Remarks by Helen-Marie Gordon
83 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 4
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“Can I add to the chair a friendly amendment to make sure that it goes from Marilyn Wade and... Cortella Parkway all the way to the Carquinez Bridge on Sonoma Boulevard. It seems like everything stops at that location, so my friendly amendment would be if it would continue from Maryland Way all the way to the Carquinez Bridge for Sonoma Boulevard, because we have a lot of development that's not being utilized.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Clarifying question. Wasn't there already a Sonoma corridor plan in action? According to our past council member, Pippin Ducey, told me there was.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“City of Black, with that friendly amendment.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“I have a clarifying question to my colleague.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“I'm just trying to understand why are you against, because it's still money coming in. It's not like marijuana, you know, where it's harming. I'm just concerned or curious to be explained to me why is that a big issue to you? ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IN MY DISTRICT, I'M GLAD TO HAVE WHAT WE HAVE. I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THAT. WITH OUR UNHOUSED SITUATION, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE TRYING TO DO WORK, some of this opportunity benefits them to be able to have at least 10 locations to keep their items at no cost. And that is what I'm worried about.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Yes, I'd like to pull F and YOU DIDN'T SAY K, RIGHT? I LIKE TO PULL K. ALL RIGHT.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yes, I just want us to remember, yeah, thank you so much for clarifying that. City Manager Black, we did go through the process and already been approved. It was requested at the mic through Pearl, then I asked to put it on the agenda for a scope and it did. But I want to remind us that we have ceremony plats and memorial plats throughout the city of Vallejo, one being the Port of Chicago. WE HAVE VARIOUS ON THEIR ISLAND RECOGNIZING AND WE ALSO HAVE RIGHT HERE JUST OUTSIDE OUR DOOR TO RECOGNIZE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIFE, AND SO I'M NOT SURE ABOUT WHY IT WENT THROUGH THE…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Good evening, everyone. I want you to know the first time, first of all, I want to say welcome to Vallejo. I heard you all back there with the motorcycles. I knew that this was a special moment, and I'm so happy to look out to you all. I didn't meet Matt Dre here in Vallejo. I met him in Sacramento. Those know him best. That's right. So he did not just only, as it was stated before, his voice went everywhere. So when I met him in 1989 and 1990, it was 1998 and 1999, I was a coach for a nonprofit called Crossover Basketball. And we had the honors to have him come out and support us in…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Can we take a photo? Hey, y'all wanna come up here and take a photo? Let's take a photo.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Good evening. Thank you so much for this report. We say that because we don't say it lightly, because like you just said, your time is very stretched. But however, I am 100 percent in transparency. I know it may be a lot, but believe it or not, I think the reasons why we are HAVING POSITIVE COMMENTS LIKE YOU STATED AS WELL AS I'M RECEIVING, ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICT 6, IT'S BECAUSE NOT ONLY, NOT EVERYONE CAN COME TO ALL THE VARIOUS MEETINGS, YOU KNOW. SO YOU COMING TO THIS COUNCIL, POLICYHOLDERS, MAKERS, ARE, IS CRUCIAL. AND SO I'M NOT FOR eliminating these 60 days report because we get…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“THANK YOU. I WAS JUST CLARIFYING TO MY COLLEAGUE'S CONCERN. I HAVE REPORT OUT FROM DOJ, NUMBER ONE. AND NUMBER TWO, CHIEF TODD DID. MAYBE YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW BECAUSE HE, WHEN HE DID THAT GRAPH, WE SAW THE EXACT SAME THING IN OUR DOJ. SO WE DID ASK CHIEF TODD TO REPORT OUT. AND SO HE DID A COMBO. YOU RECALL, I THINK A COUPLE MONTHS BACK, HE DID. AND I KNOW BECAUSE I GET THEM RIGHT HERE. SO MAYBE YOU DIDN'T REALIZE IT BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT IT. GENERALLY WHEN HE DID IT FOR US. BUT OUR DOJ, IT'S MORE FROM WHAT I GATHER OF A SUPPORT. HOW CAN WE SUPPORT WHAT IS BEING ASKED OF THEM? AND IF YOU…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah, so maybe you probably didn't know that, but that's what that was from. And then I did one back, but I think you were not here at that time. But I wanted you to know that. It's more of a support, how we can help them, help our chief and the team meet the goals of the DOJ. That's what that was for. And, yeah, I do agree. It would be nice to hear from the DOJ and what, you know, themselves here may be, TWICE A MONTH, TWICE A YEAR, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY COME HERE, IT DOES COST THE CITY, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. SO I THINK THEY SHOULD ALSO REPORT OUT. AND THEY DID SAY THEY HAD A TOWN HALL…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 5:33:05
“Thank you so much. I do appreciate my colleague pulling this. I also have kind of a question that I need to ask. We are having so much problems, like was stated about the infighting, and I did hear about the CEO. My frustration is for the rate payer complaints. When they saw this, I think they had a misunderstanding when they emailed me. and they gave me an example such as my very own. I only had $15 worth of energy, but PG&E charged me $25 delivery cost. When we first agreed to this type of service, THE MCE PICKED UP THAT DELIVERY CHARGE, BUT NOW THEY'RE PUSHING IT ON TO THE CUSTOMERS. AND I…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 5:38:34
“Yes, thank you so much. I thank you for staying as long as you did. I wouldn't have normally asked you to do this, but I did get multiple constituents concerns about this. Can you just clarify? That's all.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“And, and the next part to that would be, um, as stated in a lot of issues, have they been able to give reports constantly of what they are lobbying for? If this is not the appropriate place to ask that question, but it is, if we're paying someone to do some work for us, we just haven't seen a lot of it, if that makes sense.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“And is there a place on the Our City website where one can click on lobbyists and what they're advocating, what they're doing for us?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“So, oh, he's gone. So maybe we can ask if we can create something like that so that way they can see where their dollar is going. So that's it for that. Thank you for your help with that.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 5:48:23
“THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STAYING. I APPRECIATE THAT. THIS IS ALSO ANOTHER QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED FOR MORE CLARITY. AND ALSO, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS, AGAIN, IF IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE, JUST LET ME KNOW. WE KNOW THAT IN THE PAST, IT WAS SHARED THAT THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS WITH THE SYSTEM COMMUNICATING WITH, YOU KNOW, RADIOS AND SO FORTH, AND MAYBE THIS IS NOT THAT QUESTION, BUT IT WAS clear that that was a part two question. If this is not the appropriate place, maybe you can help later. We can get on the agenda to ask. But we knew that in the past that had been a concern. And if that's not, please…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“SO WE'RE DIVORCING ONE AND MARRYING SOMEONE ELSE?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I JUST WANT TO REPORT OUT FOR BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSIONER, I HAD THE HONORS WITH SECRETARY SHELLY LONGMILLER AND THE CHAIR. WE TOGETHER SWORE IN TWO NEW COMMISSIONERS. WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT OUR PLANS FOR TRYING TO CREATE SOME TYPE OF FORMAT POLICY FOR ILLEGAL DUMPING. WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT PARTNERING WITH COMMUNITY I want to say just South Vallejo community members. We are meeting September 14th, 2026. I also want, and we're getting ready also to plan for South Vallejo's beautification cleanup, October 10th and 11th. And so beautification, two of the members came and spoke. And so we're excited…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I just want to say I did too. I didn't know who was appropriate to say that we intended I attended the conference for the floodwater and waste as well. So and then also I attended online for the NAACP meeting.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Excuse me, Charles. Excuse me, Vice Mayor. Can you give that to the city manager to give to Charles?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 6:04:06
“The white one. The white one? Yeah, because I'll get that dirty. Huh? It's the same one.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 6:04:19
“You better choose, since he's... Because look, it says something different. Oh, does it? Yeah, some smooth... Oh, I can wear it to a white party. Gotcha. Okay, there you go. And it's male.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026