Remarks by Tracye Whitfield
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- Play at 2:55:10
“We got to follow the rules of the city council. And just because someone thinks they're supposed to answer a question doesn't mean that is the right thing to do. It's not.”
CITY COUNCIL · Sep 8, 2026
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“People name people's names all the time. The council president said he would take Councilor Fenton and then me and come back to Councilor D'Avila and he can address the question at the time. But the bullying technique is not gonna keep working every time Councilor D'Avila wants to speak.”
CITY COUNCIL · Sep 8, 2026
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“THANK YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT. I'm not voting on this tonight. I also adamantly opposed to taking it out of committee because if there is a conflict, I do not want to impose that on the city clerk. I know how it feels to be under scrutiny and I would much rather prefer if this item comes out of unfinished business that the assistant city clerk be here to, um, to vote on it take the meeting notes or whatever that would make me feel much more comfortable um in this situation in addition we have not had a subcommittee meeting I don't care what the law department memo says I don't trust anything…”
CITY COUNCIL · Sep 8, 2026
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“Mr. President, my hand is raised in case you don't see it.”
CITY COUNCIL · Sep 8, 2026
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“I just want to make clarification on Rule 18. What Rule 18 does is after 30 days, any member can recall the matter, but it's disposed as a regular item. It does not mean we necessarily have to vote on it. It's disposed as a regular item. So if anyone makes a motion to send this committee, it goes to committee. If we decide to vote on it, we vote on it. Rule 18 only brings the item out of unfinished business. And that is it. It doesn't mean we have to vote on that item tonight. And so if anyone wants to make a motion and I am going to make a motion to send the item to committee, um, We're…”
CITY COUNCIL · Sep 8, 2026
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“I'm making a motion to send the item to committee.”
CITY COUNCIL · Sep 8, 2026
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“So everybody, I'd like to call this meeting into order. It is 5 p.m.”
CITY COUNCIL · Aug 11, 2026
- Play at 42:40
“Yes, I just wanted to say thank everybody for coming all the way downtown to have this meeting and being able to communicate with each other the way that you are, especially the homeowner who is renting and um you being here and listening to the concerns and everybody understanding that it's not the young lady we don't want anybody to be displaced but there's also concerns about um you all's quality of life which we all understand as well so i really appreciate that and then i heard something about traffic that was so long ago i was like me and then I was like, oh yeah, I remember that…”
CITY COUNCIL · Aug 11, 2026
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“Yeah. Mero AIDS. They get better responses than us because they work directly for him. So do both like contact us and contact them because then we'll have a better chance of getting the work done together. But like none of these departments report to us, we do what we can, but we can't make anybody do anything. And it's all going to come from, um, the mayor's directive or the department has directive at the end of the day, but we will communicate it with them. But I just wanted to thank you all for coming out and taking the time in this evening to work this out together. Like I don't normally…”
CITY COUNCIL · Aug 11, 2026