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ESTHER. OUR DEAR LOVING AND RUSSIA'S HEAVENLY FATHER. AS WE APPROACH YOUR THRONE OF GRACE.
AT THIS TIME WE DO SO IS HUMBLY AS WE KNOW HOW. THANKING YOU FOR ALL THE BLESSINGS OF LIFE THAT YOU SOLD ABOUT PEOPLE STILL OWN US EACH AND EVERY DAY. THAT WE TOO OFTEN TAKE FOR GRANTED. BUT WE ARE ESPECIALLY THANKFUL FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SEND YOUR SON JESUS CHRIST OF THE SIN, SICK WORLD. GIVE US THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF LITTLE BY AND TO SUFFER AND DIE COOL THE CROSS OF CALVARY FOR OUR SINS. AND HOPE THAT WE MIGHT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. WITH ME.
THIS OFFICE OVER HERE ON THE THIRD. THEIR LORD. WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR THE LIBERTIES AND THE FREEDOMS THAT WE ENJOY IN THIS GREATEST NATION ON EARTH. AND FATHER AS OUR NATION IS SUFFERING AT THIS TIME. WITH THIS HAND ENDING RISING IN CHAOS. WE HAVE THIS TIME WITH LIKE TO PLAY FOR OUR LEADERS OF THIS GREAT NATION. ASKING YOU TO GIVE THEM WISDOM GARBAGE THAT THEY NEED. IN ORDER TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS. THAT WOULD BE IT ACCORDING TO YOUR WHEEL. AND WITH A LOT TO CONTINUE TO BE BLESSED WITH LIBERTIES AND FREEDOMS THAT WE NOW ENJOY. WE ALSO PRAY AT THIS TIME FOR OUR MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE IN OUR CORPS FORCES.
BETTER HELPING IN PROVIDING US WITH ALL THESE LIBERTIES AND FREEDOMS THAT WE ENJOY. UNLESS YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING OVER THE OVER HIS FACE. THEIR FATHER. WE PRAY TO YOU AT THIS TIME TO BE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL. HELP THEM TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT WOULD BE IN THE BEST INTEREST.
NOT ONLY THE GROWTH OF THE STABILITY OF THE CITY, BUT WHAT WOULD BE BEST FOR EACH AND EVERY CITIZEN. GIVE THEM GODDESS. AND MIKE DECISIONS THAT WOULD SUPPORT OUR PLOY.
SOFT EARS BARMAN IN WOMEN. THAT ARE RISKING THEIR LIVES FOR US EACH AND EVERY DAY PROTECTING THE CITY AND ALL OF THE CITIZENS. NOW, FATHER. THIS TIME WE WOULD. I ASK THAT YOU GRANT US FORGIVENESS OF OUR SINS AS WE CONFESSED HIM AND REPENT. THE ONE WITH THE REST OF THE DAY. IT'S NOT THE REST OF HIS VIOLIN. THE POST OF SOMEBODY THAT YOU COULD LEAVE WITH YOU IN HEAVEN WHEN THERE'S NO MORE. IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR HERE, SO JESUS ACROSS MAN. RUNNING FOR THE PLEASURE IS MINE. STATES. AWFUL.
[20-0546 Proclamation for Park and Recreation Month]
FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO 005 OR SIX PROCLAMATION OPERATION MONTH.KASKI. THANK YOU, SIR. WE WILL STAY SOCIALLY DISTANCE ACROSS THIS ROOM. FOR MORE THAN SIX FEET. WHEREAS CITY IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS, RECOGNIZES PARTS OF RECREATION PROGRAMS. FACILITIES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF COMMUNITIES ACROSS UNITED STATES, PARTICULARLY THEIR VALUE TO THE CITY. MCKINNEY. WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES ARE VITAL TO ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING THE QUALITY OF LIFE. SURE IN THE HELP OF CITIZENS AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL WELLBEING OF MCKINNEY AND THE REGION. WHEREAS MCKINNEY PARKS AND RECREATION OFFERS A VARIETY OF OPPORTUNITIES DESIGNED FOR ALL AGES AND INTERESTS, INCLUDING POPULAR RECREATION AND ATHLETICS, SPECIAL COMMUNITY OF VENICE SENIOR ACTIVITIES. TENNISON AQUATIC PROGRAMS, ARTS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES ON VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES. WHEREAS RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES BUILD FAMILY UNITY STRENGTHENS NEIGHBORHOOD INVOLVEMENT PROVIDES FOR SOCIAL INTERACTION AND ANSWERS. EDUCATION DEVELOPS CREATIVITY AND PROMOTE CULTURAL DIVERSITY.
WHEREAS. INCREASES MCKINNEY'S ECONOMIC PROSPERITY OFFERING INCREASE PROPERTY VALUES EXPANSION OF THE LOCAL TAX BASE, INCREASED TOURISM. ATTRACTION AND RETENTION OF BUSINESSES. WHEREAS EACH YEAR SINCE 1985 AMERICANS HAVE CELEBRATED NATIONAL PARK AND
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RECREATION DURING THE MONTH OF JULY TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF PARTS AND RECREATION, ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR CONTRIBUTING TO THE PHYSICAL ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL WELLBEING OF COMMUNITIES. NOW, THEREFORE, I GEORGE FULLER NEAR THE CITY. MCKINNEY, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF JULY 2020 SPARKING RECREATION CITY IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS, ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO ENJOY USING THE PARTS. TRAIL. AND PROGRAMS AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY. I MISS MY HAND AND SEAL THE SEVENTH DAY OF JULY 2020. STUR CASTING. YOU DO A FANTASTIC JOB. YOUR WHOLE TEAM DOES. WE'RE GRATEFUL TO YOU IN THE CITY.[PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS (For Non-Public Hearing Agenda Items)]
RIGHT. NEXT ITEM IS GOING TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. I WANT TO MAKE A. ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WERE SENT IN. ORIGINALLY FOR WORK SESSION THERE WENT WITH GENERAL MAILBOX. THERE WERE MANY, MANY, MANY EMAILS. WE WERE NOT ABLE TO DECIPHER WHICH WERE MEANT FOR COMMENT OF WHICH WORDS JUST GENERAL EMAILS TO COUNCIL. THEREFORE WE WILL MAKE ALL OF THOSE OF PUBLIC RECORD. I WILL NOT BE READING THOSE E MAILS. WE WILL, HOWEVER, HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS BY CITIZENS THAT ARE HERE TODAY NOW. I HAVE A LIST OF CARDS NEED EVERYONE TO LISTEN TO THE INSTRUCTIONS BECAUSE WE WILL HEAR TO THEM WITHOUT EXCEPTION. YOU WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK. BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PARTSR WE HAV. ONE MINUTE, SO WHEN YOU COME IN, IT'LL BE A TIMER THAT STARTS YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE SCREENS TO YOUR LEFT BEHIND YOU. YOU WILL HAVE A 30 SECONDS. YELLOW LIGHT WHEN YOU GET 30 SECONDS AND RED LIGHT WHEN YOU'RE DOWN TO FIVE AT THE END, IT WILL BE. BELL CHIME YOUR TIME WILL BE UP. SO EACH PERSON IN ONE MINUTE. VITIATED, YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. SCUSE ME. TIME WILL START AFTER YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FIRST IS LATONYA MOUNTAIN.TANYA ALBERT AND ATE A SIMMONS WOULD BE PREPARED TO COMMENCE. MAYOR COUNCILMAN.
GETTING MESSAGES. THERE'S NO SALMON. WELL HERE BROADCAST, OKAY? VOLUME, BUT. OKAY TONYA.
IF YOU START, MAYBE YOU WILL BE AFTER. IT IS THE TIME ALBERT AND I LIVE IN 405 WATTS STREET.
EM TO THE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, THE MAYOR. THAT I'M HERE AND ACTUALLY, I WILL.
REQUESTING FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE ROCK MORNING STATUE. I WATCHED THE WORKSHOP EARLIER TODAY AND MY MOTHER IN LAW THREW UP. ON THROCKMORTON STREET. SHE TAUGHT. IN MCKINNEY, IESS DAY FOR MANY YEARS. WE'VE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS. ABOUT THE THROCKMORTON STASH STATUTE AND WHAT IT MEANT TO HER. AS SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN IN MCKINNEY FOR GENERATIONS. TRY ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO OR SO. I. ACTUALLY I'M THE ONE WHO INITIALLY APPROACHED STADIUM. IT'S NOT HIS IDEA. I DID IT AT THE REQUEST OF MY MOTHER IN LAW. HER MIND WAS TRADING. AND IT WAS THE ONE THING THAT SHE REQUESTED OF ME. SO I'M HERE ON HER BEHALF. HER DEMISE WAS LAST YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. SIMMONS AFTER ADA WILL BE CHAD GREED. DAVID SIMONS, 5 12 CYPRUS HELL, DR MCKINNEY, TEXAS, AND I WILL BE READING A LETTER FOR BETH BENTLEY. EVERY PROGRESSIVE COMMUNITY HAS TO TAKE TIME FOR REFLECTION AND INTROSPECTION IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD IN A WAY THAT UNITES THE COMMUNITY.
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KENNY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECONCILE THE HURTS OF THE PAST IN ORDER TO EMBRACE ITS FUTURE TO IN TRUTH. MCKINNEY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPROACH THIS FROM A FORWARD THINKING AND COMPREHENSIVE PERSPECTIVE, NOT SIMPLY TO FOR INDIFFERENCE ARE LADEN WITH TRAPPINGS OF FRACTIONS. MOMENTS OF HISTORY. THE HISTORY OF MCKINNEY SHOULD BE SHARED SO COMPREHENSIVELY THAT IT PROPELS US INTO THAT FUTURE. THAT IS HONORABLE, SADLY. AS A STAND ALONE THE STATUE OF JAMES WELL BEEN THROUGHT MART AND REPRESENTS A ONE SIDED TIME IN THE COMMUNITY WHEN THE CIVICUMAN RIGHTS OF THE FULL COMMUNITY WERE NOT CONSIDERED. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. IF I MAY AS MEDICAL FACT. ONE OF OUR PREVIOUS MEETINGS WHEN DON PASCUAL WAS UP HERE. TO EXTEND HIM THE COURTESY OF SPEAKING FOR FIVE MINUTES. AND AS WE ARE SPEAKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS VERY DEAR TO THE COMMUNITY HERE. YOU HAVE TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO CUT THE TIME FRAME. ONE MINUTE. AND AS MISS MALVIN WAS SPEAKING AS ONE OF THOSE. COMMUNITY FAMILIES AS EVANS AND THE MOUTH BURNS AND THE FAMILIES. YOU HAVE BEEN HERE FOR GENERATIONS THAT HAVE NAMES AND SCHOOLS NAMED AFTER THEM. I WOULD ASK THAT YOU. EXTEND THAT COURTESY TO THIS COMMUNITY. AT LEAST ALLOWED HIM THREE MINUTES THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT THEY WOULD SPEAK. AND WE HAVE A SHORT AGENDA. TODAY WE ONLY HAVE ONE REGULAR AGENDA ITEM. SO I'M NOT ASKING YOU THAT YOU GIVE THEM EXTENDED FIVE MINUTE PERIOD. AT LEAST GIVE HIM THREE MINUTES THAT THEY ALL CAME HERE THINKING THAT THEY WOULD HAVE WE DON'T HAVE A LONG AGENDA. I THINK CONSIDERING THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO THE HEARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.HEY. DID. THREE. MEN. THAT THEY CAME. OUT HERE TO SPEAK. SO PLEASE GIVE HIM THREE MINUTES BECAUSE ONE MINUTE IS SURELY NOT ENOUGH TIME. SO THE SHADE I APPRECIATE IT. EVERYTHING. JUST TO CLARIFY THE REASON WHY DON PASCUAL WAS EXTENDED. I DID NOT GIVE NOTICE ON THE FRONT. JUST HOW LONG WOULD BE. AND GENERALLY WE DO THREE MINUTES. SOMETIMES I'VE DONE TWO MINUTES ON ONE AT ONE TIME IN HISTORY WAS FIVE MINUTES. NOW THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE, ESPECIALLY TO THAT HAVE SPOKEN. I DON'T KNOW THAT EVERYONE HERE IS HERE TO SPEAK ON THAT MATTER OR NOT.
CERTAINLY. AND IF YOU THINK HOPEFULLY YOU'VE REALIZED THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO DISRESPECT TO YOU OR THE SUBJECT WHEN I WHEN I BROUGHT IT TO ONE MINUTE. I DID THAT BECAUSE OF THE VAST NUMBER OF CARDS THAT WE HAVE. MAY I JUST FINISH THIS LAST PARAGRAPH OF ALL THAT SAID, SAY THAT. AS I STATED, ONE MINUTE I HAVE TO ADMIT. ONE MINUTE GOES BY VERY QUICKLY MORE QUICKLY THAN I AND I PROBABLY I SHOULD THOUGHT THAT THROUGH LITTLE MORNING. SO I'M GONNA MAKE A COMPROMISE. YOUR EXTENDED TO MINUTES AND DISMOUNT. MONSIEUR, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR, ISN'T IT? I APPRECIATE IT, BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE. THERE'S NO DISRESPECT TO EITHER THE ITEM PASSION FOR THE ITEM WHERE THE INDIVIDUALS NOT WASN'T CONFIRMS THAT I'M JUST SAYING THAT IT IS ONE MINUTE IS SURELY NOT ENOUGH. AND OF COURSE, THAT NOT EVERYONE HAD THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. BUT. YES PASSES YOU GET STARTED. IT SEEMS I'M WATCHING THE CLOCK AND I WAS TO BE QUITE HONEST, COMFORTABLE. THE FACT THAT I HAD STATED ONE MINUTE TAKE A PAGE OUT OF MY GOOD FRIEND. MARRIAGE OF SOUTH BOOK THE OTHER NIGHT AND THE WRONG DECISION. SO WITH THAT IN MIND IF YOU WOULD HAVE TO TAKE ANOTHER MINUTE IF YOU LIKE.
THANK YOU. YES DOC MARTENS LEGACY IS ETCHED IN HISTORY, RACIAL INDIFFERENCE AND DEGRADATION SHOULD NEVER STAND TALL. WHILE SOME WOOD GUARDING WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE COURTHOUSE HALLS OF JUSTICE, THERE IS A PLACE FOR MONUMENTS OF SEARCH. HOWEVER, TO EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON. AND A TIME TO EVERY PURPOSE UNDER THE HEAVEN. HE CLEANS. HE ASKED HIS 31 SEASON HAS COME TO REMOVE THE STATURE OF JAMERES SK MARTIN. AS A STANDALONE REPRESENTATIVE. TO A MORE FITTING SIGHT. ALSO THE SEASON HAS COME TO APPROACH THE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY OF THE COMMUNITY. IN A MORE COMPREHENSIVE WAY, RESPECT, LEIGH. BADLY. THANK YOU. YOU LIKE TO COME BACK UP AND FINISH. WHEN I MOVED HERE
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CAMERA WITH THIS MATTER FACT JUST FOR THE RECORD, WE ARE IN A MUNICIPAL BUILDING ON THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER DOES NOT REQUIRE HIM HAS TO BE ONE. BE WARNED THIS PARTICULAR BUILDING BASED ON THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER, OKAY, THANK YOU. SO NERVOUS. I'M SORRY. I'M NOT WELL LIT, PUBLIC SPEAKING. I UNDERSTOOD WHAT MANY OF YOU HAVE, SAID RANIA. MR ROGERS. I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER. IT'S MEANINGLESS TO YOU, BUT TO MANY OF US, IT ISN'T. IT IS A SAD REMINDER OF OUR HISTORY. IT'S NOT JUST OUR HISTORY. IT'S AMERICAN HISTORY. AND. IF WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR IT TO BE TORN DOWN AND GO IN THE MUSEUM. OTHERS CAN GO. THEY CONVINCE IT IT THEY CAN SEE WHAT IT IS. BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO US. AND IT'S IN THE CULTURAL DISTRICT.FACES. THE BLACK AND THE BROWN COMMUNITY. SO AS I DRIVE DOWN THE STREET, THAT'S WHAT I SEE STANDING THERE WAVING AT ME. I'M SORRY. IT HAS TO GO. I WOULD LOVE FOR IT TO GO. AND SHE WOULD ALSO ADMIT A LOT TO HER. SHE ASKED ME THAT BEFORE SHE PASSED SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. I'M HERE BECAUSE OF THAT. BUT THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. CHATTERING AND AFTER CHAD GREED IS SERENA, ASK OFF, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M SPEAKING ABOUT THE EMERGENCY ORDER TO ALLOW NO BID AT MCKINNEY AIRPORT. AND I'VE BEEN IN EDUCATION CELLS WORKING FOR EDUCATION COMPANIES FOR ABOUT THE LAST 30 YEARS. A LOT OF NO BIDS, ACTUALLY A HEAVEN IT ALL. HAVEN'T YOU EVER SEEN A NO BID? SO THAT REALLY MAKES ME QUESTION WHY WE WOULD DO THAT. IF IT'S BECAUSE OF COVE IT. WHY IS THAT THE CASE BECAUSE I CAN PUT IN OUR FBI TOGETHER AT MY HOME, SEND IT TO FEDEX AND HAVE IT DONE. IT CAN'T BE BECAUSE.
I'M NOT ABLE TO PUT A BED TOGETHER, SO WHY WOULD YOU KNOW? BID A BUILDING? THAT'S MY TAX MONEY THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THERE AND I WANT THE BEST DEAL POSSIBLE. SO I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU GENTLEMEN, TIO. TAKE THAT STRIKE THAT OUT. THERE SHOULD BE NO EXCEPTION. I DON'T CARE IF WE HAVE COVE. IT CARE IF THERE'S A WAR GOING ON, IT SHOULD NEVER BE A NOBODY.
YOU CAN'T YOU CAN'T HAVE A NO BID SYSTEM. BECAUSE THE QUESTION IS GOING TO COME ABOUT WHO YOU'VE GIVEN IT TO WHO HAVE YOU ALREADY PLANNED TO GIVE IT TO COME ON, AND THAT'S THAT'S THE ISSUE. SO IT'S NOT ME. THAT WOULD BE LOOKING BAD IN THAT SITUATION, EVEN IF I WANTED TO BE YOU GUYS. SO I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU NOT TO DO THAT. THANK YOU. TAKE PLACE. SERENA ASTRO. AND THEN AFTER SERENA, UM, CLEAR HOLDER. HI, EVERYBODY. I'M SERENA ASHCROFT.
THEY LIVE 10 16 ORCHARD HILL TRAIL AND MCKINNEY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MAYOR AND ALL OF YOU CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. THOSE LADIES WHO SPOKE TODAY YOU DEFINITELY MADE ME LEARN SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T KNOW. AND I APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH. THAT'S A BIG BEGINNING. SO GREAT IS THAT WE LEARNED FROM EACH OTHER, AND IF WE COULD LITERALLY HAVE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE SPEAK THEIR STORIES WOULD LEARN SO MUCH FOR THEM FROM THEM, INSTEAD WERE CONSTANTLY FIGHTING. PICKERING SCREAMING AT EACH OTHER IN THE HALLS, AND IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT IF WE COULD SIT DOWN TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT THESE STORIES, WE COULD HAVE A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH. AND I AM AGAINST REMOVING THROCKMORTON JUST BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH TO ME, KENNY THAT REPRESENTS PEOPLE OF ALL RACES AND COLORS AND THE GOOD THEY DID, AND I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE DONE THROUGH A PROPER PROCESS WHERE EVERYBODY GIVES INPUT, INCLUDING THE CITY COUNCIL BEFORE WE RUSH TO. YES WE'RE GOING TO JUST DO THAT, BASED ON OUR EMOTIONS. AND OUR FEELINGS AND I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THOSE STORIES. BUT I ASK THAT WE ALL HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT. WE VOTE ON IT AND MAKE A DECISION THAT POINT BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO COST THE CITY HUNDREDS OF $1000 A LOT OF MONEY, AND WE CAN'T JUST DO THAT, BASED ON OUR OWN HURT. THE OTHER THING, I WILL SAY IS MAYOR I WAS AGAINST YOUR MANDATE FOR DOING THAT. I REALLY WOULD'VE WISHED YOU WOULD'VE GONE TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND DISCUSSED IT WITH THEM. IT REALLY HURT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN MCKINNEY, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE KIDS IN SCHOOL. IF YOU MANDATE SOMETHING, THE SCHOOL'S GOT A MANDATE. SOMETHING TOO. I KNOW IT'S MUTE BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR HAS NOW MANDATED SOMETHING. BUT YOU DIDN'T NEED TO RUSH INTO THAT YOU COULD HAVE TALKED YOUR CITY COUNCIL. THEY COULD'VE VOTED ON IT. AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE FELT THAT WE WERE REPRESENTED IN SOME WAY, WAY HAVE KIDS IN SCHOOL THERE WERE AMASSED 68 HOURS A DAY THEY SING. THEY DO
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SPORTS. IT'S NOT RIGHT TO COVER THEM UP. IT'S CHILD ABUSE IN MY OPINION. I DON'T HOW MUCH LONGER I HAVE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT NEVER BEFORE IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICA'S IGNORANCE AND BIGOTRY BEEN MORE CELEBRATED, OR GOVERNMENT MADE MORE EAGER AND WILLING TO TAKE AWAY FREEDOMS. FROMTHE CITIZENS CITIZENRY. NEVER BEFORE HIS INCIDENTS. WE'VE BEEN MORE WILLING TO GIVE THEM UP. HOW WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD. AT THIS POINT. WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY HAVE DISCUSSIONS AND THE HARD DISCUSSIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CLAIRE OLDER AND AFTER CLAIRE IS JAMES ERIC SCHULTZ. HI. OH, I DON'T TAKE UP MUCH TIME, BUT. I JUST WANTED TO CALL ME INTO SOMETHING THAT A PREVIOUS SPEAKER SAID IT ALSO COST HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO PRESERVE CONFEDERATE STATUES. UM. FOR HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF YEARS. BUT KEEPING THIS MOMMY MOMMY MONUMENT UP OF CONFEDERATE OF THE CONFEDERATE THROCKMORTON. HE'S UNDERSCORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THES MONUMENTS IN THE RACIAL VIOLENCE WE'VE INSIDE AGAINST BLACK AMERICANS IN OUR HISTORY OF LYNCHINGS OF JIM CROW LAWS AND VARIOUS OTHER ACTS OF RACIAL TERROR. AND WITH THAT I YIELD MY TIME. Q. NOT EVERYBODY, I'M SURE I'M SORRY IF JESSE LEMASTER RUSSIA ARE ALREADY AFTER YOU SO SORRY.GOOD, OKAY, UH, JAMES, ERIC SCHULTZ. YOU GO BY ERIC, 15 05 TIMBER LINE ROAD IN MCKINNEY.
AND BOMB LINE. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE BLACK INSTEAD OF EMERGENCY FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, SHIM WILL. AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SUPPORTED IMMEDIATELY. AND. YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK VERY FAR TO SEE THE EVIDENCE OF THE STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR BLACK AMERICANS. TODAY. 50 YEARS AGO FOR CIVIL RIGHTS. 150 YEARS AGO FOR THE CIVIL WAR RECONSTRUCTION IN THE PAST 400 YEARS. UH I ALSO SUPPORT TAKING DOWN CONFEDERATE AND RACIST MONUMENTS IN THE PUBLIC. I DON'T EVEN CARE IF YOU PUT A MUSEUM, BURN IT DOWN. SMASH IT. THESE ARE THE SYMBOLS OF OUR OPPRESSION IF YOU WANT TO REPLACE IT. MAYBE PUT IN THE COUNT CALLING COUNTY SHERIFF WHO WAS LYNCHED BY QUANTRILL'S RAIDERS. FOUR. FOR KILLING SOMEONE. DURING THE CIVIL WAR, COLLIN COUNTY VOTED AGAINST THE SESSION. LET'S CELEBRATE THE HISTORY OF COLLEGE COUNTY THAT WAS AGAINST THE SESSION WAS AGAINST THE CONFEDERACY. AND LET'S HONOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN LYNCHED. IN THIS IN THIS COUNTY. BLACK RESIDENTS OR WHITE RESIDENTS FOR DEFENDING BLACK RESIDENTS. AND BEFORE PREEMPT ANY CRITICISM ABOUT I KNOW PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO HEAR. FROM FOLKS THEY CONSIDER ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE SYSTEM. BORN RAISED IN TEXAS THAT MCKINNEY RESIDENT FOR A FEW YEARS. 15 YEARS AND COUNTING SERVICE IN THE U. S. ARMY COMBAT DISABLED VETERAN MARRIED TWO KIDS. AND THIS IS THE MOMENT. THAT'S 400 YEARS OVERDUE. THEN WE NEED TO BREAK DOWN. ABOLISH EVERY SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUILD IT BACK UP WITH NON RACIST SYSTEMS. EVERYTHING IN THE CITY. THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. JESSE LEVASSEUR. AND AFTER THAT, TRACY THOMAS. MY NAME IS JUST JESSE LE VASSAR. 11 TO 25 GUYS. MALRAUX, DWIGHT, RIGHT. TEX 40 MINUTES NORTH OF HERE, AND I DRIVE BY THOUGHT MORTON JUST SOUTH, THE CONTENT OF UNDER A LITTLE MOST EVERY DAY. AND I THOUGHT MORE STATUTES DOWN THE ROAD FROM HERE REPRESENTS A PIECE OF ART, A STATUE, A SCULPTURE. BUT IT DOESN'T REPRESENT A CONFEDERATE GENERAL. WHY? WELL, LET'S LOOK AT IT. I'M HIS BOOTS TO HIS CLOTHING. THE SCROLL IN HIS HAND. IT REPRESENTS A STATESMAN. PROUD LOCAL CITIZEN. WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS GIRL. THE SCHOOL REPRESENTS LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE, THE PASSING OF TIME AND THE EXTENT OF LIFE. JUSTICE DEMANDS THAT WE CONTINUE TO LEARN AS OUR LIFE UNFOLDS, EDUCATION IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY.
AS I SAY THE EYES LEAD TO THE SOUL IN THE HANDS TO THE INTENT. HIS RIGHT HAND IS RAISED IN THE AIR. HIS LEFT HAND IS HOLDING THIS GIRL WITH WHAT THE SCROLL REPRESENTS IN HIS RIGHT HAND IN THE AIR TO TEACH GENERATIONS AND GENERATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES. WHAT THE SCROLL REPRESENTS TO BE A PROUD STATESMEN. FOR WHAT HE IS. WE
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NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT THIS WORK OF ART WITH THE SCULPTURE SCULPTURE REPRESENTS AS A STATESMAN. A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU JUST. TRACY THOMAS AFTER TRACY THOMAS'S BEVERLY HOCKEY OR USHIO. HI. MY NAME IS. MY NAME IS TRACY THOMAS AND I LIVE IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS. IF I WANT TO FORGET WOULD DRIVE. UM I JUST AM HERE IN OPPOSITION TO YOU PASSING RESOLUTION. TO ALLOW THE CITY MANAGER TO PICK A DEVELOPER WITHOUT A REQUIRED COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS IN ORDER TO FINISH THE UNFINISHED TERMINAL AT OUR AIRPORT. AND I AM AGAINST THAT. BECAUSE MY THOUGHT PROCESSES WHAT ELSE WILL WE GIVE UP IN THE NAME OF SAFETY? THAT'S ALL. BEVERLY. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT NAME IS PRECIO. AFTER BEVERLY IS BONNIE. I KNOW I'M BONNIE DAILY. BEVERLY SAID SHE DIDN'T WANT TO SPEAK. SHE MET JUST TO MAKE A COMMENT. THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF SPEAKING THIS EVENING. BONNIE DAY LAY 3075 WILLOW GROVE BOULEVARD. I AM AN EMERITUS PROFESSOR FROM NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY. AND I TALKED FOR 25 YEARS IN THE BUSINESS SCHOOL. ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT I WAS FOCUSED ON IN OUR CURRICULUM. WAS CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS, AND THAT INCLUDES THINKING FOR YOURSELF AND LOOKING AT A PROBLEM A COMPLEX PROBLEM FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT ANGLES. I THINK HISTORY. IS A LEARNING TOOL THAT WE LOOK AT THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY AND WE LEARNED FROM IT. THAT'S WHY I'M AGAINST TEARING DOWN STATUES. I AM CONCERNED THAT IF WE START TEARING DOWN STATUES, IT DOESN'T STOP. I HAVE JEWISH BLOOD IN ME. WHAT I WANT TO GO TO EGYPT AND SAY TEAR DOWN THE PYRAMIDS BECAUSE THEY ARE A SYMBOL OF OPPRESSION OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND OTHER PEOPLE. BUT WE CAN LEARN FROM THEM. WE CAN LEARN FROM THE TYRANNICAL PHARAOHS. WE CAN LEARN FROM THE UGLINESS OF IT, BUT WE CAN ALSO LEARN FROM THE AMAZING ENGINEERING SKILLS SO I WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE A DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT. APPROACH STATUES AND HAVE A DISCUSSION. TALK ABOUT AGAIN. THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY. DON'T TEAR DOWN OUR HISTORY. IF WE START THIS, WE WILL NEVER STOP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CHAMBER OF JOHNSON AND AFTER TIMBER, THE MARLOWE WOULD. CAMERA, JOHNSON, AND THEN MARLO WOULD. HELLO, EVERYONE. UM. I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT. FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE STATUE OF JAMES WEBB BLOCK WARDEN FROM THE MCKINNEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER GROUNDS. I SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING EXCERPTS FROM THE BIOLOGICAL RENDITIONS FROM BLACK MARTIN. I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT THE NAME OF THROCKMORTON STREET BE CHANGED TO REFLECT A MORE APPROPRIATE MONIKER. TO COMMEMORATE THE HERITAGE OF THE COMMUNITY. FOLLOWING THE CIVIL WAR, COLLEGE COUNTY VOTERS ELECTED THROCKMORTON IS THEIR DELICATE TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 18 66. THE CONVENTION WAS DIVIDED INTO THREE FACTIONS. SIX SECESSIONISTS, CONSERVATIVE UNION MEN AND RADICAL UNIONISTS THROCKMORTON RECEIVING THE SUPPORT OF THE 1ST 2 GROUPS, BECAME CHAIRMAN OF THE CONVENTION. HE PRESIDED. OVER THE WRITING OF A NEW STATE CONSTITUTION. THERE. PROVIDED LIMITED, SIR. RIGHTS. AFRICA. AMERICA THEY STILL COULD NOT VOTE. AND REFUSED TO TAKE ACTION. ON THE 13TH AMENDMENT. ARGUING AT THE ABOLISHMENT OF SET SLAVERY WAS ALREADY LAW. POLITICAL OPPOSITION FROM RADICALS. SUSPICION FROM FEDERAL MILITARY OFFICERS. VIOLENCE AGAINST FRIEDMAN AND TREATMENTS BUREAU AGENTS.COMBINED WITH THIS HIS PUBLIC REPUDIATION. OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT AND THE EMERGENCE OF RADICAL REPUBLICAN POWER IN CONGRESS DESTROYED WHAT LITTLE CHANCE OF SUCCESS BROUGHT BORDEN'S ADMINISTRATION MIGHT HAVE HAD FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF THE MILITARY RECONSTRUCTION ACT OF 18 60. WHICH PLACE TEXAS AND THE MILITARY COMMAND THE GOVERNOR CONSISTENTLY CLASS
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WITH GENERAL CHARGED GRIFFIN, COMMANDER OF THE TEXAS SUBDISTRICT, GRIFFIN DEMANDED THAT THE GOVERNOR PROVIDE MORE PROTECTION FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN CITIZENS OF TEXAS. WHAT BORED.RIFF. STAY. HE HAD DONE HOW HE COULD. G. THE POWER. OF HIS OFF. AND THAT HIS STAY DID.
NOT. SUPPORT THE FORT OF MY. SO THAT HE IS GOVERNOR. COULD NOT. GO. A P TO MAJOR GEN. PHILIP H.
FOR THAT? PART REM FOR OFFICE. WHICH WAS ORDERED ON JULY 30TH. 18. 60. THANK YOU. MARK. WOULD FOLLOW. BY JESS. HALEY. OR MIGHT BE HEALTHY. OH, SIR. SO JESSICA. I'M SORRY, MAYBE HUGHLEY. BE HALSEY COULD BE HUMAN, JESSICA. THEY'RE JUST CUT FROM VINTAGE PORT. CHRIS.
UH, LONG, CHRIS. THANK YOU FOR A MOMENT OF YOUR TIME. SO I'M COMING HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE MASK MANDATE. I THINK AS WE LOOK AROUND, WE REALLY SEE THAT IT'S A POLITICAL ISSUE NO LONGER A SAFETY ISSUE. PEOPLE ARE NOT DYING IN THE STREETS, HOPE HOSPITALS AND BEING OVER AND YET GOD. HAS A HARD TIME GIVING UP WHAT IT HAS, AND IT'S REALLY DISAPPOINTING TO SEE PEOPLE FAIL A BUSINESS TO SEE TO KNOW. AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER SCHOOLS CRUMBLING, YOU KNOW PEOPLE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL, NOT KNOWING WHAT'S SET OUT FARM. THE UNCERTAINTY IS KILLING THE ECONOMY. I LOOKED BACK HERE AND GO. YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT SIX GOALS AS A CITY AND FIVE OF THOSE WERE FAILING BECAUSE OF THIS MASK LAW. FURTHERMORE I THINK THE MASKELL A BUNCH RIGHT INTO THE STATUE, YOU KNOW OTHER THINGS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE MORE TIME TO ADDRESS AND DISCUSS ARE BEING DIVERTED. PEOPLE AREN'T ABLE TO BE IN HERE TODAY BECAUSE IT'S NOT ENOUGH SEATS. BECAUSE OF COVE. CRAIS. OKAY? ASKE. NOW. I THINK WE SHOULD ALL. ATT.
THESE. THING. YOU KNOW? HOW DO WE SOLVE PROBLEMS? RIGHT WITH STATUES. SOMEBODY SAID, LET'S HAVE A MUSEUM AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. I THINK IT IT SETTLES BOTH SIDES ALLOWS HISTORY TO GO ON, TAKE SOME PUB. VIEW. AND I IT. I DON'T KNOW. THIS. SHOULD BE RUNNING. THAT.
PICK. SIR. ON THING. THIS. PRIZE. SYSTEM. WILL DO. PEEP. CARE. ABOUT THAT HISTORY. TOO KEEP IT. GOING. MOTHER. IT WILL DIE OF NATURAL CONSCIOUS JUST COVER BUT THE CAR DOWN. JUST JUST COMES IN, IF NOT SISSY, OLDER. AND THEN AFTER SISSI IS TAMMY WARNER. HI. I'M SISSY.
OLDER 17 AWAIT WATERSHEDS. DR MCKINNEY LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE CONFEDERATE STATUES. I AM.
MOST OF THESE STATUES WERE WERE ERECTED DURING A TIME OF WHEN. WHEN BLACK CITIZENS WERE GAINING MORE RIGHTS, AND THE POINT OF THESE STATUES WAS TO RECAST HISTORY IN FAVOR OF THE CONFEDERACY. AND ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT BLACK CITIZENS KNEW THEIR PLACE ARE PUBLIC. SQUARE.
SHE REFLECT. OUR VALUES. AND STATUE DOES NOT DO THAT. THANK YOU. TEAR ME WARREN AFTER TAMMY IS RASHIDA RASHAD. I'M TAMMY WARREN, 31 9 WESTVIEW DRIVE, AND I HAVE TWO ISSUES. THE FIRST THIS GOVERNMENT OVERREACH. I JUST NEED TO BE VERY CLEAR SINCE I ONLY HAVE TWO MINUTES.
I SPEAK FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO DON'T AGREE WITH THIS CORONA VIRUS NONSENSE. YOU DON'T OWN ME. YOU DON'T WANT MY BODY AND YOU DON'T TELL ME HOW TO BREATHE AND I WILL NOT COMPLY.
WITH ANY OF THIS NON. I'M JUST LIKE YOU. KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW. AND FINE. MAY I'VE GOT TO TALK.
TO YOU. PER SINCE YOU CHOSE TO PERSONALLY CALL ME OUT ON FACEBOOK. MY NAME YOU CALLED ME AT MY MAYOR CALLED ME OUT ON FACEBOOK. HOW DARE YOU? I WAS HAVING A POOL PARTY. THE POOL PARTY CONSISTED OF MY 89 YEAR OLD MOTHER IN LAW. MY HUSBAND, MY DAUGHTER, WHO LIVES WITH ME.
MY DAUGHTER AND HER HUSBAND, WHO WE SEE ALL THE TIME. MY SON, HIS WIFE, THEIR THREE KIDS AND MY TWO NEIGHBORS WHO I SEE ALL THE TIME YOU CALLED ME REBELLIOUS. YOU CALLED ME SELFISH. YOU CALLED ME A BAD EXAMPLE, HE SAID IT WAS BREAKING THE LAW. THE LAND. AND SAPO. THERE'S SOME KIND OF POP. I HAD TO HAVE. T. SHOW THE MY GAH WAS SAFE. R. YOU FREE? KID? ME? I CAN. CUT HUH? DOGS IN MY BACKYARD ON JULY 4TH BECAUSE OF CORONA VIRUS. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY TO YOU DON'T ONLY SIR, AND YOU DON'T NEED TO BE BUTTING INTO MY LIFE AND WHATEVER THE HELL I WANT TO WEAR ON MY FACE OR NOT. REALLY MY THING. ARE WHAT? I IT. MY BACK. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. TO YOU. THE RECORD. I NEVER SPOKE TO YOU ON FACEBOOK.
THINK YOU'RE REFERRING TO SOMEBODY COMMENTED ABOUT SAID THAT YOU HAD SAID ALL THESE THINGS THAT YOU'RE GONNA DO. THEY ASKED MY OPINION. FOR YOU FOR YOU. ATTENTION THANK YOU.
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YOU NEVER SHOT. HI. MY NAME IS RASHIDA RASHID. AND HERE WITH ME IS SAKINA SMELL BY. AND OUR COMMUNITY IS LOCATED AT 14 10 SOUTH TENNESSEE ST. SO FIRST OF ALL, A RESPECTED MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. ANDI WE'RE BOTH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DOWDY PARK COMMUNITY OF COLLIN COUNTY. SO ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, THE HAD A DECISION TO MAKE ABOUT WHAT PLACE WE WOULD MAKE OUR HOME. SO THE DADDY BEAR A COMMUNITY THAT FOUR YEARS AGO, THE DOUBTING FOR A COMMUNITY OF COLLIN COUNTY WAS ESTABLISHED.AND THE DADDY WEARS A SECT OF MUSLIMS THAT ARE ABOUT ONE MILLION STRONG. IN THE WORLD AND CURRENTLY IN THE DOUBT OF OUR COMMUNITY OF COLLIN COUNTY CONSISTS OF 85 FAMILIES AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF CONCERNS. CONSTRUCTING A MASJID. COME ON. IN MK. AT 14.
10. CIAO. MCKAY CIAO. TENSE. AND THAT IT. FOR COMM. IN 2021. AND THE DADDY WERE US THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WERE GUIDED BY OUR SPIRITUALIST LEADER. HIS HOLINESS DOCTOR SAYING FIDDLE SAEFUDDIN, WHO IS IN INDIA AND HIS HOLINESS HAS ALWAYS GUIDED THIS. NONPROFIT MOHAMMED'S TEACHING THAT HUMBLE BUT ANY MENTAL IMAN WITH TRANSLATES TO THE LOVE OF ONE'S COUNTRY OR FAITH. IS INTEGRAL PART OF OUR FAITH TO LOVE ONE'S COUNTRY IS INTEGRAL PART OF OUR FAITH. SO IS PROUD TEXANS AND PATRIOTIC AMERICANS. PROUD RIBS ARE RESIDENTS OF MCKINNEY.
WE'RE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH ALL COMMUNITIES TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON SOCIETY. SO WHEN WE SO OUR LAND IS OUR WE HAVE A LAND OF 50,000 SQUARE FEET. WE'RE SET TO COMPLETE IN 2021 WE'RE PROUD TO BE RESIDENTS OF MCKINNEY BECAUSE OF. ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE HERE. THE POTENTIAL OF DIVERSITY AND YOU KNOW THE ONE LOVE MCKINNEY AND ALL THE.
THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, ESPECIALLY WITH COVE IT 19 AND THE SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR BLACK LIVES MATTER AND PEACEFUL PROTEST. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LOUISE JORDAN AND AFTER SEAN. HI. I'M LOUISE. GEORGE AND I LIVE AT 7904 ROYAL TREE IN COURT, AND I'M SPEAKING ON THE MATTER OF THE THROCKMORTON STATUE. I WAS SITTING ON A PICNIC TABLE AT THE BLACK LIVES MATTER, SOCIAL DISTANCING EVENT IN DOWNTOWN MCKINNEY WHEN I LOOKED UP TO SEE A MARBLE STATUE POINTING OVER ME, I NEVER REALLY NOTICED THE STATUE BEFORE. SO I DECIDED TO RESEARCH WHO MCKINNEY DECIDED HONOR STATUETTE. I FOUND HIS NAME IS JAMES W.
THROCKMORTON AND ALTHOUGH HE VOTED AGAINST THE SESSION, HE DID, IN FACT, COMMIT TREASON AND FOUGHT WITH THE CONFEDERACY ON THE LOSING SIDE OF THE CIVIL WAR. THAT SHOULD BE REASON ENOUGH TO REMOVE THIS STATUE. MR. THROCKMORTON WAS ALSO GOVERNOR OF TEXAS DURING RECONSTRUCTION AND ACTIVELY OPPOSED THE 13TH AND 14TH AMENDMENTS. THE AMENDMENTS TO ABOLISH SLAVERY AND EXTEND OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO AFRICAN AMERICANS. HE WAS THEN REMOVED FROM OFFICE BECAUSE OF THIS AND ALSO BANNED FROM HOLDING PUBLIC OFFICE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. BECAUSE OF HIS EFFORTS TO THWART RECONSTRUCTION AND PREVENT AMERICA FROM WORKING TOWARDS A MORE PERFECT UNION, IN THE WORDS OF ROBERT E. LEE I THINK IT WISE OR NOT TO KEEP OPEN THE SOURCE OF WAR BUT TO FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF THOSE NATIONS WHO ENDEAVORED TO OBLITERATE THE MIC THE MARKS OF CIVIL STRIFE. TO COMMIT TO OBLIVION THE FEELINGS AND ENTERED FOR AT LEAST A DECADE. STATUES WERE USED AS MEMORIALS AND CEMETERIES. THEN SOMETHING CHANGED. I HAVE HEARD CONFLICTING ACCOUNTS ON THE ERECTION OF THIS MONUMENT, BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY ERECTED DURING THE JIM CROW MONUMENTS ERECTED DURING THIS ERA WERE NOT ERECTED IN CEMETERIES TO MOURN THE DEAD BUT IN PUBLIC SQUARES TO GLORIFY THE CONFEDERACY AND PROMOTE ITS VALUES TO FUTURE GENERATIONS AS A YOUTH IN MCKINNEY, I HAVE STUDIED TEXAS HISTORY FOR MANY YEARS. I DO NOT KNOW THROCKMORTON. HIS STATUE DOES NOT TEACH MAKE ANY CHILDREN WHO HE WAS STAR HISTORY AND WE DID NOT LEARN ABOUT IT IN SCHOOL BECAUSE HE DIDN'T REALLY DO MUCH. UPON LEARNING HIS PAST. I ASK WHAT LESSON IS THROCKMORTON TEACHING ME THAT TREASON, LOSING A WAR AND GETTING REMOVED FROM OFFICE IS ENOUGH TO. GET A STATUE. THIS STATUE IS THE SWORD THAT
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ROBERTI WE WARNED US ABOUT. MY PARENTS ALWAYS ENCOURAGED ME TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES. JIM CROW IN THE STATUES ERECTED DURING THIS TIME PERIOD OF THE MISTAKES OF OUR COUNTRY. MY GENERATION HAS THE COURAGE TO LOOK AT OUR HISTORY AND RECOGNIZE OUR MISTAKES. I HOPE THIS COUNCIL HAS THE COURAGE TO CORRECT THEM AS MY PARENTS ALWAYS TELL ME WHEN YOU KNOW BETTER DO BETTER. SHOWN HOW AND THEN PHILIP LUCIA LUCIA. SEAN HOW LOCAL RESIDENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FLOURISH RESIDING AT 42 09 HAWKINS DRIVE. GREETINGS TO YOU, MAYOR FULLER AND COUNCILMAN AND ALL THOSE ON THE DIA CE CITY MANAGER. GRIMES POLICE CHIEF CONLEY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE. AND FOR YOU. UM. FOR YOUR SERVICE FOR THE COMMON GOOD AND LISTENING WITH AN OPEN MIND AND HEART TO THE VOICES OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS, DIDDLE TO THE YOUNG LADY. WHO SPOKE BEFORE ME. I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE EDUCATE OURSELVES ON WHO IT IS THAT SITS IN PUBLIC SPACE. UM. AND WHO WE HONOR AND WE NEED TO EXAMINE WHETHER OR NOT THESE RELICS ARE FOR THE COMMON GOOD. AMENDMENT 14 SAYS ALL PERSONS BORN OF NATURALIZED. ALL PERSONS BORN OR NATURALIZED IN THE UNITED STATES AND SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION THEREOF ARE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THE STATE WHEREIN THEY RESIDE. NO STATE SHALL MAKE OR ENFORCE ANY LAW WHICH SHALL ABRIDGE THE PRIVILEGES OR IMMUNITIES OF CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES, NOR SHALL ANY STATE DEPRIVE ANY PERSON OF LIFE, LIBERTY OR PROPERTY. WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF LAW, NOR DENY TO ANY PERSON WITHIN ITS JURISDICTION ADDICTION, THE EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS. GOVERNOR THROCKMORTON WAS REMOVED FROM HIS OFFICE FOR DENYING FORMER SLAVES OF THESE PRIVILEGES BECAUSE HE BELIEVED IN THE INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY AND USED HIS POSITION OF POWER TO CONTINUE THE SUBJECT. GATIEN BLACK PEOPLE. IF THAT'S NOT REASON ENOUGH TO HAVE HIS. MONUMENT RELOCATED TO PAGAN PECAN GROW BEARD BURIAL SITE WHERE HE LAYS REST THEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER REASON WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY. YOU NEED TO HEAL. AND THAT RELIC IS NOT HEALING TO THE COMMON GOOD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TOUCH. PHILIP LUCIA LUCIA. THANK YOU. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR A CHANGE OF PACE. I'M GONNA COMMENT ON ITEM. 20. DASH 0552. A SMOCK ANYWAYS RENEWAL OF ITS INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH COLLIN COUNTY FOR JAIL SERVICES. I WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER MY QUALIFIED SUPPORT FOR THE RESOLUTION QUALIFIED BECAUSE THIS SHOULD BE A SOBERING MOMENT OF REFLECTION. I URGE EACH OF YOU TO CAREFULLY CONSIDER WHETHER THE CITY IS DOING EVERYTHING IN ITS POWER TO PROTECT AND SERVE ALL OF ITS CITIZENS. COMMUNITY PROGRAMS. SUCH A SUBSIDIZED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, TREATMENT, JOB TRAINING AND OTHER INITIATIVES TO ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF CRIME. HAVE A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF SUCCESS ACROSS THE STATE AND AROUND THE WORLD. THERE ARE PROGRAMS IN PLACE TODAY IN OTHER CITIES TO STOP PENALIZING POVERTY BY ELIMINATING CASH BAIL, EXPANDING HOME CONFINEMENT WHILE DEFENDANTS AWAIT TRIAL AND OTHERWISE DIVERT FROM FILLING JAILS AND PRISONS. BY CONTRAST, JAILS AND PRISONS HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF TRANSFORMING PEOPLE WHO ARE VICTIMS OF CIRCUMSTANCE. SMALLTIME LAWBREAKERS OF CONVENIENCE INTO HARDENED CRIMINALS. MAKING US LESS HUMANE AND LESS SAFE. I'M SAD TO SAY THAT THESE PROBLEMS ARE ESPECIALLY ACUTE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS BECAUSE OF A LONG HISTORY OF FAILED POLICY AT THE STATE LEVEL. PLEASE PUT FORTH THE EFFORT INCUMBENT ON ALL CITIZENS TO RESEARCH THE SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF MASS INCARCERATION AND THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE. LET'S ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF CRIME AND OUR COMMUNITY. AND LET US TAKE THIS AND EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO CAREFULLY EXAMINE HOW WE COULD DO OUR PART TO LOCK UP FEWER OF OUR NEIGHBORS IN CAGES. WE ARE OVERDUE AND ENTERING A NEW ERA AND HOW LOCAL OFFICIALS SUCH AS YOURSELVES JOINT EFFORTS WITH COUNTY AND STATE GOVERNMENTS TO BUILD THE JUST AND FLOURISHING SOCIETY THAT EVERYONE HERE WANTS. THANK YOU. MY HERO. I'M DANIEL BERNAL. AND AFTER STEPHEN CALLOUS.[00:45:03]
HELLO. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME STAYING OVER ALL 15 YEAR RESIDENT OF MCKINNEY. I'M HERE TO APPEASE TO YOUR COMMON SENSE. THIS IS HISTORIC MCKINNEY. WE NEED TO KEEP OUR BEAUTY. OUR HISTORY AND OUR STATUE. LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT THROCKMORTON FOR A MINUTE. THIS MAN WAS A DOCTOR. A LAWYER. A POLITICIAN. AND OUR GOVERNOR. ON TOP OF THAT HE GAVE HIS ALL FOR MCKINNEY. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT POINT. HE WAS ONE OF 10 MEN. VOTE. TO NOT SECEDE. WITH THE SOUTH. VERY IMPORTANT POINT, SO HE WANTED TO STAY WITH THE UNION, RIGHT? WE CONTINUE TO HEAR THE WORD. RACIST. THAT STATUE'S OR RACIST, A STATUE IS AN ELEMENT A STATUE IS NOT RACIST. THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S RACIST ABOUT THAT STATUE. THE WORD IS ACTUALLY JUST BEEN CHEAPENED TO NO END. I MEAN FOR EVERY STATUE TO BE RACIST. COME ON, WHERE'S OUR COMMON SENSE HERE? SO I'M ASKING YOU PLEADING WITH YOU. PLEASE DON'T SUCCUMB TO THIS RHETORIC. WE'VE GOT TO VOTE TO KEEP OUR HISTORY. OUR NATURE AND OUR STATUE. THANK YOU. PLAN STEPHEN CALLOUS AND THEN ALEXANDER. I'M A JEDI OR MICHELETTI. MAYBE. I AM STEVEN CALLISON. I'D LIKE TO DRESS YOUR I DO LIVE IN MCKINNEY. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 23 YEARS FOR THOSE EITHER CARE I LIVE IN. SOUTHWESTERN MCKINNEY. I WOULD NOT LIKE TO MY AGENTS AT THIS TIME. CONTRARY TO WHAT SOME OF MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS OUTSIDE MAY THINK OF ME AT THE MOMENT.HI. FORTITUDE GO IN FRONT OF MY OWN REPUBLICAN SENATE DISTRICT CONVENTION AND POINT OUT THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE WITH POLICING IN THE WAY IT'S HANDLED, I SPECIFICALLY SAID. I DON'T THINK THERE'S A PROBLEM IN MCCAIN. YOU'RE COLLIN COUNTY, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO BE BLIND AND OR STUPID TO IGNORE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE REST OF THE STATE. SO THAT BRINGS ME DOWN TO WHAT'S GOING ON MCKINNEY RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A PROBLEM WHERE WE ROUTINELY DISMISSED THINGS WHEN THEY'RE INCONVENIENT, SO IT'S INCONVENIENT THAT WE HAD A BAD DEAL HAPPENED WITH THE AIRPORT, SO WE'RE GOING TO JUST TOSS THE WHOLE THING WAY AND DO A NO BID TO GET IT DONE. SO IT'S CONVENIENT BECAUSE I'M NOT MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICE TO WEAR MY MASK AND EVERY PLACE I GO AT ALL TIMES, SO CLEARLY, I NEED TO BE TREATED LIKE A CHILD AND FORCED TO WEAR A MASK. SORRY, NOT HAVING IT. THIRDLY, THE STATUE. KNOW WHAT? WHEN I MOVED DOWN HERE, I FULLY UNDERSTOOD WHERE I WAS COMING TO. I'M FROM YANKEE LAND. I WAS REMINDED FOR YEARS. ANYBODY NORTH, THE RED RIVERS THAT YANKEE I BLEW IT OFF. NOT THAT BIG A DEAL. A THING OF IT IS. YOU CAN'T COMMIT TREASON WHEN YOU'RE PROTECTING YOUR OWN STATE.
THERE'S JUST SO MUCH BAD HISTORY GOING ON HERE. IT'S JUST DISGUSTING, DISAPPOINTING IN A SAD REFLECTION ON OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THE GUY DIDN'T WANT TO SUCCEED. HE WANTED TO STAY HERE. DID HE HAVE AN 18TH CENTURY VIEW OF HOW WE TREATED? OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE BLACK? YES. ABSOLUTELY. SHOULD THAT THROW OUT EVERYTHING ELSE HE DID IN HIS LIFE. I DON'T THINK SO. SHOULD WE? MAYBE CONSIDER PUTTING A PLAQUE UP, SAYING THESE ARE ALL THE VARIOUS SHORTCOMINGS OR THINGS? WE FIND IN HIM IN MODERN AMERICA THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYBODY OF TODAY? YES I THINK THAT'S A GOOD SOLUTION.
I'VE COVERED ALL THREE AND I'M DONE IN TIME. THANK YOU ALL. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. NEXT.
ALEXANDER AND I THINK IT'S MICHELETTI, POTENTIALLY. AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ALEXANDER MICHELETTI. I LIVE IN 26 OF SEVEN. BORDEAUX. DR MCKINNEY, TEXAS. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL TODAY FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND CONTINUED DEDICATION OR COMMUNITY. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF REASON AND RATIONAL. RUEING THROUGHOUT WORK. THROCKMORTON STATUE WILL NOT BE ENOUGH FOR THE SELF ADMITTED COMMUNIST CANCEL CULTURE. THE PLAN LAID OUT IS TO DESTROY THE VERY FABRIC OF THIS GREAT NATION AND LITERALLY BURN IT TO THE GROUND. WITH REPEATED CHANCE OF NO COPS, NO LAWS, NO USE AT ALL. THE AGENDA IS CRYSTAL CLEAR. IT'S TIME TO STOP ENABLING THE PROBLEM AND BENDING THE NEED TOE UNORGANIZED AND FUNDED. ANGRY MOB. MR MAYOR, WHEN THIS A SAME ANGRY MOB CAME FROM YOU FOR YOU. I STOOD BEHIND YOU. I WAS HERE. I KNOW IT'S RIGHT. I STAND FOR WHAT'S RIGHT IS 18 63.
I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT I WAS A REPUBLICAN. THROCKMORTON WAS A DEMOCRAT. I CAN LOOK PAST THAT HEAD. WE LIVED IN 1963. I WOULD HAVE FOUGHT FOR THE NORTH. I AM A FORMER ARMY OFFICER. I WAS
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FORMER ARMY CAPTAIN. I DID FIGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY. I BLED FOR THIS COUNTRY. I LOVE THIS COUNTRY. AND AS A FORMER ARMY OFFICER, I AM NOT AFRAID TO STAND UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT. MR MAYOR, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. ESTEEMED DELEGATES. I RESPECTFULLY EXPECT YOU ALL TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND NOT TO SUCCUMB TO ANGRY MOB CULTURE AND INSTEAD CONTINUE TO BUILD INNOVATIVE. AND ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A COMMUNITY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO ENJOY. GOD BLESS HIM. THANK YOU. YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER CARDS. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT. HAS SUBMITTED A CARD OR WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN SEMITIC CARD. AS LONG AS YOU WILL FILL OUT A CARD WHEN YOU'RE FINISHED. IS THAT OKAY? GETTING IN ITS CASTLE. MY NAME IS MORE OF THE MILFORD. REALLY MORE FOR THORNTON. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS. I'VE SEEN IT OWN. I WAS BORN AND RAISED ON THE EAST SIDE. I'M 73 YEARS OLD. I HAVE HAD TO FIGHT. THE POLICE HAD A FIGHT WHEN I WAS LITTLE WALKING TO SCHOOL BECAUSE WHITE PEOPLE THROWING ROCKS AT US BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT US TO WALK THROUGH THERE. WE ADORE IT. NOW IT'S A CHANGE COMING UP. WE NEED TO GET TOGETHER AND STOP ALL OF THIS HERE. RACISM CAUSES TOO MUCH IN BIKINI HAS BEEN HIDDEN TOO LONG. IT IS TIME FOR WHAT TO COME AT. YOU CANNOT CHANGE.ONLY GOD CAN CHANGE. YOU CALL YOURSELF A CHRISTIAN. Y'ALL GO TO CHURCH OVER, SON PRAISING GOD. DO YOU THINK I LIKE THAT? NO, GOD DON'T LIKE THAT. YOU DON'T WANT PEOPLE APPEAR THE PAST. THEY ARE BLACK. YOUR SKIN IS BUT NOW I'M DOING IT. WE BLEED THE SAME BLUE AND WHEN WE DO THAT WE'RE GOING. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO ASK TO THE SAME GUY. AND I THINK IT'S TOO MANY PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE RIGHT, MAN. THE START, MS BECAUSE WE APPEAR THE TALK ABOUT THE STATUE. THIS STATUE. WE DIDN'T TELL YOU TO TURN IT DOWN, BUT IT NEED TO BE MOVED. BECAUSE WE'RE TIRED OF LOOKING NATIVE, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT ME LOOKING HERE ARE MY LIFE. WHEN I COME TO TOWN. I HAD TO GOTO THE LITTLE ELLIS AND THINGS SANE. I'VE SEEN THE CHANGES COMING. I'M 73. I'VE SEEN THE CHANGE IS COMING. BEEN THROUGH THE RACISM AND I'M TIRED. IT IS TIME FOR CHANGE HIS TOP EVERYBODY GET ON BULLET BE IS ONE. STOP BEING STOP MISTREATING PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THE COLOR. WE BLEED THE SAME BLOOD? YEAH AND WHEN WE DIE, WE WILL ANSWER TO THE SAME GOD.
AND IT DON'T MAKE NO DIFFERENCE. BECAUSE IF YOU CAN GO TO CHURCH AND SAY I LOVE GOD AND I'M PRAISING GOD AND HATE THIS MAN BECAUSE HE'S BLACK, IT'S NOT RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHAT I GOT TO SAY. IT'S NOT RIGHT JUST BECAUSE YOU WERE STANDING UP FOR EACH OTHER. TREAT THIS MAN RIGHT HERE. FIVE COLA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE. WE WILL MOVE COORDINATES AGENDA ITEM. IT'S SET TO GENERAL. THESE ITEMS CONSIST CONSIST OF NON
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CONTROVERSIAL ASKING TIMES LAW MAY BE CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY BY A COUNCIL MEMBER, MAKING SUCH A QUESTION PRIOR TO EMOTION AND VOTE ON THE CONSENT. THERE'S NO QUESTIONS.LIKE, UH, LIKE MUST CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 200 BACK FOR A SECOND. THAT IS FOR ALL OF CONSENT. WOULD YOU PUT IN THE CONSERVATION OF DIRECTIONS, AND THERE'S A SECOND FOR THAT. ON SITE HAVE A BUTTON, BUT. AND THIS JUST DEALING WITH THAT. THE MAYOR,
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ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE NOW 2 TO 0 ZERO'S YOUR 3 TO 2. SIR NECKED ON PRELIMINARY FINAL FOR HIGHLAND LAKES LOOKING NORTHWEST CORNER, THEY'LL ROAD COUNTED 1 63 GARDEN. TAKE THESE INDIVIDUALLY AS INITIAL MOTION WANTED TO CLASSES. YOU KNOW YOU COULD DO THEM TOGETHER, BUT NOT WITH YOUR CONSENT. SO I WILL. ASK IF THERE'S EMOTION TO GROUP ALL OF THE CONSIDERATIONS TOGETHER. WE COULD DO THAT. FOR YOU. THAT EMOTION IS TOO. TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. JENNIFER LOOKS LIKE SHE WANTS TO TALK. OKAY? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE PLAQUE CONSIDERATIONS AS RECOMMENDED APPROVING RECOMMENDATION STAFF. CAST YOUR VOTES. MOTION PASSES. THAT BRINGS US TO OUR REGULAR[20-0558 Consider/Discuss/Act on Election of Mayor Pro Tem]
AGENDA. PUBLIC HEARING ATOMS TO ZERO YOU'RE 558 CONSIDERED US ACT ON ELECTION OF A MAYOR PROTEST. MR MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE. PERSONAL EMOTION, BUT I'D LIKE TO MAKE EMOTIONS. THE QUESTION FROM HERE PRO TEM READY RAJ TO CONTINUOUS PROTEST. YOU USUALLY DON'T GET TO EMOTION UNTIL THE MAYOR. OPENS UP FOR EMOTION SO WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION IS NOT RACE TO MAKE EMOTIONS THAT NOBODY COULD HAVE DISCUSSION BECAUSE YOU KNOW I WAS GOING TO MAKE A MOTION FOR MYSELF TO BE MADE FOR HIM, BUT I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO RACE IT. WELL, LET'S LET'S HAVE A DISCUSSION FOR SURE. WAY DISCUSSIONS DISCUSSIONS. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO BE MAYOR? I GUESS THAT WAS NOT. I'M NOT SURE. I WANT YOU KIDDING. I WOULD NOT SERVE EXCEPT CONTINUE. HOME CAST A VOTE.[COUNCIL AND MANAGER COMMENTS]
WE'VE ALREADY DONE CITIZEN COMMENTS COUNCILMANIC COMMENTS YOU MIND STARTING TONIGHT? SO WE BREAK IT UP. IS THAT A RECORD? ALL RIGHT, OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY MAJOR EMERGENCY ORDER, WHICH HE FELLS INVEST. A CITY I NO WAY THAT THAT CAME ABOUT, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT HAD BEEN MADE. I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE PRIVATELY WITH ANYONE WHO HAD ANY DIFFERENCES IN OPINION. THAT DID THAT WITH OUR MAYOR, NOW SATISFIED THAT CONVERSATION, AND I RECOGNIZED THAT GEORGE HAS. DONE OUTSTANDING JOBS WHERE HE'S ACTING AND WHAT HE[01:00:01]
BELIEVES IS BEST FOR THE CITY AND EVERYTHING THAT HE DOES, AND HE CERTAINLY. OPEN TO BE CONTACTED AND COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL, A MEMBER OF THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY OR FROM OUTSIDE OF THIS COMMUNITY. HE WILL CERTAINLY FROM THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION WITH YOU DISCUSS THINGS WITH YOU APPRECIATE PROFESSIONALISM THAT WAS SHOWN TO MAY AND ADDRESS MATTERS CERTAINLY PRIVATELY. SO THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT, SOME FORM THINK HE WAS VERY FRESH. CITY KNOW YOU HAVE THE HARDEST WORK MAYOR IN THE COUNTRY, NOT JUST STAY WITH COUNTRY BECAUSE HE'S GIVEN UP. IT'S ONLY BUSINESS INTEREST TO FURTHER THE INTERESTS OF THIS CITY. IT SHOULD BE APPRECIATED. I KNOW IT IS. THANK YOU. I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT. REALLY? JUST TEO. THREE. THINGS USE ONE. TEO GREW THE MAYOR PRO TEM TOGETHER. I KNOW HOW MUCH TIME IT INVOLVES BEATING ON COUNCIL. FOR BOTH OF YOU TO TAKE ON ADDITIONAL DUTIES AND THE EXTRA HOURS THEY'RE INVOLVED. I APPRECIATE THAT. SECOND PAUL GRIMES. I KNOW THAT. PRESENT, BUT IT JUST OCCURRED TO ME THIS MORNING. SO I HAVE PAUL. IT'S NORMAL. WE'LL GET TOGETHER ALL DOESN'T NEED TO TAKE TIME TO ME, NEVER SAID PERSONAL COUNSELS MANY TIMES AS WE WANT, BUT HE DOES. AND JUST A THANK YOU FOR BEING INVOLVED. THANK YOU FOR BEING CANDID. AND JUST APPRECIATE TIME INVESTMENT. I KNOW THAT YOU PUT A LOT OF TIME AT PUBLIC EVENTS BACK WHEN WE USED TO HAVE THOSE AND I'LL HAVE IT AGAINST WHAT YOU GOTTA DO. AND, UH NO. ONE YOU KNOW, THEY SAY THE GREATEST FEAR PSYCHOLOGICAL FEAR OR ONE OF THE GREATEST IN AMERICA'S PUBLIC SPEAKING AND SO I KNOW THAT THERE'S A NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT CAME TO SPEAK TONIGHT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN THERE IN THE REAL. I MEAN, IT COULD BE THE MOST COMFORTABLE THING TO DO. SO FOLKS CAME UP AND SPOKE AND THAT IS A PART OF SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO DO ON A DAILY BASIS. KUDOS TO YOU BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE DO THAT. PRESIDENT. YEAH, FIRST LIKE THIS, I LIKE TO ADDRESS THE DRIVE PARADE. WE HAVE THIS LAST SATURDAY. AND I THINK EVERYBODY THAT CITY STAFF WORKED ON THAT. ESPECIALLY ANY RESPONSE. I CALL HER ROCK STAR, AND UNTIL THEY OUTPERFORMED BALIAN AND GEORGE, I'M KIDDING.YOU DID A GREAT JOB. EVERYBODY DID A GREAT JOB. IT'S TOUGH TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IN A SPLIT SECOND WOULD CHANGE. WE HAD TO STOP IN AT 11 AM, FIRST OF ALL. CHARLIE RANDOLPH. YEAH, AND THREE TIMES THEY GOT THE TOP SCORE WAS OVER TOGETHER, PRAYING AFTER WAITING FOR CHARLIE. BUT SERIOUSLY, WE STOP THE GREAT 11. WE STILL HAD A LINE ON THE WAY. YOU HAVE TO THANK THE CITIZENS OF MCKINNEY. ESPECIALLY OUR PATRIOTIC CITIZENS THAT CAME DOWN THERE.
JUST DRIVE THROUGH JUST TO GET A PIECE OF NORMALCY. AND THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE DOING. I'VE HAVE SPOKEN MANY OF FACEBOOK PERSON AND THEY DIDN'T THINK THIS ENOUGH KEEPING THAT AT LEAST SOMEWHAT TRADITIONAL LIVES OF THE PARADE THAT THEY KNOW BUT JUST BASICALLY REVERSED. IT WAS HARD WITH. EVERYBODY. GREAT JOB. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CITY STAFF. PUT YOUR HOPE SHE'S LISTENING, FORGETTING THAT TOGETHER, AND ESPECIALLY THE. MALIA AND GEORGE FOR PERFORMING FOR TWO HOURS STRAIGHT. THAT WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. I KNOW WE'VE HAD A TOUGH TIME HERE WITH MASKS. AND THAT STATUE. I'M GONNA DRESS THE MASS FIRST PORTERS. I GOT BEAT UPON IT AS WELL. I'VE BEEN WORRYING MASS. IT'S MARCH. I HAVE TO FOR MY JOB. I HAVE TO FOR THE PLACES I GO INTO YOUR BLACK PROTECTION, MOSTLY. BECAUSE OF THE PLACES I GO. THEY DON'T WEAR MASKS, AND THEY DON'T SOCIAL DISTANCE IT'S AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH COLOR BECAUSE I ARREST ALL DIFFERENT COLORS. IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME WHEN I SEE YOUR WARRANT. I DON'T LOOK IT. I DO GO IN THOSE HOUSES AND I SEE HOW IT ISS AND I KNOW THAT IT'S JUST IT'S PART OF LIFE.
SOMETIMES I GREW UP THAT WAY, TOO. MY HOUSE. THAT'S ON 1 19 LIKE BIRD IN SAN ANTONIO.
STILL, THE STATE DOES NOT HAVE INTERNET IT'S NEVER INTERNET. IT HAS BURGER BALL OF PARTS OF THE OUTSIDE. THAT'S HOW I GREW UP. IT'S A PARTY STRICKEN NEIGHBORHOOD, MUCH LIKE THE ONES I GO INTO. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT ONE THERE. SO WHEN I TELL FOLKS I'M WEARING THAT MASK FOR MY PROTECTION, BECAUSE I DON'T TAKE THAT HOME TO MY FAMILY. SO WHEN I SEE FOLKS ABLE, I JUST I CAN'T MAKE THAT SACRIFICE. IT'S REALLY HARD FOR ME TO LISTEN BECAUSE
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I'M MAKING THAT SACRIFICE CONSTANTLY, NOT ONLY FOR MYSELF BUT FOR MY CHILDREN AND FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY, BECAUSE WHEN I'M OUT OF WORK WHEN I'M I'M DONE. I'M DONE FOR THAT DURATION AND MY TEAM MAY BE DONE. SO THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT GETTING THE JOB DONE. SO I DO UNDERSTAND. THE PROCESS AND I UNDERSTAND THE ANGER YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND ON ANOTHER PIECE. SOME OF US ARE OUT THERE WORKING IN THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND IT'S PART OF LIFE. RIGHT COVE. IT IS PART OF LIFE. WE HAVE TO ADJUST IF WE WANT TO KEEP OUR ECONOMY OPEN, JUST LIKE THE GOVERNOR'S GOING RIGHT NOW, AND I THOUGHT THAT MANDATE IS PRETTY GOOD. IT'S PRETTY FAIR. IF YOU WANT TO KEEP THEM ON ECONOMY OPEN, THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE CERTAIN SACRIFICES FOR EACH OTHER. AND THAT'S JUST PART OF WHAT WE ALWAYS MAKE SACRIFICES. TO THE STATUE. I'VE WATCHED THROUGH THE NATION FOR THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS. I'VE WATCHED THESE PROTESTS AND I'VE WATCHED THESE PROTESTS HAVE BEEN RIGHT IN AND THEY ASKED, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO TEAR THIS DOWN. WE NEED TO BREAK THIS TO YOU TO DO THAT.SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS. SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T. THAT MOB MENTALITY THAT HAPPENS IS NOT FAIR TO OUR COMMUNITIES, AND I KNOW THAT THIS ISN'T A MOB MENTALITY, BUT IT COULD GET THERE AND I THINK THE BEST PLACE FOR US TO DO RIGHT NOW IS TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER TO APPEASE OUR COMMUNITY TO APPEASE EVERYBODY TO SAY, LOOK, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING FOR IT. WE'RE TRYING TO SEE WHERE WE'RE GONNA END UP. I DON'T WANT IT. I WANT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING ERECTED THAT SAID EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED HERE. I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE BETTER, BUT THERE GONNA BE A COPPER MY SOMEWHERE AND I AM IN FOR COMPROMISES. I'M NOT SAYING THAT KNOWS THAT FINAL ANSWER, BUT I DEFINITELY WANT TO BE THERE FOR THE DECISION MAKING AND I WANT THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO BE THERE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS WITH US. THAT'S RIGHT. THE LAST THING I HAVE TO SAY. IS FOUR YEARS AGO, 8 58 THE SAME DAY, FIVE OFFICERS KILLED DOWNTOWN DALLAS DURING DURING PROTEST. I WAS THERE. ALL BUT ONE OF THOSE OFFICERS IN THE BODY. SO I KNOW ALL ABOUT SACRIFICE. AND I KNOW ALL ABOUT THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT DO THAT JOB EVERY SINGLE DAY.
WE'VE GOT ONE OF THE BEST POLICE CHIEFS IN ALL OF TEXAS THAT'S STANDING OVER THERE BY THAT DOOR, AND HE KNOWS ABOUT PERSONAL SACRIFICES. WELL, IS, HE SAID. VERY OFFICERS IS WATCH WIDOW'S GRIEF, AND HE'S ALSO HAD TO TAKE CARE OF OFFICERS HAVE BEEN SICK ON THE JOB OR INJURED ON THE JOB. ONCE YOU DO THAT, FOR A VERY LONG TIME, YOU UNDERSTAND WITH THOSE PERSONAL SECOND PRICES ARE NOT ALL OF US ARE BAD. ALWAYS HAVE A JOB TO DO, AND WE DO HAVE SOMETHING DON'T THAT'S THAT'S A PLAIN FACT. BUT WE HAVE PINK GUMS IN EVERY PART OF THE WORLD. WE DON'T WANT THOSE DING DONGS WORKING FOR US. DON'T GET ME WRONG. WE'D LIKE TO SEE THE GREATEST OFFICER IN THE WORLD EVERY SINGLE THAT THAT'S NEVER GONNA HAPPEN. YOU'RE NEVER GONNA HAVE THE BEST TEACHER. YOU'RE NEVER GONNA HAVE THE BEST OFFICERS. YOU'RE NEVER GONNA HAVE THE BEST FLOWERS. YOU'RE NEVER GONNA HAVE ALWAYS THE BEST. ALWAYS GONNA HAVE SOMEBODY THAT RUINS IT FOR EVERYBODY. THERE'S PEOPLE LIKE ME. THEY LIKE TO PUT IT BACK TOGETHER. THAT'S RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO BE HERE FOR YOU GUYS FOR A COMMUNITY FOR OUR STATE FOR OUR NATION. AND UNDER GOD, WE ALL RUN THE SAME TIME. SO I HAVE TO SAY MY PIECE, BUT I NEVER MISSED IF I DON'T MENTION THAT THOSE FIVE OFFICERS GOT TONIGHT.
PROTECTING THE PROTESTERS. THEY WERE NOT PROTECTING ANYBODY WITH THOSE PROTESTERS, AND THEY DIED FOR DOING IT. FRANK. WOULD YOU WOULD ASK ME TO. I JUST WENT AGAIN RECOGNIZING THE ROSENTHAL. I CAN TELL YOU THAT WHEN. THEY DECIDED TO HAVE A REVERSE PARADE. I MEAN, I COULDN'T VISUALIZE THAT. I COULDN'T SEE HIM BE SUCCESSFUL. WHERE THEY MADE THE WRONG. IT WAS EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL. SHE EXCEEDED WHAT ARE EXPECTATIONS WERE. AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT CONTRIBUTED TO HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN. DID A WONDERFUL JOB. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE PEOPLE THAT COME UP HERE TO SPEAK. I WANT THEM OUT. WE DO LISTEN TO HIM. LISTEN, EVERYTHING THAT'S BEING SAID WE ESSENTIALLY WORK FOR THEM. SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO COME UP AND TELL US HOW THEY'RE FEELING AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM IN THIS COMMUNITY. SOMEONE ATTACKED THEM. IT'S ALL RIGHT. SHUT UP. A LOT. KEEP UP WITH YOUR LIMITED TO ONE MINUTE, SIR. SO I GUESS THE FIRST THING IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STATUES ERECTED IN 19 11. IN HISTORY.
YOU HAVE EVERYBODY COME IN HERE TALKING ABOUT HISTORY. IS THAT 1/3? ABOUT THE SAME TIME. I'D
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BE REMISS IF I THINK ABOUT. I WANT TO SAY I AM MY ANCESTORS. SO I CAN'T. NOT THINK ABOUT 1911. I CAN'T NOT THINK ABOUT SLAVERY. THERE WAS. THE QUOTA SAYS I WOULD CALL THE CALL TO THE PAST. FAR BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF TIME. I'M BACK TO THEM TO COME AND HELP ME AT AT THE JUDGMENT. I WILL REACH BACK AND DRAW THEM INTO ME. AND THEY MUST COME. FOR AT THIS MOMENT.I AM THE WHOLE REASON THAT THEY HAVE EXISTED AT ALL. THAT WAS A CLIP FROM EM STOP. MALCOLM, MARTIN GARVEY, HUGH ALI, HARRY, MY MADAM, CJ FREDERICK W B. THIRD ROSE, SARAH CRAVED THAT.
THIS. MALVO AND MR JOHNSON COACH EVANS, MR MCGOWAN. I AM ON HENCE IS SO I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK ABOUT IT. HISTORY. SLAVERY. EVERYTHING THAT EMBODIES EVERYTHING THAT 1911 AT THIS GENERAL. STOOD FOR AND AGAINST YOU CAN'T LIKE THAT WAY. HE WAS NOT FOR THE PEOPLE.
HE WAS REMOVED FROM OFFICE BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT US TO HAVE PEOPLE RIGHT? HE STOOD FOR SLAVERY. IT DOESN'T MATTER THAT HE VOTED. AGAINST THE SESSION BECAUSE THAT WASN'T BECAUSE HE STOOD AGAINST SLAVERY. HE VOTED FOR AGAINST THE SESSION BECAUSE HE KNEW THE NORTH. THE SOUTH WOULD BE BETTER FILLED OUT WITH THE NORTH. WITH THE UNION. IT WAS ECONOMICS THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH HIS MORALS AGAINST SLAVERY. AS A COUNCIL MEMBER. I UNDERSTAND ECONOMICS. WE TALK ABOUT THE FOURTH OF JULY. HOW I HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE LAST TWO YEARS. THE PARADE BECAUSE. I DON'T CELEBRATE YOUR DAY OF INDEPENDENCE BECAUSE FOURTH OF JULY 1976. BLACK PEOPLE WEREN'T INDEPENDENT. WE WERE STILL SLAVES. SO WE HAVE TO GRAPPLE WITH OUR HISTORY SINCE EVERYONE WAS COMING HERE TO TALK ABOUT HISTORY. WE STILL LIVE IN TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS. THE WEAK GO INSIDE. ALTHOUGH WE LEARN TO 222. HE'LL LIVE SIDE BY SIDE WAS STILL NOT LIVING TOGETHER BECAUSE YOU STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND PAIN. I DEAL WITH EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE. NO. MY FELLOW COUNCILMAN WANTS TO STILL TALK ABOUT THE POLICE. HOW FOUR YEARS AGO. THE TRAGIC LOSS OF LIFE. WE ALL ARE SADDENED BY THE TRAGIC LOSS OF LIFE. THOSE FOUR POLICE OFFICERS WOULDN'T HAVE DIED FOUR YEARS AGO. HAVE WE NOT HAD TO BE OUT THERE PROTESTING THE DEATH OF PHILANDO CASTILLE, THE DEATH OF OUTS AND STERLING. WE WOULDN'T HAVE NEEDED POLICE TO PROTECT US FROM PROTESTING THE DEATHS. OF INNOCENT BLACK PEOPLE HAVE NOT DIED IN THE HANDS OF POLICE IN THE FIRST PLACE. WE STILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO RECONCILE WITH ONE ANOTHER. SO WE HAVE THESE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT CIVIL LIBERTIES THAT WE STILL HAVE BLACK PEOPLE STILL DON'T HAVE. TALKING ABOUT MASK ORDINANCES. SO YOU KNOW, I THINK THE MAYOR FOR STEPPING UP DURING THE TIME OF KOBE SINCE MARCH, I'VE BEEN SIDE BY SIDE. I UNDERSTAND YOU MAY HAVE THE POWER TO ISSUE EXECUTIVE ORDERS. YOU'VE DONE RIGHT BY THE COMMUNITY. DURING COVERT 19. AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT. YOU DON'T HEAR THESE SAME PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT CIVIL LIBERTIES. IF YOU GO INTO A STORE, THERE'S PLENTY OF SIGNS THAT SAY NO SHIRT, NO SHOES, NO SERVICE. SO I UNDERSTAND WHY I'M ASKING SUCH A BIG DEAL. YOU WANT TO GO BY VERSUS PUT ON A MASK. MY GROCERIES. TAKE THE MASK OFF. SAME PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT CIVIL LIBERTIES. THE SAME GUYS THAT JUST KILLED TWO POLICE OFFICERS WERE SHOT TWO POLICE OFFICERS IN OKLAHOMA TWO WEEKS AGO. A WHITE MAN KILLED. TWO POLICE OFFICERS WERE SHOT TWO POLICE OFFICERS IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA. DON'T HEAR ANYBODY SCREAMING ABOUT THAT. THAT DIDN'T MAKE NATIONAL NEWS. YOU DON'T HEAR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TALKING ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE. THEY ALWAYS WANT TO TALK ABOUT RADICAL BLACK LIVES MATTER. WE'RE NOT THE ONES KILLING POLICE OFFICERS ARE TARGETED POLICE OFFICERS. IT IS THE SAME GUY WHO THEY. ASK 12 TIMES TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE IN TOSA HOME TWO WEEKS AGO. THEY GAVE HIM 12 OPPORTUNITIES TO GET OUT OF VEHICLE. HE PUT
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EACH OTHER YOU SEE AND SHOT TWO POLICE OFFICERS BUT HAD BEEN A BLACK GUY THEY PULLED OVER. HE WOULD HAVE NOT GOT 12 OPPORTUNITIES TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THEY POLICE US DIFFERENTLY IN OUR COMMUNITIES. AND THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FIGHTING FOR EQUALITY. PORT FAIR TREATMENT UNDER THE LAW. SO UNTIL WE CAN LIVE TOGETHER. TOGETHER. NOT JUST COINCIDE IN EXISTING PUT TOGETHER. MAYBE WE'LL UNDERSTAND WHY THESE STATUES MEANS SO MUCH DIFFERENTLY. WE'RE TALKING HISTORY. BUT I AM MY ANCESTORS, SO THAT SLAVERY JUST DOESN'T GO AWAY BECAUSE YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS AND WHEN WE DO THANK YOU. COUNSEL FOR THEIR VOTE OF TRUST WITH VIEWS. THEIR PROTON. I'VE ENJOYED MY ROLE WORKING WITH THE MAYOR. I, TOO WOULD LIKE TO. $5 OFFICERS WHO WERE KILLED FOUR YEARS AGO TODAY PROTECTING THOSE WHO WERE PROTESTING. I SALUTE THEM. ALSO THEIR FAMILIES AND ASK GOD TO BLESS THEM THEIR FAMILIES WHO THEY LEFT BEHIND. THE OTHER THING I HAVE TO SAY IS ON THE MASK ISSUE. YOU KNOW, ALL THESE PEOPLE IS JUST PUT ON THE LAST MAN. MASTER IT'S ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS IS. IT'S JUST A IT'S JUST A THING. AND IT'S NOT THAT PEOPLE DON'T. HAVEN'T ISSUE WITH PUTTING ON A MAN THAT'S NOT WHAT IT ISS ITS PEOPLE DON'T TRUST. GOVERNMENT.MAYBE THEY DON'T TRUST YOU. THEY DON'T TRUST THE GOVERNOR. THEY DON'T TRUST US CITY COUNCIL. BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T. THEN REALLY FORTHRIGHT WITH A LOT OF THINGS. WHY IS THIS SPIKE? WHY DON'T WE HAVE THE SPIKE? YOU LOOK, WHY WAS HER SPIKE IN TEXAS? NOBODY TALKS ABOUT THAT. ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT THE FACT THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE. CURRENT TRACKING OUR 35 49. MAYBE THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO WERE HUNDREDS. TENS OF 1000 PEOPLE WHO ARE PROTEST. NOBODY HAD A PROBLEM. WITH THE GATHERINGS THAT. AND THEN ALL THIS. NOBODY TALKS ABOUT THAT. SO WHY DON'T WE SAY YOU KNOW WHAT? BECAUSE, BECAUSE THESE PROTESTS WITH THEN WITH WHAT? RIGHT NOW, WE MIGHT NEED TO PUT ON A MASK FOR A WHILE AND MAYBE WORK THROUGH THIS. THERE'S NO OTHER REASON. WE OPENED UP TWO MONTHS. LITTLE SPIKE BECAUSE OF THAT. THEY'RE ALL THERE'S PERSONAL LIBERTY. THERE'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. AND THEN THERE'S GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY THAT THOSE THREE THINGS WERE ALWAYS JUGGLING. THE GOVERNMENT HAS A DUTY TO PROTECT HIS PEOPLE. BUT IT CANNOT WAIT. WE CANNOT DENY AND OR FORGET. THE LIGHTNING SPEED AT WHICH THE GOVERNMENT CAME DOWN AND SHUT DOWN OUR RELIGIOUS GATHERINGS. YOU MUST NOT BECOME A CUSTOM TO THE ASSERTION THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS THAT KIND OF POWER. JUST SHUT US DOWN. AND IT'S NOT UNLIKE MARTIAL LAW. SO THE GOVERNMENT SHUTS US DOWN, TELLS US RELIGION IS NON ESSENTIAL BUT ALCOHOL, MARIJUANA SHOPS AND ANIMALS ARE ESSENTIAL.
THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE NOW BEING ASKED FOR MISS. THAT'S THE ISSUE. WHERE PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT WEARING MASKS. YOU KNOW, RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES, EVEN THOSE ACTIVITIES OF ABUSE THAT SAFELY DONE. WE'RE DENIED THERE WAS THERE WAS A MAN WHO A PRIEST COULD NOT PERFORM THE LAST RITES. OF A DYING MAN. HE WASN'T DYING OF COLD. HE WAS DYING. AND. THE HOSPITAL POLICE, BUT THEY WOULDN'T LET THE PRIEST TO ADMINISTER LAST RITES. WHAT? THE BILL OF RIGHTS THEIR MEMBER NUMBER ONE IS, CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION OR PRE EMINENT IN THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF. AND YET. WE ALL BOUND DOWN AND DIDN'T SAY A WORD WHEN THE GOVERNMENT SHUT ALL THE CHURCHES DOWN. THAT'S WHY THEY DON'T TRUST THAT'S WHY PEOPLE DON'T TRUST THE GOVERNMENT. THEN THEY WON'T NOW WILL PUT ON THIS MAN. I MEAN, THE MISINFORMATION THAT'S OUT THERE. OF WHAT HOPE IT IS TRANSMITTED WILL MASK WORK.
WILL NOT. THEY DON'T TRUST THE INFORMATION. ABILITY. TWO. THE WORSHIP HAS BEEN TRIVIALIZED
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DOWN BELOW THE ABILITY TO BUY ALCOHOL. THAT'S WHY PEOPLE HAVE A PROBLEM. THE REASON PEOPLE DO NOT TRUST HIS GOVERNMENT IS THAT THEY'VE BEEN TRYING NOW TO CONTROL US THROUGH FEAR AND MISINFORMATION. THAT'S WHY PEOPLE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE MASK. OUR MAYOR MADE HOLD STEP VERY UNPOPULAR IN SOME SENSES AND UNPOPULAR AND OTHERS. I HAD TO. REQUIRE THAT FROM A KIDNEY FOR THE SHORT TIME BEFORE THE GOVERNOR TOOK OVER. I WANT YOU TO KNOW IT WAS. WAIT TALKED BEFORE HE DID IT. HE WAS PRETTY SURE THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE MANDATED ANYWAY, BUT HE WANTED TO TAKE THAT STEP. NOT FOR ANYTHING OTHER THEN. MAKING SURE THAT OUR BUSINESSES COULD STILL THAT WAS HIS HE OVER AND OVER AND OVER. HE WOULD TELL ME. I GOT TO DO SOMETHING. I GOTTA DO SOMETHING. I CANNOT HAVE. OUR BUSINESS IS SHUTTING DOWN. THIS IS WHAT IT TAKES.NOT TAKE THE HEAT. THAT'S WHAT IT WASIT WASN'T LOOKING FOR SOME GLORY LOOKING FOR SOMETHING BEING THE FIRST MAN IT WAS BECAUSE HE WAS LOOKING AFTER THE BUSINESSES OF MCKINNEY, TEXAS. WITH THIS SMALL LITTLE THING COULD MAKE HAPPEN, DO THAT, THEN THAT'S WHAT HE WAS WILLING TO DO. BUT AGAIN. AND I WANTED I WOULDN'T HAVE SUPPORTED THE MASK. I WOULDN'T FOR THE FOR THE REASONS THAT I GAVE YOU. I JUST DON'T TRUST DON'T WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THIS IS GONNA WIN WHEN THE MASK IS NOT GONNA BE REQUIRED ANYMORE. WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY'RE GONNA COME OUT AND SAY WELL, NOW, NOW WE THINK ANYBODY 65 OR OLDER NEEDS TO BE SHELTERED IN PLACE. NOW WE THINK WE NEED TO US NOTHING AND WE JUST FOLLOW LIKE SHEEP. WHAT WE DO, AND PEOPLE ARE KIND OF TIRED. AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVEN'T ISSUE WHERE MASS.
BECAUSE WAY MOST PEOPLE WHO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH LOVE PEOPLE. I SERVE PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, THE LADY CALLED ME UP TO THE DAY'S WHEN YOU RENT GAS AND THE GAS CAN AND GET SOME GAS AND PUT HER IN A TANK, AND SHE'S OFTEN RUN AND GIVE HER SOME MONEY FOR GAS AND IF SOMEBODY TOLD ME I HAD TO DO THAT. I DON'T MIND DOING IT. WHEN YOU HAVE TO DO IT BECAUSE GOVERNMENT TELLS YOU TO DO IT. THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S THE ISSUE. THAT'S THE FREEDOM. I FEEL LIKE HE'S BEEN TAKEN AWAY. SO THAT'S ALL. MR MAYOR. JUST A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS. PART RECREATION DEPARTMENT HAS LAUNCHED A FACEBOOK PAGE TO CONNECT WITH RESIDENTS AND SHARE ABOUT PARK. RENOVATIONS RECREATION ACTIVITIES, VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING AND MORE. ALL THE ACCOUNTS FACEBOOK .COM FORWARD SLASH MCKINNEY T X FOR TEXAS BEGINNING T EX PARTE. WHILE YOU ARE THERE, CHECK OUT INFORMATION ABOUT THE ANNUAL PARKS BINGO PROGRAM THAT GOES THROUGH JULY 31ST. MCKENNEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER WILL PRESENT A SUMMER DRIVING CONCERT SERIOUS SUMMER DRIVING IN CONCERT SERIES AT TOPS BREWERY. FIRST CONCERT IS JULY 18TH FEATURING FAREWELL, ANGELINA. TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW. VISIT IMPACT. VISIT NPC .COM. YOU ALSO WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK OBVIOUSLY. AMY ROSENTHAL AND HER TEAM ALSO WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM.
OUR CREWS THAT CAME AND SET UP ON THEIR HOLIDAY. THEY GIVE UP THEIR HOLIDAY SO THEY CAN COME OUT AND EVERYBODY CAN ENJOY. THERE'S THAT MUCH MORE. AND THEY'RE OFTEN TIMES UNSUNG HEROES OF THE ORGANIZATION. THEY GET OUT THERE AND THEY DO IT DURING DURING CODE AND THEY WERE THERE EVERY DAY WORKING AND I REALLY JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THEM FOR THEIR COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION. FINAL REMINDER. THE CITY COUNCIL OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP FOR A BUDGET PROPOSAL, HIS AUGUST 14 YOU MOVE THE DATE BACK A WEEK. IT IS FRIDAY, AUGUST 14TH. AT 8 A.M. I BELIEVE WE START. AND WHERE HE'S DONE. MY NAME JUST REMINDED ACCOUNTS WENT PUBLIC THAT OUR BUDGET PROPOSAL WORKSHOP IS AUGUST 14. THAT'S A LIE. IT WAS A COUPLE OF COMMENTS MADE ABOUT THE COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS, AND THAT'S IF I JUST HEARD THAT AND I DIDN'T KNOW ANY OF THE FACTS. I WOULD THINK THAT THAT MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL. WHY WOULD THE CITY DO THAT? AND THINGS OUT OF CONTEXT. OFTEN THEY DON'T MAKE SENSE. BUT IF I PUT IT IN CONTEXT, I WOULD TELL YOU THAT. WE'VE GOT A FOUND HERSELF IN THE SITUATION THAT WE COULD NOT DO ANYTHING FOR A PERIOD OF TIME BECAUSE IT HAD TO GO. THAT PROJECT HAD TO GO THROUGH A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, AND WE AS A CITY MUNICIPALITY CAN'T CAN'T DO ANYTHING. CAN'T SOLICITED CAN 20 THING UNTIL WE HAVE A FINALITY. ASSOCIATIVE THAT PROJECT. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF BIG THINGS IN THE CITY THAT WE'VE ACHIEVED. IT'S BEEN OVERSHADOWED BY A LOT OF OTHER THINGS AND MANY WAYS FROM SOCIAL LEVEL. OF COURSE IT SHOULD BE. ONE OF THEM IS THE BYRON NELSON AND WE'VE ACHIEVED THAT FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, AND THAT WILL BE WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE A SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC IMPACT AND TOWARDS A DRIVER. AND JUST A VIEW OF OUR CITY ACROSS THE WORLD THAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL AND. WE WOULD
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LOVE TO HAVE THAT TERMINAL DONE, SO CERTAINLY THERE WAS SOME TIMING ISSUES, BUT WE DIDN'T JUST GO AND PICK SOMEBODY. WHAT WE DID IS WE ACTUALLY WE FOLLOW THE PROCESS. WE JUST FOLLOWED THE ORIGINAL BID PROCESS AND WE WENT TO THE VERY NEXT. PERSON THE VERY NEXT DAY THAT WAS ACTUALLY RIGHT IN LINE WITH IN DOLLARS. UP THE OF THE OTHER OF THE OTHER BIT THAT WAS CHOSEN.SO AGAIN IN CONTEXT. THIS WASN'T SOMEBODY'S FRIEND OR JUST THROW A DART AT A BOARD OR SEE WHO PICKED UP THE PHONE AND CALLED US QUICKEST. IT WAS THE PAINSTAKING PROCESS THAT WE RELIED ON WILL BE ISSUED THE FIRST BIT. THE FIRST CONTRACT, WE WENT BACK TO THAT PAINSTAKING PROCESS AND ALL THE DUE DILIGENCE AND WE WENT WITH THE SECOND PERSON, SO PUT IT IN CONTEXT WHEN YOU COME UP. IF YOU WOULD PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS. AND I SHOULDN'T SAY THAT WAS PROBABLY FIGHTING. SO I TAKE THAT BACK THAT SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE. IF YOU DID, YOU SHOULD PUT IN CONTEXT. BUT I UNDERSTAND MANY MAY NOT HAVE ACTUALLY. THE TAMMY WARNER. YOU KNOW AGAIN, ANOTHER THING OUT OF CONTEXT. I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THE MAYOR THAT YOU HAVE WITH YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT. EIGHT OR NINE MONTHS AND FIVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THE NEXT FOUR YEARS AND NINE MONTHS WHEN YOU WHEN YOU TAG ME HERE, OR, YOU KNOW, TAG ME ON FACEBOOK OR OR TELL ME AND THIS LONG TIRADE OF HOW YOU ARE NOT GOING TO FOLLOW THE LAW. YOU ARE NOT GONNA WEAR A MASTER HAVE PARTY 100 PEOPLE AND YOU DON'T GIVE A ABOUT ANY ANY LAW ANY ANYTHING, AND THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO. I'M GONNA CALL YOU SELFISH RECORDS ON STAGE, NOT ABIDING BY THE LAW OF THE LAND AND TELL YOU THAT. IF YOU IF YOU NOTICE ON FACEBOOK, SOMEONE ON THE CRATES AND HORRIBLE THING ABOUT MY WIFE. I'M GONNA I'M GONNA COME AT YOU IN THAT PUBLIC SAYING PUBLIC FORM THAT YOU POSTED THAT AND THAT'S WHO I AM. FOR BETTER FOR WORSE. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH, YOU KNOW, I'M TOTALLY WILLING TO ACCEPT WHATEVER, UH, WHATEVER THAT COMES WITH IT. WHOEVER COMES WITH AND I APPRECIATE WHAT MAYOR PRO TEM SAID. MAKE NO MISTAKE. I KNOW THAT WE'RE IN CONSERVATIVE COUNTY BY MY VOTING RECORD, YOU KNOW THAT I AM A REPUBLICAN, SO I'D DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO NOT EVER REVEAL. PARTY OR ANYTHING, BECAUSE I DON'T GIVE A ABOUT WHAT PARTY MAKING DECISIONS FOR THE CITY, BUT I CARE ABOUT IS INCREASING COMMERCIAL TAX BASE, CREATING DIVERSITY, UNITY OF AMONG HER WITH OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY. I CARE ABOUT REVITALIZING THINGS THAT NEED TO BE REVITALISED OR EAST SIDE CARE ABOUT MOVING THINGS FORWARD FOR THE CITY IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY. I GET CRITICIZED FOR SOME OF THE SOME LEGISLATORS DIDN'T SUPPORT. I DON'T WANT TO BASH THOSE LEGISLATORS. BUT IF YOU ARE LEGISLATOR AND YOU ARE YOU ARE TAKING MONEY. YOU'RE VOTING THINGS THAT TAKE MONEY OUT OF TAXPAYERS POCKET IN THIS CITY.
MY PARTISAN ALLEGIANCE IS CHECKED AT THE DOOR WHEN I WAS VOTED MADE, AND I WILL NOT SUPPORT YOU. YOU PASS FRANCHISE FRANCHISE FEE BILLS THAT MAKES EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM HAVE TO PAY MORE TAXES BECAUSE THE BIG CORPORATIONS ARE GETTING 1/2 A $1,000,000. YOU'RE FREE, RIGHT? I WILL NOT SUPPORT YOU. WHEN YOU WHEN YOU TAKE AWAY THE BUILDING RESTRICTIONS ARE OUR ABILITY TO, UM. TO CONTROL REGULATE OUR AESTHETIC FUTURE AND THEN NOW SAY THAT THAT WE NO LONGER CAN REQUIRE ANYTHING OF ANYBODY BUILDING ANY. YOU BUILD A METAL BUILDING ON.
ORDER 1 21 I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT'S IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY. I WILL NOT SUPPORT YOU. IF YOU IF YOU VOTE AND SAY THAT YOU ARE UP FOR SUPPORTING PREEMPTIVE BILL, YOU WANT TO TAKE AWAY THE HOME RULE CITY AND MAKE US A ONDA TAKE AWAY. OUR ABILITY IS A CITY TO NOT HAVE. ANYBODY TO PUT IN PLACE ORDINANCES AND ZONING FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT WE LIVE IN PEOPLE THAT YOU ELECT TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, YOU DON'T LIKE ME WHAT I DO, YOU CAN VOTE ME OUT. YOU COULD DO DOWN STATE LEVEL. SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO SUPPORT THAT I WILL NOT SUPPORT YOU. AND I DON'T CARE WHAT PARTY WANT YOU'RE ON. I DON'T CARE IF I'M A REPUBLICAN. I'M NOT A SUPPORTER REPUBLICAN. THAT'S GOING TO DO SUPPORT BILLS THAT I DO NOT BELIEVE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THIS COMMUNITY, PERIOD. END OF STORY SO. ALL THE NONSENSE AND B S. I'M HEARING ABOUT YOUR NOT A REPUBLICAN. YOU'RE NOT GETTING A ABOUT ANY OF THAT. JUST BE CLEAR. I DON'T CARE ABOUT ANY OF IT. SO IF YOU IF YOU'RE INTEREST IS A PARTISAN ALLEGIANCE. YOU HAVE THE ABSOLUTE WRONG MAYOR BY GOD.
AND ALL THE PEOPLE SAY YOU CAN VOTE ON NOVEMBER LEARN. THE VOTING SCHEDULES MAY NEXT. MAY I'M RUNNING, NOT NOVEMBER. SO FOR ALL YOU WANT TO DO, SAYING, GIVE ME THAT THREAT. STATE YOUR BREATH. I DON'T CARE. I DON'T CARE. THERE'S A COUPLE PEOPLE VERY SPECIFICALLY TALKING TO REFRAIN FROM USING THEIR NAMES. I DON'T EVEN WANT TO GIVE THEM THE TIME OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
QUITE FRANKLY. A STATUE. EXPRESSED EARLIER AND WORK SESSION. ON IT RIGHT NOW AND.
IN THE SESSION, MR REGULAR SESSION. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DECIDED NUMBER
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ONE. WE DECIDED THAT WE'RE GOING TO CREATE A COMMUNITY DIVERSITY TASK FORCE IF YOU WILL TO LOOK THIS NOT JUST THIS ISSUE, NOT A STATUE ISSUE, BUT ALL ISSUES. WHY. WHITE IS RIGHT NOW. YOU SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING IN HERE AND I WOULD. VENTURE TO TELL YOU THAT MOST PEOPLE JUST YELL PAST THE OTHER SIDE. NOBODY ON THE OTHER SIDE. HEARD WHAT ONCE I WAS SAYING AND VICE PERSON BECAUSE WE'RE ALL JUST YOUNG, EACH OTHER ROBBERY PASSIONATE. THERE'S.UNBELIEVABLY UH, MUCH GREATER EXAMPLES OF THAT ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHERE PEOPLE ARE TEARING STUFF DOWN AND OTHER GROUPS HAVE SHOWN UP WITH GUNS TO PROTECT HIM, AND WE HAVE ALL THE ALL THE RHETORIC GOING ON ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL. I BELIEVE THAT IF WE. TAKE THE TIME AND WE ACTUALLY SHUT UP AND LISTEN TO EACH OTHER. AND DON'T JUST TALK ABOUT OUR ONE PASSIONATE SIDE BUT UNDERSTAND WHEN THE SHADY AND TALKS ABOUT HIS ANCESTORS AND WHAT HE FEELS OR WHAT YOU SAID. AND WE HEAR THAT AND THEN WHEN THAT SIDE ALSO HEARS THAT HATE WOMEN, THIS GUY'S HOLDING THE SCROLL, AND HE'S NOT IN AN OUTFIT ON AND THAT'S NOT WHAT HE WAS.
THEREFORE, I THINK, IF WE IF WE HAVE THAT DIALOGUE. WHEN WE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT WE COME TO A COMMUNITY. WE HAVE A CHANCE OF ACTUALLY DOING THAT WITHOUT AS MUCH. OPPOSITION AND JUST DIVISIVENESS. THERE'S GOING TO BE THE GROUPS ON THE FAR LEFT FARTHER, RIGHT THAT ARE NEVER GONNA OPEN THEIR YEARS. NEVER GONNA OPEN THEIR MINDS. I GET IT, BUT THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH IN THE MIDDLE. BUT IF WE TAKE OUR TIME. AND HELP EACH OTHER. UNDERSTAND IF WE END UP MOVING THAT STATUE, LET'S HELP EVERYONE THAT BELIEVES THAT'S HISTORY. HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE. IF WE END UP THAT IT, IT STAYS. WE'VE PUT A PLAQUE LET'S HELP THE OTHER COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE DOING THAT. LET'S LET'S HAVE DIALOGUE, COMMUNICATION, NOT JUST YELL PAST ONE ANOTHER WHERE WE DON'T HEAR EACH OTHER. WHAT I STAYED, AND I OWN IT AGAIN BECAUSE I WANT TO GIVE MY FAR RIGHT. PEOPLE KEEP THREATENING ME. I WANT TO GET MORE AMMUNITION. I LIKE A GOOD FIGHT. I'M GONNA FIGHT, SO LET ME GIVE YOU MORE AMMUNITION IN AMERICA. YES, YOUR REPORT. I SHOULD KNOW MY VOICE. I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE. ONE MINUTE I'M GOING TO GIVE GIVE MY FRIENDS ON THE RIGHT. SOMETHING ELSE TO BITCH ABOUT. PERSONALLY. WHAT I BELIEVE IS THIS AND BY THE WAY BEFORE I SAY THIS. AS MAYOR. I WANT TO DO WITH THE COMMUNITY. COMES TOGETHER INTO SCIENCE, AND THAT'S WHAT I WILL VOTE FOR WHEN IT COMES TIME WHEN YOU'VE TAKEN THE TIME HAVING REASONABLE RATIONAL.
CONVERSATION. PERSONALLY. I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH ALL THAT STATUE NEVER THOUGHT TWICE ABOUT IT. BUT I DO I DO REALIZE NOW. AND I'VE BEEN AWOKEN TO THE FACT THAT PART OF OUR COMMITTEE HAS REAL ISSUES. AND AT A TIME RIGHT NOW FOR ME PERSONALLY, GEORGE, NOT BECAUSE I'M BECAUSE BECAUSE I'M A GUY THAT MADE IT ALSO BECAUSE I HAVE A BLACK DAUGHTER. I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'LL TELL YOU THAT. THAT'S THAT'S I SHOULDN'T EVEN HAVE SOMETHING CASE. ALL I KNOW PART OF OUR COMMUNITY IS HAS TAKEN OFFENCE THAT STATUTE AND IF PART OF OUR COMMUNITY DOES THEN THEN LOOK, LET'S CHANGE IT. IT'S CHANGING. IF WE CAN CHANGE IT IF WE CAN, IF PART OF OUR COMMUNITY TAKE OFFENSE TO IT, AND WE SHOULD ALL UNDERSTAND. TRY TO UNDERSTAND THAT OFFENSIVE FOR ME PERSONALLY, I DON'T FEEL STRONG ENOUGH ABOUT CONTINUING TO CELEBRATE A GUY FROM 100 SOME YEARS AGO. THAT CAUSES HURT PAIN FOR THE COMMUNITY. I'M SERVING, BUT THAT'S ME PERSONALLY. SO WE'LL SEE WHERE WE END UP A ZOO COMMUNITY AND , I WILL LOVE. I WILL LIVE. I WILL LIVE IN THAT PLACE. WHATEVER THAT DECISION IS. LAST THING I'LL SAY FOR MINUTES ABOUT MASSES. AGAIN TO MASK CIVIL LIBERTY DISCUSSION.
I. AS MAYOR PRETENDING TO BE NORMAN CALLS WITH STATE GOVERNMENT WITH WHITE HOUSE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON A WEEKLY BASIS, AND I WAS TOLD UNDER NO UNCERTAIN TERMS. THAT IF WE DON'T CHANGE THE NUMBERS, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE MORE BUSINESSES CLOSED WHAT I WAS TOLD. I CARE ABOUT OUR BUSINESSES. I CARE ABOUT OUR ECONOMY. I CARE ABOUT PEOPLE.
WHY DIDN'T I TAKE IT TO COUNSEL? WELL, NUMBER ONE WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER MEETING COMING UP FOR JULY 4TH WEEKEND. COULD HAVE CALLED A SPECIAL MEETING. SO I DO KNOW THAT TOO.
SO I WANT TO GET MYSELF A COMPLETE OUT ON THAT. I KNEW JULY 4TH WAS COMING UP. I KNEW WHAT THE GATHERING SITUATION WAS GONNA BE. I CARE ABOUT THE BUSINESSES. I WAIT. WHAT I HEARD FROM THE FROM OUR GOVERNOR IN THE STATE, AND I THOUGHT. PEOPLE WEARING THIS WHEN THE WIND BITES AND GROCERIES OR BISON RETAIL STUFF. OR ANOTHER BUSINESS.
CLOSED DOWN. INDUSTRY CLOSED DOWN. WELL, I PICKED THIS. I PICKED THIS. PUT IT ON IF IT HELPS PREVENT A BUSINESS FROM BEING CLOSED. AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE OUT THERE SAYING I'M NOT GONNA WEAR A MASK. YOU'RE SO DEFIANT. YOU'RE THE SAME GROUP THAT'S ALL. TALKING ABOUT LONG WATER AND HOW I GOT LAW AND ORDER THAT CAN'T BE TEARING DOWN STATUES. THIS WHICH I
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AGREE WITH THAT, TOO. BUT LAW AND ORDER IS YOU EITHER ACCEPT IT OR YOU DON'T. THAT'S THE LAW OF THE LAND RIGHT NOW. WHERE MASK AND IF YOU DON'T AS I SAID TO MY FRIEND, TAMMY, I THINK YOU'RE SELFISH, RECKLESS. YOU DISOBEYED THE LAW. SHAME ON YOU. SO IT'S THE LAW NOW. WE DON'T LIKE WHAT WE CAN TRY TO CHANGE IT. BUT DON'T PICK WHICH LAW YOU CANNOT ABIDE BY WHICH LAW YOU'RE NOT AND DON'T USE THE CIVIL LIBERTY ARGUMENT BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT CIVILITIES ARE NOT ABSOLUTE. NO SUCH THING AS ABSOLUTE CIVIL LIBERTY. IF THEY'RE WASS HOW WE WOULDN'T WAIT. YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF CASSIS THERE WOULD BE. SO I'VE SAID ENOUGH. GIVE HIM THE RIGHT THAT ARE AFTER ME. ENOUGH SHOULD BE A GOOD FIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. MOTION TO ADJOURN. ON FAVORITES.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.