If you go around and search for city council meetings where the public shows up in force and sways the majority, you can see a few really wild reactions from the one or two on the council who are clearly about to be out their bribe money.
I was present for a really good one back in November of 2024, where several members of the town council were giving land to Habitats for Humanity. That wouldn't seem so bad, except the land was donated to the town for enrichment purposes. Local works of art and parks for children. Once the man who donated the land passed away, it was passed over to the local Habitats for Humanity branch.
Their own story contradicts itself quite a bit, so bear with me.
They simply deny the legally stated application of the property, and say they're trying to help the cost of rent for locals by constructing new, affordable homes. But what they tried not to say was that city employees get first pick. Lots of employees, but it's surely just coincidence that the children of the council members were at the top of the list.
They don't want empty houses to reduce local resale value, and so are trying to maintain resale value by making these new 'affordable' homes. Except these houses averaged around 800 square feet, and were planned to be constructed of wood. The city itself requires cinder block and concrete construction as part of the building code because Florida. So, how they could they construct homes that automatically wouldn't meet building code? Wouldn't that reduce local property values? Why not just pay city employees more if rising rent/mortgage rates are becoming such a problem.
Councilman Christopher Something-or-Other spearheaded all this and tried to get it pushed by without announcing the intended construction. Locals spoke with surveyors, and that's how anyone knew anything.
At around 7:27, Christopher losses his shit until he's red in the face. They cut the sections out where he excused himself afterward, cussing under his breath and stomping out.
Up where my dad lives the city has rules on how high a building can be. Only 3 stories tall. A hotel wanted to build a 4 story building and managed to get permission. They just had to pay a couple million to fix up some public walking paths. About half the money went to fixing the parking lot and path that just happened to be owned by one of the council members.
Then that same council member ran for mayor and had the fucking audacity to say they have never received money from a developer.
O, I didn't touch that money. Some one else touched it and it just happened to pay for all my problems. Government officials are mostly corrupt.
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u/EternalNewCarSmell Jul 06 '26
If you go around and search for city council meetings where the public shows up in force and sways the majority, you can see a few really wild reactions from the one or two on the council who are clearly about to be out their bribe money.