Remarks by Ricardo A. Samaniego
171 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 7
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“And having the bond situation on top of that going on at the same time, my goodness, you were doing an overhaul while you were driving. It's pretty impressive.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
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“And there's nothing that prohibits us from- That was my question.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you. Everybody have a great week. Class leaders, production team, everybody. Hope to see you tomorrow at the 9-1-5 celebration at noon. So, thank you.”
Commissioners Court · Sep 14, 2026
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“Michael. He's my audience right now. Oh, and behind, I've got Dion. Hi, how are you? And Ramon's here. My goodness. No, well, thank you for being here, and everybody is prepared for this particular executive session, or not the executive, but the special session. Thank you for being here, and I look forward to some great topics and some great interactions between all of us. Wishing all of you a great day and a great week. Thank you.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 20, 2026
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“Well, thank you. I'm very impressed at how succinct and all of you are so true to a strategic plan, really understanding who your audience is. And you've made several comments yesterday and today, Dion, about what is it that they want? Because I think quality is defined by the customer, not by us. So I think really putting, you know, I see so many touch points between what you're doing and what we're doing. I think this is what an opportunity to share not only the experience, but your approach to a strategic plan, because I think there's a lot of things that we need to take to heart. For…”
Commissioners Court · Aug 20, 2026
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“So I think we have that commitment between the city and the county to make sure that, you know, I'm always thinking I don't want to do anything that indirectly impacts the image of government because then you guys are going to have to deal with it and vice versa, right? Something that you do that they feel government is not transparent or they're not doing what we'd like to see. So I feel very encouraged. I know it's way overdue that that we come out and show each other our strategic plan. But I can tell you, having been involved in a lot of Fortune 500 strategic planning, this is at that…”
Commissioners Court · Aug 20, 2026
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“You can go ahead. General and then we'll have Commissioner Stout.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 20, 2026
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“Thank you Betsy. Commissioner Stone. Thanks.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 20, 2026
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“Thank you, Dionne. Thank you very much for the presentation.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 20, 2026
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“Thank you. We're very, since I've met you, Deanna, your candidness, your openness about what's going on has been very refreshing. And we want to continue Betsy and I on some of these items and sort of the, like you might not understand what we might need and now we understand what you need. For example, I want to quote the mayor of Soneli. He says, why isn't everybody excited that we're the seat of the county? So he feels like it's only them that they're excited instead of the entire community being excited about that. So if there's anything that you could think about on the mission trail, we…”
Commissioners Court · Aug 20, 2026
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“thank you both we appreciate you thank you for your time i appreciate it thank you”
Commissioners Court · Aug 20, 2026
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“Any questions Betsy anything to add to this you've got OK Commissioner Butler.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 20, 2026
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“And I think, Commissioner Lagina, we have to advocate for our constituents. And I think what you're saying is we don't have much control, and they decide what the rate's going to be, and then where are we in this whole process. So I think you're right.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 20, 2026
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“GO AHEAD. WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS WILL TAKE?”
Commissioners Court · Aug 20, 2026
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“Judge, are we ready for our afternoon break? Half an hour for lunch?”
Commissioners Court · Aug 20, 2026
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“MS. JOHNSON, THAT'S QUITE A PRESENTATION. VERY COMPREHENSIVE, VERY INCREDIBLE. BUT I WAS THINKING, COMMISSIONER CORONADO, YOU FACE PROBABLY THIS SITUATION QUITE A BIT, SO I WANTED TO HEAR FROM YOU.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 20, 2026
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“Commissioner, specifically with you, is that a situation where?”
Commissioners Court · Aug 20, 2026
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“Commissioner Guy, can I add something to that? Well, whatever you could do, the quicker you do it, right? The quicker we do it, the better. That you catch others.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 20, 2026
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“Any other questions, Gilbert Johnson? Thank you so much. Thank you representation. Thank you, Jamila. Thank you.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 20, 2026
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“Not too bad. We have very few people left. Everybody have a good weekend.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 20, 2026
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“If you ever have a chance, go down to Saneli and to his Veterans Museum. He's an amazing, amazing veteran. Thank you, Ray.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“Thank you, Pastor. What a great way to start the week. Thank you for your words. God bless you all.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“Yeah, thank you so much. On behalf of myself and our commissioners, we welcome you. I'm sure you feel the energy. It's going to get better, I can assure you. And, you know, we've got so many veterans here today, and, of course, being the Veterans Capital of the USA, it's such a great honor to have them here. There's one of the items that they'll be here to support, and just... Here in the pastor, of all the things we've got, we've got a pretty heavy, we go from great resolutions to some business that really impacts our community. So we thank them for that. I want to give thanks to, we had a…”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“Thank you for that, Commissioner. Well, once again, thank you. We're wishing all of you an amazing Monday, but just a beautiful week in itself. So we thank you for being here today.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026
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“Hearing none, I'm going to move to approve, Cesar.”
Commissioners Court · Aug 17, 2026