Remarks by John Taylor
230 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 9 of 10
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“We have the special law enforcement fund as well as the... The ETF? Yeah.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Okay. No, I figured that much. I was just wondering why it wasn't with the police budget itself.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“The manager already knows how I feel about the military. But I hear you.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“I think you're right. And whoever made my book, they really don't like me because the last page was all just...”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Alright, so the next one is the we talked about the discussion item, which is the military. And your proposal is can't bring it down.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Got you. All right. All right, the next discussion item you wanted to discuss was the special events, which we somewhat did, but we want to... We actually did not go into these special events.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“The fact that y'all know about her is a problem. She said it, 97. All right. So that would mean the only national holidays would be, we have Christmas, the Fourth of July, Easter, Juneteenth, Labor. Oh, right. That one, two, there's a fourth column? Just those events?”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Yeah. Yes, those are. Just those events. Oh, and to include Black history. All right. Well, Commissioner Irvin already said the pool party can go. Well, she's moving that somewhere.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“So the Christmas tree lighting. We didn't spend all of that money. We barely did with the Christmas tree lighting because it's somewhere else, isn't it?”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“We did because it was so late in the year. Okay, so if we get rid of”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“phone calls with everybody and you provide the recommendation with your staff and say, this is what it is now. And this is what we're recommending.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Well, all my items, which is 5K, you can... The Mayor's Luncheon, the gun buyback... I had the Christmas tree lighting, but we had combined that with... We didn't spend any money for the Christmas tree. Now that I think about it, because we didn't even have food. We gave away cookies or something.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“We didn't spend nowhere near it. Um... The Baby Shop belongs to Bass. Chess and Dominoes is Santiago. Carrier Keep belongs to Commissioner Irvin. The Bookbag Giveaway I did.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Yeah, but I had... That's not what I'm saying. Oh, okay. I'm sorry. Um...”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Yeah, so maybe we can do it different. That's what the city bought. So that's one we can cut because I'm sure we're going to get sponsors.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“And then if you, the Arabian nights, if we do 200,000, That'll be 80. You got 80 right there. So from the first column, let's start over.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“No, but- We're going to have to work with that. We're actually right on time now. If we get those sponsorship letters out, Ashley, and get it to who we got to go to. Right. I think we're right on time, but we got to get it out like ASAP. So there you go. So right now, if you take away the $80,000, then you have the $1,000 for the book bag giveaway. We'll delete the 5K, the baby shower I'm not touching. Bingo is still here. Chess and dominoes, the gum-bobbing program, we'll eliminate. Karaoke is reduced to $5,000. The mayor's business luncheon, we're eliminating. Down to the toy drive. um yeah…”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“If you don't get rid of them $800... Get out of Nevada, Joe.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“What is this? The MLK walk, that's Vice McKellie's. The turkey giveaway is $3,600. We have sponsors this year. We didn't spend that.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“But it wasn't $3,600 worth of fixings and if this year we can't do the fixings then we won't do fixings. Remember last year we only did...”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“We need the money other places. So I'd say they're bringing down to $1,500. $1,500.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“1,500. 1,500. And then you got Veterans Day. That's Commissioner Bass. I'm going to touch that. Black History. That's yours. It's whose? Yours. No. It's the Parks. Why is it here? Because it's their budget. This is the Parks. Oh, they're dumb.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“No, we had a workshop or something through HR. Yeah, with staff. We did it through HR. Well, I feel like I'll advertise it to the community.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026
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“Take it out of commission. Take it out. Because HR can do that. Earth Day.”
City Commission · Jul 14, 2026