Remarks by LaDena Bolton
119 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 5
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“I hope y'all heard what she said. She said, y'all refer to the community with disabilities, other abilities, but what you forgot is their extraordinary abilities. So get it right. But we're going to go ahead and take a picture at this time.”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 14, 2026
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Board of Commissioners · Jul 14, 2026
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Board of Commissioners · Jul 14, 2026
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“A two-year freeze. That's correct. And to the applicant, I just respond yes or no because I only got two minutes. Would you be willing to withdraw your application?”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 14, 2026
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“Thank you, sir. Commissioner, would you be willing to defer this item?”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 14, 2026
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“okay um so i'm gonna just withdraw my second i don't want to deny this application because i have not had an opportunity to communicate with miss beasley and i did receive your email that you sent on saturday but i would like to communicate with you one-on-one about it and any other community members that you think would be interested in sharing your position I yield back.”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 14, 2026
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Board of Commissioners · Jul 14, 2026
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“Move for action. And with that, Madam PO, I move to defer items 1008, 1049, and 1050 until the August 25th BOC with a prior stop in ERPS.”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 14, 2026
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“On behalf of the ARPS committee, I move to approve the substitute for item 20250683. Hallelujah.”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 14, 2026
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“I just want to take a moment to again commend Commissioner Patrick and also Commissioner Davis-Johnson as a co-sponsor on this item. Something we have been working on as a team for over a year or talking through in committee and amongst commissioners and this is one of those issues that we champion and are extremely proud that we brought a product that all of us can be happy with, that the community will benefit from, and we finally are moving it forward. Thank you to you guys and congratulations to everyone for a new way to continue to bring DeKalb County into the 21st century.”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 14, 2026
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“Thank you, ma'am. And we are still having discussions on this item. Oh, move for action.”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 14, 2026
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“Move for action. And with that, I move to defer these items, 0596 and 0728, to the August 25 BOC with a prior stop in Erb's. Second. Thank you so much.”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 14, 2026
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Board of Commissioners · Jul 14, 2026
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“Okay. I understand we can discuss that in committee, but it is concerning that it's been on the agenda for six months at 15,000 and then now it's 150,000. But my other question, is typically we don't do agenda items requesting that our colleagues split a cost evenly. That's a discussion we just have amongst each other. And we usually get a consensus and then we move forward with the allocation, not the request for the allocation. Which an example is in the meeting last week, we talked about how We were willing, I spoke up, Commissioner Messiah spoke up, and maybe some others just saying, hey,…”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 14, 2026
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“Okay. And so with the 150,000, this, there is no vendor proposed that this is just, that 150 is based on other projects not related to environmental studies, but maybe other studies that have been completed in the county.”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 14, 2026
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“Okay, well, I would suggest, because Commissioner Long-Spears did bring this up, I believe, on last Tuesday about us following the process or doing things that aligns with efficiency and being effective in the work that we do. And typically, we do not do agenda items requesting allocations split between commissioners. We have conversations with our colleagues. And we discuss what that should look like, and then we come together and put forth an item where we're all supporting the initiative. So I would ask that we have the conversation with you, each of us individually, and then we together…”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 14, 2026
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Board of Commissioners · Jul 14, 2026
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“This item, we haven't had additional discussion, thorough discussion recently, and there were some things that the administration wanted to add to it. I know there were some other commissioners with concerns. So the item isn't quite ready to move forward yet, but I do foresee us having another opportunity to speak to this, discuss this in committee very soon. All right.”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 14, 2026
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“On behalf, excuse me, on behalf of the IRPS committee, I move to defer this item to the August 25th BOC. Second. Prior step in IRPS.”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 14, 2026