Remarks by Ricardo A. Samaniego
171 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 7
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“Thank you, Carl. Thank you for all you do.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
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“No, just Carmen, any additions or anything as it relates to our budget or anything that you want to comment on?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you. Betsy, any additional comments?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
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“Okay, well, thank you so much. We appreciate your presentation. Thank you. Pleasure. Thank you. Thank you, Christine.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
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“Lisa, just on the last one, just curiosity, are we aligned with what the governor is saying that he'd like to do?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
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“I was just curious if we had some alignment there.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
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“Betsy, can you help me on this one? Because I'm a little concerned about whether we know enough of, for example, what's the tax impact that it would have on the community? Like, I don't know if you know or not. And then the other one, like how many, would the county have a seat at the table? Those kinds of things. I don't know if we're...”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
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“The development of a locally governed groundwater conservation district. So I think at that point.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
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“And Commissioner, can we, because I'm concerned, like I want to support that obviously, but if we're creating another tax entity and I don't know the impact of that, that's the only thing that concerns me that it'll come back on us to say you're supporting one more tax entity. So is there another way that, because I would love to support it. I love Gonzales is really on top of this, but I just felt uncomfortable with like what's the taxation gonna be and we're gonna impose that taxation on that community if it happens. So I don't know if it would be better to support that we do everything…”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
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“That's how I feel because I still don't know some of the and like I said, if a community's gonna get taxed on it, if it forms, we're the ones that actually supported that. So I don't know how you feel, Commissioner.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
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“And I think we want to do it, but I would like to tell the community what the impact of something we're supporting. And that's why I feel very uncomfortable that we're going to support something that we don't know the and it might be like Commissioner saying, but I would like to be able to tell the community. what that impact is gonna be and then we could support it versus we support it and then they have to deal with the tax implications of it. So like I said, I think we all agree the importance of it, but I think we need more information like Commissioner Stout said about who's supporting…”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
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“I like the priority, but not the part of the locally governed because I like I said, what do I tell the community that what kind of an impact is it going to have?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
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“We're just wanting enough time to be able to get all the details. And like I said, I want to be able to tell the community what the impact is before I say I'm going to support it. And so a value statement to me would be that first step.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you Lisa and our team great team out there. Thank you. Thank you Lisa.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
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“Whatever you feel. What's your comfort level at this point?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
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“There's time sensitivity of what the horizon wants to complete.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
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“I apologize, I didn't recognize our mayor here today, and back to our other mayor, so we've got two mayors here.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
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“And are you comfortable, because, I mean, this is the third time they have to bring the whole team over, and if that's the only item, and we're saying based on your, on legal, would it be okay to...”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
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“I think what I did like is the organic growth into tourism, because you've got Casa Ronquillo, and so if we limit our, to the city just on this one, we're still, I feel like we're still on step one, where I really want to, you know, I don't want to hear one more time, how come you're not like Mesilla? It's like it drives me crazy because they, you know, they seem more, you know, they want to make sure that that place works, it happens, and you've seen the results of that. And I feel that's what we're lacking is that we don't have this... a little bit of a foundation, and then from there we…”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
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“But I'm just wondering if we can get a little bit more information on how something like that might work instead of just... And they might be, hopefully not, but they might be offended that we didn't consider them as... Because I saw his program. He presented, Mayor Chuck Cohen presented that overall kind of tourism and all of that. And I'm sure he's got to consider that as part of it. So I think maybe that conversation is very important as sort of a professional courtesy to say, hey, you know, this is what we'd like to do. Do you have any other, I mean, would it be better for you to…”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
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“I think include them in the executive when we get there.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
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“Chief, there's a point, I think we're getting to that point where we would say no more overtime. What would be the, for the public and for others to understand, if we got to that point, what would you have to do to make that happen?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
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“well carmen thank you for your experience really came out extremely handy i mean we could tell the difference of someone who's been around and the things that you did to make things better for us keeping us in the loop and i know betsy as well has been you know expressed how uh how you know this process could be a lot more difficult and somehow you found a way to to make it happen, and so thank you, and you and your team, we really appreciate that.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
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“Okay, thank you, Carmen. Thank you, Commissioner. Commissioner Stout?”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
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“Great summer commissioner and thank you for your service and your dedication. I don't think anybody will ever doubt the commitment that you had for everything that we ever brought to the commissioners court. We could tell it was heartfelt. It was passionate and I personally feel you've done an amazing job.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026