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>> IT IS 8:30 MORNING AND AM ON THIS BEAUTIFUL MORNING IN TEXAS. THE BIFURCATION THIS MORNING FOLLOWED BY THE CUSTOMER WILLIAM HURT WHO WILL LEAD US AND MULTIPLY JUST.
>> LORD, WE ARE SO HONORED TO HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO BE ADOPTED BY YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE THIS DAY SHOULD IN THE MILITARY.
WE PRAY FOR THE PROTECTION ON THEM.
WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE THIS CITY WITH THOSE IN FIRST RESPONDERS THAT ARE OUT HERE DAY AND NIGHT PUTTING THEIR LIVES AT RISK. ALSO THOSE THAT WORK IN WATER AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT HELP US ENJOY THE LIFE THAT WE HAVE HERE. WE PRAY FOR GRACE, WE PRAY FOR HONESTY, WE PRAY FOR TEMPERANCE.
WE PRAY FOR WISDOM. AS WE GO THROUGH THE MEETING TODAY. JESUS, AMEN.
>> STAND FOR THE PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLIGHT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HONOR OUR TEXAS FLIGHT. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS.
ONCE IT INTO GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE.
>> I KNOW MANY OF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM NUMBER OF 17.
AND OUR COMMITMENT THIS MORNING THAT ONLY ÃÃTHOSE OF YOU AND MOST OF US AND THOSE AROUND THE LIBRARY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS REALLY JUST IDENTIFIED AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYONE TO SPEAK IN ANYTHING FROM POTHOLES TO PARKS TO WHATEVER.
SO, YOU CAN SPEAK THERE. BUT IT MIGHT BE MORE
APPROPRIATE. >> ATTORNEY: ITEM NUMBER 17.
A NUMBER OF CARTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN THOUGHT OUT.
BY THE WAY, IF YOU PULLED OUT A CARD, YOU CAN STILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. SO RICHARD JOINS US TODAY.
I WISH I HAD THIS RESPONSE IN EVERY CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
WE WILL GIVE YOU THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL OF THAT. ITH SO MANY THAT MIGHT SPEAK
[CONSENT AGENDA AND PUBLIC COMMENTS]
THIS MORNING COULD WE WANT YOU TO HOLD FAST TO THAT.BE COURTEOUS TO YOUR NEIGHBOR. A MAN?
>> ALL RIGHT. WHEN I MOVED TO THE ITEM.
AN AGENDA THAT CONSIST OF ITEMS TWO TO ITEMS NUMBER 14.
THIS WILL BE WITH ONE MOTION. WITH CERTAIN DISCUSSION.
NLESS THE COUNCIL MEMBER REQUESTS THE DISCUSSION.
THE GET ANY ITEM IN THE AGENDA ITEM SEPARATELY.
>> NOT LIMITED TO, JUST AS PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
THE SUBJECT WAS INTEGRAL IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL ONLY ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PRESENT IDEAS IN THE MISSISSIPPI STAFF AND OFFICIALS. ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE AMONG THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
>> HE ACTUALLY SAID ÃÃ [INDISCERNIBLE]
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL. THIS IS DAVID'S WORD FOR THAT RECORD. I SIT HERE ON NUMBER 10 ON THE AGENDA. IT SAYS RULES GOVERNING COUNCIL PROCEDURES AND STUFF. I DON'T HOW MANY MONTHS AGO IT WAS. HE CHANGED IT TO BASICALLY THE PUBLIC HAS ZERO INPUT. I'M TRYING TO PIN DOWN EACH ITEM IN THE AGENDA.BASICALLY TELLING THE PUBLIC THAT WE ARE GOING TO PASS IT WITHOUT YOUR INPUT.
EVEN THOUGH YOU ALLOWED THREE MEN TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING YOU WANT ON IT. IT'S KIND LIKE YOU WOULD SAY NORTH KOREA. THEN CAME JOAN INSIDE HIS I GET INTERNET IN MY FOOD AND THEY DO TOO.
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IF YOU ARE PRESENT THIS DISH EVEN IF MOST OF IT IS US.YOU HAVE WHAT YOU HAVE LEFT OVER.
NUMBER SEVEN CONSENT AGENDA. I TALKED TO THE CHIEF OUT THERE BRIEFLY. ABOUT THEIR NEW APPARATUS RIG.
OUR TAXPAYERS ARE NOW GOING TO HAVE TO PAY AN EXTRA $1000 BECAUSE THE COMPANY THAT WAS FULFILLING IT CANCELED IT COULD NOT GET IT TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY SAID THE VEHICLE PART OF THE CHASSIS COULD NOT BE OBTAINED.
O, I RAN IT THROUGH ANY AND ALL CIVILITY THAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY HAS IT EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A SEPARATE CHASSIS THAT THEY WERE WAITING ON. MOUNTED ONTO THE BOX PART THAT THEY HAD. BUT AS FAR AS THE OTHER THINGS, IT SAID THERE WAS WEATHER STATION.
IT SAID USE IN PROVIDING THE CHIEF SAID THEY WERE GOING TO BUY THAT SEPARATELY. IS WHAT THEY MEANT.
WHEN RATIO IS CLARIFIED. AND THEN XM RADIO TEXAS AND NOTICED LOTS OF TIMES THE READERSHIP IS NOT RECYCLING.
UTILITIES OLD VETERANS RUNNING AROUND TOWN WITH ANTENNAS STORM. IT TAKES LESS THAN 60 SECONDS TO TAKE THOSE MALL ROAD ANTENNA MOUNTS OFF.O, IT JUST MAKES ME WONDER. HE SAID THEY'RE USING EXISTING RADIO OUT OF THE WILL. THAT'S GOOD IF YOU ARE.
IF YOU NEED A NEW ONE, THAT'S OKAY TOO.
I KNOW IF IT DIES, WE HAVE AN AMBULANCE SYSTEM THAT REQUIRES TWO UNITS. ONE OF THE MAIN PART OF DRIVER AND ONE IN THE BACK WITH THE BACK OF THE PATIENT WAS TAKEN CARE OF FOR THIS CAN BE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT.
LIKE I SAID, I URGE WHOEVER IN THE PROCEDURES IF THEY CAN CHANGE IT BACK IF THEY CAN ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT EACH ITEM INDIVIDUALLY AS WE DID PREVIOUSLY FOR YEARS.
BECAUSE WHEN IT IS, IS TELLING THE PUBLIC THAT MAY NOT NEED A CONSENT AGENDA. WE'RE'S CAPACITY ANYWAY.
AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT THAT OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT TO. I'M GLAD YOU PUT UP THE DIGITAL CLOCK TWO. WE KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH TIME WE HAVE LEFT. THANK YOU MUCH THIS MORNING COUNCIL. FOR LISTENING TO THE COMMENTS
ON THOSE TWO. >> BEVERLY PAXTON?
>> GOOD MORNING MARY. GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I JUST WANT TO START WITH SAYING THAT I FEEL THAT WE NEED A LITTLE BIT BETTER COMMUNICATION AND MAYBE SOME TRANSPARENCY. WITHIN THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND WITH RESIDENTS. YESTERDAY WHEN I SAW THE BITCOIN PROJECT IS MY BABY. AND WE'RE NOT FIGHTING YOU ON IT. WE ARE NOT FIGHTING ON COMMUNITY GROWTH. WE ARE NOT FIGHTING IT ON YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO MONEY OF HER QUALITY OF LIFE, WE WILL FIGHT OVER THAT. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, YESTERDAY WHEN I SAW THE KEY TAB NEWS AT 5 O'CLOCK WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM PLANTS IN SAYING THAT THIS IS AN ENCLOSED BUILDING ÃÃWELL, PEOPLE JUST AS EVERY SINGLE FACILITY AROUND THE COUNTRY AS SOME SORT OF ENCLOSED FACILITY.
OUR CONCERN IS THE NOISE. NOBODY'S GETTING ANY ANSWERS ON HOW THE LITIGATION PLAN IS AND HOW YOU'RE GETTING THAT HOT AIR OUT OF THIS BUILDING FOR THOSE COMPUTERS.
AUGHING I WANT TO SEE IS THE CITY OF ABILENE BECOME A STATISTIC THAT THE CITY'S OTHER THREE SITUATIONS FROM 100.
I JUST HOPE THAT EVERYBODY IN THE RESEARCH AND THE DUE DILIGENCE ON THIS PROJECT SO WE DON'T END UP IN THAT SITUATION.
THANK YOU. >> MARSHALL MORRIS?
>> GOOD MORNING. MARSHALL MORRIS, THE PASTOR OF ABILENE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. IN ABILENE, SMALL BUSINESS IS ANYTHING BUT SMALL.MALL BUSINESS IS BIG BUSINESS HERE.
BY FAR, THE NUMBER OF SMALL BUSINESSES, THOSE DESCRIBED AS 10 OR FEWER FLEAS. A PASTE A NUMBER OF LARGE ONES.
IN FACT, THE 1300 COMPANIES THAT ARE MEMBERS OF ABILENE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 85 PERCENT ARE SMALL BUSINESSES.
NEXT WEEK IS NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK.
IT'S A TIME TO HONOR AND CELEBRATE RECORDS AT START AND OUR INNOVATIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
THIS USE TEAM IS BUILDING A BETTER AMERICA THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP CELEBRATES THE RESILIENCY AND TENACITY OF OUR ENTREPRENEURS THAT ARE DOING THEIR PART TO FUEL OUR GREAT ECONOMIC COMEBACK. ALSO NEXT WEEK, THE ABILENE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WILL SALUTE LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES AND BUSINESS PEOPLE. I'D LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE TO A RIBBON-CUTTING AND PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR THAT WILL TAKE PLACE ON MONDAY AT 3:38 START DODGE.
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AND ON TUESDAY, THERE'S AN ALREADY SOLD OUT LUNCHEON TO CELEBRATE AND RECOGNIZE SMALL BUSINESSES AND BUSINESS PEOPLE FOR THEIR EXCELLENCE. BUT TODAY, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU MR. HANNAH. OUR MAYOR.COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF ABILENE FOR CREATING A BUSINESS FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT.
THE CLIMATE IN WHICH BUSINESSES, MANY MOM-AND-POP'S ARE ABLE TO FIND A PATHWAY TO OPENING A ROADMAP TOWARDS SUCCESS. THE ENVIRONMENT ALSO GIVES BUSINESSES EXISTING BUSINESSES DIVISION ON HOW TO EXPAND AND HAD TO DO SO. ON BEHALF OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIAL FOUNDATION, A SINCERE THANK
[LAUGHTER] OOD MORNING. KOBE MARCY.
I LIKE TO THANK ALL OF Y'ALL FOR DOING THIS AND EVERYTHING ON THE DOCKET. OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE. I WATCHED ALL THESE ALL THE TIMES AND IT'S A LOT EASIER WHEN YOU GET HERE.
I WANT TO SAY I'M A PARTNER IN HICKORY SHE PROJECT WITH THAT WE HAVE DOWNTOWN. IT'S A LITTLE UNDER TWO ACRES.
IT'S A MULTIUSE PROPERTY AT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S ON THE DOCKET TODAY IS NUMBER 14. THE TATTOO STUDIO.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT IT'S GOING TO BE THAT THE SETTINGS CAN BE A GREAT ADDITION TO DOWNTOWN, ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW HOTEL, PREMATURE ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE WE ARE GOING PTO BE. I THINK GOING TO GET SOME VERSATILITY THAT DIFFICULTY WITH OUR PROJECT.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE THERE ÃTHERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK AND DISCUSSION ABOUT PLANNING AND ZONING.
THE PERCEPTION AND THE PERCEPTION OF THINK PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT TATTOOS HAS CHANGED A LOT OVER THE LAST 15 OR 20 YEARS.
OUR GRANDMOTHER HAS TATTOOS. SHE'S 80 YEARS OLD.
SO, I DON'T THINK AS THE WEIGHT THAT USED TO LONG TIME AGO.
BUT WE BELIEVE BAILEY AND HER VISION.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT DOWNTOWN COULD BENEFIT FROM HAVING SOME VERSATILITY LIKE THAT. THANK YOU.
>> BAILEY HIDE? >> I AM BAILEY HIDE.
I'M HERE FOR THE INFORMATION TATTOO SHOP THAT COLBY JUST MENTIONED. I'M THE ONE THAT WOULD BE OWNING THE TATTOO SHOP IT ON THE TATTOO ARTIST THAT IS WANT TO SPEARHEAD THAT. I CAME TO SPEAK MOSTLY ON THE POINT OF WHICH MISSION AS WELL. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME NEGATIVE PERCEPTIONS ABOUT TATTOOS AND THERE ARE KIND OF ANTIQUATED HISTORY OF HOW PEOPLE HAVE SEEN UP TO THIS POINT. ONE OF MY BIGGEST DREAMS HAS BEEN TO MOVE BACK TO THE ABILENE AREA.
I'M FROM HERE AND WAS RAISED HERE AND WAS BORN HERE.
I'VE BEEN GONE FOR THE BETTER PART OF 10 YEARS.
IT IS MY ABSOLUTE PASSION TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO ABILENE AND TO PROVIDE ABILENE WITH A VERY SAFE AND WELCOMING INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND EXPRESS THEMSELVES.ND I REALLY HOPE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH THIS TESTING PROJECT THAT WE HAVE GOING ON.
I BELIEVE TATTOOING IS VERY IMPORTANT JUSTICE BECAUSE CULTURAL THING THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO DO.
NOT ONLY IS IT SOMETHING EXTREMELY IMPORTANT WHAT PEOPLE CAN CREATIVELY EXPRESS THEMSELVES, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT CAN ALSO BE A VERY INTIMATE HEALING EXPERIENCE AND THAT'S KIND OF MORE THE STEP THAT I TAKE ON IT.
BEING ABLE TO CAN BE THERE FOR PEOPLE TO FEEL COMFORTABLE AND EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND DO WHAT THEY NEED TO EITHER HEAL FROM TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE. MAY BE EXPRESSED THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE THROUGH SOMETHING ARTISTIC THAT THEY FEEL IS BEAUTIFUL. IT IS MY HOPE FOR THE PROJECT THAT WE ARE HOPING TO PUT FORWARD.
A NICE LUXURY PRIVATE EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYONE TO COME HERE. THAT'S ME.
I THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> CAN I ASK WHERE YOU GOT THE TATTOO?> ALL OF THE PUBLIC ITEMS ON ITEM 17.
>> WE ARE STILL IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
THE WHEELS THAT WOULD WANT TO SPEAK PLEASE SPEAK IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. WE DO HAVE A NUMBER THAT WE SHOULD SPEAK ON THE NUMBER 17. WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY ON
THE AGENDA ITEM. >> GOOD MORNING.
I AM ANTHONY WILLIAMS. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY OFFICIALS. MY NAME IS DOROTHY CLAY.
A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY A FAMILY FRIEND.
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WHEN HER PARENTS FOUND OUT, THEY WERE OUTRAGED.THEY SAID WE WILL HANDLE EVERYTHING.
IT'LL BE OKAY. SO, THEY MADE A DOCTORS APPOINTMENT. AND THEY CONFIRMED SHE WAS PREGNANT. SHE LOVED HER PARENTS AND THEY LOVED HER.OWEVER, THEY MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR PROCEDURE TO BE DONE ON HER WITHOUT HER KNOWLEDGE.
AND WHEN SHE FOUND OUT WHAT THEY HAD PLANNED, WHICH WAS TO GET AN ABORTION, SHE TOLD THEM I DON'T WANT TO KILL MY BABY.
MY BABY IS A PART OF ME. AND IF YOU KILL MY BABY, YOU
HAVE TO KILL ME. >> NEEDLESS TO SAY, SHE KEPT THE PRECIOUS BABY. THE STORY BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES. A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL WAS SO DETERMINED TO KEEP HER BABY. NO MATTER WHAT ANYBODY SAID.
EVEN HER PARENTS. THE STORY OF LOVE, FORGIVENESS, AND REDEMPTION. IT REMINDED ME OF MY EXPERIENCE WHEN I EXPERIENCED A SEXUAL ASSAULT IN MY EARLY 20S.
I CAN SEE THE CHILD. I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT WAS A VERY PAINFUL HEARTACHE AND DEVASTATING SITUATION.
BUT I TOO WAS DETERMINED TO RAISE THAT BABY AND GIVE IT THE BEST LIFE THAT I COULD. I BELIEVE THAT MY LIFE HAS BEEN BLESSED BEYOND MEASURES BECAUSE I MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE.
AND THAT CHOICE WAS TO UNDER GOD JUST AS HE HONORS US.
NOW, I'M NOT PERFECT AND I NEVER WILL BE.
I AM TRULY THANKFUL THAT I WAS GIVEN JUST AS HE HELPED ME MAKE THAT CHOICE. I JUST WANT ABILENE TEXAS TO BE A CENTURY CITY FOR THE MORNING AND HAVE ITS CHOICES AND BLESSING IN OUR CITY AND NATION.
SO, LET'S PROTECT THE UNBORN BABIES AND THEIR MOTHERS.
>> 3312 SAYS BLESSED IS THE NATION 'S GOD IS THE LORD.
THANK YOU. >> ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT?
[APPLAUSE] >> MY NAME IS TIM SMITH.
SORRY I'M STILL GIMPY FROM THE ACHILLES TENDON SURGERY.
I'M HERE REGARDING AND 14. I'M ALSO ONE OF THE OWNERS OF THE 542 HICKORY. THE ONLY THING I WANT TO SAY IS THAT THERE HAS BEEN A PRECEDENT FOR THIS CONDITIONAL USE.
2019. COUNSEL DID APPROVED HAVE A TATTOO STUDIO IN THE WINDSOR HOTEL.
THANK YOU. >> WE'RE STILL IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. ANYBODY WHO CAN PARTICIPATE THIS MORNING? COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. GIVE THREE MINUTES.
IT'S FROM KEEP MY MINUTES IN CHECK.
OKAY, YOU CAN YOU BE WELL, RIGHT?
>> I COME FROM THE FUTURE. I'D LIKE TO BRING TO THE PAST.
MY PAST. I WAS BORN IN BRAZIL.T THE END OF A 30 YEAR DICTATORSHIP. THE THIRD PRESENCE WAS NORMALIZED. WORDS WERE BANNED.
SINCE SPYING INTEL TELLING AS PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE.
AND OUTSPOKEN PEOPLE THINK AND SIMPLY DISAPPEAR.
BRAZIL'S LAST DEMOCRACY STANDING IN THE AMERICA LATINA.
WE ARE A NATION WITH SCARS AT MY PARENTS THIS IS MY PARENTS Ã THIS THE LIFT THOUGH FULL FORCE OF THE TOTALITARIAN REGIME.
THE ONLY REASON I'M ADDICTED TO FREEDOM VERY WEARY OF CONTROL IS BECAUSE THEY TOLD THEIR STORY.
SO, I HURT YOU, ALL OF US TO TELL OUR CHILDREN HER STORY.
ER PARENTS STORIES. SO, WHEN I MOVED TO AMERICA, THIS WAS THE TRULY DOES JUST THE TRUE LAND OF MILK AND HONEY. BACK HOME WE TELL TALES OF GLAMOROUS THAT ONLY TRUCKS ARE CHARACTERISTIC OR VACATIONS.
BLUE COLLARS AND WHITE-COLLAR FOLKS WITH CHILDREN IN THE SAME SCHOOL. AS LONG AS THEY CAN AFFORD IT.
AND MANY CAN. THAT'S WERE THE ONLY RESPONSE WE HAVE BY HAVING HIS GOD-GIVEN PRIVILEGE IS BEING GOOD STEWARDS. WHY DO I SAY I COME FROM THE FUTURE? WELL, MY HUSBAND HAS 20 YEARS OF MILITARY SERVICE AND THEN FOR COMBATS.
VERY PROUD OF THAT. HE JOINED SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE UNITED STATES.
FORWARD SEVEN YEARS, WE WERE FACED WITH IMPOSSIBLE DECISIONS OF SENDING OUT RELIGIOUS GROUND IN THE FACE OF MANDATES.
SO, WE WALKED AWAY FROM IT YOU KNOW, WELL-BUILT LIFE.
WE CHOSE ABILENE AMONGST ALL BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE VIBRANT, BEAUTIFUL, AND FREE SEATING AND OASIS TO BE EXACT.
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STUDIED THIS BODY REPRESENTATION FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND WE FOUND ENTREPRENEURS, EDUCATORS, MENTORS, STRONG WOMAN. AND PROUD CHRISTIANS CITIZENS INVESTED IN THEIR COMMUNITY BEYOND THEIR IDEOLOGY.SO, COMING FROM A PLACE WHERE GOD IS A DIRTY WORD.
CRT GENDER STUDIES FOR APPLICATION DESPITE MY FIRST-PERSON PERSPECTIVE ÃÃI HAD LOST NETWORK FRIENDS BY REPRESSED. RACIAL DIVISION, HOMELESSNESS, THOSE ARE DIVISION OF THE FUTURE.
FOR SOME REASON. I DON'T WANT THIS FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY. AND SO, THIS BODY CAN VOTE AWAY LONG OVER. ART, YOU GET SEATTLE ANY CITY.
WE ARE WITNESSING COMING TO ABILENE IS BECAUSE IT'S A SPECIAL PLACE WITH ALL THE AMENITIES AND POTENTIAL FREEDOMS. AND PROTECTIONS.
WE DO BRING IN REVENUE. WE DO BRING VOTES.
BUT ALSO KEEPING COURSE AND I'M MESSING UP BECAUSE LIKE THE JUMP SO MUCH FOR THE ME JUMP TO MY LAST ONE.
>> YOU CONVINCE REALLY QUICKLY. >> SOON YOU'RE GONNA HAVE AN ELECTION. I ASKED MY FELLOW CITIZENS TO VOTE SECOND. DON'T BE FULL BY THOSE WORDS.
REMEMBER ONLY DISPLAYS UNIQUE. AND TREASURE.
>> WHAT YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD?
>> MRS. TUCKER. >> THANK YOU FOR REFERRING TO ABILENE AS AN OASIS. WE'LL GET THAT A LOT.
[LAUGHTER] >> GOOD MORNING CITY COUNCIL AND GOOD MORNING THE CITY OF ABILENE.
MY NAME IS MEGAN REEVES. I AM A FELLOW STUDENT OF AMERICA. AND I AM HERE NOT TO SPEAK FOR MYSELF, BUT TO SPEAK ON THE BEHALF OF THE PRE-BORN CHILDREN ACROSS THE WORLD AND ESPECIALLY THOSE HERE IN ABILENE.
ABORTION THREATENS THE MOST VULNERABLE AMONG US.
WITH STARVATION AND DISMEMBERMENT.
WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS VIOLENCE TO PROCESS.
WE KNOW THAT MANY OF THE WOMEN WHO SEEK ABORTIONS AS IN THE CASE OF DOROTHY CLAY ARE VICTIMS OF TRAUMA AND VIOLENCE.
AND UNFORTUNATELY SOME OF US KNOW FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT MORE TRAUMA AND VIOLENCE CANNOT HELP HEAL TRAUMA AND VIOLENCE. SO, WHY WOULD WE RECOMMEND THE VIOLENT TRAUMA OF ABORTION TO HURTING WOMEN.
INSTEAD, WE GET TO OFFER REAL HELP AND RESOURCES TO PREGNANT WOMEN. MAKE HELPING THEM TO MAKE A PAINTING OR ADOPTION PLAN. WE PREGNANCY RESOURCES HERE IN ABILENE AND OUR FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER KNOWN AS THE ABILENE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER.
WHICH IS HERE TO HELP PREGNANT WOMEN IN ABILENE.
ACU FOR LIFE IS THE POLITICAL ORGANIZATION AT ACU AND TONIGHT THERE, ANNOUNCED THE WINNER OF THE PARENTING STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP. ALL IN ALL WE KNOW WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO HELP THESE WOMEN AND WE DON'T NEED PLANNED PARENTHOOD OR ANY ABORTION FACILITY TO DO THAT.
A YEAR AGO THIS MONTH, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND HONOR TO JOIN THE STUDENTS FOR LIFE AND EPIC TEXAS.
WE ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO VOTE YES ON PROPOSITION EIGHT, WHICH WOULD MAKE LUBBOCK A CENTURY CITY FOR THE UNBORN.
THIS DETERMINES THE PRE-BORN CHILDREN SHOULD BE PROTECTED FROM THE MOMENT OF CONCEPTION, EVEN BEFORE WE CAN NECESSARILY DETECT A HARPY. SPREAD THE WORD TO THIS ORDINANCE, THEY HELP THE LOCAL PUBLIC COMMUNITY SUCCEED IN PROJECTING PRE-BORN CHILDREN IN LUBBOCK.
WE WANT TO SEE THE SAME SUCCESS EXTEND TO THE PRE-BORN CHILDREN OF ABILENE. I URGE YOU TODAY TO CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE. THE CENTURY CITY FOR THE UNBORN AND TO PASS IT ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF ABILENE AND PRE-BORN CHILDREN OF ABILENE. I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY OF ABILENE AND COMMUNITY OF ABILENE FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR PRE-BORN CHILDREN AND THEIR MOTHERS.
I WANT TO THANK YOU THE CITY COUNCIL IN ADVANCE FOR PASSING THIS ORDINANCE. THANK YOU.
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THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JASON DELONG.
I AM A COMBAT VETERAN WHO HONORABLY SERVE MY COUNTRY.
AND I WANT TO READ THE SCRIPTURE HERE TODAY.
IT'S MARKED 937. IT SAYS WHOEVER WELCOMES A LITTLE CHILD IN MY NAME WELCOMES ME.
AND WHOEVER WELCOMES ME NOT ONLY WELCOMES ME, BUT THE ONE WHO SENT ME. HE STARTED WITH THE LORD.
THERE IS ALSO A PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE THAT SAYS IF MY PEOPLE THAT ARE CALLED BY MY NAME WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND REPENT OF THEIR SINS THAT I WOULD HEAR THEM FROM HEAVEN.
AND THAT I WOULD BE TENTATIVE TO THE PRESENT HILLY LAND.
SO, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT BE DONE AND IT ALSO SAYS IN SCRIPTURE THAT IF YOU MESS WITH KIDS THAT THEY ARE PROTECTED.
AND THAT IT BE BETTER TO HAVE A MILLSTONE TIED AROUND HER NECK
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AND THROWN IN THE OCEAN. I DID NOT SERVE MY COUNTRY AND IT WAS MY BROTHERS OVERSEAS TO COME HOME AND LOSE MILLIONS OF OUR OWN AMERICANS. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE DOING PRETTY WE ARE MURDERING INNOCENT CHILDREN.AND THE BIBLE COMPLETELY TELLS US NOT TO DO THAT.
I UNDERSTAND CERTAIN CASES. I'M OBVIOUSLY AGAINST ABORTION.
BUT, LIKE THE YOUNG LADY JUST SAID.
WE DON'T FIGHT HATE AND TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES WITH MORE AND I CAN SPEAK TO THAT FROM PTSD.
YOU KNOW? IT WOULDN'T HELP IF I WENT OUT AND MURDERED A BUNCH OF PEOPLE AND GET BEATEN PEOPLE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. THAT'S REALLY NOT CAN HELP THOSE DEMONS OF PTSD. BUT LOVE, EMPATHY, MERCY, GRACE, THAT'S WHAT SAVED ME FROM THE DEMONS OF PTSD AND THAT'S HOW WE ARE GOING TO SAVE THESE WOMEN THAT THINK THEY NEED TO DO THIS. YOU KNOW? WE NEED TO HAVE MORE ORGANIZATIONS THAT SHOW THEM THAT THERE IS A BETTER WAY TO DO THIS.
THAT THERE ARE PLACES THAT THEY CAN GO TO RECEIVE HELP.
THAT ABORTION IS NOT THE ANSWER.
EVEN IN YOU KNOW, THAT CASES, LIKE SHE WAS SAYING BEFORE.
BUT, WHEN NO FIGHT EVIL WITH MORE EVIL AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS. I PRAY THAT Y'ALL WILL DO THE RIGHT THING. HAVE A BLESSED DAY.
[APPLAUSE] >> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL PER MY NAME IS COURTNEY SURE. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE TATTOO SHOP. FOR THE ZONING.
I AM ONE OF BAILEY'S CLIENTS. I BEEN SINGLE FOR SIX MONTHS NOW. I JUST KIND OF WANT TO SHOW YOU REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE THAT COME TO SEE HER.
I SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR NINE YEARS STILL GOING AND I ALSO WORK AT THE HOSPITAL, WE CAN SPREAD AND ALSO ALTER THE ANIMAL SHELTER AND THE BLOOD DRIVE.
IN LESTER BEFORE SERVICING BAILEY, LOST MY BEST FRIEND TO COVID. AND I WAS DEALING WITH A LOT OF THE COPING AND BEING ABLE TO GO TO BAILEY AS HE HEARD ABOUT OUT ONCE A MONTH IS REALLY HELP ME. I WANTED YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE THAT GO GET TATTOOS ARE NOT NECESSARILY BAD PEOPLE OR BAD REPRESENTATIONS. AND IF SHE MOVES HERE, CAN BRING YOU GUYS A LOT OF BUSINESSES, BECAUSE I WOULD BE DRIVING EIGHT HOURS TO COME HERE TO STAY IN A HOTEL.
SHOPPER YOU GUYS STORES. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT REPRESENTS THE TATTOO SHOP. THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL. I AM IN ABILENE IN.
ALL MY LIFE. AND NOW I HAVE A FAMILY HERE PANAMA TEACHING ARTIST TO MAKE EACH BAND AND INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC AND A RIGHT HALFTIME SHOWS.
ON ONE OF THE MOST BORING PEOPLE YOU'LL EVER MEET.
I EXEMPLIFY STAYING HOME. AND BAILEY HI IS MY COUSIN.
I HELD HER THE NIGHT SHE WAS BORN.
I WATCHED HER GROW UP. I WATCHED HER AS SHE GOT HER MASTERS IN PSYCHOLOGY. THIS IS A YOUNG WOMAN WHO REALLY WANTS TO HELP PEOPLE. AND ALSO HAS A PASSION FOR ART.
SHE'S A PHENOMENAL TATTOO ARTIST.
HER WORK IS INCREDIBLE. AND I'M PICKY.
I'M HERE BECAUSE I THINK SHOULD BE A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO OUR COMMUNITY. SHE WILL BRING IN PEOPLE WHO WHAT THAT CUSTOM TAILORED ONE-ON-ONE APPROACH.
WERE THEY GO TO GET ART PUT ON THE BODIES.
THEY WILL GET PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SPEND TIME IN THE DOWNTOWN AREAS AND FREQUENT LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES.
THERE WILL BE PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND ME.
SHE IS ONE OF US. AND I WANT TO SEE HER COME BACK HOME AND I HOPE YOU HELP THAT HAPPEN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> MY NAME IS ZACH DARR, I AM A CITY COMMISSIONER IN EASTON TEXAS.
IN JULY LAST YEAR, WE COMMISSIONERS DISCUSSED A SIMILAR ORDINANCE OUTLAWING ABORTION IN THE CITY LIMITS.
AND IN THE PAST UNANIMOUSLY. I'M HERE SPEAKING UP FOR THOSE THAT CANNOT SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
AND TO ALSO ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
ABORTION IS A TRAVESTY THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE EVER BEEN ALLOWED TO HAPPEN EVER. THE SUPREME COURT WAS WRONG ON ABORTION.
UST LIKE IT WAS ONE ON SLAVERY.
THE U.S. CONSTITUTION SAYS NOTHING ABOUT ABORTION.
ABILENE HAS EVERY RIGHT TO OUTLAW ABORTION.
ONCE LIFE ENTERS THE WOMB, MUST BE PROTECTED FROM ALL MEANS OF SURGICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL ABORTIONS.
WITH THE INCREASE OF TELEMEDICINE AND BECAUSE OF THE EASE OF USE, JUST TAKING A PILL, THIS COULD EASILY BECOME BY FAR THE NUMBER ONE WAY TO ABORT THE CHILD.
THIS ORDINANCE PREVENTS PHARMACEUTICAL ABORTIONS.
WE SHOULD VIEW THIS THROUGH THE POLITICAL LENS WHERE WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE A DECISION BECAUSE WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT CERTAIN BLOWBACK. WHEN WORRIED ABOUT WHAT THE MEDIA WILL SAY. OR THE EXTRANEOUS FACTORS.E
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THAT AVOIDS THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROBLEMS OR OTHER PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED BY THE FEDERAL OR STATE CORPORATE WHILE ENFORCING PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE TO THE MAXIMUM POSSIBLE EXTENT.
THE CONSTRUCTION ISSUED BY THE MAYOR TO CARRY THE SAME ORDINANCE. THE AUTHORITATIVE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS ARTICLE IN BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL THE COURT RULING DECLARES INVALID RETURNS THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE ORIGINAL PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE IS OVERRULES, VACATED OR REVERSED.
SIX, THE MAYOR MUST ISSUE A CONSTRUCTION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 85 WITHIN 20 DAYS AFTER THE TRADITIONAL RULING DECLARES INVALID PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE AFTER FAILING TO ENFORCE THE SEPARABILITY REQUIREMENTS OF SUBSECTIONS A1, A2, A3, AND A4. IF THE MAYOR FAILS TO ISSUE THE CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS SUBSECTIONS A FIVE WITHIN 20 DAYS AFTER IT A JUDICIAL RULING THAT THE CARS INVALID OR ENJOYS THE ENFORCEMENT OF PROVISION IN THIS ARTICLE, AFTER FAILING TO ENFORCE THE SEPARABILITY REQUIREMENTS OF SUBSECTIONS A1, A2, A3, A4, OR IF THE MAYOR'S CONSTRUCTION FAILS TO MEET THE PROVISIONS THE MAXIMUM POSSIBLE EXTENT BY THE CONSTITUTION OR OTHERS WITH LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, AS CONSTRUED BY THE FEDERAL OR STATE JUDICIARIES, A PERSON MAY PETITION FOR A MANDAMUS REQUIRING ME TO ISSUE THE SCATHING CONSTRUCTION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1385. EFFECTIVELY, THE SORDID CELTIC EFFECT AMONG ONE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
[INDISCERNIBLE] >> THAT'S THE LAST LINE.
>> COMMUNICATED TO THAT. >> THINK IT JUST SAYS APPROVAL BY THE MEMBERS PROGRESS APPROVAL BY THE VOTERS.
WHICHEVER OCCURS SOONER. >> SO COUNSEL, PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE WANT SEE IF WE COULD HAVE IT REPROCESSED FOR PRIVATE SPEED WILL BE GOOD TO CONTINUE PUT.
>> LET'S TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS.
WE WILL RECONVENE AND WE WILL ENGAGE IN THIS CONVERSATION FURTHER. WE WILL RESUME BUSINESS.
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>> WE WILL RECONVENE AND ALLOW THE COUNCIL TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.WE ANTICIPATE IN OUR TESTIMONY. COUNCILMEMBER HURTS WOULD ONLY REAP THE NAMES IN REGARDS TO CARS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED.
BUT ALSO READ THE PERSON AFTER THIS SO WE CAN EXIT OUT OUR TIME. AGAIN, WE GOING PUBLIC, AND WHAT YOU ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE WITHIN THE THREE MINUTES.
YOU'LL HAVE TO USE THE WHOLE THREE MINUTES.
BUT DON'T GO BEYOND THOSE THREE MINUTES.
AND EVERYONE GOES INSIDE THE CHAMBER AND OUTSIDE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE THIS MORNING.
ONE THING HE DID NOT DO, WE ALWAYS HAD MATTERS IN CONNECTICUT. CHARLES PERRY IS AMONG US TODAY. HE SAID YOU WANT TO RECOGNIZE ME. I SAID YOU WILL BE RECOGNIZED.
[APPLAUSE] >> CAPTAIN HAVE ANY COMMENTS
PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING? >> WE WILL JUSTICE YOU DON'T
AFTERWARDS. >> AND SO, AS ALWAYS JUSTICE JUST SPEAK INTO THE SUBJECT AFTER YOU HEAR FROM OUR CITIZENS. SO WITH THAT, AT THIS TIME, I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
HEARING. >> MA'AM, WILL START THE CARDS.
NYBODY WOULD LIKE PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
>> NOW COUNCILMEMBER HEARD. >> AMIGO IN ORDER THAT THESE
CARDS WERE RECEIVED. >> AND CALL THE NEXT PERSON UP.
I'LL TRY MY BEST TO PRONOUNCE YOUR NAMES CORRECTLY.
BE MAD AT ME IF I GET THEM ON. IF YOU DO COME UP, JUST
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CORRECTED. THE ONES THAT DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK JUSTICE TO THINK ABOUT THOSE MARKED. WILL ANNOUNCE YOUR NAME. AND GIVE YOU YOUR HOW YOU SUPPORT OR DON'T SUPPORT OKAY? O YOUR NAME WILL BE READ.SO, FIRST IT WILL BE SENATOR CHARLES.
COULD FILED BY PERSON TO BE. >> THANK YOU.
HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL PEOPLE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANKS FOR INCHING TO CALL AND SERVE THE CITIZENS OF ABILENE. I'M GONNA GO DOWN THE ORDINANCE REPORT ON SOME THINGS THAT HAVE ARTIE BEEN SET.
VIEWED HER LOT TODAY. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP REPEATING IT. AND I WILL GO INTO THE BOOKSTORE REALLY QUICKLY. AND I WILL SHARE JUST THE PERSONAL BELIEF THAT I THINK THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT TO BE HERE. FIRST OF ALL, THE STATE IN 2019 WITH CLARITY THIS IS ON AMENDMENT, WE TOOK THE TIME TO PUT AN AMENDMENT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING THAT WAS ALREADY IN CODE. THAT THE U.S. PRINCIPLE CAN ENGAGE IN THE ABORTION DISCUSSION.
SIMPLE 22 WITH THE AMENDMENT THAT FOLLOWED UNTENABLE 22 COMING OUT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES BASICALLY WITH THIS EVER PRECLUDE ADMISSIBLE FROM GETTING INTO THE CONVERSATION. THAT IS STATE LAW HIRED IN THE GOVERNMENT CODE. IT READS PRETTY MUCH EXACTLY AS
ANNOUNCED IN THERE. >> ORDINANCE AND SIMILAR PROVISIONS CARRIED IN THE ORDINANCE TEXAN MIRROR THE ORDINANCE WAS PRE-HEARTBEAT BILL HAD BEEN CHALLENGED AT THE HIGHEST COURT MILLION. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND A WAY AROUND SOME OF THOSE PROVISIONS THAT ARE CONTAINED IN THE ORDINANCE.
SO, IT'S MET IN THE HIGHEST COURT MILLION CHALLENGED BY ASSOCIATION. TM A AND THE LIKE.
THE ASSOCIATIONS YOU TAKE GUIDANCE FROM HAVE BEEN PROVEN WRONG CONSISTENTLY. THEY HAVE REFERRED ATTORNEYS TO ASSIST HE REFERRED AN ATTORNEY GROUP TO LUBBOCK.
THE ATTORNEY'S OPINION THAT IS WRITTEN NOT WAS ULTIMATELY PROVED TO BE INCORRECT. ORDINANCE EXEMPTS MOM FROM BEING PROSECUTED FOR HAVING AN ABORTION.LSO EXEMPTS MOM ON HEALTH ISSUES. IT'S A MISDEMEANOR THAT WE LIVE THROUGHOUT THERE. LUBBOCK WILL COME UPON US WHEN YOUR ANNIVERSARY MAY 1. THEIR KIDS IN LUBBOCK TEXAS TODAY.
WALKING AND TALKING. BECAUSE THE COUNCIL ULTIMATELY VOTED. THE SAD TRUTH IS MISSING.
IT TOOK THEM AN EXTRA SIX OR SEVEN MONTHS BECAUSE THEY DID NOT VOTE OUT OF COUNSEL WE HAD KIDS DIE THAT DAY.
KIDS THAT WOULD'VE BEEN THERE. ANTHONY WILLIAMS KIDS THAT COULD'VE BEEN EMF KIDS. RONNIE REAGAN, KIDS THAT COULD'VE BEEN MADAME KERRY. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE LOSE IN THAT. EVERYDAY ELECTED OFFICIALS, WE WILL LEGACY TO LEAVE. WE TRY TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
EACH INDIVIDUAL HAS A LEGACY IN THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS.
WITH THAT SAID, WHAT BETTER LEGACY TO HAVE NOT KILLED THE BABY BECAUSE HE TOOK COURAGE AND MADE THE RIGHT CALL.
WHAT IS YOUR LEGACY CAN BE IN THAT RESPECT? VERY OFTEN AS INDIVIDUALS, WE GET TO MAKE THOSE LIFE-CHANGING AND PERPETUAL DECISIONS. AS ELECTED OFFICIAL EXTENT PLAN FROM THE GETS TO DO MORE. HOW QUICKLY CAN YOU PUT A STAKE IN THE GROUND AS A CORPORATE BODY THAT REPRESENTS A CORPORATE CITY? TO HAVE A STAKE IN THE GROUND.
THIS IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU.
I KNOW THIS TODAY. ON THE ORDINANCE, KIDS WILL DIE. IN NOVEMBER, AND WILL PROBABLY STOP BECAUSE I THINK HIS POINT OF SUPPORT TO PASS THE ORDINANCE. VOTE YESTERDAY TO SAVE KIDS LIVES.
YOU'D BE THE FIRST TO ENTER GRANDKIDS IN THE SUBJECT MATTER COMES UP IN DISTRICT? WOULD YOU DO GRANDDAD? WOULD YOU DO POPS? WHY WAS ON THE SIDE ÃÃGOD WILL JUDGE.'M NOT A SAINT. I'M A CENTER SAVED BY GRACE.
PROVERBS TEACHES ME THAT FEAR OF GOD IS THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS WISDOM. I HAVE A HEALTHY FEAR THAT WILL ANSWER FOR THIS. I HOPE YOU CAN DO THE RIGHT THING. TO BE SUPPORTED IN IT.
IT'S JUST THE RIGHT THING FOR ALL THE WRONG KIND OF LEGACY
THAT THE INDIVIDUAL LEAVE? >> THANK YOU SIR.
APPLAUSE] CUSTOMÁ THIS IS CARSON DRINKS BE FOLLOWED BY RYAN GOODWIN.
>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS CARSON RIGSBY.
A 20-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WHO IS PREGNANT WITH A BABY BOY.
OCTOBER 18 2021 AT 7:30 4 AM. MS. MILLS WAS DRIVING DOWN THE SOUTHBOUND ROAD OF STATE HIGHWAY 360 IN MANSFIELD TEXAS.
ALONGSIDE THE DATA FOR BABY BOY.
THEY WOULD BE HIT FROM BEHIND BY 31-YEAR-OLD DON GARCIA.
POLICE WOULD LATER ARREST GARCIA ON THREE COUNTS OF INTOXICATED MANSLAUGHTER. YOU SEE, WE HAVE TRAGEDIES LIKE THIS AND OUR HEARTS BREAK. WE GRIEVE.
OUR HEARTS DEMAND THAT WILL DEMAND JUSTICE.
TO BE SERVED TO SOMEONE CARELESSLY TOOK THE LIVES OF THREE INDIVIDUALS. THREE INDIVIDUALS, WHO STILL
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HAD SO MANY DREAMS TO PURSUE. SO MANY LIVES TO CHANGE.NOT ONLY FOR THE COUPLE, BUT FOR THE BABY BOY THAT WAS INSIDE OF THE MOTHER'S WOMB. YET SOMEONE DECIDED TO CARELESSLY ACT AND KILL THESE THREE INNOCENT PEOPLE.
READING THIS STORY, THERE IS SOMETHING THAT STRUCK ME.
THE ARLINGTON POLICE CHARGED GARCIA WITH THREE COUNTS OF INTOXICATED MANSLAUGHTER. WHICH MEANS THAT NOT ONLY THE STATE OF TEXAS SAW THIS UNBORN BABY WAS ILLEGAL VICTIM, BUT COME TO FIND OUT THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT OUR OWN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SEES THE SAME. IN 2004, THE HUNDRED AND EIGHT CONGRESS PASSED THE UNBORN VICTIMS ACT OF 2004.
THIS ECUADORAN IS A PERSON TO COMMIT CERTAIN FEDERAL CRIMES OF VIOLENCE, AND THEREBY CAUSE THE DEATH OR BODILY INJURY TO A CHILD WHO IS IN UTERO SHALL BE GUILTY OF A SEPARATE OFFENSE.
THIS REQUIRES THE PUNISHMENT FOR THAT SEPARATE OFFENSE TO BE THE SAME AS PROVIDED UNDER FEDERAL LAW FOR THAT CONDUCT.
THE INJURY OR DEATH OCCURRED TO THE UNBORN CHILD MOTHER.
FOR CLARIFICATION, THE LAW DEFINES CHILD IN UTERO IS A MEMBER OF THE SPECIES HOMO SAPIENS OR IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, HUMAN BEING, JUST LIKE YOU AND I. AT ANY STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT WHOSE CARRIED THE WOUND. MY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, WE ARE THE BIGGEST PRINCE OF ALL TIME.
IN 2019, OVER 229,000 HUMAN BEINGS ONLY SAVINGS, CHILDREN OF ALMIGHTY GOD BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST WERE INTENTIONALLY MURDERED. THIS IS A TRAGEDY.
WE MUST DEMAND JUSTICE. YOU SEE, WE DEMAND JUSTICE WHEN ONE KILLS AN UNBORN HUMAN BEING IN A CAR ACCIDENT AND UNINTENTIONALLY TAKES THE LIFE OF AN UNBORN HUMAN BEING AT ANY POINT IN THE STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT, WE SAY THAT IT'S PERFECTLY OKAY AND FINE. AND THERE IS SOMETHING TERRIBLY WRONG. HEAR ME LOUD AND CLEAR.
COME HELL OR HIGH WATER, WE WILL SEE ABORTION AND.
THERE ARE MILLIONS OF MY GENERATION WERE STANDING ON FIRM FOR THIS ISSUE. AND WE WILL SEE THE END OF THE SPIRIT WE WILL SEE THE END OF THIS HYPOCRISY.
[APPLAUSE] >> NEXT IS RYAN GOODWIN
FOLLOWED BY TERESA ROSKI. >> I'M RYAN GOODWIN.
DISCOVERED BLACK AND WHITE. DO NOT THINK I THINK ABOUT KEEPING THIS SIMPLE, I THINK ABOUT JUST LAST UPDATE TO THIS WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING FULLY WITH THE ORDINANCE SAID.
BECAUSE I FELT LIKE GOD WAS CALLING ME TO WALK INTO IT.
AND SO, I JUST STEPPED IN BLINDLY AND SAID YOU KNOW WH? LET'S E WHAT THIIS ABOUT. I'M NOT BLIND ANYMORE.
AND OVER 30 MINUTES OF LISTENING TO SHAWNA, WE ARE NOT BLIND ANYMORE. WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS.
WHAT WE SET FORWARD OR SIMPLE THINGS.
WE STEP FORWARD AND KNOWING WHAT'S RIGHT AND WHAT'S WRONG." WE BELIEVE GOD WANTS TO DO. SO, ONLY LOOK AT THIS, THIS IS THE SIMPLE DECISION THAT WE HAVE APPEAR WITH A LOT OF THAT COVERAGE THAT COMES UP BEHIND IT.
WITH ALL THESE DETAILS THE COMBINED.
THE BASE OF WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE.S HUMAN LIFE.
SO, I DON'T WANT YOU TO AVOID THAT, BECAUSE I THINK GOD'S WILLINGNESS FOR EVERYONE TO BE BORN JUST AS I BELIEVE GOD WANTS US TO SEE EVERYBODY THRIVE.
AND SO, WHEN WE COME TO THIS, DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE SIMPLE PART OF THE CONVERSATION. THIS IS LIFE AND DEATH.
THIS IS ABOUT BABIES HAVING A CHANCE TO WALK.
WE DO NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION AND I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT. WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE BABY IS BORN. I HAVE ALL THESE PEOPLE SITTING BEHIND ME WITH THINK ABOUT THAT TOO AND ABILITY TO JUMP INTO THAT CONVERSATION RIGHT AFTER WE ARE DONE WITH THIS ONE.
[APPLAUSE] >> TO RESEARCH ROSKI.
FOLLOWED BY VIRGINIA LUCY SMITH.
>> HELLO. MY NAME IS TERESA TO ROCKY.
I AM THE MOTHER OF TWO SONS. FOUR LIVING GRANDCHILDREN.
MY FIFTH GRANDCHILD WAS KILLED BY ABORTION.
I WILL NEVER HOLD MY GRANDCHILD AND MY GRANDCHILD IN MY ARMS. WATCH HIM OR HER TAKE THE FIRST STEPS.
WATCH THE CHILD GROW UP, GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL, GET MARRIED, AND HAVE CHILDREN. OF THEIR OWN.
MY ARMS ARE EMPTY. BECAUSE OF ABORTION.
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MY HEART HAS AN EMPTY PLACE BUT NO ONE ELSE CAN FILL.BUT MY GRANDCHILD. YOU CAN CALL IT PRO-CHOICE ALL YOU WANT. IT IS NOT.
THE CHILD HAS NO CHOICE WERE VOICE AND IS KILLED IN INHUMANE AND VIOLENT WAYS. AND THEN THROWN OUT AS TRASH.
I DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIGHT FOR THE LIFE OF MY GRANDCHILD. I AM NOT FIGHTING FOR THE LIVES OF OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN.
PASSING THE SANCTUARY CITY ORDINANCE WILL ALLOW THEM TO LIVE. AND NOT DIE.
THE COUNCIL WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR YOUR DECISION.
HOULD YOU CHOOSE NOT TO PASS THIS ORDINANCE, BY GOD AND BY THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY, OVER 12,000 PEOPLE SIGNED THE PETITION TO PASS THIS ORDINANCE.
THE DECISION YOU MAKE AFFECTS THE LIVES OF MANY, NOT JUST THE UNBORN. CHOOSE LIFE FOR THE ACT TO BE BORN. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
FOLLOWED BY JOSC) REYES? >> AND VIRGINIA SMITH AND I SUPPORT THE SANCTUARY CITY FOR THE UNBORN.
AND THE REASON BEING IS THAT I DO NOT HAVE A GREAT-GRANDSON RIGHT NOW FROM 12 YEARS AGO. WHICH WAS CONSIDERED NOT ABORTION. IT IS CONSIDERED A TERMINATED PREGNANCY. BUT AS THE SAME AS ABORTION.
BECAUSE YOU CAN PICTURE IN YOUR MIND TO HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEARTS GOING AWAY TO COLLEGE, THE FIRST YEAR, FULL SCHOLARSHIPS, THAT THEY EARNED. AND THEY WERE EMBRACING THE LIFE WITHIN HER AND FEW MONTHS OF THE TIME ÃÃTHE DOCTORS GIVE THEM A BAD TERMINOLOGY OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN WHAT IS WRONG. THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG THINGS TO BE TERMINATED. I CAN ONLY APPEAL TO THE MEDICAL PROFESSION THAT THEY WOULD GIVE MORE TIME FOR THIS, BECAUSE THESE CHILDREN WERE AWAY FROM HOME AND AWAY FROM THE FAMILIES. FRIENDS CHURCH FROM THE PASTORS. AND I DID NOT EVEN GET A CHANCE TO PRAY. BECAUSE I SINCERELY BELIEVE IN PRAYER AND I HAVE SEEN MIRACLES IN MY LIFE.
AND I'VE SEEN OTHER MIRACLES HAPPEN.
AND I DID NOT GET THAT CHANCE. SO, SO, I WANT THE TIME FOR CENTURY CITY TO BE A PLACE OF REFUGE FOR THOSE WHO ARE YET IN THE SAME SITUATIONS THEY CAN BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO AVOID THE HURT AND THE PAST. THE UPSIDE, THAT WAS MANY YEARS AGO. AND THEY ARE STILL MARRIED.
THEY HAVE THREE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN AND ONE ON THE WAY.
RAISE GOD. THAT HE CAME THROUGH ON WHAT WAS MEANT FOR EVIL. GOD HAS TURNED TO THE GOOD.
THANK YOU. >> FOLLOWED BY SCOTT BEARD.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS JOSC) REYES.
[LAUGHTER] I AM A FATHER OF THREE.
FROM A FATHER OF FIVE COULD HEAR HIM BY THE GRACE OF GOD.
DOING MY BEST. THE WITH ALL THE PEOPLE OVER HERE DEFENDING THE RIGHT OF LIFE.
CANOLA PEOPLE SAY THAT WE TRY TO TRAMPLE THE FREEDOMS. BECAUSE THEY WANT TO CALL LIKE TO SAY PRO-CHOICE.
BUT YES. WE ENJOY MANY FREEDOMS BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE IN FRONT OF ALL THESE IN ORDER TO GIVE US THOSE FREEDOMS. BUT, WITH THOSE FREEDOMS, THOSE COME WITH RESPONSIBILITY. THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES ARE DICTATED BY THE CHOICES WE MADE.
THEREFORE, IF WE HAVE MADE A CHOICE, TO EXERCISE OUR FREEDOM AND CREATE LIFE, WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO SEE THAT COMES TRUE. BUT, WHAT GOD SAYS.
HE IS THE HAZE THAT SHEDS INNOCENT LOVE.
INNOCENCE IN THIS COUNTRY IT'S TAKEN IN THIS WORLD IS TO SEE IF WE CANNOT CONDUCT A CHOICE, WE'RE GONNA BE OKAY.
AND WE'RE SHORT OF MANY WOMEN STATE OFFICIALS, THERE WILL ÃÃ
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[INDISCERNIBLE] WOULD LIKE TO GO ON.MANY PEOPLE LIKE THE TESTERS WE ARE FACED WITH THE DECISION TO COME OVER HERE. TO THE CHAMPIONS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. SO THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS TO ASSIST THEY CAN EXERCISE THEIR FREEDOM. AND CHOOSE.
AND THEREFORE BEAR THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS CHOICE.
LIFE IS A MATTER OF CHOICES. IF YOU CHOOSE YOU MAKES MAKES YOU. SO, THEREFORE YOU ARE BEING BOUGHT UP OVER HERE. A WHOLE BUNCH OF CITIZENS.
AND I ASK YOU FOR THE GOODNESS OF OUR PEOPLE, FOR THE GOODNESS OF THE STATE, FOR THE GOODNESS OF THE COUNTRY, FOR THE GOODNESS AND BLESSINGS TO THE UNBORN.
AND TO THE BLESSING THAT ARE PREPARED AN OFFER BY GOD.
[APPLAUSE] SCOTT BEARD, NEXT WILL BE
CHARLES BYRNE. >> THANK YOU MARY COUNCILMEMBERS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
ON BEHALF OF THIS ORDINANCE, IT'S BEEN MULTIYEAR SINCE THE LOVETT VOTERS PASSED A CENTURY CITY FOR THE UNBORN ORDINANCE.
AT THAT POINT ON MAY 1, 2021, I KNEW THAT GOD WANTED ME TO TAKE THE LEAD AND FOR ABILENE TO FOLLOW SUIT IN THIS ORDINANCE.
AS YOU GUYS KNOW, I'M MEETING WITH THOSE OF YOU AND I WAS ALLOWED TO MEET WITH. HOPING THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL WOULD DO THE RIGHT THING AND PASS THIS ORDINANCE THAT WAS GIVEN. FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT REASONS WHY THIS COUNSELOR WILL NOT PASS.
THAT WOULD LEAD TO PETITION INITIATIVE.
THAT MEANT NEARLY 12,000 SIGNATURES OF HER CONSTITUENTS AND MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY WANT YOU TO PASS THIS ORDINANCE. IN FACT, YOUR CITIZENS HAVE VOTED AS I THIS IS A VAST MAJORITY OF WHAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS WANT. WE CHOOSE TO VOTE AGAINST THE ORDINANCE AND PUT FORWARD ONTO THE OPEN BALLOT.
AS PUBLICLY PRESENTED BELIEVE MOST OF YOU IF NOT ALL OF YOU ARE WILL VOTE TO PASS IN NOVEMBER.
HE WROTE AT THE POINT WOULD BE A SHIFT IN OPINION FROM THE STANCE YOU'VE TAKEN AGAINST IT. WITH THAT SAID, IF YOU VOTE AGAINST IT, SEE TO ME THAT YOU VOTED AGAINST THE PUBLIC VALUES THAT YOU WOULD IN FACT BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH WOULD BE PERFECT ALIGNMENT WITH THOSE THAT ARE PRO-ABORTION.
WHILE I TRULY BELIEVE THE MAJORITY OF YOU ARE BELIEVERS IN PUBLIC, I'M NOT ABOUT TO PUT MYSELF IN A POSITION A JUDGMENT AGAINST YOU. WE ALL KNOW AS BELIEVERS THAT WE ARE AT A CERTAIN POINT" OF CERTAIN POINT IN OUR LIVES HAVE TO STAND BEFORE GOD AND GIVEN AN ACCOUNT FOR WHAT WE DO IN THIS LIFE. THEREFORE PASS THIS TODAY.
ÁIT'S STAND WITH US FOR LIFE FOR THE UNBORN IN THE SUPERDOME TO READ A BRIEF STATEMENT BY MIKE STEVENS.
OUR POLITICAL SHOWED IS FROM LUBBOCK.
HE CAN APPEAR TO THE PROLIFIC CITY COUNCIL IS BEEN THROUGH WHAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING AND THERE IS SOME HINDSIGHT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. FIRST, THE ORDINANCE THAT PASSED IN LUBBOCK HAS BEEN TESTED AND STOOD UP.
THE ORDINANCE ISN'T COSTING ANY MONEY AS THE NAYSAYERS INDICATED. THIS IS A WOKE ARGUMENT WITH NOTHING TO BACK IT UP. ONE, THE SIGNATURE THAT WE COLLECTED AND ABILENE COMBINED WITH OTHERS IN THEIR HOMES, WHO ARE LIKE-MINDED TOTAL 17,000 INDIVIDUALS.
WE PLAN TO DRIVE TESTERS TO DRIVE THESE TO THE VOTING POLLS IN NOVEMBER IF WE HAVE TO. SO BE LANDSLIDE VICTORY COULD WE WILL MOST LIKELY OUTVOTE ANY MUNICIPAL RAISED BY TWO AND HALF TIMES ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE LUBBOCK NORMALLY RECEIVES 24,000 MUNICIPAL VOTERS.
AND THE EXPENSE 44,000 VOTES, 1200 SIGNATURES PER BE FIVE TIMES THAT. AFTER THIS VICTORY, THE COUNCILMAN LUBBOCK WILL NOT CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. FIRST, SIMPLE SIMPLE BOND ELECTION DOES BEST IN NOVEMBER 2021 FELT AS A VOTE OF NO-CONFIDENCE. IN DIRECT RELATION TO THE MAY ABORTION OR THE BOOK CAME OUT IN NOVEMBER.
TODAY, THEY'RE COMING OUT AGAIN TO DEFEAT AN INTIMATE RUNNING IN THE MAY ELECTIONS. EARLY VOTING POLLS BY ACTION DATA, MIKE STEVENS INDICATES NO INCUMBENT WILL SURVIVE THEIR CONTESTED RACE. WE CAN AVOID THIS AND ABILENE.
JUST STOP AND CONSIDER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> )FOLLOWED BY JAMES SARGENT. MAYOR COUNCIL, I STOOD IN FRONT OF YOU THREE YEARS AGO IN 2019. ASKING YOU TO PASS THIS ORDINANCE. PRESS FORWARD THREE YEARS, WE'RE STILL IN THIS FIGHT TO ASK YOU TO PASS THIS ORDINANCE.
ONE OF THE REASONS HIM APPEAR IS BECAUSE MY STEPSON ROBERT
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WAS ALMOST A STATISTIC ABOUT BEING ABORTED.MY FORMER WIFE, WANTED TO HAVE AN ABORTION.
SHE WENT TO HER MOTHER AND ASKED FOR MONEY TO HAVE THIS ABORTION. THANK GOODNESS THE MOTHER SAID NO.
Y STEPSON IS DISABLED. PHIS ASPERGER'S.
HE LIVES WITH ME TODAY AS A DISABLED YOUNG MAN.
HE GRADUATED IN THE TOP 15 PERCENT OF HIS CLASS AND COOPER 2011. SO, DO IT'S RIGHT.
DO IT RIGHT FOR MY SON, ROBERT. DO IT'S RIGHT FOR THE INNOCENT CHILDREN. YOU HAVE NOT BEEN BORNE OR ARE IN THE STAGE OF BEING BORN. NEED TO MAKE A STATEMENT AT ABILENE THAT SAYS WE ARE FOR LIFE.
WE DON'T JUST DO TALK ABOUT. E NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.ND I'M APPEAR ASKING YOU TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT TODAY.
LET'S NOT WAIT UNTIL NOVEMBER. MAKE A STATEMENT.
FOR ABILENE. WE CALL ABILENE THE KEY CITY.
ABORTION STARTED AND ABILENE. LET'S END IT.
TODAY. LET'S NOT WAIT TILL NOVEMBER.
[APPLAUSE] SERGEANT PAUL BY FERNANDA WHAO.
>> SERGEANT FOR THE RECORD. I STARTED OFF LAST TIME JUSTICE THE DEFINITION, INCLUDING THE DEFINITION OF MOOD OF ABORTION COULD REDUCE TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY WITHIN THE DESTRUCTION OF AN EMBRYO OR FETUS. SO SURE THAT WHEN THE SPERM FERTILIZES THE EGG COMMISSION DISPUTE NOTICE FROM CONNECTICUT THE ONLY THING ATTITUDE FROM THAT POINT ON IS THE SAME THING THAT I MATERIALIZE TODAY.
FOOD, WATER, AND OXYGEN. THAT IS A LIFE.
HEALTH ENTITY LIKE THIS PROTECTED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AS THE INVENTOR PASSIONATELY SHARED WITH THE TRAGIC INCIDENTS OF A CAR ACCIDENT.
I ALSO SPOKE ABOUT THE SCIENCE ABOUT HEARTBEAT, BRAIN WAVES.
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM, THIS CHILD'S ON BLOOD PUMP TO THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM. CERTAIN, MR. AMIR WILLIAMS. COMMENTED ON THE LARGE NUMBERS OF DEPENDENCY.
WE WISH WE COULD GET THIS READILY.
GET THIS KIND OF INVOLVEMENT PRODUCTION SPEAK VOLUMES ALREADY. WITH THE OVERFLOW INTO THE LIBRARY. WITH THE OVERFLOW OF OUR CITIZENS AND COMMUNITY THAT SIGN THE PETITION.
ALL OF HOW IT TAKES INITIATIVE ORDINANCE.
Y'ALL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE INITIATIVE IN THIS.
ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE CITIZENS TO BRING THIS FORTH.
THERE IS STILL AN OPPORTUNITY IF Y'ALL TAKEN THE INITIATIVE TO TAKE A STAND TO PROTECT LIFE.
WE ALL CAN BE COURAGEOUS IN THIS DAY.
TO DEFEND LIFE, TO DEFEND YOUR CITIZENS.
Y'ALL CAN TAKE A STAND. SHOULD HAVE TO COME TO NOVEMBER EACH ONE OF Y'ALL CAN BE A HERO IN EACH OF THESE CHILD'S LIVES. CHARLES.
MENTIONED THE NUMBERS OF LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN SAVED BECAUSE OF THIS ORDINANCE.
WE SHOULD NOT SACRIFICE OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE.
[APPLAUSE] >> BURNETT HOW UNUM CAN READ SEVERAL NAMES OF THE ONES WHO DID NOT WANT TO SPEAK.
WOULD LIKE TO READ A LETTER THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL FROM DOCTOR CARISSA TRAINED HIM.
SHE'S AN OBSTETRICIAN AND GYNECOLOGICAL SURGEON.
SHE IS THE NATIONAL MEDICAL DIRECTOR CRUSADE THE STORKS AND CEO AND INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR CANOPY GLOBAL FOUNDATION. DEAR ABILENE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. AS A PRACTICING OBSTETRICIAN AND GYNECOLOGICAL SURGEON SPECIALIZING IN WOMEN FACED IN UNPLANNED PREGNANCIES, I WANT TO APPLAUD YOU FOR CONSIDERING THE ORDINANCE? ABILENE ESSENTIALLY SITTING FOR THE UNBORN. WHICH PROTECTS NOT ONLY UNBORN HUMANS, BUT THE WOMEN OF YOUR CITY.
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT OVER 63 MILLION BABIES HAVE BEEN LOST TO ABORTION IN OUR NATION IN THE LAST 49 YEARS.
GREATEST THREAT TO HUMANKIND TODAY IS THE LOSS OF HUMAN LIFE TO ABORTION. BIOLOGISTS AGREE THAT SCIENTIFICALLY, NEW LIFE IS CREATED AT CONCEPTION.
THE MOMENT ONE SPERM HAS PENETRATED AN EGG, IT RELEASES THE FATHER'S UNIQUE GENETIC MATERIAL INTO THE MOTHER'S
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UNIQUE GENETIC MATERIAL AND THE BRAND-NEW DNA IS IMMEDIATELY FORMED. THIS PROCESS, WHICH ONLY TAKES A FRACTION OF A SECOND CREATES A UNIQUE DNA THAT WILL BE ONLY FOUND IN THAT NEW LIFE OF THE BABY.ABORTION KILLS THIS NEW LIFE THAT WILL BE UNREPEATABLE.
EACH LIFE INCLUDING THE PARENTS LIVES NEED TO BE PROTECTED.
AS A PHYSICIAN AND SCIENTIST, I WILL DISCUSS SOME OF THE MOST WELL RESEARCHED RISKS OF ABORTION TO WOMEN IN THIS LETTER. BREAST CANCER.
BREAST CANCER IS A LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH OF WOMEN AGES 20 TO 59. ONE IN EIGHT WOMEN WILL GET BREAST CANCER. HUNDRED AND NINE LARGE WORLDWIDE STUDIES REGARDING ABORTION AND BREAST CANCER PROVED AND OVERALL 40 PERCENT INCREASED RISK OF BREAST CANCER IN WOMEN WHO HAVE HAD ABORTIONS.
PREMATURE BIRTH. THERE IS A 30 PERCENT IS JUST A 36 PERCENT INCREASED RISK OF PRETERM BIRTH AFTER ONE SURGICAL ABORTION. 93 PERCENT INCREASED RISK AFTER TWO SURGICAL ABORTIONS. 1 MILLION BABIES ARE BORN PREMATURELY. EACH YEAR IN THE U.S. AND 11,000 BABIES DIE ANNUALLY THE DAY AFTER THEY ARE BORN DUE TO PREMATURITY. PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS. A LARGE COMPILATION OF STUDIES SHOWED A WOMAN WHO HAD AN ABORTION IS AN 81 PERCENT INCREASED RISK OF SIGNIFICANT LIFE CHANGES IN MENTAL HEALTH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS FROM INCREASED MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS INCLUDING ANGER, SADNESS, FEELINGS OF WORTHLESSNESS, POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, EATING DISORDERS, SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, TROUBLE SLEEPING. AND THEY ARE SEVEN TIMES MORE LIKELY TO COMMIT SUICIDE IF YOU WOULD, LET ME JUST CONCLUDE WITH THIS. YES SIR.
WE JUST THIS DISCONNECT INCLUDE?>> 15 SECONDS.
>> I WILL. BECAUSE OF THE SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN MEDICAL FACTS, RISKS TO WOMEN UNDERGOING AN ABORTION JUSTICE I DO NOT RECOMMEND ABORTION TO OUR PATIENTS AND ADVOCATE FOR SUPPORTING THEM WITH AN UNPLANNED PREGNANCY.
WE HAVE THE GREAT ON AT SUCH TIME AS THIS TO GIVE VOICE TO THE UNBORN AND HELP SUPPORT THE HEALTH OF WOMEN IN ABILENE.
EVERY LIFE IS UNIQUE, VIABLE, AND IMPORTANT.
INCLUDING THE MOTHERS, FATHERS, AND UNBORN CHILDREN OF PEOPLE FACING AN UNINTENDED PREGNANCY. AGAIN, CARISSA TRAINED HIM AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
[APPLAUSE] >> WE DO HAVE SEVERAL STILL WISHING TO SPEAK. TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE THAT CHOSE NOT TO SPEAK. LINDA CASSIDY.
IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS.ARTIAL WRITING.
HIS IN SUPPORT. MICHELLE CAL FERRERO.
>> CALIBER. >> KIMBERLY BEARD?
IS IN SUPPORT. >> COOLIO SANTANA.
THESE ARE ALL IN SUPPORT NANCY HEWLETT.
PEGGY SANTANA. NATHAN CAN ACT WALK.
RICK BENNETT? DENISE ALL TIRE? INABILITY OF LANDING? AND ADELIA.
MARY STARKS. AND BRUCE TAPS IN HER.
REX KESNER. >> BRUCE CANS WITH.
WE WILL GO BACK TO IT. >> I'M SORRY.
FOR THOSE WHO CHOSE NOT TO SPEAK.
ON ONE OF THEM AND I CHOSE TO SPEAK.
>> ON THIS CARD, YOU MARKED. I APOLOGIZE.
>> GIVE US YOUR NAME. >> OKAY.
>> GREETINGS TO YOU ALL. MY NAME IS LINDA CASSIDY AND
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I'M A REGISTERED VOTER OF ABILENE.AND A MEMBER OF HOPE FOR LIFE CHURCH.
WHEN I WAS SITTING HERE LISTENING AND LISTENING TO THE VIDEO OF WHAT THIS ENTAILED, I JUST ONE THING FROM THE LORD.
TO OPEN UP OUR EYES AND OUR HEART THAT THE LORD SEES ALL THAT WE DO. WHETHER IN PUBLIC OR IN PRIVATE. I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE A SEED OF LIGHT. WHEN YOU PLANT A SEED, YOU EXPECT GROWTH. WE EXPECT ABUNDANCE FROM THAT.
AND WE DO FROM OUR CHILDREN AS WELL.
WE ARE NOT ACCIDENTAL. IT IS IN THE COMMANDMENT NOT TO KILL. AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS MURDER.
LIFE IS PRECIOUS TO ALL. INCLUDING OUR UNBORN.
CHURCHES ARE UNITED AND WE PLEAD TO THE COUNCIL TO VOTE WISELY IN FAVOR OF THE SANCTUARY CITY OF THE UNBORN.
[APPLAUSE] > NEXT IS KARLUK FLOOR.
MARKED BY DICTION. >> I TALKED TO OTHER BECAUSE I DID NOT KNOW. I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL BOATING TODAY. AND THIS JUST MEANS SO MUCH FOR ABILENE AND FOR US. AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE CHILDREN BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER. THAT CAN BE SAVED BY THIS COUNSEL. WAS A LOT OF ABORTIONS THAT COULD HAPPEN. WE JUST PRAY THAT YOU'LL MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE TODAY.HANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE] >> MARQUIS DIXON FOLLOWED BY
JOHN SHEPHERD? >> HELLO, MY NAME IS JUSTUS MY NAME IS MARKLEY DIXON. IRECTOR AT THE RITZ LEFT FENDER FOR THE CENTURY CITY'S UNBORN INITIATIVE.
GUYS, YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF SUPPORT IN FAVOR OF THIS ORDINANCE. AND I WOULD TAKE THE GUESS THAT DON'T HAVE NOT HEARD IN OTHER EMAILS ILL RECEIVED.
MORE OPPOSITION THAN THOSE IN FAVOR.
AND SO, CAN ALL THE NUMBERS. ALL THE EMAILS AND SUPPORT.
ALL THE PEOPLE WHO SIGNED THE PETITION, WHERE ARE YOU GUYS? THE ALL STAND WITH THE MAJORITY AT THIS POINT? THE NUMBERS HERE IN TAYLOR COUNTY ARE VERY CLEAR.
YOU'LL NOTE THAT THIS IS A VERY RED AREA.
71.73 PERCENT IN 2020 ELECTION PER TRAUMA.
IT'S INTERESTING, WE HAD A PROPOSITION STATEMENT ON THE MARCH BALLOT. THAT WAS ABOUT TEST IS TO THE REAR CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT IN SUPPORT OF LIFE AT THE BEGINNING CONCEPTION? ON THAT NUMBER AMONG REPUBLICAN PRIMARY VOTERS WAS THE 6.17 PERCENT IN TAYLOR COUNTY.
IF YOU DO THE NUMBERS ON THAT, THAT WOULD BE A 61.8 PERCENT OF REPUBLICANS IN THIS COUNTY. SUPPORTIVE OF LIFE, LEGISLATION THAT SAYS LIFE BEGINS AT THE MOMENT OF CONCEPTION.
DOES THAT RESTAIN? DO YOU STAND WITH THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY AND THIS COUNTY? OR DO YOU STAND OPPOSED TO THEM? SO THE SEMI SPOKE HERE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DISCUSSED THE STATE LEGISLATURE, GOVERNOR DISTANCE DALE AULD ON THEIR PART.
A GUY STANDING WITH THEM OR ARE YOU STANDING IN OPPOSITION TO THEM? THIS ORDINANCE HAS BEEN PASSED IN 48 CITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
43 OF THOSE CITIES ARE HERE IN TEXAS.
IF YOU'RE TO PASS THIS ORDINANCE TODAY, YOU'D BE THE 49TH CITY TO PASS THIS ORDINANCE OF THE UNITED STATES AND 34TH IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY NOT JUST TO PEOPLE ABILENE, BUT ALSO TO YOUR CREATOR.
THAT HOW MANY OF YOU GUYS SAID YOU ARE GOING TO RUN FOR OFFICE BECAUSE GOD LED YOU TO DO SO? TODAY, WE FIND OUT THAT YOU ARE PRO-LIFE VOTING RECORD. TODAY, WE FIND OUT THAT IF YOU TRULY BELIEVE THAT LIFE IS WORTH PROTECTING IN ABILENE TEXAS, AND DEPENDING ON THE OUTCOME TODAY, THE VOTERS WILL NOT WHAT STEPS TO TAKE NEXT.
[APPLAUSE] >> DON SHEPHERD FOLLOWED BY
DOROTHY CLAY. >> THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I THINK WE HAVE A GREAT VOICE HERE IN ABILENE. JUST BY THE PEOPLE SHOWING UP
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AND SPEAKING THE VOICE. AND LETTING THE VOICES BE HEARD. WE ALL NEED OUR VOICES TO BE HEARD. GOD IS GIVEN A COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY TO ADDRESS AND CONFRONT SITUATIONS AND AND WHICH CHILDREN ARE KILLED. WE ARE NO LONGER UNDER THE VEHICLE WE ARE STILL REQUIRED TO FULFILL THE MORAL PRINCIPLES SET FORTH IN THAT LAW. INCLUDING PROTECTING THE HELPLESS AND PREVENTING THIS KIND OF MURDER.WE NEED TO HELP THE HELPLESS AND PROTECT AND PREVENT THIS KIND OF MURDER FROM CONTINUING ON.HAT IS JUSTUS THAT IS WHY WE FIGHT. FOR THE LIVES OF THE UNBORN.
THE CHURCH DOESN'T ADDRESS THIS INJUSTICE, WE ARE FORSAKING OUR BIBLICAL RESPONSIBILITY AS CHRISTIANS.
I BELIEVE EACH ONE OF YOU SAY THAT YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN.
AND IF YOU REJECT THIS AND TURN AWAY FROM THIS, YOU FOR REJECTING YOUR BIBLICAL RESPONSIBILITY THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US. THE WORD OF GOD TELLS US THAT WE CAN SAY THAT WE ARE CHRISTIANS ALL ALONG.
BUT OVER TRULY CHRISTIANS? THE WORD OF GOD TELLS US THE WE HAVE A FORM OF GOD IN US, BUT WE DENY THE POWER THEREOF.
HAVE YOU DENIED THE POWER OF GOD TODAY IN YOUR WORD OF GOD? THE WORD OF GOD SAYS FOLLOW MY BROTHER, BE STRONG AND IN THE POWER OF HIS MIGHT. PUT ON THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD THAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO STAND AGAINST THE WILES OF THE DEVIL.
OR WE WRESTLE NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD, BUT AGAINST PRINCIPALITIES, AGAINST POWERS, AGAINST THE RULERS OF THE DARKNESS OF THIS WORLD. AGAINST SPIRITUAL WICKEDNESS IN HIGH PRAISES. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE ARE NOT FIGHTING AGAINST ONE ANOTHER.
WE ARE NOT COMING TO FIGHT AGAINST YOU.
WE ARE FIGHTING AGAINST SPIRITUAL WICKEDNESS AND HIGH PLACES. IT IS TRYING TO COME DOWN AND OVERTAKE THE PEOPLE OF GOD. AND WE WILL NOT STAND TO ALLOW THE PEOPLE OF GOD TO BE OVERTAKEN.
THE WORD OF GOD TELLS US WOE UNTO THEM THAT CALL EVIL GOOD.
AND GOOD EVIL. AND PUT DARKNESS AND LIGHT AND LIGHT IN DARKNESS. AND THEN JESUS HIMSELF TOLD US THIS RIGHT HERE IN JOHN 1010. THE THEME, NOT, BUT TO STEAL, TO KILL, AND TO DESTROY. I COME TO THEY MIGHT HAVE LIFE.
THEY MIGHT HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY.
THE GONNA BE ON THE SIDE OF THE THIEF TODAY? ARE YOU GONNA BE ON THE SIDE OF THE LIGHT GIVER TODAY? THAT IS MY QUESTION FOR EACH ONE OF YOU AND I WANT YOU JUSTUS [INDISCERNIBLE] [APPLAUSE] PASS THIS ORDINANCE.
>> DOROTHY CLAY FOLLOWED BY LANCE THOMAS.
>> CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY OFFICIALS.
I THINK THE VOICES HAVE BEEN LOUD AND CLEAR TODAY.
ABILENE TEXAS WANTS TO BE CENTURY CITY FOR THE UNBORN.
YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY. YOU HAVE A PRIVILEGE TODAY TO VOTE. WOULD YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT? IF I WERE YOU, JUST DO THE RIGHT THING.
YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS AND YOU KNOW HOW YOU NOT TO DO.
ONLY ABOUT THE GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITIES HAS FALLEN ON YOUR HEARTSTRINGS NOT TO DO IT. YOU DO WHAT YOU KNOW YOU NEED TO DO. YOU GOT A RIGHT.
YOU ARE IN SUCH POSITION FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS.
YOU ARE NOT IN THESE POSITIONS JUST BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BE.
IT WAS ALREADY ORDAINED FOR YOU TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE YOU ARE. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
I WAS FROM. MAKE ABILENE TEXAS IS CENTURY CITY THE UNBORN. YOU CAN DO IT.
GOT THE COURAGE, YOU'VE GOT THAT WITH ALL TO DO IT.
I KNOW THAT DEEP DOWN, YOU ARE FOR LIFE OR DO NOT WANT TO SEE PRECIOUS UNBORN BABY BEING MURDERED IN ITS MOTHER'S WOMB.
YOU KNOW THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
THEY ARE TIRED OF HAVING INSTANT BLOOD IN YOUR HANDS? YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE PART OF THAT ANYMORE.
YOU CAN HAVE THESE HANDS TO MAKE ABILENE TEXAS SAFE CITY FOR THE UNBORN. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I'M GLAD THAT MY MOTHER CHOSE TO HAVE ME.
SHE GAVE ME TO MY GRANDMOTHER TO RAISE ME, BUT I'M ALIVE.
I'M HERE. AND I'M JUST EXCITED THAT I HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THOSE WHO CANNOT SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. THOSE WHO DON'T VOICE, MAY BE SOMEBODY TO SPEAK WITH THEM AND WE ARE THE ONES.
I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TODAY. MAKE ABILENE TEXAS CITY FOR THE UNBORN. OVER 10,000 SIGNATURES DUSTERS PEOPLES VOICES HAVE BEEN HEARD. THIS IS AN AUTHORITY IN YOUR
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HAND. WOULD YOU DO IT? YOU CAN. AND I BELIEVE YOU WILL.YOU ARE IN THIS POSITIONS TO EXERCISE WHAT IS RIGHT.
WHAT IS JUSTICE. WHAT IS THE THING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR OUR CITY. WE WANT OUR CITY LIMITS TO BE PROTECTED. AND WE WANT THE UNBORN LIFE TO BE SPARED AND VALUED. AND LOVED.
WE WANT OUR MOTHERS TO BE PROTECTED.
AND TO BE HAD THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED WHEN THEY FIND THEMSELVES IN THESE CRISIS SITUATIONS THAT ABORTION IS NOT THE ANSWER. THEY DESERVE BETTER.
OUR CITY DESERVES BETTER. WE ALL DESERVE BETTER.
SO, DO THAT TODAY. WHILE YOU HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY. TODAY'S A PERFECT DAY TO DO IT.
MAKE ABILENE TEXAS A SANCTUARY CITY.
FOR THE UNBORN. >> LANCE THOMAS FOLLOWED BY REVA O'BRYANT? THE LANCE THOMAS OUTSIDE?
>> REVA O'BRYANT? I THINK SHE SPOKE EARLIER.
SHE MAY HAVE LEFT. >> WELCOME.
DOROTHY. >> ON GONNA READ SOME MORE NAMES. THESE ARE ALL IN SUPPORT OF THIS TEST JIMMY FAIL WEIGHT? MAINLY JANE HENSON? JAMES DAVID HENSON? CARE? NOT THE LAST NAME. ANGELA VAN? DIANE BENNETT? CAROLYN WELDON? WE GO TO MY NEXT LIST. I DID SOME OF THESE DISHES AND ALLOW FOR ALL THESE WISH TO SPEAK.
JUST LET US KNOW FOR THE FIRST WOULD BE JEREMY PERILS.
FOLLOWED BY GRACE JONES. >> MY NAME IS JEREMY CARLS.
GOOD MORNING MAYORS AND CITY COUNCIL.
EUROPEAN MANY GREAT COMMENTS SHOW.
I WILL KEEP MINE BRIEF. AS MOST CANNOT TELL THIS TEST IS OR OUTRIGHT ATTACK ON OUR WHOLE WORLD.LIFE IS A HOLE IN OUR WORLD BUT FROM THE LIKES OF COST TRUMP IN A SATANIC INFLUENCER, YOU WILL NOT KARATE THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM.
WHO THROUGH SYSTEMATIC MEANS OF SYSTEMATIC UNDERMINING OUR SOCIETY PAID WE CAN CLEARLY SEE OUR CULTURE AND IDEALS HAVE BEEN GREATLY TAINTED. THIS DAY AND AGE, I BELIEVE IT'S CRUCIAL THAT WE TAKE A STAND FOR LIFE AND IN THIS SPECIFIC CASE, THE LIGHT OF THE UNBORN.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE MANY ORDINANCES, BUT I AM PROUD TO STAND WITH THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY TO TAKE A LOCAL STEMWARE STATE IS OFTEN FAILED OR TAKEN THE LEAD IN THE YEARS PASSED. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THERE IS A BETTER PLAN FOR TAKING AN ACTIVE STAND FOR LIFE IN THE FACE OF THIS ONSLAUGHT ATTACKED BY CULTURE, I WOULD BE ALL YOURS AND GET BEHIND. IN THIS MOMENT, THIS IS THE STAND AND I WOULD LIKE TO GO ON RECORD THAT I'M STANDING THE CURRENT STAND FOR LIFE AND I'M ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO DO THE SAME. WE CAN NO LONGER WAIT FOR THE NEXT HOPEFUL CANDIDATE TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
IT IS TIME FOR THE PEOPLE OF ABILENE TO LEAD THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND I AM HONORED TO BE A PART OF THAT COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU. >> GRACE JONES FOLLOWED BY ISAAC CASTRO?
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. >> SOCIAL WORKERS, DOCTORS, NURSES, TEACHERS, CAREGIVERS? THEY ARE PEOPLE IN THE MAKING.
CITIZENS, I WILL PAY TAXES AND PAY TO SOCIAL SUPPORT OF THE OLDER GENERATION. SOMETHING THAT'S A PROBLEM THE PEOPLE DON'T RECOGNIZE THAT THE YOUNGER GENERATION ÃÃTHE FACT THAT WE HAVE ABORTIONS HAVE HAD ABORTIONS HAVE KNOCKED OUT SOME OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WERE NOT SUPPORTING OUR SOCIAL SECURITY. ALL I ASK IS THAT YOU GIVE OUR UNBORN HUMAN BEINGS A CHANCE. A CHANCE TO LIVE THEIR LIVES OUT. PROTECTING THEM FROM HARM.
BY MAKING ABILENE THE SANCTUARY CITY.
>> ISAAC CASTRO? >> THANK YOU AGAIN MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. FORGIVING ME ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO FINISH UP. WHAT I WAS SPEAKING ABOUT EARLIER. AFTER HEARING IN SEEING EVERYTHING TODAY IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS ÃÃIT'S DIFFICULT FOR ME TO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE ANY OF YOU WHO ACTUALLY WANT TO VOTE AGAINST THIS ORDINANCE. SO, MY FOCUS MY CONCERN IS ALWAYS BEEN THE LEGAL ISSUES. I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE ANY NO VOTES BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE TO VOTE NOT BECAUSE OF SOME UNDERSTANDING OR INTERPRETATION OF THE LAW.
AND AS I SAID EARLIER, THIS ORDINANCE CAN PASS BY YOUR VOTE HERE OR CAN PASS BY COLLECTION OF THE CITIZENS.
BY THE WAY, THE SAME ORDINANCE. SO, YOU BELIEVE NOW THAT THERE IS SOME PROHIBITION AGAINST YOUR VOTE, WE GONNA DO WHEN IT PASSES? BECAUSE IT'LL BE THE SAME ORDINANCE.OU GOING TO STATE THAT JUST CONTINUED TO STATE THAT IT'S NOT LEGAL? YOU WOULDN'T, BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. IT WOULD BE THE SAME ORDINANCE.
ALL THE CITIES THAT HAVE PASSED THE ORDINANCES TESTED ALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS DECISION-MAKERS, WHO HAVE BEEN PART OF THE TESTIS WERE THEY WRONG? WERE THEY ILLEGAL OVER THIS ORDINANCE IS ILLEGAL? OF COURSE NOT. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT YOUR STATE SENATOR CHARLES PARENT WOULD SUPPORT PASSING OF CENTURY CITY FOR THE UNBORN ORDINANCES INCLUDING THIS ONE IN ABILENE? IF WERE WERE LEGAL, I MEAN I KNOWS ABOUT THE LAWS THAT ARE PASSED AND OBVIOUSLY HELPED PASS THE HEARTBEAT BILL.
HE CLEARLY UNDERSTANDS THE LAW. HE IS HERE SUPPORTING THIS.
SO, I COULD DISCUSS THE SUPREME COURT CASE.
WHICH AS I MENTIONED EARLIER IT WAS SEEMED TO BE SOME HESITATION ON THE PART OF ME BE A COUPLE OF COUNCILMEMBERS ÃÃ AS BEING SOME LEGAL IMPEDIMENT. THE ME TELL YOU, AND IS NOT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE CASE CLOSELY, IT WAS A VERY LIMITED CERTIFIED QUESTION FROM THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE PIT CIRCUIT. QUESTION TWO THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT TO ANSWER. IN THE ANSWER.
THE ANSWER BASICALLY THAT IS JUST THE HEARTBEAT BILL IS A PROBABLE CAUSE OF ACTION.
THE TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD TESTIS THE TEXAS BOARD OF NURSING, THE TEXAS BOARD OF PHARMACY, AND THESE AGENCIES COULD ENFORCE THE LAW. I THINK THAT'S PRETTY CLEAR.
IN THE LAW ITSELF. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.
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>> SAMUEL WAITES GARCIA? FOLLOWED BY AMANDA WINTERS?
>> RE ONE MORE TIME? >> SAMUEL BATES GARCIA.
AMANDA OR TEARS. I BELIEVE LAST TIME.
[INDISCERNIBLE] ALSO KATHY SCRUGGS.HE DID NOT WANT TO SPEAK, BUT IS SPEAKING IN FAVOR.
I WILL SET MY NEXT LIST. THEY READY?
ARE YOU AMANDA? >> AS THE BEST, YES.
>> ESTEVEZ. >> IT'S AN A. SORRY I BUTCHERED
THANK YOU COUNCIL MAYOR COUNCIL FOR HOSTING AND ACTUALLY THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS. FOR EVEN BRINGING UP THE CONVERSATION OF MAKING THE CITY OF CENTURY CITY.
IT'S ALIVE TO WITNESS SOMETHING AND BE PART OF A MOVEMENT AND HONESTLY, I DID NOT NOTE THAT I WAS GOING TO BE PART OF AND I WANT TO THINK ANYBODY HERE FOR SUPPORTING THIS.
AND I JUST PRAY AND I HOPE THAT THAT FEAR DOESN'T COME INTO YOUR MINDS. IT DOUBT.
THE ENEMY. THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU.
SORRY, MY LITTLE BIT NERVOUS. IT IS PRAY THAT DOUBT DOESN'T COME INTO MIND.
OU KNOW? I UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE DEMOCRACY. WE ARE ALSO REPUBLIC.
WE REPRESENT THE CONSTITUTION IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND THE CONSTITUTION IS CLEAR THAT LIFE AND PROSPERITY FOR EVERYONE JUSTICE AND EQUALITY FOR THE UNBORN.
I JUST HOPE THAT YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES.
SOME OF US REGRET IT. AND WE ENCOURAGE THAT WE DON'T FORGET OUR MISTAKES IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD TO HELP THE FUTURE. IT'S AMAZING TO SEE THE KIDS WALK BY THE LIBRARY. AND NOT JUST THE LITTLE ONES, BUT ALSO STUDENTS. AND YOUNG PEOPLE, COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE HERE. AND SHOWING RESPECT FOR THE ELDERS. DINNER? WE ALL LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER. AND WE ARE ALL PART OF THE SOCIETY TOGETHER. I JUST PRAY THAT YOU KNOW, AND IT'S SO SAD TO SEE HOW THE NUMBERS ARE DECLINING IN THIS COUNTRY. THE INFLUX OF NEW PEOPLE, BUT THOSE PEOPLE TESTIS MOST OF THEM ARE PROS LIFE.
WHY LIE TO THEM AND THEIR CHILDREN? WHY PUT THEM IN A SITUATION THAT THEY WILL EVEN BE AVAILABLE TO CUT OFF THEIR GENERATION? AS A COUNTRY OR FREE NATION, WE SHOULD BE ENOUGH, STAND UP AND REPRESENT, NOT JUST OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BECAUSE THEY WILL BENEFIT AS WELL. BUT TO OTHER NEIGHBORS, STATES NEIGHBORS. OUR COUNTRY, AS WELL AS THE WORLD. YOU KNOW? WE ARE ALL CHRISTIANS HERE. WE'LL BELIEVE IN THE SAME GOD.
IT'S A LIGHT TO THE WORLD. JUST LIKE RONALD REAGAN SAID.
IT'S VERY EASY TO STASH LIKE A BUTCHER, BUT CLOSE TO IT.
IT'S FUNNY HOW THE LIVING GET TO CHOOSE THE LIFE FOR THE YOU KNOW, THE UNBORN. THAT THEY MADE THE CHOICE FOR THEM FOR THE UNBORN. I PROBABLY MESSED IT UP, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY FUNNY. THANK YOU GUYS.
[APPLAUSE] >> SOME OF THESE SPOKE EARLY.
IF YOU'RE STILL HERE AND WISH TO SPEAK AGAIN, IT'S ZACH DARK
FOLLOWED BY ASHLEY LEONARDS. >> IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? IF SO, PLEASE GIVE THE NAME FOR THE RECORD.
>> IS THE LITTLEST. >> THANK YOU MA'AM.
THANK YOU CITY COUNTY. BOY, YOU'LL HAVE A TOUGH JOB.
[LAUGHTER] I APPRECIATE SO MUCH THAT YOU'RE LISTENING TO ALL THIS. ONLY GO ON RECORD AS BEING UNDERSTANDING FOR MAKING ABILENE A SANCTUARY CITY FOR THE UNBORN. AND I WAS READING THE FIRST BOOK OF LUKE. AND WE NOTE THAT ELIZABETH WENT
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A LONG TIME TO GIVE BIRTH TO JOHN.AND MARY GOES TO VISIT ELIZABETH.
AT THAT TIME THERE, MARY GOT READY.
AND HEARD TO ATTEND IN THE CITY OF JUDEA.
WHERE SHE ENTERED ZECHARIAH SOME AND GREETED ELIZABETH.
WHEN ELIZABETH HEARD MARY'S GREETING ÃÃTHE BABY LEFT IN HER LOOP IN HER WOMB. AND ELIZABETH WAS FULL WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. IN A LOUD VOICE, SHE EXCLAIMED, BLESSED ARE YOU. AMONG WOMEN AND BLESSED ARE THE CHILD WILL BEAR. BUT WHY AM I SO FAVORED THAT THE WOMAN DOES JUST THAT THE MOTHER OF MY LORD SHOULD COME TO ME? AS SOON AS THE SOUND OF YOUR GREETING REACHED MY EARS, THE BABY IN MY WOMB WEPT FOR JOY.
BLESSED IS SHE THAT SHE HAS BELIEF OF THE LORD WOULD FULFILL HIS PROMISES TO HER. SO JOHN, A HUMAN BEING, IN THE WOMB OF HIS MOTHER, RECOGNIZED THE VOICE OF JESUS.
SO, I AM MAKING A STAND. FOR MYSELF, FOR MY LORD, FOR MY CHILDREN, FOR MY GRANDCHILDREN. MY GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN TO COME.
UNTIL THE LORD RETURNS. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
[INDISCERNIBLE] >> I WILL GO AHEAD AND FINISH
THIS LAST ITEM MA'AM. >> WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
>> [INDISCERNIBLE] HELLO Y'ALL. MY NAME IS JUSTICE BOLIN.
THANK YOU. >> SLAVED WITH YORK FOLLOWED BY SUSIE TUCKER. NO ONE? NEXT THEY HAVE THE END MCCLENDON HELD BY DAVID SCHWARTZ. IS THAT TO YOU? SORRY. OKAY.> AND ONLY ONE RECORD IN SUPPORT OF THE CENTURY CITY. HONESTLY HERE AND I THINK ABOUT WHAT CAN I SAY TO YOU? YOU'VE HEARD SO MANY PEOPLE APPEAL AND GO FROM A SPIRITUAL AND MORAL PERSPECTIVE.
I KIND OF HAVE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TAKE THAT I WANT TO CONTINUE ON. I WORKED AS CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN NOT LONG AGO.
AND HAVE BEEN PRETTY ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN MANY CAMPAIGN SITUATIONS. AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I'VE HAD TO CONTEMPLATE IS WHAT IS THE REAL ROLE OF A GOVERNMENT OFFICER?HAT IS THE AUTHORITY THAT YOU CARRY AND WHAT IS THE MANTLE THAT YOU WEAR? YOU KNOW, WE HEAR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE.
AND WE WONDER WHAT DOES THAT REALLY LOOK LIKE? AND I ABLE TO LEGISLATE MY MORAL VALUES? WE KNOW NOBODY WANTS THEIR PRIEST FORGIVING THE RAPIST OR HAVING THE JUDGES. FORGIVE THE PEDOPHILES.
THERE IS A ROLE OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR EVERYTHING.
WHAT IS THE ROLE RESPONSIBILITY TO YOU? WHAT IS THE MANTLE THAT YOU CARRY AS LEADERS OF OUR CITY? YOU ALL KNOW IT'S FIRST AND FOREMOST TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE. YOU HAVE SAID THAT.
WHAT IS YOUR MORAL OBLIGATION IS YOUR LEGISLATIVE DUTY? IT'S A QUESTION THAT NEEDS TO BE ASKED.
SOME OF YOU ARE GOING TO SAY THAT WE ARE NOT HERE BY LAW.
I DON'T THINK IT'S THE WAY TO HAVE AN EXPRESSION FOR MORALITY. I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO SAVE A CHILD. BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, IT'S THE MINUTIA. THE AUTHORITY ACTUALLY COMES WITH WHAT IS GIVEN TO YOU BY GOD.
AND THAT THING TESTIS GIVEN TO YOU BY GOD IS THE VOICE THAT SAYS I'M EITHER FOR MORE RIGHTEOUSNESS OR AGAINST IT.
WE ARE NOT IN A TIME WHERE IT IS GOOD OR BAD.
WE ARE IN RIGHTEOUS VERSUS EQUAL.
WHENEVER THERE IS A BILL COMING OUT OF CALIFORNIA THAT LITERALLY SAYS YOU CAN KILL A CHILD UP TO 30 DAYS AFTER THE POINT OF BIRTH.HIS IS THE ISSUE ON GOD'S HEART.
THE MORAL ISSUE IS BEFORE YOU AND IT DOES NOT COMPETE WITH YOUR LEGISLATIVE DUTY. IT IS OKAY FOR YOU TO COME BEFORE US. WE LEGISLATE MORALITY ALL THE TIME. THAT IS WHY MURDER IS CONSIDERED WRONG. IT IS A SIN FIRST, IT'S ALSO IMMORAL TRAVESTY. THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES.
YOU MAKING THIS DECISION TODAY IS NOT ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS THE BEST OPTION OR NOT. OR WHETHER IT'S BETTER THAT THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE SAY IN NOVEMBER.
THIS ISSUE IS WHETHER YOU BELIEVE YOUR ROLE IS AS A CITY COUNCILMEMBER BACK AND I SAY YOUR ROLE IS TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE. AND YOU CAN SAY 12,000 SIGNATURES AND NOT ALL THIS IS CERTIFIED.
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WE CAN GET INTO THE MINUTIA. REALLY WHAT IT MATTERS IS THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN. AND YOU CARRY A ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY WITH THE AUTHORITY GOD GAVE YOU TO MAKE RIGHTEOUS DECISIONS FOR HER CITY.[APPLAUSE] >> IS DAVID STILL HERE?
>> THANK YOU COUNSEL PULLED IT STILL MORNING.
DAVID SCHWARTZ FOR THE RECORD. >> FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY IS I DON'T HAVE A DOG IN THIS SHOW ON THIS.
SUBJECT OR HORSE IN THE RACE. YOU KNOW? WHEN YOU'RE A BABY BOOMER, EVENTUALLY THAT THERE ARE TWO SUBJECTS YOU DON'T BRING UP.
ESPECIALLY AT A FAMILY GATHERING OR OTHERWISE, THAT'S POLITICS AND RELIGION. AND THE SUBJECT COVERS BOTH OF THEM PRETTY GOOD. IT'S NOT REALLY THE QUESTION.
IN A WAY, THE OTHER SIDE IS JUST PASSIONATE AS WELL AS THE SIDE THAT STALKED TODAY.Y CONCERN IS I'M SURE YOUR CITY ATTORNEY HAS TOLD YOU IT'S GOOD WITH LITIGATION.
AGAINST OUR CITY. THAT LITIGATION CAN GO ON FOR MONTHS OR YEARS. YOU KNOW? THE THING IS IT WILL SAY OF, IT'S A LAW.
AN ORDINANCE IS NOT A LAW. GOVERNMENT 101.
THE LEGISLATIVE BODIES PROCESS AND LISTENED TO A GOVERNMENT OR TO THE PRESIDENT FOR SIGNATURE. SO, A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY IT'S A LOT. IT'S AN ORDINANCE.
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT WHILE YOU TRY TO CHANGE THAT. QUICK ASIDE, MOST UNCONCERNED ABOUT IS IF WE GET LITIGATION AGAINST OUR CITY.
NOT WHETHER IT'S ONE WAY OR THE OTHER PRINT LIKE I SAID, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON EITHER SIDE OF IT.
BUT I DO WORRY ABOUT IF YOU START TO HAVE THIS CENTURY CITY. YOU KNOW? IF YOU DO HAVE THE VOTERS DECIDE, LIKE THE OLD-TIMERS SAY THAT THAT DOG LIVE. THE PROBLEM IS THAT YOU CENTURY CITY'S, AND YOU HAVE ANOTHER GROUP COME UP AND SAY WE WANT THE SECOND AMENDMENT CENTURY CITY IN ABILENE.
THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THERE WILL BE ANOTHER GROUP SAYING WELL, WE WANT TO CENTURY CITY OVER VEHICLES THAT ARE OVER 30 YEARS OLD BECAUSE I FEEL THE RIGHT THAT I CAN BUY AS MANY AS I WANT AND I DON'T WANT THE CITY TO FIGHT ME ABOUT.
OR I COULD STICK MY HOME WAS 50 YEARS OLD.
I WANT TO CENTURY CITY ABOUT OLDER HOMES WHERE THERE IS NO CHANCE THAT IT'LL BE TORN DOWN OR ANYTHING.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS ONLY WILL THIS BOOK FOR IT.
THERE IS BEEN TO BE SOMEONE THAT IS AGAINST IT.
AND LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE JUST AS PASSIONATE.
THEY MIGHT NOT COME OUT NOW TO CITY COUNCIL AND SAY THAT THEY ARE AGAINST IT, BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT THEIR LAWYERS MIGHT COME OUT AFTER ITS PAST. AND LIKE YOU SAID? THINK IT'S MONEY BETTER SPENT ON LITIGATION WHILE FIXING IN THE STREETS. AND WE CAN ONLY HAVE A TURNOUT LIKE THIS ON MATTERS THAT ARE COUNSEL IS SPENDING MONEY OR SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT. WE WOULD HAVE A GREAT CITY, BUT NOBODY EVER COMES OUT TO IT TO RECALL THE COUNCIL ON SPENDING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH THIS MORNING COUNSEL FOR YOUR TIME.
>> IT'S GET SOME MORNINGS. RODNEY CASEY WAS IN FAVOR.
ATHERINE WHITE. IN OLDISH OVONIC?
AND THAT IS MY LIST. >> WERE STILL THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT HAS NOT SPOKEN THAT WANTS TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST? PLEASE PUT YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS ANGELIQUE MOORE. THE 25 YEAR CITIZEN OF ABILENE TEXAS GROUP IN THE SAN FRANCISCO AREA.
I LOVE THIS PLACE. IT'S WONDERFUL PUT A RAISE MY FAMILY HERE. THIS IS NO ORDINARY CITY.
YOU GUYS ALREADY KNOW THAT. I AM MAINLY HERE TO STAND AND AGAIN YOU HEARD MUCH OF THIS. SO I CAN TRY AND KEEP MY WORDS BRIEF AND SHORT. BUT CONCISE.
THIS IS NO ORDINARY CITY WITH NO ORDINARY CITIZENS.
A LOT OF THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST HAVING A SANCTUARY CITY WERE THOSE WHO WOULD BE AGAINST ABORTION SAYING THIS WOULD BE AGAINST BEING PROLIFIC THAT THEY ARE UNMERCIFUL.
AND THAT THEY LACK MERCY. YET, IN THIS CITY, WE HAVE A
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CHURCH THAT'S LEADING THE CHARGE.HIS ORDINANCE IS ABOUT A CITY ORDINANCE. AND WE HAVE A CHURCH THAT'S LEADING A 3 TO 5 FOSTER CARE INITIATIVE THAT IS LEADING THE CHARGE CURRENTLY AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO.SO THAT THERE'S NO MORE CHILDREN IN THE CITY.
WE ARE NOT AT THE PLACE YET. WE'LL GET THERE.
I'M ACTUALLY AN ADOPTIVE MOM. TWO OF THESE CHILDREN IN MY HOUSE AND I MET 70 VOTES PROLIFIC I LIVED PROBABLY FROM MY HOUSE. THESE CHILDREN ARE A BLESSING.
THEY CARRIED THE FIRE OF GOD. THEY HAVE A VOICE AND THE MATTER. AND THEIR MOTHER, WHICH IS PREGNANT, SHE WAS WORKING AT OXFORD STREET WHEN IT WAS STILL OXFORD STREET. THE MOTHER WAS PREGNANT AND SHE WAS GOING TO HAVE AN ABORTION. AND ONE WOMAN CAME IN WITH HER FAMILY.HE RESTAURANT EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT.ND IT WAS A PASTOR'S WIFE HERE IN TOWN. HAD SHE NEVER SAID SHE HAD EVER HEARD THE AUDIBLE VOICE OF GOD. SHE SAID THE LORD WHEN THE MOTHER FINISHES PREGNANT AND WAS IN DIRE STRAITS SERVING AT THE TABLE. THE WOMAN SAID I HEARD THE AUDIBLE VOICE OF GOD IN FIRST TIME THE MOP IN A STRONG IMPRESSION OF YOU PUT IT THAT WAY.
CHECK THAT THE MOTHER AND SAID I'M GOING TO HELP YOU RAISE THESE CHILDREN. WHATEVER IT TAKES.
WHATEVER THE COST OR SACRIFICE. WE'LL STAND HERE BECAUSE OF THE SACRIFICE OF MANY. I PLANTED AND FOUGHT FOR US TO HAVE WHAT WE HAVE. THEY WERE PROFESSORS ARDEN SIMMONS WHO WENT WITHOUT SELLERS FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS SO THAT WE COULD HAVE THESE INSTITUTIONS THAT STAND FOR WHAT GOD STANDS FOR. AND I'M HERE TO SAY THAT I AM PART OF THE FIGHT. TO KEEP THESE CHILDREN ALIVE.
TO RAISE THEM UP IN THE HERITAGE OF THE LORD TO CO-AUTHOR DESTINY AND PURPOSE. AND SO TODAY, YOU HAVE A CHOICE. THE WORD SAYS TODAY CHOOSE WHOM YOU WILL SERVE. AS FOR ME IN MY HOUSE, AND ME IN THE CITY, WE WILL SERVE THE LORD AND THIS ORDINANCE HAS WOKEN UP A SLEEPING GIANT. THERE ARE MANY WHO ARE FOR.
AND SO, I CHARGE YOU TODAY TO LOOK AT THE BEAUTY OF THE CHILDREN WHO LIVE. BECAUSE THEY HAVE A VOICE AND THEY HAVE A DESTINY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[APPLAUSE] >> STONE PUBLIC HEARING.
>> HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ELVIRA ALL RECRUITERS WANT TO READ BUT THE LORD SAYS SINCE WE ARE.
SECOND TIMOTHY. MARCH 16, 2017.
IT SAYS ALL SCRIPTURES ARE INSPIRED BY GOD IMPROBABLE FOR TEACHING AND RECRUITING FOR CORRECTION.
TRAINING IN RIGHTEOUSNESS. SO THAT THE MAN OF GOD MAY BE ADEQUATE. EQUIPPED WITH EVERY GOOD WORK.
I PRAY THAT YOU WILL PASS THIS ORDINANCE AND MAKE ABILENE CENTURY CITY FOR THE UNBORN. THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE] >> YES, ANGEL PORTMAN.
ANGEL PORTMAN GOING ON RECORD.
AS MY MORAL AND SOCIAL JUDICIARY RESPONSIBILITY, TO STAND AND MAKE ABILENE CENTURY CITY FOR THE UNBORN.
I AM STANDING AND HOPE, PEACE, AND LOVE.
MATTHEW 1112. THE KINGDOM OF GOD SUFFERS VIOLENCE AND THE VIOLENT TAKE IT BY FORCE.
THIS FORCE IS A FORCE OF GRACE. GRACE AND FORGIVENESS.
OF LOVE, TRUTH, OR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
AND TODAY, WE STAND AND I STAND.
FOR THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS TO GO FORTH.
[APPLAUSE] >> MY NAME IS DIANE BENNETT.
I'VE DECLINED TO SPEAK BEFORE, BUT I DO HAVE THIS ON MY HEART.
AND THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS JUST TOLD ME I'M SUPPOSED TO READ THIS TO YOU TO PUNCTUATE THIS DAY.HIS IS FROM PSALMS 139, 11 TO 17. SURELY DARKNESS WILL HELP ME.
THE LIGHT THIS TEST THAT CONNECTS AROUND ME.
EVEN DARKNESS WILL NOT BE DARK TO YOU.
THE NIGHT WILL SHINE LIKE THE DAY.ARKNESS IS AS LIGHT TO YOU. FOR YOU CREATED MY INNERMOST BEING. YOU KNIT ME TOGETHER IN MY MOTHER'S WOMB. I PRAISE YOU, BECAUSE I AM FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE. YOUR WORKS ARE WONDERFUL.
MY FRIEND IS NOT HIDDEN FROM YOU WHEN HE WAS MADE IN THE SECRET PLACE. WHEN I WAS WOVEN TOGETHER IN THE DEPTHS OF THE EARTH, YOUR EYES SAW MY UNFORMED BODY.
ALL THE DAYS ORDAINED FOR ME Ã ÃWERE WRITTEN IN YOUR BOOKS.
ALREADY WRITTEN. BEFORE ONE OF THEM CAME TO BE.
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SO, WHAT I WANT TO SAY TO YOU TODAY IS A GOVERNMENT RESTS ON HIS SHOULDERS. YOU ARE THE LORD'S APPOINTED ONES. FOR THIS HOUR.YOU ARE. WHEN, YOU ARE HIS APPOINTED ONE. IT IS ENTRUSTED TO YOU HIS HEART. THE THINGS THAT MATTER TO HIM.
I KNOW THAT YOU LIE IN BED AT NIGHT.
ANTHONY WILLIAMS AND YOU PRAY LORD.
HELP ME MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS.
GUIDE ME IN ALL MY STEPS. WHEN I COME TO HEAVEN AS ONE WHO HAS PLEASE DO. IT WAS PREPARED ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU HAD FOR ME. I DID NOT WANT TO COME UP THERE AND HAVE CARDS IN THE BOX THAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN OF THINGS THAT I WAS TO DO. LORD, NOT THAT'S IN YOUR HEART.
HE LOVES YOU. COME MCALLISTER.
HE LOVES HER. ENTRUSTED THIS DECISION TO YOU.
TRAVIS CARTER. KRUGER, PARDON.
HE TRUSTS YOU. YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE IT IS APPOINTED YOU. I APPRECIATE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU THAT HOLD THE POSITION ON THIS COUNSEL.
THANK YOU FOR HEARING YESTERDAY.
JUST CONSIDER THE VASTNESS OF GOD AND THE PURPOSE THAT YOU HAVE FOR BEING ON THIS EARTH. TODAY.
YOU STAND FOR GOODNESS. THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS DAVID BLACK. THERE IS A QUESTION THAT I THINK NEEDS TO BE ENTERED TODAY.
PEOPLE ABILENE TO HEAR FROM YOU GUYS AND A LADY.
AND THAT IS WHAT YOU MEAN WHEN YOU SAY YOU ARE PRO-LIFE.
IF YOU ARE PRO-LIFE, WHEN DOES LIFE BEGIN FOR YOU?O BEGIN AT CONCEPTION? OR DOES IT BEGIN THE TEXAS HEARTBEAT BILL KICKS IN. YOU'RE HERE TODAY TO TEST THE DEFINITION OF PRO-LIFE. AND MY PRAYER IS THAT YOU LOOK FOR THIS ORDINANCE. IT BEGINS AT CONCEPTION PEOPLE WE MUST PROTECT THE UNBORN FROM CONCEPTION TO THE DAY THEY DIE.
AFTER THEY ARE BORN. SO, LET US HEAR YOUR DEFINITION. THE PRO LIFE.
[APPLAUSE] >> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS CATHERINE DWIGHT AND I INITIALLY DID NOT WANT TO SPEAK. CAME ACROSS THIS ANCIENT TEXT.
ÃÃTHE TITLE THAT I BELIEVE IT IS A WARNING IN THE I BELIEVE Ã ÃWHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW TODAY. ÃÃTHEY WORSHIP WITH THEIR IDOLS WHICH LED TO THE DOWNFALL.
THEY EVEN SACRIFICED SONS AND PTHEIR DAUGHTERS TO DEMONS.
THEY SHOULD INNOCENT BLOOD, THE BLOOD OF THEIR SONS AND DAUGHTERS. BUT SACRIFICING THEM TO THE IDOLS OF CANAAN. THE LAND WAS POLLUTED WITH MURDER. THEY DEFILE THEMSELVES BY THEIR EVIL DEEDS AND THEIR LOCAL IDOLS WITH OGLETREE AND THE LORD'S SIDE. THAT IS WHY THE LORD'S ANGER BURNED AGAINST HIS PEOPLE. AND HE POURED HIS OWN SPECIAL POSSESSION. HE HANDED THEM OVER TO THE PAGAN NATIONS AND THEY WERE RULED BY THOSE WHO HATED THEM.
AND SO, AS I READ THESE WORDS AND I THINK ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DISCUSSING TODAY JUSTICE IS A THINK ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR NATION ÃÃMECHANICALLY THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL THAT IF WE DON'T TURN THIS AROUND THAT WE WILL BE HANDING OVER TO NATIONS THAT WILL OPPRESS US. THAT HATE US, THAT WE DON'T WANT WHAT HAPPENED TO ANCIENT ISRAEL TO HAPPEN HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. AND WE NEED NOT LIKE THEM.ND THINKING THAT I CAN'T.
E SERVE GOD ALMIGHTY.ND IF WE DON'T TURN IT AROUND.
I'M AFRAID THAT IT WILL LEAD OUR FATE.
>> THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS JERRY PETERS. I'M A PROLIFIC DIRECTOR CATHOLIC PROLIFIC DIRECTOR FOR THE DIOCESE OF SUBHEAD ANGELA.
WHICH CONCLUDES ABILENE MILLAN, ODESSA, AND OF COURSE ANGELO.
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I'M ALSO THE COMBAT VETERAN. A MARINE VETERAN FROM THE VIETNAM WAR. AND 1968 THROUGH 1969.I'VE SEEN MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN.
AND IT'S DISASTROUS. WAR IS PURE HELL.
HOWEVER, AS BAD AS THAT IS JUST AS COMBAT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ABILITY TO HAVE A CHOICE. THEY CAN KILL OR BE KILLED.
CHILDREN IN THE WOMB HAVE NO CHOICE.
AND THAT IS WHY I WAS A SOLDIER ONCE FOR OUR COUNTRY.
I'M NOT SOLDIER FOR CHRIST. WE HAVE GOT TO STOP ABORTION.
CHILDREN IN THE WOMB HAVE NO SAY SO AT ALL.
HEY SA THERE ARE 63 MILLION CHILDREN THAT WERE ABORTED.
THIS IS TRUE. BUT THINK OF THE POSSIBILITIES OF THE CHILDREN THAT COULD HAVE BEEN BORN.
THIS IS NOT 63 MILLION. THIS IS BILLIONS.
BECAUSE THOSE CHILDREN WOULD HAVE FAMILIES AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO, THESE ARE NOT JUST 63 MILLION. WE ARE TALKING BILLIONS OF CHILDREN. NOW, WE LOOK AT THE PESTILENCE DISEASE, WAR, EVERYTHING GOING ON IN THIS WORLD.
WHY WOULD YOU SAY WELL, THERE IS A JUST GOD, WHAT IS THERE SOME MUCH OF THIS GOING ON? WELL, THE ANSWER IS WE HAVE ABORTED THOSE PEOPLE. WE'VE ABORTED PEOPLE FOR DOCTORS WHO COULD HAVE CURE DISEASES.
WE HAVE TAKEN THOSE LIVES. YOU GENTLEMEN AND WOMEN.
YOU HAVE THE ABILITY NOW TO MAKE THIS DECISION.REMEMBER WHAT CHRIST SAID BEFORE HE WENT TO HIS CRUCIFIXION THEY SAID TO HIM, YOU KNOW I HAVE THE ABILITY TO FOR YOU OR CRUCIFY YOU. JESUS SAID YOU WOULD HAVE NO POWER OVER ME IF IT WAS NOT GIVEN TO YOU FROM GOD.
YOU HAVE THE POWER. PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
THANK YOU. >> MY NAME IS JERRY MASTEN.
I'VE ENJOYED THIS MORNING JUST AS I HAVE AGREED WITH EVERYONE EMPHATICALLY THAT SPOKE. EXCEPT FOR ONE.
I LOVE GOD. I BELIEVE HE IS WHO HE SAID HE IS. I BELIEVE HE WILL DO WHAT HE SAID HE WILL DO. IN ANSWERING HIS PROBLEMS. ENTERING JUDGMENT. THERE ARE THINGS THAT THE BIBLE SAYS THE ARE EVERYTHING THE BIBLE SAYS IS TRUE.
SINCE RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTS IN NATION.
ONE THING IT DOES NOT SAY IS THE ECONOMY WILL EXALT THE NATION. SOMEONE IN THIS ROOM WAS WILLING TO SACRIFICE CHILDREN FOR STREETS.
LET'S NOT PASS THIS LAW SO WE CAN REPAIR THE STREETS.
AFTER ALL THAT HAS BEEN SAID, THIS MORNING.
IF YOU DON'T PASS THIS ORDINANCE, ABILENE WILL BE KNOWN AS A CITY ATTRIBUTE A POTHOLE FOR CHILD.
[APPLAUSE] >> MANY POTHOLES WILL WE FEEL TO ABORT A CHILD? AND I'M GOING TO SAY THE IS NOT A POTHOLE IN THIS WORLD IS WORTH THE LIFE OF A CHILD.
GOD BLESS YOU. >> CHRIS, THANK YOU VERY
SPOKEN. >> YOU WANT US TO SPEAK AGAIN?
[APPLAUSE] >> WE ARE STILL THE PUBLIC HEARING THOUGH. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE?
>> HELLO. I'M MICHELLE TOLLIVER.
I'VE CAUGHT THE FORM AND I SAID I WOULD NOT SPEAK.
I FEEL THAT YOU NEED TO SAY SOMETHING.
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MY NAME IS SPELLED ITALIA FOR A PRINT WE SAY TOLLIVER.[LAUGHTER] >> WE ARE USED TO HAVING IT MISPRONOUNCED AND MISSPELLED. MY HUSBAND IS A LONG TIME POSITION HERE.E GREW UP IN ABILENE.
HE HAS BEEN PRACTICING FOR 36 YEARS.
, RETIRED REGISTERED NURSE AND SO, WE HAVE BEEN IN THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY IN ABILENE FOR A LONG TIME.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME DOCTORS IN ABILENE.HE ORDER WORRIED ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE. ABOUT THE COMPLEXITIES, SOME OF THEIR SITUATIONS WITH AND MAKING DECISIONS.
THE ARE THE BEST FOR THE PATIENT.
I FEEL LIKE ÃÃAND THESE ARE VALID CONCERNS.
THEY ARE COMPLEX ISSUES. I DON'T KNOW THE TEXAS HEART BE BILL VERBATIM, ACTUALLY HAVE NOT EVEN READ THE WHOLE BILL.
BUT, I FEEL LIKE BECAUSE OF THE TEXAS HEART BE BILL ÃÃTHESE POSITIONS ARE ALREADY HAVING TO DEAL WITH THESE ISSUES.
AND THEY ARE THE STEPS THE HEARTBEAT BEGINS VERY EARLY.
MOST WOMEN DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY ARE PREGNANT AT 5 TO 6 WEEKS.
SO, I FEEL LIKE THESE CONCERN ARE, WHILE VALID, ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THEM ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
AND ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS BOAT TO THE CITIZENS IN NOVEMBER. THEN, IT WILL PASS AND THE DOCTORS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FACE THESE ISSUES.
[APPLAUSE] WE ARE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
BUT ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS AGENDA ITEM? SEEING NO ONE, WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. WHEN I THINK EACH ONE OF YOU THAT HAVE COME FORTH ON THIS MORNING.
IF YOU REMEMBER, IT WAS THIS COUNSEL IN 2019 THAT INVITED THIS CONVERSATION THAT AT THE TIME EVEYN WAS THE LARGEST CITY TO DO SO IN THE VERY FIRST IN WEST TEXAS TO DO SO.
SO, MY VERY, VERY DEAR FRIENDS WORKED VERY, VERY HARD IN THIS ENDEAVOR. AND I WORKED IN APPRECIATE THAT EFFORT. NO CONVERSATION WE HAD THREE YEARS AGO IS REALLY REVOLVED AROUND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
WHAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WE JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IN REGARDS TO THIS DISPERSED THANK YOU TO SAY IN REGARDS TO HISTORICALLY BEING CORRECT IN REGARDS TO HOW WE HAVE THE CONVERSATION.
TODAY. I WANT TO INVITE MY COLLEAGUE TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION BEFORE YOU. THERE ARE THREE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TODAY. WE CAN VOTE YES.
WE CAN VOTE NO. WE CAN VOTE TO PUT THIS ON THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. IS THAT CORRECT MR. SMITH?
>> YOU CAN DO ALL THREE OF THOSE THINGS.
>> AND SO, WHO CAN INVITE MY COLLEAGUES.
COMMENTS AND OR QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
>> I WILL JUMP IN. IN 2019, THOSE EARLIER IN THE YEAR AND WE HAD A VERY GOOD CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS.
THIS PEOPLE FROM BOTH SIDES THEY CAME IN AND SPOKE.
AND FOR THE MOST PART, WITH RESPECT.ND I APPRECIATE THAT. POSTS RESPECT WE SHOULD TODAY.
EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE ABOUT 100 PERCENT ON ONE SIDE.
IN THE RUN SHOWED THEIR RESPECT.
THE CONCERN THAT I STATED FOR MYSELF AT THAT TIME WAS IN REGARDS TO CENTURY CITY'S IN GENERAL.
WHETHER IT'S IN REGARDS TO IMMIGRATION A SECOND AMENDMENT OR ANY OF THOSE THINGS WORSE OUTSIDE OF.
>> AT THE STATE LOW-LEVEL. AND I APPRECIATE SENATOR PERRY'S COMMENTS EARLIER SAYING THAT LATER THAT YEAR, IN 2019, THE STATE LEGISLATURE ACTUALLY PASSED A LAW SPECIFYING THAT CITIES CAN ADOPT ORDINANCES WITH REGARDS TO CENTURY CITY FOR LIFE. AND SO, THAT WAS BIG CHANGE FROM THE EARLIER CONVERSATION. AND SO, FOR ME PERSONALLY, I
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HAVE SPOKEN ÃÃIDENTIFIED MYSELF AS PRO-LIFE.IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC.N THE EARLY 2000'S.
I WOULD PARTICIPATE IN PROTESTS AND HELD SIGNS IN FRONT OF THE PLANNED PARENTHOOD OFFICE THAT WE HAD HERE IN ABILENE.
FOR ME, IT WILL BE INCONSISTENT, I BELIEVE DEVOTE DIFFERENT NOW THAN I WOULD NOVEMBER THE GOES TO NOVEMBER.
SO, I SUPPORT THINGS WITH THE LANGUAGE.
I'M SURE WE COULD BE STRAIGHTEN UP A LITTLE BIT.
BUT AS IT IS, WE HAVE ADOPTED IS STATED BECAUSE THE STATE INITIATIVE TO DEVELOP. WE WILL SUPPORT THE I WOULD SUPPORT TODAY. JUST LIKE I WILL SUPPORT IT IN NOVEMBER BECAUSE TO THE ABOUT.
[APPLAUSE] >> I WOULD LIKE TO TALK RUN HERE THAT I APPRECIATE YOUR PASSION.
AND YOUR COMPASSION. THIS GROUP HAS SHOWED GREAT COMPOSURE AND I BELIEVE WE GET THINGS BETTER THIS IS DONE BETTER WITH THAT SCREAMING AND YELLING AND WE ARE TALKING LIKE THIS. ANYBODY WANT TO POINT TO THE FACT THAT WE DO GET EMAILS? THERE ARE PEOPLE POSTED THERE NOTHING TO SHOW UP IN THIS ROOM, BECAUSE THE ONE PERSON WHO'S SUPPOSED WAS CHASTISED. BUT, I WOULD ADMIT THAT THERE'S NOT AS MANY POST ON THESE EMAILS.
BUT THEY ARE NARESH OPEN THIS ROOM.
SO, 20 GIVE THEM VOICE. THERE ARE ALSO LOTS OF VOICES THAT WANT TO MOVE THIS TO DEVELOP.
THIS GROUP DID WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO DO NOT JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT YOU DID GET 7042 VERIFIED SIGNATURES.
IT'S EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO DO AS A GROUP AND IT DID DO THAT. IN A VERY PROUD OF BILL FOR DOING THAT. YOU HANDLED HIMSELF WELL.
I'VE NO DOUBT THAT THIS WENT TO THE NOVEMBER ELECTION THE PAST.
I WOULD PREFER THAT WE ACT ON IT TODAY.
[INDISCERNIBLE] >> ONE THANK THAT EXCITES ME IS THE PASSION THAT THIS GROUP SHOWS.
THAT SURE LEADS TO GOODNESS. SOMEWHERE, THERE ARE 800 HOUSEHOLDS THAT WILL TAKE THE UNWANTED CHILDREN THAT WE EARLY WANT WALKING THE STREETS. THAT WE CANNOT TAKE CARE OF IN OUR OWN CANDY. WE HAVE TWO THIRDS OF THEM OUTSIDE TAYLOR. SOME ARE HOME, SOME OF THEM ARE IN AN ORGANIZATION TAKE CARE OF OUR KIDS.
THAT IS JUST NOT RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT THE IN BEING BORN, WE NEED TO CERTAINLY SUPPORT THEM AFTER
WALKING ON EARTH. >> ANYONE ELSE?
>> YOU KNOW, WE RECORDED A LOT OF SCRIPTURE HERE TODAY AND THAT'S GREAT. I ÃÃAFTER WHAT COUNCILMAN KURT SAYS ÃÃI'VE GOTTEN EMAILS FROM FOLKS TWO.
AGAINST THIS. AND THEY PROBABLY DON'T SHOW.
BECAUSE OF THE YOU KNOW, TODAY. IT WAS VOTED THAT IF WE DON'T SUPPORT THIS, WE ARE ON THE SIDE OF THE THIEF.
AND THAT MEANS THE SIDE OF THE DEVIL.
JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T SUPPORT THIS.
I I WENT DOWN AS HE SAID. I BELIEVE THE THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE TALKED TO ME WHAT THE CITIZENS OF ABILENE TO MAKE THIS DECISION. BECAUSE THIS IS BIGGER THAN SEVEN OF US TO MAKE THIS DECISION.AND WOMEN SCRIPTURE I WENT TO WAS ROMANS 14 IS LIVE IN HARMONY WITH ONE ANOTHER.
HAT SCARES ME THE MOST IS THE PASSION ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS IS GONNA TEAR A LOT OF THINGS APART YOU SEE.
THERE PEOPLE, AND MADE THE STATEMENT AND THEN THEY GET TO LEAVE. WE LIVE HERE.
AT PRESENT THIS TO THE VOTERS, I WOULD ASK THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A RESPECTFUL DISCUSSION WITH EACH OTHER.
I WOULD ASK THAT WE HAVE RESPECT FOR OUR OPINIONS.
AND LEARN TO LIVE IN HARMONY. >> IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE
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COUNCIL? I THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHTS Ã THIS YOU KNOW, I HAVE READ THIS ORDINANCE PROBABLY 20 TIMES.18 OR 20 TIMES. I HAVE STUDIED IT AT LENGTH.
YOU KNOW? THE PASSING OF THE LIMIT ORDINANCE HAS BEEN USED TODAY AS A COMPARED TOUR FOR THE ABILENE ORDINANCE AND THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT THE ABILENE ORDINANCE IS NOT THE SAME.
IT IS DOUBLE THE LENGTH OF THE LUBBOCK ORDINANCE FOR THE LUBBOCK ORDINANCE IS NINE PAGES LONG.
THE ABILENE ORDINANCE, AS IT WAS WRITTEN IS 18 PAGES LONG.
THERE ARE A LOT OF NEW ISSUES IN THERE.
THAT DID NOT EXIST IN THE LUBBOCK ORDINANCE.
AND WE AS A COUNSEL, BECAUSE IT'S A CITIZEN DRIVEN PETITION, WE HAVE NO ABILITY TO CHANGE ANYTHING.
I CANNOT TO THE WORDING OR CHANGE IT.
OR,. IT IS WRITTEN AS AN AUTHORITY WE DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO CHANGE IT.
PRACTICING ABORTION CLINIC IN OUR TOWN.
THERE WAS AN LUBBOCK UNTIL THERE ORDINANCE PASSED.
AND I'M NOT TAKING ANYTHING AWAY FROM WHAT HAPPENED IN LUBBOCK. BUT I THINK WE HAVE A DIFFERENT LANDSCAPE HERE. WHAT HAPPENED IN LUBBOCK.
PROJECT ABILENE HAS DONE EVERYTHING THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO. THEY GET THIS TO THIS POINT.
AND I SURE IN THE WALLACE COMMENTS, THAT THEY ARE TO BE CONGRATULATED FOR THIS. AND WHAT THAT AMOUNTS TO TODAY IS THAT WE HAVE HEARD 10 PERCENT OF THE REGISTERED VOTERS IN ABILENE HAVE SPOKEN. I WANT TO HEAR FROM THE OTHER 90 PERCENT. I THINK SENDING THIS TO THE BALLOT IS THE MOST PRUDENT COURSE.
THIS GIVES EVERYBODY TO SELECT PEOPLE HERE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I THINK IT GIVES THE OTHER 90 PERCENT OF OUR CITIZENS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LET THEIR VOICES BE HEARD THE ABOUT BOX PRETTY THINK THAT'S THE MAIN COURSE.
>> WE JUST WISH WISCONSIN EARLIER, ALL OF US APPEAR, WE HAD THE RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN TRUSTED US WITH. I'LL BE HONEST, A LOT OF THE TIMES AS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS MAJORITY OF THE TIME WE TRIED TO OPERATE AND MOVE IN A WAY THAT IT SHOULD THE GIVES HONORED AND RESPECTED POSITION. BUT, I ALSO WANT TO BE A LITTLE VULNERABLE WITH ALL YOU GUYS. I THINK THAT'S HOPEFUL FOR ALMOST UNDERSTAND. WE'RE BLENDED HOW WE GO.
WE THINK. ELICIT RESPONSES FROM ALL SIDES. MANY OF YOU HAVE SHARED.
BEAUTIFULLY YOU CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.
AVAILABILITY OF ABORTIONS HERE ON THIS EARTH AND I'M SO SORRY FOR THAT. BUT I DO THINK THE BEAUTY OF ABILENE IS THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPER PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE AND THEY DID THE DUE DILIGENCE TO GET THEY DESIRED SIGNATURES TO BRING THIS BEFORE US AND THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
WHATEVER IS SHARED TODAY ÃÃI AM SAYING THIS JUST BECAUSE PERSONALLY, IT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THROUGH EMAILS Ã DISPASSIONATE PEOPLE SHARING THINGS WITH ME.
I HAVE A WIFE AND TWO LITTLE ONES.
JUST TO CONTINUE TO UNDERSTAND. IF WE CALL OURSELVES BELIEVERS IN THE FAITH. REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS HERE. TO EXHIBIT THOSE BEHAVIORS.
AFTER TODAY'S LONG GONE. AND SO, THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR PASSION AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS BEFORE US.
THE VOTERS HAVE A SAY SO IN THIS.
AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW. BUT, I APPRECIATE THE RESPECT AND HONOR THAT'S BEING SHOWN HERE TODAY.
>> I WILL TAKE A MOTION IN JUST A SECOND FROM ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES. I WANT TO REITERATE.
UNLIKE LUBBOCK DURING THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION IN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS ÃÃI THINK THAT WE HAVE HAD GREAT EXCHANGE.
SCOTT BEARD AND OTHERS. THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND I SO APPRECIATE THE WAY IN WHICH THIS GROUP HANDLES THEMSELVES.
ND THAT'S ABILENE. AND SO, I THINK THAT WE WALK AWAY WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISPLAY THE WAY THINGS SHOULD BE DONE. SO, I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE AND REGARDS. FROM THE COUNCIL.
>> CAN WE MAKE A MOTION? >> WE CAN MAKE A MOTION.
>> OUT LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DO ACCEPT THE PETITION
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OF THE REQUIRED SIGNATURES. AND THAT WE MOVE IT TO THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER TO ALLOW EVERY CITIZEN OF ABILENE TO RESEARCH THIS. TO KNOW THE FACTS.AND WITH THE CITIZENS OF ABILENE ÃÃTHE CITIZENS OF ABILENE MAKE A DECISION ON THIS BRICKWORK TO A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MCALLISTER. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND. >> WE DO HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CRAVER. NEED FURTHER DISCUSSION?> UP
BEFORE WE TAKE ACTION TODAY. >> B2.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND.
WE ARE READY TO VOTE. >> MAYOR CALLISTER?IM CRAVER? MEMBER PRICE?
>> NO. >> COUNCILMEMBER ALICE?
>> THE MOTION CARRIES. >> OKAY.
>> WHAT DID YOU SAY? >> I DID NOT THINK IT WAS ABOUT. IT'S EITHER YOU'RE FOR OR AGAINST. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.
>> THE MOTION WAS TO PUT THIS ON THE BELT FOR NOVEMBER.
>> I THINK THE MOTION IS BEEN VOTED ON.
WE ARE DONE. >> AFFIRMATIVE VOTES.
IN REGARDS. IT'S ON THE MOTION AND
[15. Ordinance (Final Reading): Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on an Ordinance of the City of Abilene, Texas, and Providing for the Extension of the Boundary Limits of the City of Abilene, Texas, and for the Annexation of Certain Territory - 71.88 acres - Lying Adjacent and Contiguious to the Present Boundary Limits of the City of Abilene, and Granting to All the Inhabitants of the Territory, all the Rights and Privileges of Other Citizens and Binding the Inhabitants by All of the Acts, Ordinances, Resolutions, and Regulations of the City of Abilene; and Adopting a Service Plan Agreement (Michael Rice)]
NOVEMBER. THANK YOU.>> WILL GO TO ITEM NUMBER 15. >>
[INDISCERNIBLE] >> THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE
>> MR. WEISS? THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.
FOR USE ITEM NUMBER 15. THIS IS THE FINAL ORDINANCE FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF 70.888 ACRES INTO THE CITY OF ABILENE.
SO, THIS IS THE ONLY SLIGHT IN THE PRESENTATIONS.
WE JUST CAN'T EXPLAIN IT BEFORE YOU MOVE ON.
CHAPTER 33 TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE PROTECTION FOR, THE CHARTER OF THE CITY PROVIDES THAT THE CITY SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY.
NOW, THE OF ANNEXATION OF 72.35 ACRES OF PROPERTY.
THIS IS VOLUNTARY. TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 33.016. IF APPLICABLE, THE CITY HAS MADE AN OFFER OF ENVIRONMENT FOR AGRICULTURAL WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT TIMBERLINE. THE OFFER HAS BEEN REJECTED BY THE APPLICANT. WHICH IS A PROCESS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW. THE PROCEDURES PRESCRIBED BY THE CHARTER CITY OF ABILENE AND TEXAS LAW.
OUR BEING DULY FOLLOWED. WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPERTY.
THE TERRITORY SHALL BE PART OF THE SLEEVE ABILENE TEXAS AGRICULTURAL SPACE. THE PROPERTY VARIANCE DUSTERS SHALL BE ENTITLED ALL THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES IN THE CITIES OF ABILENE. AND SHALL BE BOUND BY THE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS AND REGULATIONS OF THE CITY OF ABILENE.
ANNEXATION WILL CAUSE IN HERE TO THE SLEEVE ABILENE.
JUSTICE NEW CORPORATE LIMITS. THIS RUNNING OF THE AREA IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. 72.5 TOTAL ACRES DOES INCLUDE UNFORTUNATELY PART OF THE COUNTY ROAD.
THE STATE LAW DOES NOT ALLOW US TO ANNEX PART OF THE COUNTY ROADS. TO THE COUNTY ROUTE HAS BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THIS BOUNDARIES. JUSTICE PASS ON A LITTLE DRAWING THAT SHOWS YOU WHERE THIS IS LOCATED.
IT IS LOCATED EAST OF LAKE FORTNEY AND HELL.
OFF OF COUNTY ROAD 306. MAYBE JUST FOR EXPEDIENCY.
THAT MAY JUST SHOW YOU A PICTURE OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. REALLY QUICKLY.
>> THIS IS KIND OF A PICTURE OF THE ACTUAL TRUCK.
THIS IS ACTUALLY THE PLOT OF THE AREA.
IT WILL INCLUDE FIVE DIFFERENT PARCELS.
RANGING IN SIZE FROM 10 TO ABOUT 22 ACRES OF PEACE.
EASY TO BE LARGE HOMESTEADS SITES IS THE ANTICIPATED USE OF
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THIS PROPERTY. THIS IS CORPORATION AND PROVISION OF ALLOTTED TO THOSE PROPERTIES AND OWNERS.WE'RE GONNA BE TAKING QUESTIONS THEY MIGHT HAVE.
>> THE REPRESENTATION. MR. RICE.
PRIOR TO THE COUNCIL. AT THIS TIME, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.T WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.LEASE
LEAVE IT INTO THE RECORD. >> I SEE NO ONE.
I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COUNCILMAN. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> MOVED FOR APPROVAL. >> MOTION BY THE COUNCIL OF THE PRESS. SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER KURT.
ANY DISCUSSION? READY TO VOTE.
DID YOU? >> AND ENCLOSE UP REPORTS HE
>> ALL RIGHT, IT'S A POINT JUSTICE
LORD HAVE MERCY. MOTION TO SECOND?
ANY DISCUSSION? >> COUNCILMEMBER PRICE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER BEARD, ALBUS, KURT, MCALLISTER? DEPUTY MAYOR AND MAYOR WILLIAMS?
>> COUNCIL, I NEED TO LEAVE AND PICK UP RELATIVE, WHO IS IN THE HOSPITAL. I'M THE DESIGNEE.
I'M GONNA TURN THINGS OVER TO MAYOR TIM MCALLISTER AS I MAKE
[16. Ordinance (Final Reading): Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on an Ordinance of the City of Abilene, Texas, and Providing for the Extension of the Boundary Limits of the City of Abilene, Texas, and for the Annexation of Certain Territory - 821.22 acres - Lying Adjacent and Contiguious to the Present Boundary Limits of the City of Abilene, and Granting to All the Inhabitants of the Territory, all the Rights and Privileges of Other Citizens and Binding the Inhabitants by All of the Acts, Ordinances, Resolutions, and Regulations of the City of Abilene; and Adopting a Service Plan Agreement (Michael Rice)]
MY EXIT. >> WE WILL NOT MOVE TO ITEM 16.
CITY MANAGER TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.
>> THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM. BEFORE YOU IS ITEM NUMBER 16.
THIS IS THE SECOND ANNEXATION. THIS IS FOR THE ANNEXATION OF 21.22 ACRES. I GUESS THIS IS WORKING.
HIS KIND OF THE LEGAL JARGON. ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS ITEM THAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU.
WE WILL BASICALLY FOLLOW THE STATE LAW TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ANNEXING THIS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE PROVISIONS.
AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY CHARTER.
IT DOES INCLUDE 821.22 ACRES. THERE ARE TWO PRIMARY PROPERTY OWNERS ON THOSE TRACKS. AEP, AND ALSO NEXIUM.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS LUBBOCK, LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, WE ALSO MADE AN OFFER OF A DEVELOPING AGREEMENT FOR AGRICULTURAL AND WILDLIFE. BUT THOSE OFFERS WERE REJECTED BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS. WE ARE ONCE AGAIN ONLY ANNEXING THE ACTUAL REAL PROPERTY THAT IS OUT THERE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE COMING AND IF APPROVED AS AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE. THIS WILL BE THE NEW SIDE OF THE LANSING CORPORATION, THEN TALKED ABOUT THE PAST.
ONCE AGAIN, THIS ANNEXATION WILL BE COMPLETELY SURROUNDED, BUT THERE WILL BE AN AREA THAT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF AN ISLAND THAT WILL NOT BE PART OF THE CITY.
WE WILL RELAY THAT TO YOU IN A SECOND.
THIS IS BASICALLY THE DESCRIPTION THIS IS KIND OF JUST AS THE BLACKLINE IS THE CURRENT CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF ABILENE. THE ORANGE AREA IS THE COMBINATION OF THE ADP PROPERTIES AND THE LINDSAY AND PROPERTIES. YOU WILL NOTICE JUST TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THAT ÁTHERE IS A LITTLE STRIP OF AEP.
DISCONNECT FROM THE CITY LIMITS TO THE LARGER CONTINUOUS PROPERTY. IT DOES CREATE AN AREA THAT IS GOING TO BE AN ISLAND, IF NOT PART OF THE CORPORATE LIMITS.
WE HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. THIS IS ANOTHER DRAWING KIND OF SHOWING YOU WHERE IT IS AND BASICALLY THE GENERAL FOR SALINITY OF THE CURRENT CITY. AND AS YOU IDENTIFY ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE CITY. WITH THAT, I'LL BE GLAD TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THEY MIGHT HAVE.
CLOSED CAPTIONS WILL RETURN SHORTLY.
[17. Initiative Ordinance (Final Reading): Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on an Initiative Ordinance Outlawing Abortion, Declaring Abilene a Sanctuary City for the Unborn, Making Various Provisions and Findings, Providing for Severability, and Establishing an Effective Date (Robert Hanna) ( Part 2 of 2 )]
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>> YOU CANNOT CHOOSE TO NOT VOTE YES OR NO ON THE ORDINANCE TODAY. THAT IS NOT AN OPTION.
ACCORDING TO SECTION 40 OF YOUR ABILENE CITY CHARTER.
>> THAT IS SUPERSEDED. >> AGENDA ITEM TO TALK ABOUT THIS AT THIS POINT. I DON'T KNOW WHY.
>> IF THE CITY CHARTER. >> YOU CAN ALLOW THE DISCUSSION IF YOU WANT TO. MAYOR PRO TEM, BUT ÃDESPERATE PARKS AND CONFUSED. DID WE ÃDESPERATE PARKS AND NOT ANSWERING LEGAL QUESTIONS BASED UPON AN OPEN SESSION FOR.
>> YOU TAKE LEGAL ACTION FOR MUSICIANS NOT FOLLOWING YOUR CITY CHARTER PUT ON A WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE FOR YOU, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY FOR Y'ALL TO BRING IT BACK UP.
BUT YOU'VE DONE SOMETHING THAT VIOLATES YOUR CITY CHARTER.
FOR NOT VOTING YES OR NO ON THIS.
BY GOING TO PUT ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.
THAT'S NOT AN OPTION ACCORDING TO THE CITY CHARTER.
SECTION 40 OF YOUR CITY CHARTER.
IT READS.> I THINK WE SHOULD REFER TO OUR ATTORNEY AND GO
WITH WHAT HE SAYS. >> CITY CHARTER?
>> CITY CHARTER FOR THIS IS YOUR CHOICE TO MAKE.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
>> YOU ARE NOT THE ATTORNEY PUT.
>> WE ARE NOT THE ATTORNEY. BUT THIS IS YOUR CITY CHARTER AND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITY MAKING THIS DECISION FOR.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.> OKAY. >> WE WILL RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE PRECESSION. PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION 551.07 CONSULTATION WITH THE ATTORNEY. SECTION 55.1 WITH DELIBERATION WITH THE PROPERTY SECTION 551003 DELIBERATIONS ABOUT THE DONATIONS PROTECTION 551.074 PERSONAL MATTERS.
SECTION 551.076 DELIBERATION ABOUT SECURITY DEVICES.
SECTION 551 DECISION WOULD HAVE YOU READ THIS NEXT TIME.
SECTION 551.087 DELIBERATIONS ABOUT BUSINESS PROSPECTS AND
[19. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on Approving a Chapter 380 Agreement with Dyess Air Force Base, United States Airforce regarding flight line gates project (Robert Hanna)]
[INDISCERNIBLE][INDISCERNIBLE] >> THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL AGAIN. I WILL BE BRIEF HERE.
DISCUSS THIS PARTICULAR ITEM MULTIPLE TIMES.
THIS IS THE FRONTLINE SECURITY GATES FOR AIR FORCE BASE.
THEY WILL ALLOW US TO FUND OUR OBLIGATION THE GRANT THAT THE STATE IS A REWARD TO THE CITY ABILENE.
THIS ALLOWS US TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE THE FUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT AND BEGIN THE WORK.IT INITIATED BUDDY'S PATIENCE AS WE WORK THROUGH THE RED TAPE TO GET THIS DONE.
SOME PROJECTS ARE MORE COMPLICATED THAN OTHERS.
I'M PLEASED TO SAY IF THE COUNCIL CHOOSES TO APPROVE THIS AGREEMENT TODAY, THAT WE WILL FINALLY BE ABLE TO START WORK ON THIS PROJECT. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES THE
THIS ANY COUNCILMEMBER DESTA SECURITY ASKED THAT.
I'LL ASK. AS ANY CONSUL MEMBER HAVE A QUESTION? AT THIS TIME, I WILL OPEN PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK EITHER FOR OR GETS THIS ITEM AND IF SO, PLEASE COME 40
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GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. >> DAVE, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU
BACK IN THE SAME ROOM WITH US. >> THANK YOU COUNSEL.
BUT DID NOT QUITE UNDERSTAND THE OVERVIEW.
AND IT SAYS IT'S A 360 AND I REMEMBERED SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. I BELIEVE ON THE SCULPTURE OR SOMETHING. THE AVERAGE PERSON WOULD SAY WHY ARE WE BUYING A GATE THROUGH THE DOD IS WHAT WE WOULD SAY. SO, THEY DID NOT HAVE THE COMPLETE EXPLANATION. IF AT THE GRANT, LIKE IT WAS WITH THAT'S CULTURE, OVER THAT TERM 360.
IT'S REALLY ONLY HALF AS FAR AS THIS ITEM IN THE LAST.
THIS IS DEFINITELY A LONG SESSION.
AND I WILL GO BACK TO WHAT MCCOY SAID TO SPOCK.
STAR TREK SIX. YOU WISH YOU WERE STILL IN BED TODAY? THANK YOU.
[LAUGHTER] >> MAYOR, I WILL JUST CLARIFY, THESE ARE STATE FUNDS. THE CITY OF ABILENE HAS RECEIVED FOR THIS SPECIFIC PURPOSE.
YOU'RE NOT SPENDING ABILENE DOLLARS ON THIS.
THIS IS A TEXAS MONEY. >> THINGS FOR CLARIFYING THE PRODIGIOUS HERE WHAT YOU RESPONDED?DID YOU HEAR WHAT
HE SAID? >> IS AND THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? FOR ORGANS THIS ITEM? IF NOT, I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS THE COUNCIL OF ANY COMMENTS? IF NOT, I WILL ASK FOR MOTION
AND A SECOND. >> SECOND.>> WITH A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CRAVER AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER ALICE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS? IF NOT, WE ARE READY TO GO.
>> MAYOR MCALLISTER? >> YES PERPLEXED AND CRAVER?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER ALICE? >> MAYOR WILLIAMS IS ABSENT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.