Les Simpson

Council Member, City Council · 96 remarks on the record · Last spoke Sep 22, 2026

Hear Simpson say it

From 96 remarks on the record: the newest that say more than procedure, each playing at its second in the meeting.

Play at 2:54:35
“On the key issues that you're talking about, the safety part, what objective data do we have that shows a single source provider is safer than multiple providers operating under the same standards?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
Play at 23:38
“To begin with, were we using the same calculations that we've always used before we got into this?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
Play at 2:58:44
“What are we forecasting? Because it seems like, I don't know, sales tax got revised.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
Play at 2:54:54
“Yes. Because that's what I'm seeing here is that the first responder safety says single source is strongest, and I'm just trying to get a gauge for how do we determine what data shows that it's the strongest.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
Play at 24:03
“But to go into this, to begin with, we were using the same structure, philosophy, and then now that we began to look at it, we say we did something, it wasn't correct. So we don't have the right debt number.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
Play at 2:59:19
“In sales tax, we collected $9 million more this year than we thought we were going to collect, which is a good thing. And we're saying we're not going to lose that $9 million next year.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026

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