Remarks by Louise Scott-Rountree
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“No, let me, no, I know it won't start, Toya, shh, wait a minute, wait a minute.”
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“I heard her mention Mumina Oyemi. She's been going for a long time. I do know former Council President Crump was helping you, and a couple of individuals up here did receive the emails, and we did speak to EHG. So I guess we all have to do some follow-up on the findings, and I believe Corporation Council can have Brandy please come and speak to that.”
“He started coming. Thank you, Council President. As my colleague said, the money portion, the investigation should take that and work with you on that. Because you brought all of those files. You've been coming here. since I've been elected. And I think that's when some of this started. But in reference to the not breathing, that's very important. And I spoke to the landlord. I spoke to the owners. I spoke to housing. You sat in my office for two hours, and I spoke to everybody. The very next day, they came to try to abate it. Did they really abate it? Because if you just went to the doctor…”
“You're a veteran, you say. Yes, I am. We do have an Office of Veterans Affairs here, but there's a Department of Traffic and Signals. Now, do you own the property? And that's maybe why Councilwoman Ray.”
“Did you get a response from Traffic and Signals Engineering?”
“Since Councilwoman Bates, we do things collectively, which is great, especially when there's something, a great idea. We spoke to you, and he's back there impatiently waiting to deal with the email that you sent that he reviewed. So you know what you got to do, and then Councilwoman Bates' office will do what they're going to do, and we'll all come together collectively to see what we can do to help you and your vision come to reality. Thank you.”
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“Nothing happening tomorrow, baby. They telling me to make an announcement for something tomorrow. There's not even a seat left. I don't want nobody calling me, cussing me out, talking about they couldn't get in. Amen. Thank you, Jesus. Let's go. First responders appreciation day. Sunday, October 25th, 2026. I done jumped in November and listening to y'all about the breakfast. November, October 25th, Sunday, 11... a.m. to 3 p.m. This was supposed to happen on another day that the weather, the Northeaster came by and went on by us, but it's a touch-a-truck experience. Health screenings, food…”
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“Did you address the exemptions, please? Because if a home was built and had been under construction or rebuilt, I think when I spoke to you this afternoon, you advised that there were exemptions. So for the public's sake, I know”
“So for example, a house was built in 1978, burned down in 2001, was rebuilt. Where do they send that certification? Do they provide it to you, or do they send it to the state, or how do they become exempt so that they're not troubled with the fact that someone knocks on their door?”
“So the letter that I have was sent to a woman that was 85 years old, 84 years old. Young lady sent her son down here to deal with this letter because when they made the phone call, based on what the information is in this letter, they said not only do we have to come but we also need you to have monies ready to pay us based on what was provided in this letter. So how do we deal with that population?”
“Last two things, Council President. Violations, and this is my last thing, please for the viewers that are watching that might receive this letter or don't receive, haven't received this letter, are based on what you said in reference to 1978 and beyond and the exemptions. So the first thing is what violations are associated, and the second is to please give the information To those viewers, we might have it, and some of the people that are sitting in here might have it, but someone who's watching the council meeting, a contact number, if they have any questions pertaining to these letters…”
“I had one more question, but I think Councilwoman Jackson had a question. No, I wanted the contact information for the viewers.”
“I keep calling the church. You got to correct that for the record.”
“Council President. Right? Council President.”
“Council President. Yes It's already been deferred but I just want to put on the record I just know I'm gonna say this for the record I'm not talking about that I'm saying this for the record about GKD because there's residents sitting in this audience and we're in my office today and And while we transfer property, and while we do all this, GKD has been on the record, transferred more than once. I'm not talking about Central Ward, because there are other properties. So we've gone through this. They've come to us, they told us it was under new management, lied to us before, in the midst of a…”
“Do they hold up to what they come and present?”
“Thank you. Can someone come and talk about the gun range in this ordinance and explain, please? And then the next speaker can come after if that's okay. It's a gun range, but someone needs to, it's a North Police gun range, and they need to come and give an explanation.”
“Public safety's behind you, so he can give you an explanation.”
“Council President, thank you. I just want to ditto what Councilman, Council stated, but also to But the word is respect. And I do pray that as we move forward, when that microphone, you're allowed to say and have your freedom to speak to us whether we agree or disagree. We cannot sit up here and yell at you and say we don't like what you're saying or point fingers at you. We don't have that option. We have that opportunity. There's some municipalities where council people are choking each other, let alone trying to reach out to the people in the audience. So I just pray that as we move…”
“I just want to comment on Councilman. Thank you, Council President. Councilman Kelly's request because I don't know how we have rode by that property and do block parties and shut down the blocks, Mr. B.A. And when you literally go by there, it's a frame that apparently someone was supposed to develop. They built the frame, and now people have sneakers and linen hanging on laundry lines. It's more than a hotel. They literally made it a home. And it's open. It's an open frame two doors away. There was a building that was burnt down three times from squatters, and the church was scared the…”