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MsDoubleD81 said:

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Ok, gotcha. Regan gets 10 people and he gets the floor for 10 minutes. It took me a while.

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I guess this did not end up happening? He spoke for three minutes.

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I wasn't there. I thought he had 5 people that gave him 10 minutes.

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Craig made a compelling case that wasn't rude or disrespectful. He is a Navy veteran so he knows how to deliver a briefing.

Respectfully

Yancy '95
US Air Force ;-)

AggiePhil said:

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MsDoubleD81 said:

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Ok, gotcha. Regan gets 10 people and he gets the floor for 10 minutes. It took me a while.

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I guess this did not end up happening? He spoke for three minutes.

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Craig only had 4 at the deadline. Need 5 for 10 minutes, like the midtown folks had. One was my 17 year old daughter. She was mad enough to go after she learned that we could have had a Dave and Busters type place.

We seriously need folks to get involved. Supporting us on Texags is great. To truly change the current one party rule in CS, we need folks willing to roll up their sleeves and get involved!

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AggiePhil said:

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MsDoubleD81 said:

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Ok, gotcha. Regan gets 10 people and he gets the floor for 10 minutes. It took me a while.

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I guess this did not end up happening? He spoke for three minutes.

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Craig only had 4 at the deadline. Need 5 for 10 minutes, like the midtown folks had. One was my 17 year old daughter. She was mad enough to go after she learned that we could have had a Dave and Busters type place.

We seriously need folks to get involved. Supporting us on Texags is great. To truly change the current one party rule in CS, we need folks willing to roll up their sleeves and get involved!

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Let me be totally clear.

I tried to lay out for people one single point

The city overstepped a LOCAL business after the LOCAL business approached the city!

The city then cut then out entirely.

How... How is any local company ever supposed to trust a deal with CoCS.



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this is about the long term ramifications as well as the immediate consequence aka ($$$$)

even if you read the KBTX facebook post about the mall 90% are negative and DID NOT WANT IT.

Where was the outpouring of public support? There wasn't because there isn't

Curious as to whether we could pass a law to make city real estate acquisitions subject to vote?

the best thing to do is to pass an ordinance that says council cannot buy something over 500,000? without meeting a set of criteria that staff has to meet and to include in their "findings".

But that would require GOV imposing restraints on itself... what an idea

Last 2 sentences are 100%

He's my cousin

25 times removed lol

Wow KBTX finally on the story ….. it must be bad ……

Regan, you did well in your presentation.

Excuse me, but the mayor is full of ***** I'm watching now.

Way to get the scoop, Rusty / Donnie… welcome to last week.

I was waiting for the Holy_highlights video on this piece …..

Public records shed light on College Station's Macy's acquisition https://www.kbtx.com/2025/03/04/public-records-shed-light-college-stations-macys-acquisition/

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Excuse me, but the mayor is full of ***** I'm watching now.

Way to get the scoop, Rusty / Dunnie… welcome to last week.

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When the City council found out that the city manager and assistance withheld the information about Jim 'offer, he should have been fired the next day.

Can't you imagine being the assistant to the CEO of a major corporation and withheld fnformation from the CEO that cost the company 7 million dollars and a reacurring monthly cost. You would have been given 5 minutes to get your personal items off your desk before you were led to the front door and asked for the building keys.

How about Mr. Yancy asking for info numerous times and getting nothing in return?

These people live in a bubble.

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How about Mr. Yancy asking for info numerous times and getting nothing in return?

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That was the huge red flag for me as well, even before we got access to the ORR docs. If mayor and staff were on the up and up and truly believed they were righteous in all of this they would have produced the info ricky tick to anyone to see. Instead they behaved like Enron when the regulators showed up.

When my 10yo gets a 100 on a test she can't wait to tell me about it, when she gets a 70 she suddenly gets amnesia about how well she did on that one. These guys got an F-

Thank you but all I am trying to do at the end of the day is start to inject some honest debate.

The deflections and "wave offs" of some folks in town is getting to be really frustrating.

It is not like I am using bad number or making stuff up. It's just facts. And the more you tell me (or for that matter don't tell me) what you see if not real, the more frustrating it gets.

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Hornbeck said:

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Excuse me, but the mayor is full of ***** I'm watching now.

Way to get the scoop, Rusty / Dunnie… welcome to last week.

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When the City council found out that the city manager and assistance withheld the information about Jim 'offer, he should have been fired the next day.

Can't you imagine being the assistant to the CEO of a major corporation and withheld fnformation from the CEO that cost the company 7 million dollars and a reacurring monthly cost. You would have been given 5 minutes to get your personal items off your desk before you were led to the front door and asked for the building keys.

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To take this analogy one step further, the CEO colluded with the chairman of the board (Mayor) to keep it away from The rest of the board (Council), and shareholders (taxpayers).

If the mayor doesn't step in quickly in lockstep with the rest of the council to come down hard on The city manager, his legacy is going to be one of suspected corruption.

You did a great job and I am sure by now they are in full fledge track covering mode. Between your presentation and KBTX pointing non Texag'ers to this thread and it's glorious trove of info, I am sure by now the temp is rising on the tushies of those whom have operated unchecked for years. By now they hear drums in the distance and can smell the torches and see pitchforks coming. Finally. If I lived in CoCS I would 100% run next cycle just to be a complete fly in the ointment.

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And is Yancy the only COCS member who reads these posts?

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I doubt he's the only one who reads them but he seems to be the only one who engages the board.

And he deserves respect for the way he interacts with those of us who disagree with some of his positions. We are not always tactful or respectful in how we express ourselves.

I really appreciate the kind comments on here, and I know y'all don't give them out easily, or often, so it means a lot. Thank you.

Please also bear in mind that compliments at the expense of my colleagues, or comparing and contrasting leadership styles or backgrounds, is somewhat counterproductive. We're all volunteers, care deeply about our city, and want what's best even if we don't see eye to eye on some things. We also have to work with each other and without support, no one councilmember can achieve anything alone.

I hope that makes sense and again, thank you kindly.

Respectfully yours,

Yancy '95

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Please also bear in mind that compliments at the expense of my colleagues, or comparing and contrasting leadership styles or backgrounds, is somewhat counterproductive. We're all volunteers, care deeply about our city, and want what's best even if we don't see eye to eye on some things. We also have to work with each other and without support, no one councilmember can achieve anything alone.

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I understand your desire to soften some criticism of your colleagues. You have to work with them, we do not, especially those of us who are not residents. I 100% understand your desire to maintain some regality.

The statement that "We're all volunteers, care deeply about our city, and want what's best" although very like true, has to be viewed through the prism of what their vision of what's best actually is.

Their vision and mine probably are not congruent.