Remarks by John Morrissey
251 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 11
- Play at 47:28
“I used to do quite a bit at home, and I try to take less and less.”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026
- Play at 47:53
“By FTE budget. I'm asking, are they cutting you or you just don't have people in the seats right now?”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026
- Play at 48:36
“like to come join us at the table come on up we'll get started here in just a moment i'll just invite you sorry about overdressing we're going to go out to dinner later we don't know where so we thought we'd dress for the best i would help i wish i could dress a little better i would normally be that i work outside and so i wear shorts here regularly i always i tell my My peers, I always feel bad about it, but I don't want to be working all day and not have shorts when I'm outside.”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026
- Play at 49:25
“Well, welcome. Thank you. Thank you. I believe you got some information from the clerk's office to kind of walk you through what tonight will look like. But essentially, we're going to give you two minutes up front here for an We're going to have some timing on that. I will tell you the two opening and closing statements are going to be held a little more to that two-minute type rule. The five minutes per question is flexible, but we have to remain all within the five minutes. I can see the light from here. Can you see it? Perfect. I was going to say, green is you're good to go. Orange means…”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026
- Play at 50:52
“Excellent. Yeah, well, let's jump right in. I'm going to go ahead and give you two minutes to do your opening statement.”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026
- Play at 53:10
“So I'm going to let you weave that in to keep consistency among all candidates. I'm going to stay in that same one. But how you answer and what you put into that answer is completely up to you. No, it won't make sense. However you plug that in there, I'm still gonna have to ask the questions in the same role just to keep everything fair. So we're talking about understanding the role in our first question. In your view, what is the proper role of a city council member and how would you balance representing the views of your constituents with making decisions that are in the long-term best…”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026
- Play at 55:38
“Okay. Okay. Our next question goes around your strengths and contributions. What unique experiences, skills, or perspectives would you bring to the city council? And how would you use those strengths to help the council better serve the residents of Fort Orchard?”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026
- Play at 56:57
“What unique experiences, skills or perspectives would you bring to the council and how would you use those strengths to better serve the residents?”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026
- Play at 57:45
“Our next question revolves around managing growth. Port Orchard continues to experience significant growth. How do you believe the city should balance accommodating growth while preserving the character, quality of life, infrastructure, and financial stability?”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026
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“Our next is around the most pressing issue. What do you believe is the most significant issue currently facing the city council and why do you believe it deserves the council's attention?”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026
- Play at 1:07:41
“Okay, if you're ready to move on to the last question. Oh no, there's a last question? There is. The last one is around fiscal stewardship.”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026
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“The City Council is responsible for being good stewards of taxpayer dollars while meeting the community's service expectations. What principles would guide your approach to budgeting and fiscal decision making?”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026
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“Any clarifying questions for our candidate?”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026
- Play at 1:09:58
“Well, I try to have entertaining lectures. We're gonna give you your last two minutes for the closing statement you'd like to make.”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026
- Play at 1:11:52
“Well, thank you for your passion. Thank you for taking the time and coming in and talk with us today as well. I appreciate it. I'm often accused of being passionate. RIT, looks like we're back here.”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026
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“We have to be careful about what we talk about. We're in an open public setting, so I don't want to get to that part yet, because I want to make sure that we can talk about it.”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026
- Play at 1:17:37
“Correct, to set that up front. but then I'd use it If that's .”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026
- Play at 1:21:07
“I thought you said your son at first. I was like, how does that work? I didn't think he would qualify.”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026
- Play at 1:22:00
“For a dinner? For a dinner. Oh, I'd be eating up there all the time. I know, that's what I said.”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026
- Play at 1:22:13
“I'm gonna agree. I always let Dad pay. I'm gonna fight that.”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026
- Play at 1:22:52
“So my follow-up question to that is, does that mean I can take you off my phone plan? Does that mean I can just start cutting all those ties? Oh, you can buy this? Okay, I'm just going to take... How old are your kids?”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026
- Play at 1:23:49
“As I understand, you got some communication from the clerk's office talking a little bit about how tonight would go.”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026
- Play at 1:23:57
“But just as a reminder, we're going to open with a two-minute opening statement. I have five questions in a specific order that I'll ask. We're going to give about five minutes. I'm going to give some leeway if you want to spend more time on one question versus another, but I'm going to keep us somewhat on track to get to the end at a certain time in two minutes at the end for a closing statement. Little lights over there. Green means you're good to go. When it hits orange, if you can see that in the corner of your eye, great. If not, I'm going to give you a little point over there. That's…”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026
- Play at 1:24:41
“Well, let's go ahead and start and I'll let you make your opening statement.”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026
- Play at 1:26:23
“Perfect. Thank you. Let's run into our first question. Our first question is around understanding the role. In your view, what is the proper role of a city council member? and how would you balance representing the views of our constituents with making decisions that are in the long-term best interest of the entire Port Orchard community?”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026