Remarks by Katherine Jordan
10 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“I appreciate this conversation. It's a conversation that would be best held when we address the paper on the agenda. And I think it's just galling that we have individuals who are pushing this off the agenda when we have people in chambers to speak to it. Our norm has always been, please, you know, let's remain decorum. I can think of so many instances where we have had things that folks knew they were going to continue, but they still allowed public comment. So I urge the body, if you want to have questions, this is the forum for administration to respond. And I was in the GovOps meeting.…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
- Play at 45:28
Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
- Play at 48:57
“To be clear, if we do not have this on the agenda tonight, we will miss the deadline, and this will be a ruse of a conversation. But...”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Thank you. I'm just adding my thanks to those who came out and who have been pushing on this issue for a while. New Virginia majority advocates who have invited us out to town halls, who've come to council, the residents, our neighbors who have shared their stories. Thank you for continuing to show up and work with Council and Councilmember Jones on this. We had a good conversation on it at GovOps. I'm proud to be a co-patron of that and proud to be in a city that uplifts all of our neighbors. I was in a discussion with a business constituent who was feeling worried about the direction of…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Thank you. And I just want to really appreciate you guys continuing to interact with the questions we've had throughout this time that our city has been working on this process, going all the way back to when we were first briefed, what, in June, July?”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“I've never not had a prompt response to a question. Someone brought up Fairfax, so I asked, why aren't we using Fairfax? Okay, I got a response. It's not renewable. The rates are higher. It doesn't provide property insurance. Why would we choose that? Time and again, I really appreciate how you guys, when you are asked a question, have provided a response. In the document with the risk assessment as an attachment, I'm just going to read out the conclusion part. While no transaction is completely risk-free, the benefits of the proposed transaction are significant and include the known risk of…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Yes. We have discussion. Yes. I think the question has been raised. We cannot go, we have to have a topic to go into closed session on, and if these papers have been voted down, that's not, what is the business we're discussing? So is it the”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Second. Point of order. Don't we have to have the papers back on as active items before we can consider a special meeting to discuss them further?”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
- Play at 4:25:49
“No, because to me that sounded like the motion was not to put the papers back on so that we could have a special meeting.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Thank you, and I appreciate the work that our colleagues in Partners Administration and the Attorney's Office and staff put in for the quick turnaround here. And I'm heartened by the fact that at least now there are going to be public hearings, whereas there were not going to be before. I think we've seen that when people do speak up, you can have an impact. And I think that's what we're hoping for here. And just as a reminder, this is the avenue that we can take as a municipality. And so I'm glad that we are stepping forward to do so. And I would just add, you know, in addition to the rate…”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026