Remarks by Marvin S. Arrington, Jr.
102 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 5
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“I think we should add open AI and anthropic. Sure, that's fine.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026
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“Can we just, a friendly amendment says, which often require 10,000 or more servers. I mean, I don't know how many servers that might be in there. So one that has 5,000 servers wouldn't count as a data center?”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026
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“Again, I'm very, I'm supportive of this. I just think we might want to look at that. I don't know if it's a square foot size that matters or is it the number of servers or is it the number of square feet that jumps the smaller ones? We may just want to think about that. We can maybe come back later, but. I just think there's ambiguity there and we need to maybe fill those gaps so that someone, maybe one of the data centers that you don't want might be able to get in because of the ambiguity, right? And it may also an opportunity to protect the smaller ones.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026
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“I mean, I guess I'm fine with this, but I, you know, I'm proposing sweeping changes to the whole ethics thing. So, you know, I can live with this, but let me tell you something, they all have to go. And so,”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026
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“It'll probably be first one in September before I bring it. But I want to circulate it to everybody and get comments from everybody as far as what they want. It could be included as well.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 5, 2026
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“Thank you. I guess I'm wondering, I remember in a previous meeting you said there were 400 hires of detention officers, right?”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“Okay, and so this chart includes detention officer hires and deputies, or this chart is just for deputies?”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“Okay, so jail unit hiring 19 January, that includes detention officers and deputies.”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“Okay, and then this is the updated one that shows the 10, not the 25 now. Yes, correct. And so that 10 includes detention officers as well as deputies.”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“Okay. That are all in the jail unit. And you anticipate, you said there are another nine coming on today? Or is that nine included in the 10? No.”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“Okay. And do we know how many I guess of the separations are going to other Fulton County departments like the police or the DA.”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“Okay, so do we know the number of transfers?”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“I think that would be helpful to know as well. The left hand needs to know what the right hand is doing. If, in fact, we are losing sheriff's officers because they're joining the police or going to be an investigator for a DA or solicitor, I think we should be keeping track of that as well. All right, I think that's all that I have for this term.”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“Thank you. This information is great. I just want to remind you that I think that the best way, particularly for the warrants, is for people to be able to call and check and see if they have a warrant. As a criminal defense attorney, that's one of the number one questions that I get people calling, asking. hey can you check and see if i have a warrant and so i think people want to resolve their warrants and hopefully we can work with our justice partners to develop a system that allow people to resolve their warrants without having to be arrested and taken to diversion”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“As long as there's a system, the outcome is the same. Yes, sir. So the way or the methodology is not as important as the outcome. Thank you.”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“Commissioner Arrington. I was just going to say, I couldn't agree more. We can disagree without being disagreeable, but there's no reason to call anyone out of their name or anything like that. And maybe this is what Commissioner Thorne asked you earlier, but the allegations about someone opening ballots for 18 days, it would be great if you were able to speak to that now. If not, I guess I can wait on the memo.”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“Dave, District 5 should never be last. What's going on? No, so I do want to say I agree with Commissioner Barrett about the 142,000. I'm hopeful that we can find some contingency funds to make sure that we make this year's contribution 3 million as prescribed. Additionally, what I also want to say is that although the money may be distributed in different ways and different things, typically, there are more arts organizations in the city of Atlanta but a lot of times these organizations someone may live in College Park and then go perform in Atlanta or go perform in North Fulton and so it…”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“I mean, I've got discussion. I was unsure, I didn't know who Vice Chair was talking about. I thought I heard her reference in the Executive Committee. So I don't know.”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“Thank you. This looks real good. I'm glad to hear about it. But I want to give us another challenge because the existing behavioral center is in the city of Atlanta. And now we're getting one for North Fulton. We need one in South Fulton. So we need to go get $300 million. We're another $100 million because we need to make sure that we have equity throughout the county. No problem with the service center in North Fulton. But if we're going to have one in Atlanta, if we're going to put one in North Fulton, we need to be making plans to put one in South Fulton as well. We have the same…”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“And so what is the one you're doing in August?”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“Okay, and then is that a facility where the new South Fulton Behavioral Health Disability Crisis Center?”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“Okay, so there wouldn't be space at the other center to house this, or it just needs to be in a separate building?”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“Yes, I want to ask, what are the roles? I mean, I don't know how we clarify them unless we know what they are. Good afternoon, Commissioner.”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“Okay, that sounds good. I guess for me, just being unfamiliar with the process, I mean, if the water lines are under the road, Then who's responsible for cutting the road to get to the water lines? Fulton County. Okay, because that's the only way we can get to them. That's correct. All right, but then after we cut the road to get to the water line, then it's their responsibility to repave the road. That's correct. Okay. And then the reason this is different or this wouldn't apply in South Fulton is because Fulton County is not responsible for the water in South Fulton. So this is tied to our…”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026
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“I'll second that motion. Are you finished?”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 15, 2026