Remarks by Jim Bojo
61 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 3
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“We'll see the commission meeting. As we get started here, we begin every meeting with an invitation and a pledge to our flag. And Commissioner Joe Fisher has got that honor tonight.”
City Commission · Jul 27, 2026
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“Mr. Clerk, will you please call the roll? Mayor Bojo.”
City Commission · Jul 27, 2026
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“I'm sorry, I should have announced earlier Commissioner Brock will not be with us tonight. He's on vacation.”
City Commission · Jul 27, 2026
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“Everyone got a copy of the minutes and they stand to be approved. Any corrections or additions need to be made? Then we will approve them as they are written. We have no proclamations. Tonight, we do have some special recognitions. I'm going to turn that over to Commissioner McDaniel.”
City Commission · Jul 27, 2026
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“For those of you that came tonight to watch these people get these recognitions, we appreciate it very, very much. And if you would like to leave at this time, we will give you a few minutes to slip out. And if you want to stay, the more the merrier.”
City Commission · Jul 27, 2026
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“We have no public comments regarding agenda items tonight. We have no resolutions, nothing on first reading, nothing on second reading, nothing continued on first reading, nothing or no, excuse me, no public hearings. Mr. Clerk.”
City Commission · Jul 27, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Commission · Jul 27, 2026
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“Thank you. Speaking for Commissioner Brock, he had no committee announcements. Commissioner Cox? No committees. Thank you.”
City Commission · Jul 27, 2026
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“All right, we've got a motion and a second. Any discussion? To my left. How about this one? To my right. Mr. Clerk, call the roll.”
City Commission · Jul 27, 2026
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“Commissioner McDaniel. I have no report. We have three people who would like to speak on non-agenda items. Ronnie Baker. All right. Ron Swinford. Please state your name and address. You have three minutes.”
City Commission · Jul 27, 2026
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City Commission · Jul 27, 2026
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“I have one more reminder for this for the commission for this week, Saturday, August 1st, there will be what is being called a college send-off. It will be held at the Forum on Saturday from 10.30 to 2 o'clock, and this is involving Rome City Schools, Floyd County Schools, and our two private high schools here in Rome, and what they are doing is they've invited everyone that graduated last year from any of the high schools, local high schools, to come back and meet who may be going to the same schools that they're going to. And that's a great idea. And again, that will be, it's called College…”
City Commission · Jul 27, 2026
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“Oh, the auditorium? Yeah. We had, they had a pep rally down there for all the teachers that were coming back in the Rome City Schools and if the kids act that way this year in school, we got a real problem. But they did, the teachers were excited and they asked me to say a few words and I just told the teachers I hope they were this excited the middle of May as they are today and I don't think that'll happen and”
City Commission · Jul 27, 2026
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“I was going to say the speaker, Willie Spears. He's out of Panama City, Florida. You need to look him up. The guy's phenomenal. And the way he – one thing he did, and I thought this was kind of ingenious, he had a pack of seeds. I don't know what they were, the flower seeds. And he used those as illustrations that those seeds were the kids. And you plant them.”
City Commission · Jul 27, 2026
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“There were 66 new teachers in the Rome City School system this year. Now, how many did we decide? There were almost 700 teachers. And the 66, I think, included administrative, and everybody's just not teachers. But... But I liked it when the speaker told him, he said, I got good news and bad news. He said, the good news is you got kids coming on Friday, and the bad news is you got kids coming on Friday. So he was really good.”
City Commission · Jul 27, 2026
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“If there's nothing else for the commission, we are adjourned.”
City Commission · Jul 27, 2026
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“And we begin every meeting with an invocation and a pledge to our flag. And Commissioner Collins, excuse me. Yes, please. Commissioner Collins is not here tonight. He is excused from tonight's meeting. That's what I was thinking about. Commissioner Cochran, will you please do the invocation?”
City Commission · Jun 22, 2026
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“Everyone should have received copies of the minutes from not only our last meeting on June 8th But our called meeting on June 15th any corrections that need to be made to those They will stand as written We did have some special recognitions tonight for some appointments that were made, and neither one of these ladies were able to make it to the meeting tonight, but the Rome Redevelopment Agency is Tabitha Helms, and the Northwest Georgia Housing Authority is Kirun Ruiz, and so those two ladies will be joining those committees. We got no public comments tonight regarding agenda items, no…”
City Commission · Jun 22, 2026
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“Thank you, sir. We have nothing on a second reading. Nothing continues on first reading. We have several public hearings tonight, and I'm going to call on Bryce Wood.”
City Commission · Jun 22, 2026
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“Thank you All right, is there anyone here tonight that would like to speak in favor of this option. Is there anyone here that is opposed? All right, sir, would you please step to the microphone? Give us your name, your address, and you will have 10 minutes.”
City Commission · Jun 22, 2026
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“Is there anyone to speak of opposition? I didn't see anyone before. All right, I got a couple of questions, and I'm sure the The rest of the panel up here may also. Since your client has owned this store, has there been any violations where there was police involvement, like selling to minors, alcohol to minors, or anything like that?”
City Commission · Jun 22, 2026
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“Major Bailey, do you know of any problems that have been at this store?”
City Commission · Jun 22, 2026
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“All right, anyone down here have any more comments, questions? Anyone on this end?”
City Commission · Jun 22, 2026
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“All right. There's no more questions or comments. Mr. Clerk, would you call the roll, please?”
City Commission · Jun 22, 2026
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“Oh, I'm sorry. We do have to have a motion. Got a motion?”
City Commission · Jun 22, 2026