Remarks by Michelle Long Spears
123 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 5
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“Thank you so much. Commissioners, do we have a motion? Yes, ma'am. I move to approve with conditions. Second. Thank you for your motion. Hit the buttons, please. All right. Commissioner Johnson has requested to speak. You have the floor, ma'am. Yes, ma'am.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“Thank you very much. All right. Seeing no one else requesting to speak, please open the machines for a vote. That motion passes. Moving on to case N6-2026-0712, Commission Districts 4 and 7, application of Rooted in Christ Academy, LLC, care of Chiquita Stokes for a special land use permit for a child daycare facility for up to six children in the R100 Zoning District 6706, Princeton Park Trail. And welcome back, Lucas. Thank you so much.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“Thank you. All right. That was brief. We appreciate that at 9.22 at night. All right. Is the applicant present? Thank you so much. Please come to the podium. State your name and address. You do have a total of 10 minutes. I only have four copies.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“Thank you so much. Is anyone else here in support of this item? Seeing no one. Anyone present to speak in opposition or against this item? Going once, going twice. The applicant would like to come back to the podium. You're welcome. You do have a little bit of time left. You're good? Okay. All right. Staff, please come back to the front podium and restate your recommendation.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“Thank you very much. All right, commissioners, do we have a motion?”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“Could you state the date of the next meeting? Which would be August 25th. Thank you. Second. Thank you. We have a proper first, a proper second. Commissioner Johnson has requested to speak. You have the floor, ma'am.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“Commissioner Johnson, Commissioner Bolton.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“Thank you, ma'am. Thank you very much, Commissioner Bolton. Seeing no other requests to speak, please open the machines for a vote. All right. That motion passes, and I am passing the gavel back to our esteemed presiding officer. Thank you, ma'am. To adjourn us.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“What was your winning word? What was your hardest word? Kato hadachou.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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“Yes, ma'am. Thank you so much. Motion to defer this item for 30 days and with the IRPS chair's permission to appear in IRPS.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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“Also, please forgive me. The motion is for a substitute that I am now passing out to everyone.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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“Yes. Motion to defer the substitute for 30 days.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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“Yes, ma'am. Thank you so much. My office has been working in partnership with Rachel Handler, with Georgia Equality, and Steve Parker with the DeKalb Democrats on updating and amending our NDO. The NDO passed a few years ago, I believe with full support of this commission, but one of the areas that was left out was around housing. And so we have prepared an item which appears on the agenda. But more importantly, I did distribute to all of you the substitute, which is, while it's not in the color red, but the red line version of the item. I think... I think that it will certainly be a robust…”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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“Okay, fantastic. And I am certainly open to any commissioner that has any questions or concerns or just wants to discuss the NDO. I also want to elevate that the gentleman that's helped me with so many other of my policy items, Andy Schnegenberger is not present with us today, but he was certainly a driving force to help us update the NDO. He met several times with our representatives from Georgia Equality and the DeKalb Dems in order to get this right. So I really look forward to our continued conversation, and I yield back. Thank you. Thank you so much.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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“Yes, ma'am. So this right here, did you pass it down? Yeah, I did. Okay, so the red line version, while it's not red, it's purple. But this is actually the red line version. We can email it as well.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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“It looks kind of purple to me. Blue, purple, I don't know.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Board of Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Board of Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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“The opinion that I received from- That's what I just wanted to ask. Okay, ask the lawyers.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Board of Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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“Okay, I'll certainly do that before the next reading.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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“Okay, fantastic. All right, thank you so much, and I yield back.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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“Yes, ma'am. Thank you so much. I concur with my colleagues on the in lieu of. As Commissioner Messiah stated, it does create conflicts and issues with trying to do a different format or to really focus on a single issue. As she elevated housing, I experienced that issue in 2024 when we were trying to host a town hall related to housing. We were able to pull it off. But it took considerable time and planning and coordination with the law department facilities, planning, and then our external speakers as well. So I certainly support that change to the blue book. Thank you so much. You're back.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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“Well played, sir. Motion to adjourn. Second.”
Board of Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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“Yes, ma'am. You can go through these two, 1-1-2-6 and 1-1-3-1. I just wanted to speak on those two items briefly.”
Board of Commissioners · Jul 14, 2026