REMARKS
Council member Vickie Paladino bids farewell to Kalman Yeger
1:28:40
·
84 sec
Council member Vickie Paladino delivers heartfelt remarks praising departing council member Kalman Yeger for his brilliance, articulation, and friendship. She reflects on their time working together and expresses gratitude for his mentorship and contributions to the council.
- Paladino highlights Yeger's unique qualities, including his common sense and logical thinking
- She emphasizes the void Yeger's departure will leave in the council
- The remarks conclude with holiday wishes for all council members
Vickie Paladino
1:28:40
Well, I wanna start off also.
1:28:43
This is about Kalman.
1:28:45
It's about us.
1:28:47
It's about the time of year that it is.
1:28:49
It's a time of reflection and, a time of coming together.
1:28:54
I just wanna say, Kam and I too remember when I first got elected, and that was 3 years 11 months ago.
1:29:03
He is a unique he is brilliant.
1:29:06
He is articulate.
1:29:08
He has been a friend.
1:29:10
He has been a mentor.
1:29:11
He's been a teacher.
1:29:14
He's been there for just about everybody.
1:29:17
And his common sense logical way of thinking and his articulation at every single hearing that we have here, these meetings meetings that we have just stunned and over overwhelm me sometimes.
1:29:30
And you are going to be a void that's going to, I don't think, really, really be filled.
1:29:36
So with that, I wanna say to you, Kalman, I do remember our very first phone conversation, and I won't go into it here.
1:29:43
But I do wanna say to you, I love you.
1:29:46
And I think that you have you could teach us all a really good a really good lesson.
1:29:52
And thank you.
1:29:53
Thank you for allowing me to be part of your life for the last 3 years 11 months.
1:29:57
Thank you.
1:29:58
Everybody, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and all the best to each and every one of us.
1:30:03
Thank you.
