Remarks by Khadijah Abdur-Rahman
81 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 4
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“What you all did, and I have a great appreciation for it because I educate myself and I ask questions. You all, now you can't say it, but I can say it. You all were going back sometimes two and three times and were not charging.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026
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“And so that was adding to the workload that you all were dealing with. And so I commend you all for, you know, bringing that forward because what other counties were charging for after, I believe, two visits, you all were doing three and sometimes four visits. So I appreciate you seeing that that need to be done. And also I appreciate you bringing those fees within line. Yes, ma'am. And so here, what does it go back to that E word, education? And some of us on this side sometimes need to be educated with what you all do and how really vital what you all, the information that you bring down…”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026
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“Vice Chair Abdur-Rahman. Thank you, Chairman. I was going to weigh in on this, but since some of the intent, especially from my point of view, has been, I guess, misaligned or what have you, let me tell you, having seen before when there was a budget committee and having seen what has transpired There are two different things that I feel like this will do. Well, it's more than two, okay? It's unfortunate when we have executive staff that can meet with every commissioner down here and answer all the questions, ask, is there anything else that you need? and a sitting commissioner says no, then…”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026
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“This doesn't impede anything, Commissioner Arrington.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026
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“And I want to be crystal clear, Chairman, and this is not to undermine the county manager and the executive staff. In fact, in my appreciation, this is a form of protection. Because if you're sitting, if I'm sitting on a commission with you all and we're discussing something and I bring it back to my colleagues, that's the less chance of somebody saying, Well, you didn't say that to me. I didn't know that. Now, we could go further. I'm going to stop it there. But for me, this is not only to make sure that the process goes smooth, but stop wasting time. You imagine, and if my colleagues, y'all…”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026
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“I just wanted to say to, thank you, Chairman, to Commissioner Arrington, maybe we can think about putting something shortly as to what a data center is. Because if you look at some of the hospitals, some of the hospitals can be, because of the ambiguity, They have their servers. And so some could say they are data centers. So maybe you and I can maybe work on something just to kind of tighten it up a little bit. So I'm willing to help work with you on that.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026
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“On behalf of her. I'm against holding it.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026
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Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“So Dave Manuel, would you please tell everybody who you are even though they don't know who you are? You're the king.”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“just change the wording and done uh if it's not then let's just get some clarification on the right numbers i will verify that commission and have it updated if necessary for the next presentation thank you so much all right vice chair i'll do rock one thank you chairman um for the listening public uh let me let me say this because i was not i was not going to weigh in on this The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, thinking you're going to get different results. That's the definition of insanity. To take Philadelphia and use it as the litmus for Fullerton County and…”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“So this is why I'm bringing this to the attention of the listening public, of the taxpaying citizens. You want to hold new applicants to a higher threshold than you hold to your staff, allegedly. What do I mean by that? There are people that are in an employer right now in Fulton County Sheriff's Department that could work in nobody else's Sheriff's Department. He knows it and I know it. but that's his choice because he sees the value. However, we know that we have had issues with, we had actually temporary staffing there that had all kind of different dings or whatever, but they were allowed…”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“Did we have any other questions? We're good. Thank you, commissioners.”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“All right. Do we have any other questions or any other parts of the... Does that conclude your...”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“Well, thank you. I appreciate that. It makes me think of that saying, build it and they will come. So thank you for that information. I appreciate it.”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“Colleagues, do we have any other questions, concerns? Thank you.”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“Okay, we have a motion to approve by Commissioner Barrett, second by Vice Chair Abdul-Rahman. Please vote. And the vote is open.”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“We have a motion to approve by Vice Chair Abdulrahman, second by Commissioner Thorne. Commissioner Barrett.”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“You finished Commissioner Barrett? I am. Okay. Commissioner Ellis.”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“So, okay. I was just, if you wanted to, I'm not. Yeah. Okay. All right. Thank you. Thank you for being present. I want to say this because I have received several emails and they run the gamut from someone being granted a freeze, and then they got a bill that was totally different from what happened, and so I'm assuming that this may be as a result of it. This is a hiccup that happened, and I'm gonna apologize to all the taxpaying citizens of Fulton County. Not gonna throw anybody under the bus, because at the end of the day, Fulton County is a big deal, But when we have a hiccup, it bears an…”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“Oh, I'm so sorry. We got into that conversation.”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“Okay, favorable motion by Vice Chair Abdulrahman, seconded by Commissioner Barrett. Commissioner Thorne, you have the floor.”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“Oh, I'm so sorry. All righty. And the vote is open. I know Chairman Pitts, I'm still presiding. Please vote.”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026