOU.
9:37:23AM >> GOOD MORNING.

I'M MARYLOU BAILEY ON THE BOARD OF ZOO TAMPA.
9:37:28AM >> AND I'M MARK HAINES.
9:37:32AM >> THE BOARD HAS BROUGHT A MEMBERSHIP FOR YOU AND YOUR
FAMILY TO THE ZOO AND I THANK YOU YOUR FAMILY FOR SHARING
YOU WITH US.
IT'S A HECK OF A COMMUTE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO THAT.
BUT WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE AND WHEN YOU RUN INTO DANGER
WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE IS SCREAMING AND RUNNING AWAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
9:37:53AM >> IF YOU WE WANT TO YOU COME INSIDE THE HABITAT.
BUT ENJOY IT.
THANK YOU.
9:38:04AM >> STRAZ CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE.
IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING.
ENJOY A NIGHT OF THEATER HERE AT THE STRAZ CENTER AND ENJOY
THE RIVERWALK AND COME DOWN.
9:38:20AM >> THANK YOU, SIR.
9:38:22AM >> I FORGOT TO MENTION, PETE OF BUSCH GARDENS COULDN'T BE
HERE BUT HE HAS SOME TICKETS FOR YOU TO BUSCH GARDENS.
SO HE WILL CATCH UP WITH YOU.
9:38:34AM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU.
9:38:38AM >> MY NAME IS STEVEN WHITE, AND I AM THE CO-CHAIR OF THE

TAMPA FIREFIGHTER AWARDS REVIEW COMMITTEE, AND I JUST WANT
TO THANK EVERYBODY.
I WANT TO THANK CITY COUNCIL FOR GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO RECOGNIZE BRIAN AS OUR FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR EXECUTIVE STAFF AND ALL THE OTHER
STAFF MEMBERS AND FORMER COLLEAGUES AND CO-WORKERS AND ALL
THE OTHER PEOPLE OUT IN THE AUDIENCE THAT ARE HERE TO
WITNESS THIS, AND WANT TO THANK HIS WIFE AND FAMILY FOR
BEING A STRONG PERSON BECAUSE I AM SURE THAT SHE'S THE GLUE
THAT HOLDS THE FAMILY TOGETHER.
BUT WE ARE VERY HONORED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT
DRIVER ENGINEER BRIAN NOONAN AS OUR FIREFIGHTER OF THE
QUARTER.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:39:25AM >>LUIS VIERA:
IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE TO PRESENT THIS TO
YOU.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND WANT YOUR BEAUTIFUL FAMILY TO
COME UP.
YOU MAY SPEAK, SIR.
GO AHEAD.
9:39:40AM >> COUNCIL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.
MY EXECUTIVE CHIEF OF STAFF, THANK YOU ALL FOR RECOGNIZING
ME.
IT'S HUMBLING.
IT'S AN HONOR TO REPRESENT TAMPA.

I GET TO DO IT WITH MY CREW.
MY CREW, MY GUYS.
THAT'S WHO I DO IT FOR, EVERY ONE OF YOU GUYS.
THANK YOU FOR MY FAMILY, MOSTLY FOR ENABLING ME TO DO THIS.
WITHOUT THEM I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO.
SO MY BOYS, MY WIFE, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:40:12AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WHAT AN IMPRESSIVE LIST OF
ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, YOU MAKE TAMPA FIRE RESCUE
HEALTHIER, STRONGER, BETTER.
YOU MAKE ME WANT TO BE DO BETTER.
LISTENING TO THAT, GOT TO BE HEALTHY, TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF,
AND YOU TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU.
WE APPRECIATE THE SACRIFICE YOU MAKE.
WE APPRECIATE YOU COMMUTING.
WHAT IS IT, TWO-PLUS HOURS?
I HEARD MERRITT ISLAND, IS THAT TRUE?
AND YOUR FAMILY, IF SACRIFICE THEY MAKE BECAUSE I KNOW IT
TAKES A LOT.
BUT WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE YOU AS PART OF THE CITY OF
TAMPA FAMILY, THE TAMPA FIRE RESCUE FAMILY, WELL DESERVED.
YOU LIVE AN AMAZING LIFE.
YOU ARE AN AMAZING PERSON.

SO KEEP ON DOING WHAT YOU DO.
THANK YOU FOR INSPIRING ALL OF US.
9:41:06AM >> I APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU, SIR.
9:41:09AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
BRIAN, THIS LIST OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, I SAW A MOVIE
ONCE ABOUT YOU.
IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO.
RAMBO.
BUT I WAS THINKING, I SAID IF I WAS BRIAN, HOW DO I CUT IN
HALF MY TWO HOUR TIME?
YOU CAN WALK HERE FASTER.
BUT THE TRUE COST IS EXPENSIVE BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU MUCH
FOR WHAT YOU DO.
YOU REALLY HAVE TO BE INTO IT.
LIKE I SAY, IN THE STREETS OF TAMPA, TO DRIVE AT LEAST TWO
HOURS ONE WAY, AND AFTER 24 HOURS, TWO HOURS BACK.
AND BY THE TIME YOU TURN AROUND THOSE TWO DAYS, 48 HOURS GO
BY AWFUL QUICK.
AND LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, FIRE STATIONS DON'T CLOSE.
THEY STAY OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS A
YEAR.
IT'S THE MEN AND WOMEN IN THAT DEPARTMENT THAT DO THE
SERVICING LIKE YOU DO TO HELP THE CITY OF TAMPA BE WHAT IT
IS TODAY.

IF IT WASN'T FOR THAT IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, OTHER UNIONS
THAT WE HAVE, THE ONE THAT KEEPS THE CITY RUNNING, AND IT'S
A COMFORT TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE ALL IN THE SAME POOL.
I SAY WATER BECAUSE I DON'T SWIM TOO WELL.
I AM GOING TO TAKE THAT POOL BACK.
BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU KEEP YOURSELF HEALTHY AND
KEEP YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS HEALTHY.
YOU SEE, IT'S NOT ABOUT ALL STATISTICS IN LIFE.
IT'S WHAT YOU DO FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE YOU MEET THAT
MAY MAKE THAT PERSON, HIM OR HER, THAT FOR THE FUTURE OF
THIS COUNTRY, AND BELIEVE ME, WE HAVE A FUTURE.
THERE'S MORE THINGS HAPPENING IN THIS COUNTRY AND I AM NOT
GOING TO GO INTO IT BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU TURN THE MEDIA ON
WHAT HAPPENS EVERY DAY.
AND INDIVIDUALS LIKE YOU TRY TO CHANGE THAT AND MAKE IT A
BETTER DAY FOR EVERYONE.
WITH THAT IN MIND WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, THANK YOUR FAMILY,
AND START WALKING FROM MERRITT ISLAND.
YOU WILL GET HERE QUICKER, NOT SPEND THAT KIND OF GAS AND
EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND MORE THAN LIKELY INCONVENIENT ELECTRIC ROLLER SKATES SO
YOU CAN GET HERE QUICKER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO, SIR.
9:43:28AM >> THANK YOU, SIR.
9:43:31AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
AGAIN, IF PEOPLE IN TAMPA WANT TO SEE WHAT

THESE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN GO THROUGH IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT,
GO THROUGH THE CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY.
IN ONE DAY YOU WILL FIND OUT WHAT THEY DO TO YOUR FAMILY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING US HAVE HIM.
I AM CHOOSING MY WORDS PROPERLY HERE.
CITIZENS OF TAMPA THINK THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ENDS AT THE
SHORELINE.
IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF DISASTER AT THE AT THE PORT, THEY
CALL TAMPA FIRE.
ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS AT MacDILL, THEY CALL TAMPA FIRE.
YOU GUYS GO AS FAR SOUTH AS THE SUNSHINE SKYWAY.
ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN TAMPA BAY WHERE THEY NEED HELP ON
THE WATER, THEY CALL TAMPA FIRE.
TAMPA FIRE DOES NOT END AT THE SHORELINE.
AND THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE DONE -- AND I AM NOT GOING TO
SAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN ON THE BOAT TOGETHER BUT WE HAVE WE
HAVE BEEN ON THE ROAD TOGETHER -- IS AMAZING.
PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZE WHAT THE MARINE FIRE DEPARTMENT
ACTUALLY DOES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THE CITY OF TAMPA'S FIRE
DEPARTMENT FAMILY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[ APPLAUSE ]
9:45:02AM >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
9:45:03AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
LET'S TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS, PLEASE.
9:45:24AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES, FOR THE ROOM TO CLEAR.
(TAMPA CITY COUNCIL IN RECESS.)

9:52:22AM >>LUIS VIERA:
THIS IS A GREAT PLEASURE FOR ME,
MR. CHAIRMAN, AND MEMBERS OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
BEGINNING IN 1889, COLLEGE HILL CEMETERY WAS IN PUBLIC
RECORDS, THEN THEREAFTER THE CEMETERY WITH ITS SECTIONS FOR
IT IS BELIEVED 1,200 SOULS.
WAS ERASED, AND THIS YOUNG WOMAN LED THE FIGHT TO HAVE THE
1200 SOULS AT THIS LOCATION RECOGNIZED.
I READ ABOUT HER IN THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT SHE HAS DONE IN
AN ARTICLE BY PAUL GUZZO AND GETTING TO KNOW ANGELA. SHE'S
A VERY, VERY GOOD WOMAN.
I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS LOOKING OVER THIS ISSUE AND TALKING
WITH FOLKS ABOUT IT, SOMEBODY SAID, OH, THIS IS ALL
POLITICS.
THIS IS NOT POLITICAL TO ANGELA.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW HER POLITICS.
IT IS WHAT IT IS.
THIS IS 100% A MORAL THING FOR ANGELA.
AMONG THE MANY SOULS BURIED THERE ARE HER UNCLE, FRANK
MARTINEZ WHO IS IN COLLEGE HILL CEMETERY, AND ANGELA WORKED

TO GET A HISTORICAL MARKER THROUGH OUR FRIENDS AT THE
HISTORICAL COUNTY, THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HISTORICAL
ADVISORY COUNCIL WHO APPROVED THE REQUEST.
THE COUNTY PAID FOR HALF OF IT.
ANGELA HAD TO FUND RAISE FOR THE OTHER HALF OF IT.
THIS WOMAN LED THAT FIGHT, AND BECAUSE OF HER THOSE 1200
SOULS AT COLLEGE HILL CEMETERY ARE FOREVER MEMORIALIZED
THERE.
I'M A BIG HISTORY FAN.
I HAVE ALLEGES BEEN A BIG U.S. HISTORY GUY.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT HISTORY IS THE PEOPLE
THAT WE KNOW BUT THEN THE PEOPLE WHOSE NAMES WE'LL NEVER
KNOW.
YOU WALK THROUGH STREETS, AND THINGS HAPPEN THAT YOU JUST
NEVER KNOW, BUT IF YOU KNEW ABOUT IT, IT WOULD BE SO
CONSEQUENTIAL.
AND I BROUGHT WITH ME -- AND I HAD TO DO THIS BECAUSE THIS
MEANS SO MUCH TO ME -- LYRICS FROM ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS.
IT'S A VERY UNKNOWN SONG BY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, YES, BRUCE
SPRINGSTEEN, CALLED "WE ARE ALIVE."
AND IT SAYS IN PART: A VOICE CRIED.
I WAS KILLED IN MARYLAND IN 1877 WHEN THE RAILROAD WORKERS
MADE THEIR STAND.
I WAS KILLED IN 1963 WHEN SUNDAY MORNING IN BIRMINGHAM. I
DIED LAST YEAR CROSSING THE SOUTHERN DESERT.

MY CHILDREN LEFT BEHIND IN SAN PABLO.
THEY LEFT OUR BODIES HERE TO ROT BUT LET THEM KNOW WE ARE
ALIVE.
AND WHERE BODIES LIE ALONE IN THE DARK OUR SOULS WILL RISE
TO CARRY THE FIRE AND LIGHT THE SPARK TO STAND SHOULDER AND
SHOULDER AND HEART TO HEART.
THAT'S AN AWESOME SONG BY THE GREATER SONG WRITER IN
AMERICAN HISTORY, BUT ONE OF THE REASONS IT'S AWESOME IS
BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT PEOPLE WHOSE NAMES WE'LL NEVER KNOW
BUT THEIR LIVES MEAN SO MUCH TO US.
FOR THAT AND SO MANY REASONS, WE ARE HONORED HERE TO GIVE TO
ANGELA ALDERMAN, A TAMPA CITY COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL
COMMENDATION.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:58:19AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WASN'T GOING TO CRY UNTIL YOU DID THAT.
THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
I WROTE A LITTLE SOMETHING.
SORRY, I CRIED.
I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL COMMENDATION,
COUNCILMAN VIERA, COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
I PROBABLY SAID YOUR NAME WRONG.
I'M SORRY: FOR DOING THIS FOR ME.
I HAD BEEN THE VOICE FOR THE LOST OF COLLEGE HILL AND
DEDICATE THIS TO EVERY ONE OF THOSE PRECIOUS SOULS.

I AM SO VERY HONORED TO BE A PART OF THIS BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY.
TO BE THE VOICE FOR THOSE WHO DESERVE TO BE REMEMBERED AND
CHERISHED.
ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL
COMMENDATION.
AND CITY COUNCIL FOR HELPING MAKE WHAT WAS TAKEN FROM THEM
TO BE RESTORED.
CONTINUE TO LEAD THIS JOURNEY WITH TRUTH AND LOVE AND
GUIDANCE FROM THE FORGOTTEN.
I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TODAY TO RECOGNIZE THE
IMPORTANCE OF REMEMBERING THOSE AT COLLEGE HILL, THE 1200
THAT RESIDE THERE.
WITHOUT HOPE, WHAT WOULD THIS WORLD BE?
I LEAVE YOU WITH JUST THAT.
MY HEART HOLDS ONTO THE HOPE THAT THE LOST WILL BE FOUND AND
THEY WILL BE HONORED AND RESPECTED.
THANK YOU AGAIN.
[ APPLAUSE ]
9:59:52AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
I WAS THERE WITH COUNCILMAN VIERA AND MANY OTHERS IN THE
COMMUNITY FOR THE UNVEILING OF THE HISTORIC MARKER.
YOU KNOW, WE ARE SO AWFUL TO EACH OTHER IN LIFE I.MEAN, THIS
WORLD IS SUCH AN UGLY PLACE.
AND POLITICALLY, I GET TO SEE THE WORST OF IT AND HOW PEOPLE
ARE TERRIBLE.

AND WE ARE EVEN AWFUL TO EACH OTHER IN DEATH BECAUSE YOU
KNOW THE STORY OF COLLEGE HILL, AND SO MANY OTHER CEMETERIES
IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
I AM NOT GOING TO NAME THEM BUT WE KNOW BECAUSE THE
CONVERSATIONS HAPPEN HERE.
BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING HOPE, FOR BRINGING AWARENESS, FOR
REMEMBERING 1200 SOULS, 1200 PEOPLE THAT BUILT THIS
COMMUNITY THAT WERE HERE WITH THE LIVING.
SO LONG AGO.
AND AS HISTORY HAS SHOWN, THEY ARE FORGOTTEN, THEY ARE
ERASED, BUT YOU BRING THEM BACK TO LIFE.
I SAID THIS BEFORE TO COUNCIL, BUT THERE'S A SAYING THAT WE
DIE TWICE, WITH HE WE TAKE OUR LAST BREATH AND WHEN SOMEBODY
SPEAKS OUR NAME FOR THE LAST TIME.
YOU ARE SPEAKING THEIR NAMES.
EVEN AS A WHOLE 1200 INDIVIDUALS.
OKAY.
YOU BRING THEM BACK TO LIFE.
YOU MAKE THEM KNOWN THAT THEY ARE IMPORTANT, THAT THEY ARE
REMEMBERED, THAT THEY ARE NOT FORGOTTEN, JUST BECAUSE
THERE'S A GREEN HISTORICAL MARKER BUT BECAUSE YOU ARE HERE,
BECAUSE YOU ARE RESEARCHING, YOU ARE LOOKING UP, NAMES OF
FAMILY MEMBERS.
WAS IT AN UNCLE, YOU SAID?
10:01:18AM >> MY GREAT UNCLE.

10:01:21AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YOU BROUGHT THOSE PEOPLE BACK TO LIFE
AND LET THEM KNOW AND THEIR FAMILIES KNOW THAT THEY ARE NOT
FORGOTTEN SO THANK YOU.
IN IS VERY WELL DESERVED AND THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN VIERA,
FOR BRINGING THIS TO US AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
CONGRATULATIONS.
10:01:35AM >> THANK YOU.
THAT MEANS A LOT.
THANK YOU.
10:01:37AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
AGAIN THANK YOU, ANGELA, FOR WHAT YOU
HAVE DONE.
IT TAKES A PERSON THAT'S VERY DEDICATED, BECAUSE THERE'S SO
MUCH OTHER THINGS YOU COULD HAVE DONE.
BUT WHEN YOU BROUGHT BACK THE PEOPLE, AND YOU LOOK AT TAMPA,
YOU SAID WHAT HAPPENED, HOW DID WE GET TO BE WHAT WE ARE?
WELL, MOST OF THE PEOPLE BURIED ARE THE ONES THAT STARTED
ALL THIS MOVEMENT TO GET US WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
AND I AM NOT TRYING TO BE IN ANY WAY DISRESPECTFUL, BUT IN
MY OWN WORLD THAT I LIVE IN, I ALWAYS SAY DEAD PEOPLE DON'T
SPEAK.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
THAT MEANS I WAS GROWING UP, LUCKY TO HAVE A MOTHER AND
FATHER BUT ALL THOSE WHO HELPED ME ALONG COUSINS, THEY ARE
NO LONGER HERE, BUT I REMEMBER WHAT THEY TOLD ME AND WHAT TO

DO AND WHAT NOT TO DO.
THEY MAY NOT BE HERE BUT I STILL HEAR A WHISPER, DON'T DO
THAT, AND THAT'S WHAT KEEPS ME GOING STRAIGHT.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU, AND THANK ALL OF YOU AND YOUR
FAMILY, IT TAKES A SPECIAL PERSON TO DO WHAT YOU HAVE DONE
AND VERY FEW THAT SPECIAL.
CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE.
10:02:46AM >> THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE IT.
10:02:48AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU FOR KEEPING ALIVE AND REMEMBERING
THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE BURIED AT THE CEMETERY.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE GOING -- THAT THEIR
MEMORIES ARE GOING TO LAST FOREVER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:03:06AM >> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
10:03:11AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL RIGHT.
NEXT UP.
10:03:31AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
WE ARE IN RECESS TO CLEAR THE CHAMBERS.
10:05:51AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
COUNCIL MEMBERS, SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD,
SOME OF YOU LIKE MYSELF, HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN ON THE RADIO
PROGRAM WHICH HAPPENS EVERY SATURDAY, 9:00 A.M., ON WTMP.
I STILL SAY THE SOUL OF TAMPA BAY.
WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING?

AND IT IS HOSTED BY A NUMBER OF PEOPLE, BUT OF COURSE THE
RADIO PERSONALITY IS MICHELLE B. PATTY.
THIS RADIO PROGRAM HAS A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT IT DOES.
IT INFORMS.
IT UNITES.
IT TALKS ON MANY SUBJECTS.
IT TALKS ABOUT FUNDRAISING.
IT TALKS ABOUT GOD.
IT TALKS ABOUT POLITICS.
IT TALKS ABOUT EVERYTHING.
BUT MOST OF ALL, WHAT THIS PROGRAM DOES IS INFORMS.
AND THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE -- IF I MAY, THAT IS THE NUMBER
ONE THING TO INFORM THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA AND BEYOND.
SO TONIGHT WE ARE HERE FOR THE YEARS THAT BISHOP MICHELLE B.
PATTY AND WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING ON THE AIR.
AND I CONGRATULATE YOU AND FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.
TAMPA CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZES WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING RADIO
SHOW FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO INFORMING AND ENTERTAINING THE
CITY COMMUNITY, THE CITY OF TAMPA COMMUNITY, THE LAST SIX
YEARS, ON 950 AM WTMP, THE SOUL OF TAMPA BAY, THROUGHOUT THE
YEARS.
WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING HELPED RAISE MONEY AND AWARENESS FOR
OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS AND CHURCHES IN THE TAMPA
AREA.
THE SHOW HAS ALSO PROVIDED AN OUTSPOKEN VOICE IN A FIGHT

AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
TAMPA CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZES CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THIS SHOW
HAS MADE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
IT IS THE HONOR OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL TO PRESENT THIS
COMMENDATION OF RECOGNITION OF THE WTMP RADIO SHOW, WHAT'S
REALLY HAPPENING, ON THIS THE 11th DAY OF APRIL 2023.
BISHOP?
[ APPLAUSE ]
10:08:21AM >> I'M NOT ALWAYS AT LOSS FOR WORDS BUT I WOULD LIKE TO
THANK GOD ALMIGHTY WHO HAS GIVEN US THE COURAGE TO STAND UP
TO VANGUARD FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN JOSEPH CITRO.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN LUIS VIERA, COUNCILMAN
GUIDO MANISCALCO, COUNCILMAN CHARLIE MIRANDA.
WE HAVE WTMP MANAGER HAVE A WORD.
I WANT YOU TO STAND WITH US, BECAUSE HE HAS STOOD UP AGAINST
ALL KIND OF ATTACKS BECAUSE OF HIS SHOW.
WE SEE WHAT JUST HAPPENED IN TENNESSEE.
IT'S NOT EASY TO STAND UP AND FACE THE ADVERSARY, BUT WE DO
IT EVERY SATURDAY.
WE THANK YOU ALL FOR RECOGNIZING THIS PROGRAM IS TO EDUCATE,
TO ENLIGHTEN, TO INFORM, AND MOST OF ALL TO MOVE US FORWARD.
I WILL SOON BE 70 YEARS OLD IF THE GOOD LORD IS WILLING.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE GOOD HERE IN TAMPA.
I WAS BORN AND RAISED.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE HAVE GONE BACKWARDS.
SO WITH THIS PROGRAM WE ARE HERE TO HELP THE CITY COUNCIL.
WE ARE HERE TO HELP THE COUNTY COMMISSION, THE STATE OF
FLORIDA.
WE ARE HERE AS A HELP, NOT AS A HINDER.
SO WE ALWAYS HAVE OUR AIR WAVES OPEN TO THE CITY TO PROMOTE
YOU ALL'S JOBS, TO PROMOTE WHAT'S GOING ON, PROMOTE POSITIVE
THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY.
YES, WE ARE NOT RIGHT BY SO BUT WE ARE LOVED BY ITS BY THE
COMMUNITY SO I SAY THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEART.
WE HAVE OUR HONORARY HOST, MR. JOE --
COME -- MR. JOE ROBINSON.
HE IS SO FULL OF INFORMATION.
ALSO REVEREND BANES IS HERE.
WE HAVE A SUPPORTER REVEREND COFFEE STANDING BACK HERE.
AND THIS IS MY FAMILY FRIEND, BUT I HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING TO
THESE GENTLEMEN, JAY JOHNSON, AS YOU ALL KNOW, HIS SON WAS
MURDERED AND THIS IS MY SON, FROM COLBERT ENTERPRISE.
THESE GUYS MAKE THE SHOW GO FORWARD EVEN WHEN I AM NOT
THERE, WE ARE ABLE TO CALL -- OH, HE'S STANDING RIGHT HERE.
THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT KEEP THIS SHOW GOING, BECAUSE THE
COMMUNITY STOPPED IN A BUNCH OF STORES, BUT YOU RECALL HAVE
TO UNDERSTAND THAT FOR SIX YEARS WE HAVE PEOPLE IN GRATEFUL
FOR THIS PROGRAM.
AND FOR YOU ALL TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO RECOGNIZE OUR WORK,

WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
10:11:09AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN VIERA?
10:11:14AM >> NOW THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING TO YOU ALL.
10:11:38AM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
YOU DEAL WITH A LOT OF ISSUES.
ONE OF THEM IS WITH GUN VIOLENCE.
YOUR FAMILY HAS BEEN TOUCHED BY THAT, THE ISSUE OF VIOLENCE,
YOU MENTIONED JAY AND SO MANY OTHERS AND YOU ALWAYS PROVIDE
A FORUM FOR PEOPLE TO MOURN AND TO TALK ABOUT THEIR LOSS,
AND INFORM THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
IT'S NOT EASY TO HAVE A TRAGEDY LIKE THAT IN YOUR LIFE AND
THEN TALK ABOUT IT PUBLICLY.
THAT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE.
THAT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE.
SO WHEN IT COMES TO TALKING ABOUT THAT GREATEST LOSS, THE
KIND I HAVE NEVER SUSTAINED IN MY LIFE, I APPRECIATE YOU
FOLKS.
THANK YOU.
10:12:20AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA?
10:12:22AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
I WANT TO SAY AGAIN WHAT WAS SAID EARLIER.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT GUN VIOLENCE TOUCHES EVERYONE.
IN MY OWN FAMILY BACK IN 1959 I HAD AN UNCLE, IN FACT I

NAMED MY SON AFTER HIM.
HE WAS JUST DROPPING OFF HIS INCOME TAX, AND SOMEBODY HAD
JUST COME OUT OF JAIL THAT SAME DAY AND JUST SHOT SOMEBODY,
AND HE DIED.
SO I JUST TOOK IT UPON MYSELF, THAT I SAID I AM GOING TO
NAME MY SON AFTER HIM.
AND I DID.
SO NO ONE IS IMMUNE.
YOU MIGHT TAKE A SHOT IN THE ARM FOR OF THE COVID-19 OR FOR
THE FLU BUT NO ONE IS IMMUNE TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS
COUNTRY.
WE HAVE DIVIDED THIS COUNTRY TO THE POINT THAT YOU CAN'T PUT
IT TOGETHER.
IT'S LIKE A JIGSAW PUZZLE, EITHER TO THE RIGHT OR TO THE
LEFT WITH US IN THE MIDDLE HAVE SOMEHOW BEEN FORGOTTEN.
AND I THINK OF THAT AS VIOLENCE.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S WHAT CAUSES GUN VIOLENCE.
BUT WHEN YOU HAVE SOCIETY THAT DOESN'T TALK TO EACH OTHER,
WHEN YOU HAVE SOCIETY THAT DOESN'T GO TO SCHOOL TOGETHER,
THAT THEY DON'T PLAY TOGETHER, THAT THEY DON'T GO OUT
TOGETHER, THEY HAVE FORGOTTEN WHO THEY ARE.
AND I MAY NOT THE SMARTEST ONE EVER, BUT I HAVE A FEELING
THAT'S COMING DOWN BECAUSE WE ARE TOO BUSY DOING THINGS WE
WANT TO DO INSTEAD OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE SHOULD DO.
AND THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT'S EATING AMERICANS ALIVE.

WHEN YOU SEE THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE
GOVERNMENT, AND GOVERNMENT IS EASY TO TALK ABOUT, AND IT'S
SAD.
AND I THINK THAT HAPPENS BECAUSE AT ONE TIME WHEN I WAS A
YOUNG KID, I REMEMBER THEY COME HOME THREE OR FOUR TIMES A
YEAR, HAD A HOUSE IN WASHINGTON, THEY LIVED TOGETHER, THEY
TALKED TOGETHER, THEY PRAYED TOGETHER, THEY PLAYED TOGETHER,
AND THEY RESPECTED EACH OTHER TOGETHER.
THAT'S GONE BECAUSE MOST OF THEM FLY IN AND OUT ON MONDAY SO
THEY DON'T SEE EACH OTHER.
CAN'T TALK TO EACH OTHER.
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW THEY LIVE.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY LIKE OR DISLIKE.
SO THESE ARE THE THINGS IN LIFE THAT I HOPE THAT I AM WRONG
IN, BUT I THINK THAT'S THE MAIN THING WE HAVE IN LIFE.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE WORLD, IT'S REALLY SAD.
I LOOK AT WHAT COMES IN AND STARTS KILLING THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE GOVERNMENT FOR NO REASON AT ALL, ALL OVER THE WORLD.
IN SOME PARTS OF THE WORLD.
THE FOOD, THE DROUGHTS, THE RAINS, THE STORMS, THE TORNADOES
THAT ARE STRONGER THAN EVER, HURRICANES ARE STRONGER THAN
EVER, BUT AS CITIZENS WE HAVE TO GET TOGETHER AND START
DOING THE GLUE TOGETHER BECAUSE IF NOT THIS EARTH IS NOT
GOING TO TAKE IT MUCH LONGER.
I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

I APPRECIATE EVERYONE THAT'S HERE DOING WHAT THEY WANT TO DO
TO MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE.
NOT JUST ABOUT YOU AND I.
BUT YOU AND I AND ALL OF US.
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT I PRAY.
GOD BLESS YOU.
10:15:34AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
CONGRATULATIONS.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
I THINK EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SAID.
ESPECIALLY WITH THE VIOLENCE, THE GUN VIOLENCE, IN GENERAL.
YOU THINK WE ARE MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE TIME PASSES BY WHERE
WE ARE GOING BACKWARDS.
AND THINGS STAY THE SAME BUT SO MUCH CHANGES AROUND US BUT
AT THE SAME TIME WE ARE NOT BECOMING BETTER AS A SOCIETY.
PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME WORRIES THAT THEY HAD 50, 60 YEARS AGO
AND WE CAN'T LIVE LIKE THAT.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO PROSPER AND GROW AS A COMMUNITY IF WE
KEEP ACTING LIKE THIS TOWARD ONE ANOTHER.
I ALWAYS SAY THAT WE ARE A BIG FAMILY, REGARDLESS OF INCOME,
WHATEVER, WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS.
WE HAVE A LIMITED TIME HERE ON EARTH.
LET'S COULD HAVE BEEN RIGHT BY EACH OTHER.
LET'S TREAT EACH OTHER BETTER, MORE RESPECTFULLY, GROW
TOGETHER, AND I HOPE THAT PEOPLE LISTEN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE
LIFE ISN'T EASY AND PEOPLE FIGHT AND PEOPLE -- THEY HURT

EACH OTHER FOR NOTHING, FOR EGO, FOR WHATEVER IT IS, YOU
KNOW.
AND AGAIN, WE NEED TO BE BETTER AS A PEOPLE, AND AS A
COMMUNITY, SO WE CAN ALL MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER.
SO CONGRATULATIONS, AND THANK YOU, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
10:16:52AM >> YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE A PICTURE.
10:17:10AM >>JOSEPH CITRO:
IF WE HAVE NO OTHER BUSINESS, WHICH WE
DON'T, THEN WITHOUT -- WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE
BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE ARE ADJOURNED.
[MEETING ADJOURNED]


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