Remarks by Brian Gale
104 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 5
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“Yeah. Good question. So, Curtis, they're moving the water somewhere less than 2,000 feet? Um... Let me take a look here. And just barely across the border. That doesn't go from one basin to a different basin?”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“But we're only seeing this because statutorily it's crossing from one county to the next. Yep. And that is what has to come to us.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Forty five thousand. Forty five thousand. Thank you. That's the number I saw.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“So we're contemplating whether to submit this letter for ourselves, correct? Yes. Are we debating it now or are we waiting until we get a motion first?”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“I absolutely agree that we definitely have a problem with horses. I absolutely agree that we definitely have a problem with fire. A couple of years ago, we hardly couldn't grow anything because the sun actually never reached the planet for all the smoke that we had in the air. Yeah. So there is a problem. Definitely there is a problem. I have cattle myself. I have seen dead horses choke out because they have no water on places that I graze where I wasn't pumping the water because it wasn't my turn. It wasn't time. Our condition right now is not humane for the horses. It is not good. from any…”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Yeah, Mr. Chairman, I also will be voting against against this. And it's painful for me to do because I like the idea of doing something different because what we're currently doing is not working. But what I see, and hopefully it's just a pipe dream, what I see is the possibility that so this works. We say we establish a herd in Northern California. Let's say it works. Remember, this is in Oregon. Okay, wherever it is. Oregon.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Well, then I'll quit. Well, wherever it is. So we establish a wild horse herd there. And let's say it actually does work. And let's say, for instance, that it doesn't, that the horses don't exponentially reproduce. Let's say that the bears and the wolves can eat the horses to keep them down flat to a controlled population. And let's pretend, that the horses aren't able to escape and get out onto other public land that is currently grazed with a permit by a current rancher. And let's pretend that it doesn't explode there as it has exploded here. Let's say it's all 100% successful. Then what?…”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“But I don't want the ranchers in Bend to curse my name for having put this program forward when it explodes there because there's fluffy horse lovers also in Bend.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Yeah, I'm kind of new here. What exactly is done with this money?”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Question. Yes. We have received improper communication about, is this the issue from the deputies that this contract? No.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Board of Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“There's always room for improvement with all of us. Agreed.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Yeah, I got a question. How long has the seat been vacant, and how long does it have to stay open before we can fill it?”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 2, 2026
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“Mr.. Chairman I move to approve this item from the agenda as as Stipulated by their conditions which were basically they have to keep the law, okay?”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 2, 2026
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“I, Brian Gale, move to approve the request of G4. Okay.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 2, 2026
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“So it is a big enough area that, I mean, it's over two acres.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 2, 2026
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“I've got a question. Go ahead. Is there any purpose that the county should hang on to a couple of those? I mean...”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 2, 2026
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“Yeah. So question. The customer who pays by credit card for their ambulance service will not pay an additional 1.25%. They'll pay an additional 1.25% plus whatever their card says. So it might be 3%. Yeah.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 2, 2026
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“Yeah, but that's not on today's agenda. So we can't discuss that.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 2, 2026
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“We have, what, another couple of weeks to get that comment in?”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 2, 2026
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“Has this been four minutes already? I know.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 2, 2026
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“We've got lots of roads, and now we've got bridges.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 2, 2026
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“Second, Gail. And that was a standard motion.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 2, 2026
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“I'm looking forward to meeting with the state engineer's office at the Dixie Creek 10-mile water.”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 2, 2026
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“Okay, my understanding right now is it's really expensive to determine how much the animals have utilized the ground. So you have to get a professional. Right now we're going through the process of, well, we have a guy coming to our ranch and he's looking at everything and seeing what's there, what kind of habitat we have. And it's expensive because it takes a lot of know-how to do these types of studies on the ground. So that might be part of the problem. The good news is the technology is advancing to where you can do that with drones now, that a drone can fly over and say, OK, we've got…”
Board of Commissioners · Sep 2, 2026