Remarks by Bob Kettle
27 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
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“Well, yes, as chair of public safety, I will ask Councilmember Rivera to start us off.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Council President. Do we move this resolution?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay, thank you, Council President. I wanted to start by saying gun violence in young adults came to my attention fully and in a direct way on the day that Amar Murphy Payne died. I was invited to join Council President Hollingsworth and then Mayor Harrell to the Mount Calvary Church. And I remember listening to Bishop Witherspoon's words and meeting for the first time the community safety teams, the organizations that we know like Urban Family and Community Passageways and others. It made a strong impact and it brought me to a community and a community that was grieving today. Then later,…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yes, I just wanted to add that this program, as mentioned, the team is local. And so placing that coordinator in care, that is the one really interesting piece. And that person may be Sam Darnold or, due to injury, Drew Locke. But that is the area of interest, because a lot of the different pieces of the mayor's plan have already been there. Like I said, this violence intervention piece was already in the care department. But placing that disposition, and I talked to... Director Kim about this in terms of passing from you know budget from HSD to care and so forth We did it before with PDA…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yes, I just wanted to quickly add to Council Member Lynn's point and speak to my colleagues. This is what we spoke to last Wednesday in the meeting that I had with the mayor and the community, that we will take the action, it'll be comprehensive, and it'll be on the timeline. And I offered to do it in collaboration with her because at the end of the day, it does have to be a legislative executive because we can pass laws, but if they're not implemented, then it's like doing nothing. And so I'm committed to that. That's the point that I made to the mayor on Wednesday last week. With the…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Chair, Council President. I feel like I've been goaded to say this, but when I was in your position, I think Ronald Reagan was president, and the Cold War, there still was a Soviet Union. Yes, Council Member Juarez, you and I are together in that. But, you know, it's... But at the same time, after retiring from the Navy and starting anew, I was at the Evans School here locally at UW, and I was volunteering in a similar but different situation. And investing in yourself and investing in this work helps you, but it also helps the organizations that you may be working for. And I think…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Well, I was just saying USA, USA after the United States beat France in the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. So starting with that, Council President, I will just note quickly that I have two Public Safety Committee meetings coming up tomorrow, which will be focused on the RV legislation with our colleague, Councilmember Strauss. And then on the 22nd, which is primarily gonna be a bite of Seattle after action report centered primarily on the Seattle Police Department and looking to look at that holistically. So that's gonna be the second one. And that will also have an RV piece to it too.…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you. Council President has asked me to read some of the next names. Michelle Kim, please.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you. Okay, Simon Thornton. Simon. Yeah, go Simon.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you, Council President. I move Amendment B, version 1, to Council Bill 121254. Second. Second.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you, Council President, and thank you, Council Member Foster and my colleagues. This amendment is being done for a few things. One is not long ago when we were doing the education levy implementation, my colleague was saying it was important how you talk about things, and I agreed with her. as it related to that bill and all bills actually. And then later with SEPA and EIS, we talked about weaponization. And I spoke to that issue as well. And I talked about the language that we use. And it was interesting to see online and other places how I was being mocked for that. But the idea is to…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“None other than to ask for the support. And again, understanding where this is coming from and how we can move forward.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Just taking a moment. Council President, I move Amendment C, Version 1, to Council Bill 12-1254.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Council Member, I'm requesting that the rules be suspended to consider an oral amendment.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Council President, I move to Amendment C, Version 1, by deleting... I apologize.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Again, Council President, I move to amend Amendment C by deleting a cat or those three words from Section 11A.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“I move to amendment C by deleting a cat or those three words from section 11A.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you, Council President. I just wanted to say I've been a renter. I was a renter until age 47. I was also a landlord for a decade and a half from about the age of 35 to 50. And in that time, gained a lot of experience working a lot of issues as it relates to landlord-tenant that we're dealing with here today and should be also dealing with in other areas as well. And I recognize the points that were made oftentimes here in terms of general with pets. I should note, I have two dogs, two little Cairn Terriers. And I also understand from my experience and also the advocacy that I've…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Council Member Kettle, you are recognized to move Amendment D. Council President, I move to amend, move Amendment D version one to Council Bill 121254.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Council President, a big challenge that we have in our country is financial literacy. This has come up many ways. It came up in an interview I had on KOW not long ago. Our state treasurer has been speaking to the idea of financial literacy, particularly in the curriculum at our schools. And financial literacy has many pieces to it. There's savings, there's investments, but it's also insurance. being smart and having that financial literacy, you know, the insurance piece is really important. And so this amendment is forwarded as not only good governance, but good practice. And I recognize the…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I DO HAVE A FEW COMMENTS. I'M JUST GOING TO ADD ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT UP FRONT BECAUSE I FORGOT TO MENTION THIS, SO I'LL MENTION IT NOW. IN MY HAND I HAVE THE CENTRAL STAFF MEMO ON THIS BILL, COUNCIL BILL 12-1254, WRITTEN BY MS. HARPER, ANALYST IN CENTRAL STAFF, AND I THANK HER FOR THIS DOCUMENT. IT'S INTERESTING. IF YOU READ THIS DOCUMENT, NOWHERE IN THIS DOCUMENT DO YOU FIND THE WORD JUNK. I would argue that this document is being held to a higher standard than the bill itself as it respects to the use of the word junk. And again, it's important how you talk…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you, Council President. I want to thank Council Member Lynn for this amendment. In my role as chair of public safety I deal with these public safety challenges and the very ugly challenges that we have in our city day in and day out Day in and day out and so often so many places around the city. They're very acute I've done two public safety walks with councilmember Lynn in North Beacon Hill and it's a tragedy in terms of what the community here that needs to have to face and As I said, related to Little Saigon and North Aurora and committee, it's not right and it's not acceptable. So I…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you, Council President. First, I would like to request that the rules be suspended to consider Version 2 of Amendment B. Second.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you, Council President. I move to amend Council Bill 121253 as presented on Amendment B, version two.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you, Council President. We've already heard about North Beacon Hill and Little Saigon, but the CID more broadly has been impacted and has been benefiting from the work that we've done with our technology program and also the broader strategic framework plan that we have. And this also includes other areas to include downtown and Belltown and North Aurora. and the need is greater than we have in the program and it's driven by demonstrated crime data. This is underwritten by demonstrated crime data. And so today we're facing many public safety challenges and we need action to create a…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026