Remarks by LaDena Bolton
119 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 5
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“suggested changes specifically for the reference?”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“I'm going to turn off my microphone for a quick second.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“Okay. I'd like to table the item, and if you could forward that, so if I can see if those changes are significant.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“I move to defer item 1049 to the September 15 BOC with a prior stop in .”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“And if we could update that agenda item, Beverly deer Plaza is in super district seven.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“Okay. And I appreciate you sharing that email with the red line version and for my colleagues for tabling until the end of the meeting. Okay. I'm going to go ahead and make my motion and then do my comments. My motion is still to approve because, I'm sorry, we need a second. I do need a second.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“The red line version, all of those suggestions were accepted by the board. That's what we're voting to approve. Okay. what's in the red line that you sent to us today. And just about all of those come from fire, and we've had conversations with fire before we sent it to legal and thereafter, so we were aware of those suggested changes.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you, sir. Motion to take items N1, N4, and N11 first.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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Board of Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“And what was shown by staff today, they showed driving distance. They didn't show a straight line. They did show driving distance in their presentation. And so that's what we're going to go with as the Board of Commissioners, what was presented by staff regarding the project. And with that, I yield back.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“We can't work through anything with a denial. Okay, I got you. Yeah.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“Thank you. And not to beat a dead horse, but I did want to iterate. Considering that I represent the entire eastern half of the county, Hidden Hills is one of the communities that works very well with commissioners, with staff, and lets us know what it is that they want. They use the tools in the code to their advantage. Actually, a couple months ago when we met and they first told me they were interested in a special service district, I said, well, did you consider how it affects your taxes? They said, we looked at everything. We measured the progress or lack thereof over the years. We know…”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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Board of Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“Okay. Thank you, ma'am. And I yield back.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“Do I need to do the motion to reconsider?”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“Yes. Motion to reconsider item D3. Or D2. I'm sorry. D2. 2026-0139. 2026-0139. Second. Hit your buttons. Please open the machine for that vote.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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Board of Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“Motion stands, two cycle deferral for both. Second. And you second that.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“Don't take this the wrong way, but I don't think you did your due diligence in describing what a great program that you will be bringing to DeKalb. I think you did a better job in our meeting, and you're leaving everybody in the room wanting to know more. But I'll leave that up to you to take time to share. I will say McAfee is not in the city. It's in unincorporated. And we want to make sure that you do invite our schools that are not. in the city of Atlanta, but our DeKalb County schools to come and be a part of some of your programming and be able to participate in your internships and…”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“You have the floor for your first opportunity. And please excuse me if you already communicated this while I stepped out, but was the four applications from planning, were these already underway or were these proposed as a result of the previous applications that we saw earlier in the meetings?”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“And prior to did the, I think the CID president has left, did they propose anything prior to you guys coming up with this strategy that you've presented before us today? Because he seemed to have strong feelings about the other project earlier. Just curious if they proposed anything else prior to.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“Can you guys just restate what the recommendation was from Planning Commission and Community Council?”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“I'm sorry, you said a withdrawal and what now?”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“Okay, both planning commission and community council. All righty, thank you.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“Yes, my second stands. Second stands. And again, this is for N7, N8, N9, and N10.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026