Ken Russell

If I may.

If I may.

Hold on. Hold on.

Hold on. Hold on.

I've been trying to be heard for the last hour and I continually get cut off. And deny. And I'd like to speak. The mayor said everything that Commissioner Russell asked for is not in here. If you think I'm going to let this whole project go just because I'm getting $5 million for a baywalk, I can find other ways to get $5 million for a baywalk. Of course.

I've been trying to be heard for the last hour and I continually get cut off. And deny. And I'd like to speak. The mayor said everything that Commissioner Russell asked for is not in here. If you think I'm going to let this whole project go just because I'm getting $5 million for a baywalk, I can find other ways to get $5 million for a baywalk. Of course.

You spoke earlier about congeniality on this dais. There is no congeniality on this dais. You spoke about trust on this dais. There is no trust on this dais. There is transaction. There's power, there's ego. I believe this project has a chance to be good for the city, but I won't let it go until I believe it is correct.

You spoke earlier about congeniality on this dais. There is no congeniality on this dais. You spoke about trust on this dais. There is no trust on this dais. There is transaction. There's power, there's ego. I believe this project has a chance to be good for the city, but I won't let it go until I believe it is correct.

I'm to assume that the no net loss parks will get funded, but we have no guarantee here today that the no net loss parks will get funded.

I'm to assume that the no net loss parks will get funded, but we have no guarantee here today that the no net loss parks will get funded.

And I have his word.

And I have his word.

Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla, if I had a nickel for every time I trusted your word, I could fund this baywalk myself. Oh, Lord almighty. Oh, Lord almighty. Guys, guys.

Commissioner Diaz de la Portilla, if I had a nickel for every time I trusted your word, I could fund this baywalk myself. Oh, Lord almighty. Oh, Lord almighty. Guys, guys.

No, that is a complete opposite version from the experience that I had up there. And let me walk you through it. Okay. Because I had a sheet of paper in front of me with all of my demands. And for those who are thinking during that moment where I'm saying I'm a no vote, They're like, aha, we've convinced Ken to be against this.

No, that is a complete opposite version from the experience that I had up there. And let me walk you through it. Okay. Because I had a sheet of paper in front of me with all of my demands. And for those who are thinking during that moment where I'm saying I'm a no vote, They're like, aha, we've convinced Ken to be against this.

That was my moment of leverage to say I will be a no, and they had to believe it unless this entire list of things gets done. It was theater, but that was your leverage. You squandered your political capital. No, but then they thought, they really thought that they were going to go through the vote, and then I would just go along for whatever reason.

That was my moment of leverage to say I will be a no, and they had to believe it unless this entire list of things gets done. It was theater, but that was your leverage. You squandered your political capital. No, but then they thought, they really thought that they were going to go through the vote, and then I would just go along for whatever reason.

And I don't know why they thought I was going to vote yes in that moment. Because they were going to lie to you. But they hadn't even agreed at that point to anything on my list. Okay, they hadn't lied to you yet. Yeah, they hadn't lied to me yet.

And I don't know why they thought I was going to vote yes in that moment. Because they were going to lie to you. But they hadn't even agreed at that point to anything on my list. Okay, they hadn't lied to you yet. Yeah, they hadn't lied to me yet.