Remarks by Bernetta B. Lanier
12 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
- Play at 12:20
“To the city manager, I also agree with the mayor about agendatizing this because I don't want to take five, so that's two. Get on the agenda. So that's two. Can we get three more so we can make sure it's all done?”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
- Play at 1:11:06
“Yes. Please let me handle the first district business.”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
- Play at 1:11:25
“Okay. So there's a cliche that says if it's not broke, don't fix it. And in this instance right now, we got something that's broken really bad. And I've been working on this since I've been on council. And we're talking seven years, six and a half. And we're getting close to making some adjustment. I've been working with the city attorney. We got a really healthy draft that will solve the immediate issue. because the issue is much bigger than the alcohol overlay. Now, the community that I represent in the greater west side, all of those old slave plantations, turn, neighborhood, have always…”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
- Play at 1:17:52
“Because we haven't met with the neighborhood on this. And there hasn't been liquor or alcohol or wine on that side of Stiles Avenue near Carver Village and those areas since Mexico was down there and the little club was in Mexico. However, now we are doing this and we are deciding in this new area that people are still looking at this downtown expansion. They don't know what to think in this new uptown area. But here's this non-residential business asking for alcohol. And they should get it if the community is amenable to it. So it's not about the B company, because they walked into something…”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
- Play at 1:19:42
“I said alcohol is a revenue driver, and we need revenue drivers in these depressed areas, and that's what I'm saying. We want to create something that's going to allow the other districts continue what they're doing, allow us to make the adjustments to be fair to the businesses that are coming, to be fair to the people who were born, raised, and live there and bled there. And so I have a recommendation today.”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
- Play at 1:20:14
“Based on number seven, that's what we're talking about. This license.”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
- Play at 1:20:18
“And I am going to request that we postpone this measure until August 13th when we come back because we already have done the work. We've got it done until we have time to review and look at what the city attorney have worked with us to create and to allow this alcohol overlay in the first district review to happen based on what we've done with the attorney and then we could come back and decide.”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
- Play at 1:21:36
“NO RESIDENT HAVE BEEN SPOKEN TO. WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AGREEMENT, NOTHING. AND THIS IS AN AREA.”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
- Play at 1:21:55
“Now we got to protest. Now we got to protest.”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
- Play at 1:35:41
“Sir, how much property do you have right there?”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
- Play at 1:36:04
“I got a similar problem. And this is 30 years ago. It's all around you like a U because we had a map the last time. Yeah, I got a map right here.”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
- Play at 2:02:19
“Mr. Mayor? Yes. I don't know if you heard me on 32, I was supposed to that, but you did catch me on 13, but they're related. Okay.”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026