Remarks by Bridget Thorne
112 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 5
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“If not, then work within her office or outside council.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“I just want to be quick and give a plug that the month of August is Clear the Shelters Month. So anybody can go down and adopt a dog for $25. And there's free adoptions August 27th through the 31st. And those adoptions include spay, neuter, vaccines, and microchip and more. So if you're spurred on to go down by our conversation to go visit our shelter, I encourage you to go this month.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“Yes, I met with the clerk and kind of went over her initiatives because I really do appreciate what she's doing with AI as far as e-filing and the technology she's using. But with that being said, I also understand as being someone who's involved in software development, how technology has changed a lot since 2018, and most recently with our cybersecurity attack that we had from an international operative, and how important it is to have our systems closely aligned, interconnected, and how there needs to be a general oversight with everybody in the county, including our justice partners, that…”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“I would say it's revenue coming in to the county to our general fund that I'm hoping our CIO here will be implementing software and have some control. Obviously, we're not gonna have oversight over the clerk's budget, the entire budget, but when it comes to technology, it's important that we have a plan, that our systems are integrated, that our systems are all protected, It's crucial, it's a crucial element. We live in a different world right now than we did in 2018 and it's important that software systems, especially those dealing with AI that can pull from who knows where and pull things…”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 19, 2026
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“Back on page 10. Could I take a point of personal privilege? I had to step out of the meeting, and I just wanted to know that Fulton County received an award from Johns Creek Chamber, a Bridge Award. They just wanted to honor us and the work we've done, select Fulton, the commissioners, and everybody. So I just wanted everybody to know that this is their award that they received today.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026
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“It's being able to work across party lines, city lines, working together for the best of the community.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026
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“I was just wondering, since there's several boards that haven't met for two years, are we going to look at those as well, or do we wait for the department heads to come to us and tell us that they'd like it dissolved?”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026
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“I made a recent appointment, but there hadn't been an appointment made since like 2015, but I have other boards that I haven't made appointments for that were like 2015, 16, 17 appointments, but didn't see a need for it. But somebody had come to me asking to be on it. And so I'm like, sure, why not? We have the board.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026
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“Seeing as I don't know the budget process prior to having the budget soundings that we have now, I just have a few questions. As a commissioner, would me and my staff still be able to attend the meetings that they have?”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026
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“Okay, so it's an open meeting, and will there be any quorum or anything like that required?”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026
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“During it, no, okay, because it's just an informal budget hearing meeting, kind of like the budget soundings.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026
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“Okay, okay. And then I was just curious, like you have someone from the north and someone from the south. Should the chair be involved as well or just the county manager in this seat? Like what was the decision-making process there?”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026
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“Okay, that's it. That's all the questions I have, thank you.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026
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“Okay, first of all, I want to make it clear that this resolution isn't about whether we have data centers or whether data centers should be built or not. It has nothing to do with that. Honestly, with the race for AI on a global level, we need data centers somewhere. This is just reiterating that our cities, they have their own zoning authorities. They can still zone in data centers if they want to, but this resolution is just simply... Fulton County taxpayers shouldn't be subsidizing some of the wealthiest companies in the world that are building these data centers. Companies like Amazon,…”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026
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“I'd accept your friendly amendment with Bob as a co-sponsor.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026
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“Well, we can't tell our development authority to not issue a tax abatement. That's correct. We legally cannot tell them. But we can make a statement here today by signing this resolution saying that we do not believe any tax abatements should be given to data centers.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026
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“But we're urging the development authority of Fulton County. That's on line four.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026
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“I don't want to get ethics complaint for telling the development authority what they're doing, just to make that clear.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026
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“For instance, in my district, I have a Blackberry data center that, since the Blackberry days, and it's been there, it's very, very small. It doesn't do much. They had to reconfigure it and resell it, put in new equipment. But it has a very, very small footprint. So we wanted to make sure it was a very large data center, not these small ones that could fit in this room. That a company might even have, you know, some companies contain their own servers and everything, their own data centers, so I wouldn't want to intrude on that, that this company's filing for abatement, and oh, by the way,…”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026
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“But this is just an urging resolution, so it's not law, it doesn't have to be defined. I'm sure if someone came in with 9,999 servers trying to squeak in, we would know they're trying to squeak in and we still would urge our development authority not to approve a tax abatement.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026
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“Commissioner Barrett asked that we hold this in the event she had to leave.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026
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“Yes, she asked me if I would ask for it to be held. I'm against holding it.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026
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“I am carrying out my orders for Commissioner Barrett, despite my colleague objecting to my orders.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026
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“Thank you. So the net new hires is 25. Could be less due to separations that we're not aware of?”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“And our goal should be 50 as of July 1. So we're... Halfway to our?”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026