Remarks by Robbie Hughes
277 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 12
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“Okay. And that includes the 23 that we've approved already?”
City Commission Meetings · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yeah, we don't have to workshop in this meeting, but just send us. I do have a question for Patty, though. I think you asked... The 73 that we paid off, when did we spend that money on?”
City Commission Meetings · Aug 25, 2026
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“I will entertain a motion. Motion to approve. Jonathan, the bridge, didn't some of that come through appropriations, and that's not all loan money?”
City Commission Meetings · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you. I mean, just amazing. One of the things that I like to tell people is we don't get to see your work. Y'all are out. We get to see your results. And this, ladies and gentlemen, is a lot of work. So thank you for your work. And thanks for making it so I can order something and get it delivered the same day from Amazon.”
City Commission Meetings · Aug 11, 2026
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“New Triumph. The one you were talking about where the tests sell, that's not the wind tunnel, right? That's separate?”
City Commission Meetings · Aug 11, 2026
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“That engine is, they're bringing them here. They're not developing new engines. They're working on existing ones.”
City Commission Meetings · Aug 11, 2026
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“You mean for Opportunity Zone 2.0 in January? Yes. Okay.”
City Commission Meetings · Aug 11, 2026
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“Why does the social district didn't come into play when we were back and forth on creating this overload? There is no social district. Entertainment district. Why is that important now? Because it was all about the use. It wasn't about the zoning. On that vote, it was about the use of what was going to go there, not of where it was.”
City Commission Meetings · Aug 11, 2026
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City Commission Meetings · Aug 11, 2026
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“The votes for the Gateway Overlay, not for the Entertainment District. Why is that important is what I'm asking.”
City Commission Meetings · Aug 11, 2026
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“Because it's outside of it, isn't it? It only goes 200 feet to the center line. Yeah, that's right.”
City Commission Meetings · Aug 11, 2026
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“Can you change the zoning up and then limit the use and take away the allowance? Is that what you're asking?”
City Commission Meetings · Aug 11, 2026
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“Can you cap the allowable uses in that if the owner says, oh, we're going to keep it this way, and if we sold it, we'll go to this, and we sold it, it can revert back or it's always there? I mean, that helps take care of it? There's already heavy trucks there.”
City Commission Meetings · Aug 11, 2026
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“I didn't know if that was allowed or if we've done it before that. We're just trying to take care of the increase of trucks. I don't know how much more they'll need from light to heavy. They're already there.”
City Commission Meetings · Aug 11, 2026
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“of the community in the affected area just to talk with them. I find that bringing the applicant and the community together, they have that set of direct concerns. that they can all work out there. I would also say that the road conditions have probably been bad, so I don't want to say that them taking over, we've ruined the road conditions. Of course. I don't believe that's what you're saying. I think that can they help in future improvements? I'd like to talk about that, but also just want to make sure that that we understand we just voted 5-0 for a bottle club. This has been in business…”
City Commission Meetings · Aug 11, 2026
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“Any other questions? So your only reason is so that you can get a business license? That's it. There you go.”
City Commission Meetings · Aug 11, 2026
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“I'd like to talk about it. We're getting ready to hire a new clerk, and if we do this two-year extension, we're going to top... Banking's changed in the last three years a lot, and I'd like to suggest that we do a one-year extension or a two-year extension with one-year option in singles so that we can... Ask the new hire to put something out for bid and do some comparison. I think banks today really want to work with people and will have some fee structure that might be better than this. They're a bad bank. I'm just saying we haven't shopped in three years.”
City Commission Meetings · Aug 11, 2026
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“And again, Sandy, this is no bearing on the bank. We're just dealing with a lot of numbers of money right now going in opposite directions, and so just putting everything out there and... checking in on everything. Absolutely.”
City Commission Meetings · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you. I think When Josh said the other day, of all years he's been here, he's never seen a budget process like this, it means we're doing something right. And by that I mean we're looking at different ways to spend, save, and from my side of the street, cut expenses. So my question first is, I think this is coming from the anticipated revenue style of budgeting, which you all are going to get tired of hearing from me about cut expenses first, and then we'll worry about revenue later. And to me, that is the problem. So my question is, if we took that 5% savings, or each year, if each…”
City Commission Meetings · Aug 11, 2026
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“We should probably make that a policy now. 10% of not a lot of money. But my concern is that's not factoring into lost income, your years two, three, and four.”
City Commission Meetings · Aug 11, 2026
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“But we're still coming from the projected revenue. We don't even know what it is. That way to get to zero. See, by doing it, the more revenue we get, the less expenses we've got to cut. Let's start down here, and the more revenue we have, the more revenue we have. And I think we're close on that, because 100%, it makes us save money. Another thing that we can do is in order to budget, we don't have, staff has not heard from us, I want two ideas, you want two ideas, and now that kind of helps. Where can we prioritize budget, okay? Rather than throw it against the wall. So I think this is a…”
City Commission Meetings · Aug 11, 2026
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“But there's no requirement for the departments to meet that cut, that taking out of the revenue. We can match that with department cuts.”
City Commission Meetings · Aug 11, 2026
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“I appreciate the homework. It would be fair to say that each of the expenses, and one of those is a savings out of revenue, earns its way to the budget. We talk about it, and that earns its way over there, and we know that. It's just gone, and we don't get to use it, and that's earned its savings account.”
City Commission Meetings · Aug 11, 2026
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“I'll second that. The letter talked about tarniness, but didn't give me any reason to believe that money's an issue in terms of being misplaced or anything. And having never been through this, what are you looking for on that audit that would stop discussion today? And I'm just asking.”
City Commission Meetings · Aug 11, 2026
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“In football, you get paid for getting fired. Yeah, it feels like a football contract.”
City Commission Meetings · Aug 11, 2026