Remarks by Jackie Hendrix
6 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“I remember an economics professor telling me once that a recession is when your neighbor loses their job and a depression is when you lose yours. And we've got 144 people experiencing a depression right now. They're frightened. They're nervous, they're depressed, they don't know what's gonna happen. So these job fairs are huge, impacts these families greatly. My hope is that with unemployment in the shows below 4%, that they'll be back to work very, very soon. So let's hope that that happens. Moving on to some more positive news, I want to remind everyone of Renaissance Fair this weekend. We…”
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“Well, thank you. Appreciate everybody here tonight, everyone that spoke, everyone that'll watch. It's important to play an active role, and thank you for doing so. This past weekend, I could not be more proud to represent District 2 for the city of Florence. Started Friday night with First Fridays. We had a lot of fun with the pumpkin drop. It was a lot of fun. It was a lot of fun to see the enjoyment with the kids. And I look forward to doing that many, many more years, whether I'm on the council or not. Just being there is a lot of fun. Some of us left there and then went to the ball game.…”
“Rachel's going to be able to do that. I would like to start sharing that and explaining that process.”
“Thank you, Madam President. And with your permission, I may go a little long tonight, but I think it's to be under five minutes. But I do have written remarks, which usually I don't. I want to echo some of the things the mayor has talked about the last council meeting and again tonight. But the The first thing I want to point out to the general public that our city is in an excellent financial position. We are nowhere near our bonding capacity. We do not have a cash flow problem. We do not have an asset problem. That said, we are required to run a balanced budget, and the balanced budget, as…”