Remarks by Jim Wolverton
195 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 8
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“I've only known you for about eight months now, but you're a fantastic person. I've learned so much from you, and we will miss you dearly. So have a good life and enjoy it.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, I would judge it. I was kind of attacked, but that's okay. For over 24 years, I tried to get ESDs in this county. But as everybody knows, county government takes three votes. I was the only one who lived inside a corporate city. Everybody else was in a corporate area. So when they said, well, here comes another tax, they said, oh, no, no, we don't want that. So it failed every blessed time. And I say, one other thing is I have always advocated for the employees. And I think now more than ever, we need to get them from the back of the bus to the front of the bus. We always fund everybody…”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, 3%. We wouldn't have gotten that without a reserve, a healthy reserve. We're trying to do our very best with limited funds. So I know it's hard for you. But once again, I think the money should go to the employees to say thank you, to keep them here. And I've done it every year. And I'm sorry if the police chief's upset with me. Volunteer fire departments are just that, volunteers. We need paid professional firefighters if we're going to do this stuff right. And the sheriff's department, he needs people. But once again, where's the money going to come from? I can fund it for one year,…”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Judge, I don't want to be negative, but this has come to the court before as far as funding someone out of a special fund. And it lasts for two or three years, and then all of a sudden they come up and say, oh, we're running out of money. We need to put him back in the regular budget. So for two years, don't do it. I'll be here. I understand you want it. You feel it's really, really needed. But as long as it continues to come out of the commissary fund, I have no problem with it. But when you try to move it into the general fund, then, you know.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“I know you've done the research on how effective a reverend or priest or whatever you want to call him can work inside the way there. Maybe you can reach these people and put them on the right path. That sure would be nice. Thank you. It'd be nice if they didn't come back, right? Absolutely.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“But that's up to you all. Well, when you look at the workload and the amount of money that you bring in from your second only to Precinct 1, and if you had a weigh station, you'd be far ahead of Precinct 1. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Well, what I've always looked for is productivity. And actually, people will say, but how much money are you bringing into the county? And you're bringing in quite a bit of money to the county and taking care of things. So I see where it's needed. You just look at the numbers. It's one, four, two, and three.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“It's not the total answer, but it certainly helps him at the present time. Because everybody keeps comparing us to Comal and Hayes. Well, they don't fund tax-exempt people. They don't do fire EMS. They have ESDs. So all the money goes to where it's really needed in the county employees to get the job done. So that's, once again, we need to take care of our employees first. And if there's any money left over, then you dole it out. But this year, there's not going to be any money left over.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“To move both his part-times and full-time, what would that cost, Chris? I would have to run the force.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“We can look at one if you'll run the numbers for one. I'm not sure what they're being paid now. Because you have three and two halves.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“We found out that the city church is not controlling any unincorporated area on the fire department. That's $25,000 there.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Once again, they're the backbone of this county.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“When Katherine worked for you originally before she went to MVBA, she's a rising star. That woman is extremely intelligent and knows exactly what to do on computers and how to streamline things. Matter of fact, it's going to be MVA's loss when she goes out of that way. But she'll do a great job for the county and always for you. She's like having two people. Absolutely.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“When you look at his numbers, he definitely needs the extra staff. Once again, it's revenue coming in, and he's more than making up for it. Yeah, it's a wash.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“The difference is mine was a non-occurring. transfer. It's a one-time deal where yours may not be.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“She was hired to take over the commission's court agenda and everything else and help Stephen out. Has that worked out?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“We also need help in every department we have here.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Everybody is a valuable cog in this machine.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“I understand that we have JPs that need extra people. We have the county attorney over that way that needs extra people. Actually, he needs more space than extra people. So there's a lot of things we're going to look into, but... It's a tough one. If you spend all this money this year, where is it going to come from next year? That's my only question.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“I don't have a crystal ball. I wish I'd say the governor would get his head out of his backside and get things right, but it's going to be very, very difficult.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“I understand. I understand completely. But we need to also understand that next year, I've got two guys that are going to be here. We're going to have to do something about tax rate because you're creating more cost, more overhead, and the only way we're going to be able to pay for it is the tax increase. And we've already heard the people complain about that. I understand that. I do. Because I do believe you voted no when I said 40 cents, because that would have covered everything.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“But you want to fund all these programs. The only way you're going to be able to fund these programs is to do that.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“So you think you can do it without that?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Everyone who actually needs extra people. And every office needs it.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026
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“Well, the horse is beat to death. Take the saddle off.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 1, 2026