10/3/2023
7 (23-758)
1 Moore, Tania
From: Scott Malabarba <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 2, 2023 9:42 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF); [email protected] Subject: in opposition to 23-756 and and 23-758
Dear HB City Council,
Thank you again to council members Moser, Bolton, and Kalmick for your dedication.
I oppose 23‐756, which is ridiculous political theater.
I'm not well versed in the law here, but would bet money that the city council cannot override state or county health regulations and that attempting to do so would get the city sued (again!).
Also, "No Mask and No Vaccine Mandate City" just sounds stupid.
I oppose 23‐758. I was suspicious of the attempt to disband numerous committees when it was first introduced at the Sep 5 council meeting. Thanks to the efforts of various HB residents who are involved in some of the affected committees, I learned I was right to be. This looks less like "streamlining" and more like "let's cancel everything we don't agree with." If you want to save taxpayer money, then drop the charter amendment nonsense.
Regards,
Scott Malabarba
HB resident
1 Moore, Tania
From: Celeste Rybicki <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 3, 2023 8:47 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF); [email protected] Subject: In opposition to banning mask mandates and politicizing, well, everything Dear Councilmembers, while this meeting’s agenda does seem to include much more customary city council business (and disappointingly also the dissolution of so many citizen run committees, boo!) The final item, 23‐756, to declare HB a “No Mask and No Vaccine Mandate City” is nothing more than a pathetic pick‐me attempt to snag Gracey a Newsmax interview. First of all, its effectively useless seeing as how there are NO mask or vaccine mandates in place. Upon further reading, the resolution would assume that a city council should be trusted more than public health officials in regards to any health emergency … but no there are still all kinds of examples where masks/vaccines would be required. So just trash it, the resolution is pointless and makes our city look ridiculous.
Speaking of catering to one specific political subset… what the heck happened at this year’s airshow? Is this a city event or not? We saw multiple flags flown on the beach that were not in the “approved” selection you all voted on and then a Trump flyover!?! After seeing clips of the city attorney bragging to the convicted rapist currently indicted for over 90 felony charges that he was pushing thru all the changes we as citizens were told were up for discussion, I have to wonder if he, Strickland, VDM, McKeon, and Burns do in fact work for the city of HB or if they work for the Trump 2024 campaign?
And lastly, on the topic of embarrassing video clips going around, Mayor Strickland was filmed referring to “our side” and “their side” and ADA compliance for public comments. To encourage anyone to take advantage of a system in place to accommodate those with disabilities is so wrong and to speak of it in this manner is both disgusting and ought to be a violation of something.
I want to see this city council working together as ONE side, one HB and I don’t want to see any more video clips of elected officials making asses of themselves. Please.
Celeste Rybicki
14 year resident