Remarks by Philip N. Render, DMD
38 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 2
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“Ken, have we had any requests from Coach Wilson with regard to Doug Shaw? as the season starts and everything going well with the visitor's locker room we built last year.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“could happen, and I don't pretend to understand lithium battery science, rare stuff, but we just need to be proactive. Whatever the cutting edge tech is, we need to be there.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Who's our rep at Solid Waste? I know we alternate in Conway.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Our appointed member that On the authority. On the authority.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Well, I'd just be curious who that is, no rush.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Janet, are you aware of any coastal state that employs its own infrastructure they do it themselves, in other words, their outfalls, their bee tree nourishment. Are there any North Carolina, Virginia, and along the Gulf, any state agencies within those individual states that handle that instead of having to depend on outside folks? And you have 24 coastal state senators in our legislature. It would seem that things might move along a little quicker I hate to say it if we did it ourselves.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Understood. There are 40 trillion reasons we hesitate to rely on the federal government.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“All right. $1.4 million, I agree. Thank you, guys.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Along those lines, I would only say I think the latest tranche was $300,000 the $300 million available for local projects in Columbia in the proviso budget, and although it does appear that mode of funding has fallen out of favor, I would be surprised it will ever go away unless you have an unusual year when the Senate Finance Chairman says no more. Those years do happen, but the point is we need to keep vigil in our effort to try to secure those state monies. I would just say, Thinking back, and most of you folks would remember this, back in 2009, Brad Dean stood in front of this council…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Can you encapsulate any alternative revenue stream sources akin to the TDF, a fee as opposed to a tax? What in the mechanics of South Carolina government now is available, if anything, that we can employ or explore”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Stuart, if you would speak to where that journey begins with regard to Columbia. Does it begin in House Ways and Means? Does it begin in Senate Finance? Of course, it begins with our local.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I think we no doubt want to do it right as opposed to doing it quick. It just has to be right out of the gate. Yep.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I know these gentlemen know what a long bond is, but the 30 year bond is at the highest interest rate in two decades. And the reason for that is inflation, government debt, and also the build out, the crowding out of borrowing capacity by hyperscalers building these big centers to compute. So we need to look at the broad picture too to do whatever we can locally to mitigate what's going on up the line, not just in Columbia, but in Washington, too. So I think it's farsighted for this group to get together and render their opinion as the best way for us to survive in a small way. I mean, this…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026