Remarks by Rami Al-Kabra
45 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
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“Thank you. I just want to say thank you for all this I read through the packet So everything looks great and I am very impressed that you actually memorized everything that you talked about. Because you were staring at the screen. I looked back. Where are all those words? They're in the packet. So really good work. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Council member Al Capra. Thank you Deputy Mayor. I wanted to bring something I learned today about you know a dear member of our community. He and I did not always see eye to eye. I learned about him five six years ago and we had some interactions but he always just like we get agenda packets every Thursday night, he shows up every Tuesday night. And that is Terry Losh, may he rest in peace. I just learned of his passing recently and I just wanted to send my thoughts to his family and say we're gonna miss him as a community member.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So that means we should encourage more usage of that to increase that fund, no? Joke.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Before you move on, just a quick question. Property tax, can you explain for those who don't know how it works? Because property tax are collected by the county and then distributed. We do not get 100% of that, right?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I'm really holding back until we get to the October 6th study session, so I'll let you get with this, because I have opinions on these things.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“We can talk about them when we actually drill down.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I like how you are in 2015 where lunch was only $10. That's what I'm saying. He suggested a 2015 price. $10. Which is, I don't know where you can find a slice of bread. OK, so I can't hold it back. The sales taxes, I mean, you mentioned CPIW. That's how you're basing the contracts and all that stuff. And June was a different story than it is today. I'm pretty sure it's going to be different next month and the month after. So my point is, inflation is only going to rise. Unemployment is only going to increase. Expenses are only going to get more. Houses are going to get more expensive, or less…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So the criminal justice tax is just public safety tax you talk about? Yes.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay, we have some time to consider it again if things improve, no? Like we can say that here's the programs. We prioritize the programs, body-worn cameras, court, whatever, you know, this and that. And then we say, well, here are the things that we actually have to fund right now versus things we can wait another year or two until we figure out when we can pass something.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I 100% agree. And one of the cities that I'm not going to name that Juan listed has actually faced that. And that's why the rates are crazy right now. It's going to get crazier. So I think I agree with you. My point was, as we're going through this exercise of budgeting, can we look at the alternatives and then decide which direction we want to go? Because right now, there's only one alternative I'm looking for.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Two or three, perhaps. I know it's tough and we have to make the tough decisions, but it's good to have those things and have those conversations.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Actually, speaking of that, maybe it'll be helpful to understand, to remind us, I'm sure, how many people like you exist, come to Bothell? Commuters, you're right. So that will be commuters to Bothell. Maybe that will be a helpful thing to talk about. Okay, that would be great. Because then we talk about part of the equity conversation.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Until Amanda spends her $100,000, like she mentioned earlier.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Are we, is .01 part of the Human Services Committee recommendation or is that something you guys came up with?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So, a question about this. So, are we gonna have a deep dive?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Just a question that I think will be good to address is, there's two questions. One thing, we kept talking about no increase in utility tax, but we increase the use. And maybe this has been discussed before and I'm completely blanking. Why do we have a rate and a tax?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I mean, I've already sent six pages of questions. There you go.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“That's right, for all those who are watching, the three people.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Actually, that would be a good thing. What can we not fund? Based on the earlier question, right? We don't have to answer it now, but in the future when we have those study sessions, it would be good to see if we don't have this revenue. I mean, these are the services that are being requested or required by our residents that we're not going to be able to supply.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“It's legal. But anyway, what do you want?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So far I think we have... If it helps, I think it's good to have the conversation when we're allowed to have the conversation. So we can decide at that time on the direction. But I said yes because I think we do need to discuss this in the proper way. regardless of how we feel about the initiatives themselves or whether the council is supposed to take a position, all that stuff. We can have that discussion in the open when it's fully legal to do so.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Thank you, thank you Deputy Mayor. I think, are you looking for us to say a bunch of yeses or how is this going to work?”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Move to approve the appointment of Sarah Frost to position three on the lodging tax advisory board second All right.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“There's a question. In the beginning, you had the bar chart where when you did the cushions, I think the brickyard one in the beginning, it had a steep drop off. Yeah. So is that like a baseline, those four, four, three, four, you know, or can it get lower? Is that like a best practice type of number or is it...”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“I think that's the part where we got the emails too, right?”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026