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EriktheRed
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1:21p, 8/11/26
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Tonight the CoB city council will have a vote to add removal of medians to Nov. ballot

I don't follow CoB much, is this a nothing burger where they quickly vote to add to ballot, or is there going to be a fight?

https://www.kbtx.com/2026/08/11/bryan-city-council-vote-whether-median-removals-will-be-november-ballot/
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doubledog
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In reply to EriktheRed • 1:24p, 8/11/26
EriktheRed said:
Tonight the CoB city council will have a vote to add removal of medians to Nov. ballot

I don't follow CoB much, is this a nothing burger where they quickly vote to add to ballot, or is there going to be a fight?

https://www.kbtx.com/2026/08/11/bryan-city-council-vote-whether-median-removals-will-be-november-ballot/

https://texags.com/forums/35/topics/3545407
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1:38p, 8/11/26
OP, the fight has already happened and that is how we got here. The council votes tonight on whether to put it on the ballot or not. We the people have spoken.
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1:38p, 8/11/26
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I thought that was the name of the new baseball team.
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EriktheRed
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In reply to michellecan • 1:44p, 8/11/26
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michellecan said:
OP, the fight has already happened and that is how we got here. The council votes tonight on whether to put it on the ballot or not. We the people have spoken.

I guess what I mean is it gonna be a quick unanimous Yes vote, or does the city have reasons to want to delay/keep it off the ballot. I know what the citizens want
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In reply to Captn_Ag05 • 1:57p, 8/11/26
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Captn_Ag05 said:
I thought that was the name of the new baseball team.

bravo
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5:16p, 8/11/26
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Wait. We were assured that this was TxDOT that put them in with no says by CoB. How can CoB just take them out?
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Aggie@state.gov
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In reply to Mathguy64 • 8:57p, 8/11/26
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its not a vote to take them out. its a vote to put it on the ballot.

then after the people have spoken, then they will say its up to TxDOT
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In reply to Aggie@state.gov • 9:05p, 8/11/26
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Aggie@state.gov said:
its not a vote to take them out. its a vote to put it on the ballot.

then after the people have spoken, then they will say its up to TxDOT


Exactly. The CoB is running a dog and pony show. They admitted they can put it on the ballot but it's meaningless.

And when it passes overwhelmingly in November the CoB will stand there with their hands in their pockets and say "well shucks, we want to do this, we really do but that whole TxDOT control thing just ties our hands."
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Rex Racer
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In reply to Mathguy64 • 7:46a, 8/12/26
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Mathguy64 said:
Aggie@state.gov said:
its not a vote to take them out. its a vote to put it on the ballot.

then after the people have spoken, then they will say its up to TxDOT


Exactly. The CoB is running a dog and pony show. They admitted they can put it on the ballot but it's meaningless.

And when it passes overwhelmingly in November the CoB will stand there with their hands in their pockets and say "well shucks, we want to do this, we really do but that whole TxDOT control thing just ties our hands."

Some of the money was from Federal grants, too, as I understand it. So it would look really bad to turn around and take them out, if they can even do it. I'm afraid we're all going to have to learn to live with the medians.
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In reply to Aggie@state.gov • 7:58a, 8/12/26
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Aggie@state.gov said:
its not a vote to take them out. its a vote to put it on the ballot.

then after the people have spoken, then they will say its up to TxDOT

And the COB, and its citizens, can all truthfully say they did all they could do to remove them.
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In reply to Aggie@state.gov • 8:01a, 8/12/26
Aggie@state.gov said:
its not a vote to take them out. its a vote to put it on the ballot.

then after the people have spoken, then they will say its up to TxDOT

It is called kick the can, all politicians do it.

And yes most of the mediums are on numbered highways and so it is TxDOTs (i.e. the state of Texas) call.
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GSS
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In reply to Rex Racer • 8:14a, 8/12/26
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Mathguy64 said:
Aggie@state.gov said:
its not a vote to take them out. its a vote to put it on the ballot.

then after the people have spoken, then they will say its up to TxDOT


Exactly. The CoB is running a dog and pony show. They admitted they can put it on the ballot but it's meaningless.

And when it passes overwhelmingly in November the CoB will stand there with their hands in their pockets and say "well shucks, we want to do this, we really do but that whole TxDOT control thing just ties our hands."

Some of the money was from Federal grants, too, as I understand it. So it would look really bad to turn around and take them out, if they can even do it. I'm afraid we're all going to have to learn to live with the medians.

I suspect ALL of the $$$ was Federal-Covid billions/millions, that the various govermental entities had to burn through, by certain dates.
Which will be hard to overcome, with local $$.
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