Did they just say that?

We had the opportunity to watch the recording of last week's Kissimmee City Commission meeting. Our notepad quickly was overflowing with notes, but here are some of the things that made us say "hmmmm...."

1. When speaking about a new workforce housing project, the CRA Director spoke of giving extra points to firefighters, police, teachers, and others in order that they might receive preference for the housing units. The City Attorney moved very quickly to ask that those remarks be clarified, and the discussion of extra points was hastily withdrawn.

2. During commission discussion of the 192/Vine planning report, one commissioner appeared to be a naysayer because the city didn't own any of the land, and another commissioner expressed concern because the future illustrations of the intersection of Vine and Main did not show any gas stations.

3. Also during the 192/Vine report, a well-known property owner addressed the commission and threatened to sell his company's property holdings along 192/Vine if the commission adopted the plan presented.

4. During the discussion of the potential school district use of the Sports Authority building, representatives from the school district and the city noted that the Sports Authority site would need an additional 10 acres of land to accommodate a typical elementary school.

Much like a sports event, you really have to watch to see how the game is played. In order to increase interest in watching the meetings, Wayne Who is attempting to find some recurring themes that could be developed into the commission meeting bingo game or the commission meeting drinking game. Stay tuned.