Remarks by Chris Nettles
8 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“Let us pray. Gracious and eternal God, we come before you today with grateful hearts. Thank you for the great city of Fort Worth and every person who calls this place home. Lord, we ask for your blessing upon our entire city. From every neighborhood, community, from the north to the south, east to the west, may Fort Worth continue to be a place where families can thrive, business can prosper, children can dream, and every resident can feel valued, respected, and heard. We pray for the health and wellness of our city. Strengthen those who are sick, comfort those who are hurting, encourage…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“All right, City of Fort Worth and Council Chambers, today we have a beautiful young lady with us today, and it's an honor to celebrate her today. And I will tell you that when you talk about cancer, sometimes it affects all of us, some indirectly or directly when it comes to breast cancer. the same thing my aunt passed about 20 years from breast cancer and so it's always been something special to my heart special to my life and so since i've been elected miss yolanda has been doing well she's been doing it way before i got elected but since i've been elected i participated in this beautiful…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yes, I'll try to make this quick. All right, the first slide is a Goodwill job fair. We had about 113 attendees, 54 enrolled in the Goodwill for services. Next slide. Had the opportunity to visit Fred Rouse Memorial Tour. They're working on getting that memorial up and running. They have a Fred Rouse campaign going on, so if you want to participate, feel free to look on their website. Next slide. had the opportunity to participate in the Fort Worth Black Chamber Path Forward program as a guest speaker on their government panel, joined by Councilwoman Deborah Peoples, also Assistant Manager…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“The tax rate vote is gonna be a separate vote from next vote?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Because I don't like to virtue signal councilmember Nettles Yeah, and I'll just add there is another word other than virtual signal it's called gas lighting as well and that is when You allow the public to believe one thing while you do something different it is very prevalent that We have to have a balanced budget and support this tax rate. I have sat on this council for the last five plus years and I talked about each year how we lower our tax rate and there's going to come a time when we're going to have to raise that tax rate in order to provide these services. Just about two weeks ago, I…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yes, I'm requesting to recuse myself from this vote due to my position on the Texas Wesleyan Board of Directors.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I just wanted to say congratulations, Councilman Devil-Preebles. You deserve to be here because you won your election and you deserve to represent on the NLC. Thank you so much for your hard dedication work.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yes, with the support of the new Mitchell Boulevard, I move for approval.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026