Remarks by David Rogers
111 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 5
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“President Kennedy asked, why do we do the hard thing? Why does Rice play Texas? We do it because we learn from the process. This is the kind of backroom, closed process that I objected to months ago when we did it the last time. Just like the last time, I like The selection.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“The last time was when we selected our city manager without doing a search of any kind. And I asked them, why did Bryce play Texas? And it's the same answer. We learn from the process. We bring our best efforts to the process. And we ultimately get not just a better process, but a better result. West Pecan's a great coffee shop. I've eaten there, eaten and had coffee there many times. In fact, I think I've had coffee up there with most of the people on this dais. It's not the only coffee shop in town that's locally owned. I'd like to know if all of the other coffee shops in town were given an…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“First of all, you're not supposed to talk about executive session in the open. That's a violation of our internal rules. Secondly, The idea that we're only going to have a single bidder was never presented. The idea that we were going to have somebody run the coffee house inside the city council was presented. But the idea that nobody else got an opportunity to be part of it was not part of the discussion.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“What, specifically what other businesses were offered this deal?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“So no other restaurant or coffee business in Pflugerville approached you about this?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“There hasn't been a motion yet. Yeah, there is.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Oh, my God. So much money. So much money.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I didn't hear an answer to Councilwoman Ryan's question. Those were some nice words, but... The question was, have we done an analysis to see how this will affect the ability of PCDC to proceed with Project Nexus and other similar projects going forward?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“No, you're trying to prove a negative. The question was, has there been a study? The answer is no, there hasn't been a study. So when would there ever be a study?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I think we're going to have daily memberships. Isn't that part of the plan?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I'm curious why... Do you hate kids, David? Well, I'm curious...”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“We have... taxpayer supported services. We're now opening it up to people outside of the city limits. I want to know why.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“You mentioned that there were some years when you didn't make five. Were those years other than the COVID years? Yes. Previous or after? After COVID.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I don't know if you're allowed to say that.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“And Tracy, because the name is new, can you explain to the folks in the room what Red, White, and Boom is?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Well, as Rudy says, Reunion Park has been waiting for the better part of a century, and it's also the smallest cost on that list. I think we can afford to prioritize that.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“You could. I think I'm fine with the Councilman Coughlin's suggestion. I thought she was saying, yeah. Put that phase three money into the animals, at least part of it.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Same practical input. But hold off on the, what we're doing with the annual trail improvement.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“So we're bumping Limestone a year. We're moving forward with the Reunion Park ASAP. We're increasing the new animal shelter from one to 1.3. We are pushing phase three back a year, and we are not spending the trail improvement money on day one. What's your thought about when we move forward with the trail improvement?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Council, do I have any... Mr. Mayor, if there's no motion and there's no second, then we just skip on to the next thing, right?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“David, you pulled this item. What do you have? I pulled this item because I still believe that these numbers are these fees are too high and they're discouraging development. And in order to see if there was actually any I don't have an empirical basis for that locally. I looked at population changes in Round Rock, Georgetown, and Pflugerville, all areas in the same general vicinity, and roadway impact from 2020 to 2026, 2025 I think is the last date we have available in the data, if there's any correlation there. And sure enough, the city with the lowest, roadway impact fees. Georgetown had…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“I know, I know. Eventually you have to think maybe there's causation going on. I get where you're going. This pattern isn't just these three cities. This pattern duplicates across space and time.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Let's talk about that. We have already put the onerous expense of growth on the existing homeowner. When we decided to build the new city hall, when we decided to build the new wastewater plant, when we decided to build the new water plant, those are the onerous expenses of growth. We've already put them on there. And we don't have any growth because our roadway impact fees are so high that people are going to Hutto or Round Rock or Georgetown or Travis County right outside of Pflugerville because it's cheaper. Capital moves, and it's really easy to move when you're deciding where to build a…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026