Rick Tacy Quotations

Whatever they want would be better said in a public meeting with a record.

When it comes to this project, I'm rather disappointed. I don't think we're getting the best project we could have there.

We have an ordinance now in place, and if someone brings forward a project that meets the wording of the ordinance and meets community expectations, I will have to move forward.

(Sarasota County commissioners) need to be thinking about more than round or square tables or what type of cookies there'll be.

As far as I'm concerned, this campaign will be about the future, the next 20 years for the city, and not about the past, drumming up the things that have gone wrong and have been corrected or are being corrected.

They seem to have gotten into a horse race to see how fast they can get this grant done. I have a real concern with that. They've been so focused on moving ahead, they're unwilling to listen to others. ... (The proposal) has got a real hotel feel to it.

It seems like we're taking the hit all the way around.

The next three years are very much going to be about the future of Venice. We have the Commercial Mixed Use District coming up (Tuesday), and the development of the marina and properties at (Venice Municipal) Airport. ... Now that we've worked through some of the problems of the past, we can look forward to where Venice will be 20 years from now.

Not changing the rules always got lost in the interpretation.

I am not comfortable signing an agreement with the county that could set us up for incurred costs.