Remarks by Solange Whitehead
48 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 2
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“Last July. Have we had any complaints about, because you've had music, just not the acoustic guitar, is that my understanding?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Okay, okay. I guess staff is satisfied with your answer. They're here to correct you if you... Okay, and have we... Would you all be comfortable? You said it is a sleepy area, and I will say I appreciate that you guys are slowing down for those baby quails. I'm not sure everybody on Thompson Peak and Bell Road is, but it is kind of a big intersection right there. But other than that, the whole area is pretty sleepy. Would you be comfortable with having the stipulation something other than 10 p.m.? since I'm, you know, and then it does seem like you have most of your nights, you have different…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Yeah, you said 8 or 9 p.m., because I think that might make a difference for those of us who could have been earlier. Yes, we're fine. And did you have a recording? I thought you had maybe a recording recording.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Yeah, and I guess we do have the VIG right there with an open patio, but they're more, I guess, non-live music. I'm not really 100% sure.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Okay, but yours is all inside and that is stipulated. Okay, thank you. Councilman Graham.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“I'll second that, but I have a question about your motion. That does not prohibit the music on Saturday and Sunday. It's just in addition to the... Just for live music. in addition to the live music on Saturday and Friday.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Yeah, but I don't want to limit it. I mean, that just seems overly restrictive. I'd like to make a friendly amendment that those stipulations apply for every day of the week. But I actually, you know, I guess I don't know if it's a friendly amendment. I'll make an alternate motion that we approve the UP 1-2026 with live music permitted during the week until 8 p.m. and until 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday at your discretion with the continued stipulations about the doors being closed and the noise levels.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“So I think this is what we do up here is we talk in a public forum to try to find that common ground. I'm also very sympathetic to the residents. One suggestion is to amend it to 9 p.m. on the weekends because it is, again, 10 p.m. was what was in there, which is what I stuck with, but I think the owner said that 8 and 9 p.m. is pretty much where you end anyway. So that would be fine with me if that made my colleagues more comfortable kept this moving forward. And I do want to stress that we haven't had any complaints with this. We would like to support our businesses and protect our…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“So are you on the same page that you want consistent times? Or you just want me to restate the motion, that's all?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“I just want to respond that I absolutely agree. I think it was terrible. First of all, all the dollars that I've received were disclosed on my financial reports. And people can voluntarily attack me online, as we've seen a lot of that. And it turns out in this election, people can voluntarily support me. I have no, I'm not complicit with it. But the dark money funded campaign, we still don't know who paid for all those tase signatures. so dark money has been a real big problem in this state i can tell you that i went door to door collecting signatures for a an initiative that did pass to try…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“uh regular council meeting councilwoman whitehead um yeah i just i agree we've we've had a lot of internal information and it's time to get it out in the public and have a public discussion so i i second the motion and so yeah thank you um councilwoman debascus”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“No, I've already spoken, but I do like the October 6th. There's no reason to wait until after an election.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“We've had meetings where we do nothing all year.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Point of order, point of order. You have spoken on multiple times. We have one speaker per this item, and this is not a discussion. It's not a agenda. What the mayor is asking for is the... Okay, point of order.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Well, I'll agree with the mayor that that would be interesting to explore. We had not required that in the past, and I thought we were prohibited by state law. And I also want to, again, stress, Tyra, that perhaps... moving forward we can divide up this pie chart in the past has divided outdoor versus indoor water. And the reason I think that's really important is that if in fact what we're trying to do is solve a problem uh we should treat large water users that uh for outdoor water differently i mean it seems to me would you agree that the indoor water comes back that should be treated…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Okay, because I couldn't see that. We were going to do that moving forward.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Okay, because I think everybody, every stakeholder, every resident would love to have the discussion of, gosh, how do we best divvy up water? But first, we have to make sure we have that secure, affordable water. And that's the problem we're trying to solve. And that's why I... I like the idea of having the option to bring in water for new development, but also dividing up water that we're not getting back versus water that is coming back into the system. And I also, you know, I want to address some of the, actually Councilman Quasman brought up something that is really important and that's…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you, Councilwoman Whitehead. So on the sales tax, if I understand you correctly, we're not getting more, we're not buying more stuff, it's just people are paying more and that's where you think that the added sales tax is coming from?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Councilwoman Whitehead. Thanks, Alison. It sure is fun watching these projects come to real life. Do you know if the drainage at Westworld's going to fix the pooling water that's visible off of Bell Road, so just north of Bell Road when you're, sorry, Thompson Peak, when you're crossing over the wash? There's always pooling and mosquito issues to the north of that.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“So it's at Thompson Peak, just past 100th Street.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026