Remarks by David Lowery
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Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“All right, anyone else? Sir, thank you for yielding to the lady.”
Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Yes, thank you. Thank you. All right, any other discussion among the commission? If not, we will vote. Mr., or excuse me, city manager, call the roll, please.”
Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Hey guys, some grace here, okay? We're trying to do this right procedurally. Give us a moment. A little grace, please. So one more time, city attorney.”
Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Y'all, I don't think that's the right way forward. What we need to do is among the four of us, among the four of us, let's just be straight, let's be frank, and let's be men here. Let's be Lynn Haven residents, let's be men, talk straight, shoot straight, not back. Is there a consensus candidate? I motion to reappoint Judy to her seat. It failed with not a second. Then we've deadlocked on multiple candidates. Is there any candidate that clearly has a majority vote at this point we've we've gone through three of them already other than her so we have three others that have not been turned down…”
Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“If we have a consensus candidate, let's have a consensus candidate. If we don't, I plan to just adjourn this meeting. We are in an effort of futility right now. You know, again, I'm going to ask. This is not a rhetorical question. Among us four remaining commissioners, is there any consensus person that we can come to?”
Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“Would you please stop telling me how to do my job?”
Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“AT THIS POINT, I AM ADJOURNING THE MEETING.”
Commission · Sep 16, 2026
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“All right. Good evening, everyone. We're starting a few minutes later than normal. We have a pastor with us tonight, Tammy Anderson from the House of Hope Ministries. We thank you for being with us tonight, ma'am. She was actually delayed in a car accident and stuck in traffic a few minutes away. So we gracefully waited for a few minutes and got to be social. But now that the pastor's here, we're going to ask her to come up and lead us in the invocation and the pledge.”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Pastor Anderson, thank you again, ma'am, for coming tonight, braving traffic to come be with us. So thank you, ma'am. I appreciate your words of wisdom, and we could certainly use all the help we could get. With that, additions, deletions, modifications of agenda. First thing up, for those of you that were not here earlier for the CRA meeting, Commissioner Sam Peebles is out of the geographic area with the Navy in his…”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“I have a motion and a second. Any concerns or discussion of this request from the audience? Hearing none, City Manager.”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yes. 5-0. Thank you all for that. Beyond allowing Commissioner Peebles to participate remotely tonight, are there any other additions, deletions, or modification requests of the agenda?”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay, that sounds good. So that's still a work in progress, so nothing to report out tonight. Any other changes? Hearing none, shall we go, I guess we'll probably, we need a vote, correct, City Attorney, for the one amendment, dropping the one, item number 12?”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay, well, I'll ask for a motion and a second.”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you, gentlemen. I have a motion and a second. Any concerns from the public on this? Okay, hearing none. City Manager?”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yes. Thank you all for that. all right we are now moving into item number four and this is the beginning of our public hearing we are officially opening at five forty three p m central time And city manager, and this is, we are opening the public hearing to set the tentative FY2027 millage rate of 4.25 mils for the purposes of submission on the certificate of taxable value to the property appraiser's office pursuant the TRIM Act. City manager. City manager.”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“OK. Thank you, City Manager. So amongst all five of us, or four and a half of us, because we have Sam by voice but not in person here, Is there anything anybody would like to reopen and discuss? We've had six budget hearings on this now. In budget hearing number five, or budget workshop number five, I think we really came together by and large. Is there anything anyone would like to discuss or any final adjustments to the budget before we move forward? The general fund, that is, budget.”
Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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Commission · Sep 8, 2026