Remarks by Paul S. Leon

175 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 6 of 7

  1. Play at 1:33:15

    Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.

    City Council · Aug 18, 2026

  2. Play at 1:36:29

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    City Council · Aug 18, 2026

  3. Play at 1:37:28
    “All right. Before we move forward, we have to hear from Tommy Mush again.”

    City Council · Aug 18, 2026

  4. Play at 1:38:55

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    City Council · Aug 18, 2026

  5. Play at 1:39:38
    “All right, so thank you. I open the public hearing and let the reflect, Nicolo LaLama is here to speak on this item.”

    City Council · Aug 18, 2026

  6. Play at 1:41:37

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    City Council · Aug 18, 2026

  7. Play at 1:43:00

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    City Council · Aug 18, 2026

  8. Play at 1:45:31

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    City Council · Aug 18, 2026

  9. Play at 0:43
    “THERE WE GO. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY, AND WELCOME TO A MEETING OF THE ONTARIO CITY COUNCIL. FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS, MADAM CITY CLERK, IS A ROLL CALL.”

    City Council · Aug 4, 2026

  10. Play at 0:57
    “SO LET'S BEGIN WITH A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, WHICH WILL BE LED BY COUNCILMEMBER BOWMAN.”

    City Council · Aug 4, 2026

  11. Play at 1:29
    “Our invocation tonight will be led by Senior Pastor Gressler Thomas from Ontario Seventh-day Adventist Church.”

    City Council · Aug 4, 2026

  12. Play at 2:37
    “Thank you. So I'm going to take privilege as the mayor and the agenda. I'm gonna move straight. We're gonna take up public comment after we take up the item that is listed tonight. So, we'll move straight over to council matters, then we'll come back to public comment.”

    City Council · Aug 4, 2026

  13. Play at 3:59

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    City Council · Aug 4, 2026

  14. Play at 4:07

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    City Council · Aug 4, 2026

  15. Play at 4:48
    “He's already making comments about us making a decision on these. We're not going to. We have to bring it up now in order to make that decision in two weeks or to discuss it in two weeks.”

    City Council · Aug 4, 2026

  16. Play at 5:02

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    City Council · Aug 4, 2026

  17. Play at 22:45

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    City Council · Aug 4, 2026

  18. Play at 25:02
    “That it might be his opinion of a point of order, but I don't believe it's in a timely manner. It doesn't follow our history of what we've done, and it's premature by all means. I felt it would be magnanimous to give him the opportunity to tell everybody he does everything. But beyond that, it's just a matter of the process that we go through. And when I overrule him, he doesn't have the opportunity to ask for a second and a vote on whether he should be taken, but at the same time, I think that it might not be bad to go ahead and take that vote.”

    City Council · Aug 4, 2026

  19. Play at 26:23

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    City Council · Aug 4, 2026

  20. Play at 26:33
    “You are once again taking exception to the rule. I didn't recognize you to be speaking right now. I know you're the mayor and I know you want to do this. Yeah, that's right. You're not in charge. I do have a right to state my opinion. You do, but you have to do it in proper order. And you already saw that I gave you- You obviously don't know the order.”

    City Council · Aug 4, 2026

  21. Play at 26:50
    “You're the one violating, not me. It's just like this whole thing.”

    City Council · Aug 4, 2026

  22. Play at 27:50
    “Okay, but what I'm demanding, and you're right, thank you, I am the mayor. So you really need to act within Robert's rules and ask for recognition. You keep not doing that out of disrespect as it was brought up out of the audience. So I'm more than happy to hear what you have to say, but you have to do it correctly, okay? So now I recognize you to speak.”

    City Council · Aug 4, 2026

  23. Play at 28:37

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    City Council · Aug 4, 2026

  24. Play at 29:26
    “So as I call your name, if you believe that this was the item you wanted to speak to instead of just general public comment, I'd like to, before I make my statement about why we're doing this, because it's not personal, it's not personal. It's about taking care of the city. So Chris Robles.”

    City Council · Aug 4, 2026

  25. Play at 34:47
    “Thank you, Chris. Kizzy, did you want to speak to this issue?”

    City Council · Aug 4, 2026

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