Remarks by Paul Herrera
14 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“I just want to thank staff for putting this together. I know just like the chair just mentioned that this has been seen twice in the public safety committee with a lot of questions. This is a bold move. I mean, we're talking mandatory minimums. for offenses and that is pretty rare. But here we're taking a kind of a stance of holding offenders accountable while prioritizing the safety of children with this ordinance. And then at the same time recognizing that the importance of compassion to support those who are struggling with addiction by promoting access to deferred courts, drug treatment,…”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“thank you for the update vice chair Herrera for i assume a reminder about what's happening tomorrow yes thank you chair uh tomorrow uh we are be we'll be having a district two in district uh meeting at fika that is at 3303 8th avenue southeast in Puyallup Washington We're going to be highlighting some of Puyallup's great social enterprises step by step. We'll be presenting what they do and the executive director from St. Francis House will also be highlighting some of the great things that they do. We're also going to be doing a proclamation highlighting September 2026 as Suicide Prevention…”
County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Chair move to approve the consent agenda as presented.”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you, Chair. Appreciate this coming forward. It's really important in this community. We have lots of examples of flooding and then many other things. I'm sure some people can remember the 2001 earthquake and that was my first time of, I think I just got a cell phone and then all of a sudden the cell phone didn't work and I wanted to call my family when that happened. And I didn't have a plan and I felt very helpless of what was going on. What I like about what's in this, it says emergency preparedness and community resilience. That's really important. We saw an example of this just…”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Hey, Chair, real quick, I appreciate Council Member Yami talking about libraries are being tested in some aspects. I'm this old where our family couldn't afford Encyclopedia Britannica, so if I really had to do research for a school project, I had to go to the library and Look it up there. But times are changing on that. But my question for you today is Sumner is chomping at the bit, and so am I. He just told us that the bidding process is over. When can we hear the first hammer hit the nail?”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Chair, I move proposal R2026-189 for approval. Second.”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“And I appreciate you coming back. We asked a lot of questions at the Economic and Development Committee, and you answered them pretty good. There's a question I have here a little bit when it comes to just like the committee's name, economic development and infrastructure. My question to me would be for you is, how will you weave infrastructure and economic development, I guess, either into your program? Some may say those two kind of do matter. We have freight corridors that need to be connected or finished, or any other type of infrastructure that may help economic development.”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you, Chair. I move proposal number R2026-177 to be approved.”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I'm not really going to ask a question, but again, I'm just going to reaffirm why we brought this forward. We did talk about this in committee, and it's kind of a different one, especially coming from a former law enforcement officer, a former undercover narcotics detective. Why are we doing this? And for the public, I mean, you know, being in law enforcement and actually seeing the hope in people's eyes disappear, having no hope because of their mental illness, either it being from PTSD or other things, and especially for my veteran's friends as being a veteran. I think that this legislation…”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Just a friendly reminder of District 2's having their in-district meeting on September 9th, which is a Wednesday, at 5.30. The theme is social enterprises in District 2. We're going to be featuring Step-by-Step and St. Francis House, two non-profits that... Don't take too much government money and kind of our self-licking ice cream cone that help people in the community. We're also gonna have Rogers High School ROTC presenting the flags. And we're also gonna be doing a very important proclamation on suicide awareness. So we invite everybody to come down to listen to some of the great…”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“We acknowledge we are on the traditional homelands of the Coast Salish tribes. Coast Salish people have lived on and steward these lands since time immemorial and continue to do so today. We recognize this land acknowledgement is one small step towards true allyship and we commit to the uplifting the voices, the experiences and histories of the indigenous people of this land.”
County Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Semper Cumbi. Chair, I move to approve the consent agenda as presented.”
County Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Chair, I move proposal number 02026-545 for approval. Second.”
County Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you, Chair. I agree with a lot of, Council Member Morrell, he brought up a lot of good points. One of them is, you know, any type of development moratorium on private business is something to really take a hard look at. Some people would say that government doing that is kind of like a king thing, you know. When you put a moratorium on private business, it's kind of the ultimate, move of power to limit things. But with that, You know, and also the state of Washington, just not recently, I mean, they had huge tax incentives to bring data centers to Washington state. I think it's been…”
County Council · Aug 25, 2026