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• Forty times he was the only member voting no. Every other member of the council combined managed fifteen. — Across 105 sets of council and PCDC minutes covering January 2025 to July 2026, there were 357 motions where the minutes record how each member voted. Rogers voted against 75 of them. Seventy-three passed anyway. On forty he was the only member recorded against — more than every other councilmember put together. Four motions in the period failed because no colleague would second them, and all four were his.
• Brought six amendments to the November charter propositions in a single meeting. All six failed, one because no colleague would second it. — On July 14, 2026 the Council considered which charter amendment propositions to place on the November ballot. Rogers moved six separate amendments during the item, including one to strike the requirement that a performance audit pay for itself, one barring any change in council pay until after 2036, and one barring any pay change until after an intervening election. All six failed. The motion to strike the performance-audit language failed for lack of a second; the other five were put to a recorded vote and lost.
• With the city and the PCDC being sued in federal court, he moved to immediately defund the PCDC's entire legal department. The motion failed 3-4. — On February 10, 2026 the Council took up Case No. 1:24-cv-00914-ADA, Impact Way, LLC v. Pflugerville Community Development Corporation & City of Pflugerville, pending in the Western District of Texas. Coming out of executive session, Rogers moved to immediately defund all Pflugerville Community Development Corporation funding for their legal department and legal counsel. Metayer seconded. The recorded vote was Weiss no, Ruiz no, Coffman no, Rogers yes, Ryan no, Mayor Pro Tem Holiday yes, Metayer yes. The motion failed. Five months earlier, on September 23, 2025, the Council had unanimously rejected a proposed settlement in the same case — Rogers among them.
• She told the council she was neurodivergent while introducing herself. David Rogers pressed her to explain it, until Councilmember Ruiz told him to have some respect and the mayor stepped in. — On January 13, 2026 four residents came before the Council to be appointed to the body that was becoming the Equity Advisory Board. April Sassani introduced herself and, among other things about her life, said she was neurodivergent. During the questions that followed, David Rogers asked her to tell the council about her experience as a neurodivergent individual, saying he was trying to ask about her. Councilmember Ceasar Ruiz cut in — “David, do you even know what that means?” — and, told that he did, replied that he should have a little respect for somebody who admits that in public. Mayor Doug Weiss thanked Sassani himself, and asked the council for relevant questions about goals for the board. Councilmember Melody Ryan then asked about the board's opportunities and challenges over the next two years, and that question was called “a much more appropriate question.” Minutes later David Rogers cast the only vote against appointing her and the three others. It passed 6-1.
• Voted against the Old Town Park master plan, saying it seemed too big for the area. — The Council approved the master plan for Old Town Park at 200 W Hoopes Avenue. It passed 4-2, with Rogers among the two members against. The minutes record that he said the plan is impressive but seems too big for the area.
• David Rogers told the council he had contacted the lobbying firm. When a colleague questioned the $90,000 contract David Rogers interrupted until the chair stopped him by name — and two weeks later no member would second his motion to hire them. — On January 14, 2025 the Council took up a $90,000 professional services agreement with Searle Strategies LLC for legislative support during the 89th Legislative Session. The minutes record no sponsor for the item; they record that David Rogers said he had contacted Searle. When a colleague said the spending was a gross misrepresentation of taxpayer funds to go after the emergency services district, and that maybe he and Councilmember Ryan had a thing against first responders, David Rogers cut in and the chair had to stop him by name. Two residents spoke against the contract. No action was taken. On January 28 he moved to approve the Searle agreement and the motion died for lack of a second. Mayor Gonzales then moved to hire HillCo instead; that carried 6-1, with David Rogers the only vote against.
• David Rogers moved to give the city's lobbying contract to a firm his political committee had paid $10,000. No colleague seconded it. — On January 28, 2025 the Pflugerville City Council considered competing legislative advocacy agreements. David Rogers moved to approve the agreement with Searle Strategies. The motion died for lack of a second, and the council awarded the contract to HillCo over his objection. Pflugerville Residents for Responsible Taxation — the committee Rogers had served as Prop A spokesman, and which the filings show paying him about $21,626 — records $10,000 paid to Searle Strategies. Whether the two are the same firm still has to be established from the filings.