Episode 911: Will Mayor Mamdani Cause a Business Exodus?

Newt's World

Gingrich 360

News, Politics

4.7 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Newt talks with Mayor Scott Singer of Boca Raton, Florida. Boca Raton has a strong business presence, with a focus on attracting businesses from high-tax states like New York, leveraging its low property tax rate and business-friendly environment. Mayor Singer’s leadership style focuses on nonpartisan collaboration, pushing bold ideas, and maintaining a cordial city council environment. Key issues in Boca Raton include development, infrastructure, and affordability. The city is working on introducing affordable housing to ensure accessibility for middle-class families and young professionals. Mayor Singer also chairs the America First Policy Institute's Mayor's Council, aiming to implement common-sense solutions at the local level. The Mayor's Council supports the America First agenda and emphasizes collaboration between federal, state, and local governments to address issues like keeping cities safe and affordable.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:08.7	On this episode of Neut's World, Mayor Scott Singer has served as a strong voice for Boca Raton,
0:15.3	Florida's residence since he was first elected to the city council in 2014.
0:21.3	Scott was elected as mayor in 2018 and re-elected in 2020 with 89% of the vote,
0:28.8	receiving the two highest vote totals in the city's history.
0:32.9	He was re-elected without opposition in 2023.
0:36.9	This year, the city of Boccalriton is celebrating its centennial year founded in 1925.
0:43.4	I'm really pleased to welcome my guest, Mayor Scott Singer.
1:03.7	Thank you. So I welcome and thank you for joining me on Newt's work.
1:04.8	Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
1:05.6	Pleasure to be here.
1:10.4	I have to say, in addition to being mayor, you've done some interesting things.
1:12.1	You are a Jeopardy champion,
1:19.0	and you appeared on who wants to be a millionaire? How did those things happen? Both fun experiences. I always love trivia as a kid and watched Jeopardy growing up. Who wants to be a millionaire
1:24.2	was more luck than anything else. They were restarting the syndicated
1:27.6	version with Meredith Vieira. I happen to come down from lunch, saw a flyer posted on a street
1:33.2	light in New York City at lunchtime. They were having auditions the next day. Went over and two weeks
1:37.8	later I was on the show and that helped pay for part of law school. And then Jeopardy, I tried out
1:42.9	multiple times over the years and finally
1:44.8	got the call that I'd been selected and got to fly out to L.A. and tape some episodes.
1:50.3	When you do Jeopardy, I don't think fast enough to do a show like that. I would just freeze up.
1:56.7	How do you manage to get in the rhythm of that kind of a show?
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