Remarks by Alyssa Garza
151 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 7
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“And I'm going to be your guest, so. Two, three, and four.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Not now. Which one? Sorry, four got pulled in. Which ones? Yes, ma'am.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay, so then I'm a no on two and three. Everything else is fine.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Oh, sorry, Mayor. Let me adjust the settings here. I said, can you hear me better now?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yeah, because we pulled four. Yeah, sorry.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“The increase, yes, it's 86 cents, but it's also 5.8%. But you have an issue with this increase being here because why? Like, I'm just trying to understand, like, the... I mean, because there's a big difference between like a business and an individual resident, so. John, let me go back to that last slide real quick.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“What was the ask of just getting rid of what for the whole ISD? So I'm just confused where this energy about caring about the high school's bail is coming from. Like, did they write into, like, to be like, or like, what's, like, where is that coming from?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I'm sorry. Can you repeat what it is that we're voting on again?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“business in town that we have so that's my motion if it fails as i tell people i have been out voted in public and on television oh no i was just i was just trying to understand i'm not feeling well sometimes i'm a little slower so it's not that the rate is disproportionate it's just that it's coming to too much at once is what you're saying yes ma'am gotcha gotcha gotcha is this one of those situations where the argument is like if the”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yes. Well, I still had questions in order for me to have an informed decision. I'm sorry. I didn't know if everybody else was already locked in.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I never got my question answered about is that the question of smaller ratepayers subsidize the impact of larger properties, but okay I'm not sure that I heard the question completely to be able to answer.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I feel like every time that we're... Who is it paying for?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Josh. Exactly. We keep asking this question. If we don't do this, would smaller rate payers subsidize the impact or... whatever, and so I just wanted to, I'm trying to wrap my head around whether that's what Josh said right now is applicable here as well.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Awesome. So this is going back on the charts that we had asked about the neighborhood averages. So yeah, I just wanted to say thank you for that chart, which responded to part of my question about which neighborhoods have higher average usage. And that information was helpful. But I feel like it's important to name that it still doesn't capture the full concern that I was trying to raise, which is that families are experiencing the greatest impact and how significant that impact is for them. I'm not suggesting that the averages are inaccurate at all. I'm just saying that the statistical…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“We're voting on your amendment specifically? Yes, ma'am. I'm fine with that. Okay.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yeah. So I just want to understand the timeline. Do we have to adopt these specific fee changes tonight? I just feel like there's a lot more questions. Yeah. That's my first question.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“For the parks and the library. Parks and library, okay. Oh, go ahead. Yeah, I was just asking because I feel like those are some of the most beloved programs of our community. And I feel like not many folks were aware that we're having this conversation tonight. And yeah, I think it's too big of a deal.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I'm trying to see what's on the rolling agenda for the next one.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“What do you think about it? Okay, what's the meeting after that?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So the second meeting, I'm sorry, Mary, what date did you propose?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yeah, I guess it's the 15th, right? I can't believe it's already the 15th.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Right, no, but I'm just saying today. Had you originally said October 6th?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yeah. Yeah, I guess the second meeting in October, which would be what day?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yes. Yeah, I would like to see the whole study. That would be interesting.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026