Remarks by Miniard Culpepper
72 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 3
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“Good morning. Thank you, Madam Chair, for holding this hearing, and I thank Councilor Worrell for filing this ordinance amendment. I think it's critical. During this past budget cycle, one of the questions everyone kept asking was, what does the revenue outlook look like? What are we gonna have in terms of revenue? While we were trying to prepare a budget, I think it's just common sense to be able to know what the revenue outlook looks like, what the revenue coming in looks like as we try and prepare a budget for next year. So hopefully we can get this codified quickly so that when the next…”
City Council · Oct 8, 2026
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“Go ahead, Councillor Culpepper. Thank you. I had a couple of questions for David. David, you talked about the record request and how we were at the bottom, I think you said 32nd, in terms of the country with regard to transparency. What recommendations do you have to help us be better at retrieving and receiving record requests. And I'm assuming you're talking about FOIA.”
City Council · Oct 8, 2026
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“Hey, David, can you, at some point, when you get a chance, give us some of that information? We're going to look at Connecticut's commission, the independent commission that mediates. I think that's a great approach to have an independent commission mediating those requests. because when the conversation becomes real tough with regard to those four years, many times they end up in court and you don't get too far once they get to the court. So yeah, we could look at that a little closer. It would be really helpful.”
City Council · Oct 8, 2026
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“And so does the independent commission that you're talking about now, they get it before it goes to court. And then if they can't resolve it, then the parties end up litigating.”
City Council · Oct 8, 2026
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“And you mentioned that it reduces corruption, services improve and increase, and the trust of government increases. Is that in the material that you submitted?”
City Council · Oct 8, 2026
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“Thank you. Steve, good seeing you again. Good hearing from you.”
City Council · Oct 8, 2026
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“Good. Hey, Steve, as we move forward, how can you be more helpful in terms of moving this forward? This ordinance forward?”
City Council · Oct 8, 2026
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“Did you look at the Independent Commission in Connecticut?”
City Council · Oct 8, 2026
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“Okay, great. Thank you, Steve. And I had a final question for Jim. Jim, good to see you again. Good to see you, Counselor. Hey, Jim, you mentioned that the council gets this month to month report that all department gets.”
City Council · Oct 8, 2026
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“But we don't get a report. We don't get the other reports. We only get the council report.”
City Council · Oct 8, 2026
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“How difficult would it be, Jim, for the council to get the reports that all the other departments get?”
City Council · Oct 8, 2026
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“Can you check with them and get back to us? Sure, sure. And on the report that Councilor Worrell is seeking on a quarterly basis, how challenging or how difficult is that going to be to provide to the council on a quarterly basis? And he's talking about revenue.”
City Council · Oct 8, 2026
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“And so if we haven't been requesting it, then you haven't been providing it. Correct, but I think you've been pretty consistently requesting it, yeah. On a quarterly basis or on a month-to-month basis?”
City Council · Oct 8, 2026
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“Okay, and so this is just really instituting this institutionally and legally so that we don't have to request it, that it comes automatically?”
City Council · Oct 8, 2026
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“Okay, and since you... since you're doing it anyway, really shouldn't be any extra work if you're doing it as we requested, other than this will be on a scheduled basis. Right. Okay. Okay. Jim, thank you so much. Good seeing you.”
City Council · Oct 8, 2026
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“Good morning. Good morning. My name has been your Culpepper District 7 City Council or. Someone has made at large this morning, but I'm. District 7 City Council chair of the Boston City Council Committee on Civil Rights, Racial Equity and Immigrant Advancement. Today is September 25th. And the exact time is 1005. This hearing is being recorded. It's also being livestreamed at boston.gov backslash citycouncil-tv and broadcast on Xfinity Channel 8, RCN 82, and Fios Channel 964. Written comments may be sent to the committee email at ccc.civilrights.barson.gov and will be made part of the record…”
City Council · Sep 25, 2026
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“Thank you, Councillor. Councillor Mejia, you have six minutes.”
City Council · Sep 25, 2026
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City Council · Sep 25, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you, Councilor. Lord John, you have six minutes.”
City Council · Sep 25, 2026
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“Thank you, Councilor Mejia. Courtney, I've got a few questions. Of the 5,790 folks that we know that are affected by the TPS, do we know how many lost their actual TPS status?”
City Council · Sep 25, 2026
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“So we don't know how many have another status or”
City Council · Sep 25, 2026
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“And I've heard over and over about the lack of legal counsel. Have you talked it out to the black women's attorney to see if they can help with the pro bono service?”
City Council · Sep 25, 2026
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“Or with the mass black lawyers that may be helpful. Sure. And we can talk. And I can make a contact in Jesse because I think they may be able to be helpful.”
City Council · Sep 25, 2026
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“So yesterday I was talking with some folks about the number of people who had been detained or arrested. They mentioned the number 40 came up. Do you have any data on the number of folks that have been arrested or detained? And if not, you can...”
City Council · Sep 25, 2026
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“Since the Supreme Court case. Since the case, okay.”
City Council · Sep 25, 2026