Remarks by Mayor Jim Ross
164 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 7
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City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“Yes, that's correct. It's a crushed rock material. So you just stood up to say she's right. Absolutely. I take Holly's lead on this. Thanks for your input.”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you, sir. Next speaker, please.”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“Thank you, sir. Thank you guys very much. See, now the good news is you don't have to search through the phone for any other words.”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“Is that now? Okay. Before you run off, let me jump in ahead of you then. Yes, sir. Josh, you came to see me this morning. I did. Me and Council Member Gonzalez were there. And I feel we had a good, productive conversation that was left with you and I have an agreement to disagree.”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“That's right. And I told you then, I told you right before City Council started this evening, and I'll tell you here on the record tonight, that I don't want our dialogue to stop. I intend to come and visit you, look at what y'all are doing over there. We'll bring staff with me so we can talk about how we can help your business over there. Uh, we value what y'all do. I believe we're, as we talked about in detail this morning, we're looking at two different types of enterprises doing similar type of artwork, but for different purposes, we think that's where the mature disagreement came from.…”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“With ability to articulate your position. I look forward to us talking some more on this thing following today's vote. We are not done. We value y'all. We love that you've been here in Arlington. We want to make sure that we don't ignore you on things. And I think we can get to some type of area where we're all feeling better about things. We may never totally agree, but that's okay. You may find this hard to believe. I don't totally agree with everybody sitting up here No, I don't agree with you all the time. But I do appreciate you. You're a class act. You handled yourself that way today,…”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“Thank you, sir. Council Member Garcia-Dumas, your name popped up all of a sudden.”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“I think it's obvious that we have enough hot air here in Arlington to accommodate all glass blowing entities. Not myself, mind you, but everybody else up here. Council Member Ware.”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“Thank you, ma'am. Council, do you all have any announcements for tonight? Council Member Gonzales?”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“Thank you all for coming out tonight. Love the troop being here. God bless you all for being here. Thank you, and we are adjourned.”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“Okay, good afternoon, everybody. We're gonna go ahead and call the afternoon session of the Arlington City Council meeting to order. It is September 29th, 2026, and the time is 1248 p.m. We'll now go into an executive closed section pursuant to VTCA Government Code Chapter 551.071.072, and .087. Okay, we're gonna go ahead and call the afternoon session of the City Council meeting back to order. We're gonna start with 3.1 with Deputy City Manager Jennifer Wickman.”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“Why aren't you working on my state of the city, then? Because, you know, I get stuck with that young lady sitting right behind you over there, and she gives me a hard time every week.”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“Questions, comments from council? Yes, council member Ware.”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“I actually was contemplating just sort of the rest of us sitting here and letting you stand by yourself.”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“That would have been very awkward, and I wasn't. Most people think I'm that kind of character. I'm used to awkward. Yes, Council Member Galante.”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026