Remarks by Rod Dembowski
45 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 2
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“I move adoption. This is before the council on a do pass recommendation from the budget and fiscal management committee. The legislation was put together and sponsored by council member Fain as companion legislation to the solid waste division rate increase ordinance that we just adopted. I will defer to council member Fain to highlight her excellent work on this ordinance or motion.”
Metropolitan King County Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Well, thank you, Mr. Chair. This morning, I think many of us became aware of the passing of a national icon and a personal hero of mine from Sevierville, Tennessee, Dolly Parton. From a young childhood in Renton, watching on my dad's nine-inch black and white television. I always loved the Dolly Parton show, and her song, A Coat of Many Colors, spoke to me as someone whose clothes came more often from the Goodwill and Salvation Army. although sometimes on a good day, the Kmart, but she rose from poverty to really an advocate for all of the best of America. She was a champion for our LGBTQ…”
Metropolitan King County Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you very much, Chair and colleagues. It's my pleasure today to present a very special proclamation on behalf of the Council and the Executive. declaring August 18th, 2026, Dolores Sabanga Day in King County. I'm really happy to be joined by our King County Chief Operations Officer, Hale Kim. And together we're going to share a few remarks about a very special person who has lived a tremendous life in King County and made an incredible difference for so many folks. But before we get into the proclamation, those remarks, I thought I would let COO Kim say a few words as well.”
Metropolitan King County Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Very nice. Dolores turned 95 years old just a few days ago on August 12th. She was the first Filipino-American to graduate from the University of Washington journalism program in 1952. She was the first Filipino-American man or woman attorney in the state of Washington in 1973. She served here at the King County Council as a legislative aide to groundbreaking council member Ruby Chow. After leaving the county council, she worked in the county's Office of Civil Rights. She was the first woman of color to serve on the Seattle City Council starting in 1978, where she led the push for Seattle's…”
Metropolitan King County Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“And whereas Dolores is a trailblazer in many different fields. As I mentioned, she was the first Filipino American attorney in the state of Washington in 1973. The first female executive of the Washington State Human Rights Commission in 1975. and the first woman of color to serve on the Seattle City Council in 1978, and whereas”
Metropolitan King County Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Whereas her public service extends beyond elected office, and she served on several public service commissions, including the Washington Horse Racing Commission, the State Human Rights Commission, and our own King County Board of Tax Appeals and Equalization, and whereas.”
Metropolitan King County Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“In the spring of 2017, Dolores Sabanga and Joan Yoshitomi approached the county about creating the Ruth Wu Emerging Leaders Fellowship to honor their late friend Ruth Wu and provide disadvantaged young people with opportunities in government and whereas.”
Metropolitan King County Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“As Dolores texted me and Christina recently, we were going to go try and see her, she said, the mind is willing, but the body isn't. She's been in touch with us today, and she's sorry she can't be here, but one of my favorite constituents in Lake Forest Park, her daughter, Randy's here, and I wondered if you might want to come up and say a few words.”
Metropolitan King County Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“We'll just do a little photo right here.”
Metropolitan King County Council · Aug 18, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Metropolitan King County Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank you. Reagan will sign that if you want an autographed copy of it.”
Metropolitan King County Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“I just wanted to thank you for your willingness to serve. I think you're eminently qualified, and you do great in politics, except you're too modest.”
Metropolitan King County Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“I would just say this is before the council on a do pass recommendation on the budget fiscal management committee. There was a technical error with regard to the attachment, so we're merely bringing it off to get the correct attachment on there.”
Metropolitan King County Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank you chair. Just adding to the discussion and maybe April Sanders could supply some precision here, but in the last supplemental budget, we did increase the FTE authority for the executive ethics function and added some additional dollars, presumably to help educate and ensure compliance with this legislation that we knew was coming. I think it was a couple FTEs or just shy of that.”
Metropolitan King County Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Thank you very much, Chair. And this is the follow-on step following approval of the Office of Inspector General that we did a week or two ago. I wanted to just express deep gratitude to our Council Chief of Staff, Stephanie Sirkovich, for accelerating the process here. We were looking at a couple of months through an EAC process, and she really jumped on it and did a great bit of research looking around the country at inspectors' general positions and scopes of work. And then the draft was shared out and a number of our colleagues provided some suggestions, I think all of which were included…”
Metropolitan King County Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“This is an amendment jointly offered by myself and Councilmembers Balducci and Barone, and I think it would be helpful to have Miranda brief the entire Council in public.”
Metropolitan King County Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Chair Perry, I think maybe Miranda might help to go through at least at a high level maybe the effect statement about what we're intending to do here.”
Metropolitan King County Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Sure. Thank you very much, Miranda, for your work on this, and also to Leah Krekelzoppe, who I think also helped on some of the work. Was there one other person who helped from central staff? I want to make sure we get the thank yous out.”
Metropolitan King County Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Colleagues... As you may know, I've had some concerns about some of the work of the Restorative Community Pathways program. I think it's important for folks following this to know that, at least it's my understanding, that for certain lower-level alleged crimes, state law requires that the county have a pre-filing diversion program. with the prosecutor, refer young folks who have gotten into trouble with the law, and I'm just going to use real simple and plain English here, so forgive me, that we refer folks to a course of response that is not necessarily court-driven, a typical arrest,…”
Metropolitan King County Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“JUST FOR THE RECORD I WANTED TO SAY THAT I REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICES AS PART OF THEIR REVIEW OF THE RESPONDENTS TO THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL TO CARRY OUT THIS NEW PROGRAM TO LOOK CAREFULLY AT THE FULL RANGE OF FOLKS THAT HAVE OFFERED TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND BE OPEN TO NEW PARTICIPANTS VIA who may have a different approach or a better approach, but I was very heartened to see, I took a look, I was given the opportunity to take a look at the early folks and groups that have proposed, and I'm heartened to see a range of trusted community partners that I…”
Metropolitan King County Council · Jul 21, 2026