Remarks by Van R. Johnson, II
238 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 10 of 10
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“Well, we knew these days would come. There were days when it was good and plenty and everybody had everything that they wanted. Governments are really starting to feel the brunt of it now. Hence, good working results and good predictions. And so we're fortunate that we have know we we're in a position to be cautious because there's some folks who are really in alarm right now um i think we have to rethink that date the dates we'll talk about that offline yes sir um but um my concern is really as we get closer um there'll be a point at which the aspects of the big beautiful bill will start…”
City Council · Jun 25, 2026
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“So it gets heard, you know, along with us, so to speak. So it also creates some opportunities for some savings there as well.”
City Council · Jun 25, 2026
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“Or do you create a temporary position only to get rid of it, you know, because it's a temporary opportunity. So, but a good conversation to have. Yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am.”
City Council · Jun 25, 2026
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“Right. And we want to make sure that we were able to maintain the”
City Council · Jun 25, 2026
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“Thank you, Jay. Thank you, David. Let me just throw this out here to counsel, and then we can deal with it how you wish. I think we have imprinted our DNA on our team enough that they understand exactly where we are. We always want to decrease our military. I mean, that is a desire. If we can do it, if there's a way to do it, we always want to decrease it. If we can't decrease it, then we don't want to raise it. Right? I think we can agree with that, right? We don't want to do that. However, we also don't want to put ourselves in a position of short-term gain and long-term hurt. The worst…”
City Council · Jun 25, 2026
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“Remember last year when we dropped it, we didn't have to have the AB hearings. Right.”
City Council · Jun 25, 2026
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“Right, we'll have about $2 million there.”
City Council · Jun 25, 2026
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“I'm done. Well, we have another part of that grand process, and we'll be putting ourselves in that again. I mean, you know, you can't force people.”
City Council · Jun 25, 2026
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“Well, I mean, we need to change that law. Well, I mean... You have to go to the federal government and the state government for that to happen. We need to put legislators in place to make sure that... That's SCAD, that's colleges, that's churches, that's non-profits, and everybody else.”
City Council · Jun 25, 2026
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“right so while we uh let's let's i mean let's if we're at a point of consensus where we can at least give the city manager some direction um about where we go as anybody that is absolutely saying to adopt the rollback rate i don't know how we can responsibly do that but if anybody feels that way if we could We would, if we could reduce, I'm sure we would. But I just don't see with all of this and this uncertainty that we could do anything to maintain what we have.”
City Council · Jun 25, 2026
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City Council · Jun 25, 2026
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City Council · Jun 25, 2026
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“All right, we have to have a quick lunch. We were supposed to be starting a little earlier today because of America's 250 if we have some special things happening today. So I'm just going to ask that you don't enjoy your food as much. We don't need an exec, right? All right, so we'll go ahead and we will recess as soon as possible because we have some folks waiting on us. All right, thank you. We're going to have fun.”
City Council · Jun 25, 2026