Remarks by Nate Baker
38 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 2
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“Yeah, I just want to emphasize two things. One is just making sure that we are doing anything that we possibly can to mitigate the impacts on residents that live in the area, small businesses. I think that's really important and thinking through that in advance. And I know that that's part of this work and you look in the contracts, there's engagement, all that. And then the second piece is making sure that we're taking advantage of this unique opportunity moment in time where infrastructure is being dug up and then being replaced, and not just replacing it exactly as it was, but replacing it…”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Welcome, Chief. Thank you so much. Congratulations. We're happy to have you. Can you just speak to a little bit more to what is behind that 100% clearance rate? What kind of numerator and denominator are we talking about here? And then what would go into such a, I mean, perfect clearance rate?”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Congratulations on that. Yeah, that's important. Can you talk a little bit about the kinds of guns that we're seeing and how that, if there are trends there, if that's evolving? You talked about fewer incidents, more people being shot lethally and non-lethally. somewhat due to the kinds of weapons that are out there? Do those correlate with the kinds of weapons that are being seized? Can you just speak a little bit to that?”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Are those modifications, are those being done through legal means? No. Those are illegal?”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Is there any way of cracking down on that kind of thing?”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Just two more questions. Coming back to something Councilmember Cook raised, I do think whatever collaboration is necessary, including across other city departments when it comes to education around securing weapons that people own or have, I mean, so many, I know so many people who just leave their cars unlocked because they're tired of fixing their broken windows because most of the time people break the window, go through the glove compartment, and then go away. Don't even take anything. They're just looking for weapons. So if there are other ways of capturing people's attention through…”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Thank you. And then lastly, so you're coming to us from very similar, pretty close by, Pier City. I'm just curious, this is probably not the location where we're going to get the most honesty from you, but first impressions in terms of what you... My wife just started teaching at a Durham public school and she came from Wake County. She's got all sorts of, oh wow, this is so much better and this is something where DPS could do a lot better. What are your, I'm curious if you're willing to share any first impressions in terms of what you think Durham is excelling at, and then regarding DPD, and…”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Well, thank you so much. Thank you for speaking to us today and congratulations on joining us and welcome and thank you to all of the sworn and unsworn non sworn officers in Durham Police Department.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Sure, I don't have any questions. I wanna say thank you so much to, I know this has been a long process, a long time coming. A lot of work has been put in. I wanna say thank you to the champions, the people who have spearheaded all of this and brought it through and also all of the participants, folks who participated in the engagement process. There are a few things that stood out to me and a few things that I wanna lift up in my comments. I think one of the themes is A plan that makes art greater than the sum of its parts and investments into art greater than the sum of its parts and…”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“30 more seconds. Thank you. All right. Funding is a struggle, so I think that we need to concentrate on revenue so that we can fund great things like this and all of the other priorities that we have. The last thing I'll say is the best plans are the ones that tee up implementation, that can hit the ground running, and so I was pleased to hear about the work that is already getting kicked off and I think this is an actionable plan. It's visionary and actionable, and I think those are two really important parts of a really good plan. So again, thank you to all who championed this work.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“They got money for war and not for the feeding the poor. It's Who can we declare war on? How can we get appropriations? If Congress changes, if we get a potentially Democratic senator, all big, big questions, what can we do now and between now and the election to best prepare ourselves for potentially advocating for appropriations?”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“But, like, if we got, for example, I mean, if, big if, we got a Democratic senator, is that someone who we could approach for earmarks and potentially be more successful?”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Okay, well, I just thank you so much for for this work and for the presentation. And let's just make sure on our end that we are best preparing ourselves in the case that a big if that things in Congress change after the election, so that we can potentially hit the ground running.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026