Ken Russell
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So when they decided to break, I sat there because I didn't want the perception of what ended up happening that everyone goes back to their offices and deals are cut and everything. What I wanted and what I believe happened is once they realized that I'm a hard no and I don't give a shit, that I can walk away from this as it is, that they need to give me every one of those things.
So when they decided to break, I sat there because I didn't want the perception of what ended up happening that everyone goes back to their offices and deals are cut and everything. What I wanted and what I believe happened is once they realized that I'm a hard no and I don't give a shit, that I can walk away from this as it is, that they need to give me every one of those things.
And I believe the mayor went around to each office and whipped them and said, these votes have to happen for these amendments that Russell wants. I understand DLP likes to get whipped. I can't speak to that, but I could tell you his breath was whipping me on that day just then when he was yelling at me.
And I believe the mayor went around to each office and whipped them and said, these votes have to happen for these amendments that Russell wants. I understand DLP likes to get whipped. I can't speak to that, but I could tell you his breath was whipping me on that day just then when he was yelling at me.
But the only moment I stepped off the dais was when Francis kept saying, bro, talk to me for a second. I need to talk to you. And I hadn't talked to him in that moment. Since the time I was at his house and he kicked me out of it.
But the only moment I stepped off the dais was when Francis kept saying, bro, talk to me for a second. I need to talk to you. And I hadn't talked to him in that moment. Since the time I was at his house and he kicked me out of it.
So for at that point, what was it, four years that they had been working on this thing? No, I would only meet with them in my office with my staff. And we had long, hard meetings on in terms of the negotiation. But I never went out for drinks, no cigars, no coffees, no breakfast. And it was important to me. So when the mayor said to me one day, hey, this is just a few days before the vote.
So for at that point, what was it, four years that they had been working on this thing? No, I would only meet with them in my office with my staff. And we had long, hard meetings on in terms of the negotiation. But I never went out for drinks, no cigars, no coffees, no breakfast. And it was important to me. So when the mayor said to me one day, hey, this is just a few days before the vote.
Meet me in my house. I never expected I would see the Moss brothers sitting in his living room. And that really pissed me off.
Meet me in my house. I never expected I would see the Moss brothers sitting in his living room. And that really pissed me off.
So, theoretically, all of them are getting met until I find out this last month they are voting to undo them at the City Commission through an illegal vote. And that's what brought me back to City Hall.
So, theoretically, all of them are getting met until I find out this last month they are voting to undo them at the City Commission through an illegal vote. And that's what brought me back to City Hall.
And it was with whom and where and when. So we have a thing called government in the sunshine that says no two people that vote on anything together can meet and discuss those votes outside of the public light, right? The sunshine. The mayor is not subject to that because he doesn't have a vote. So when he invited me over to his house that weekend, which doesn't happen.
And it was with whom and where and when. So we have a thing called government in the sunshine that says no two people that vote on anything together can meet and discuss those votes outside of the public light, right? The sunshine. The mayor is not subject to that because he doesn't have a vote. So when he invited me over to his house that weekend, which doesn't happen.
I'd been to his house one time before. I said, OK, I pretty much knew what it was about because it was the weekend before the vote. But when I got there and the Moss brothers are there and they started leaning on me hard about the public benefits I was trying to require. The mayor had not told you that the Moss brothers were there? No. OK. No. And that was a surprise.
I'd been to his house one time before. I said, OK, I pretty much knew what it was about because it was the weekend before the vote. But when I got there and the Moss brothers are there and they started leaning on me hard about the public benefits I was trying to require. The mayor had not told you that the Moss brothers were there? No. OK. No. And that was a surprise.
And I wouldn't have gone because that's what I was able to say up to that point. You were sandbagged. I have not met with them outside my office without my staff present and all of that. But when I got there, it wasn't. So this was on purpose. The mayor obviously invited you there. Of course. And they were doing the rounds.
And I wouldn't have gone because that's what I was able to say up to that point. You were sandbagged. I have not met with them outside my office without my staff present and all of that. But when I got there, it wasn't. So this was on purpose. The mayor obviously invited you there. Of course. And they were doing the rounds.
And I believe I was the last stop because I from what Alex had said on the day as he had had private meetings in living rooms with the masses and with the mayor and during which he was promised certain things. And then they wanted to see that I would agree to those things. That's a sunshine violation.
And I believe I was the last stop because I from what Alex had said on the day as he had had private meetings in living rooms with the masses and with the mayor and during which he was promised certain things. And then they wanted to see that I would agree to those things. That's a sunshine violation.