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.

Period covered
January 14, 2025 – July 28, 2026
Minutes reviewed
105 sets
Motions with a recorded vote
357
Motions Rogers voted against
75
Of those, adopted anyway
73
Votes where he was the only member against
40
Same, every other member combined
15
Motions he made
89
Motions that died for want of a second
4 — all his

Alone, forty times

A councilmember voting alone is not unusual once or twice in a term. Across this period it happened fifty-five times in total, and Rogers accounts for forty of them. The next closest is Melody Ryan at six. Three members stood alone twice each across eighteen months; he did it roughly every other meeting.

And it passed anyway

Of the seventy-five motions he voted against, seventy-three were adopted regardless. Two did not pass. Whatever the merits of any single vote, the practical effect of opposing something on this council was, almost without exception, nothing.

Four motions nobody would second

A motion dies without a second before anyone has to take a position on it. It is the cheapest thing a colleague can decline to do, and in eighteen months it happened four times. Every one was his. No other member had a motion die this way in the period.

2025-01-28
Moved to approve the legislative advocacy agreement with Searle Strategies
2025-06-24
Moved to defer to the PCDC board on how the next step is taken
2026-02-10
Moved to cut the parks and recreation sales tax dedication to 1%
2026-07-14
Moved to strike the requirement that a performance audit pay for itself

What this does not assert

  • does not allege that voting against a motion is improper — a councilmember is elected to exercise independent judgment
  • does not allege that any of his positions was wrong on the merits; this entry counts outcomes, not correctness
  • does not allege misconduct of any kind
  • does not assert that a lone dissent is a failure; a minority position can be principled and can later be vindicated
  • counts cover only motions where the minutes record how members voted, or record that a motion failed for want of a second
  • the minutes are summaries rather than transcripts, and a stated reason for a vote appears in only a minority of items
  • does not account for items resolved by consensus, withdrawn, or handled without a recorded vote

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