Remarks by Susan Honda
105 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 5
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“Thank you. I So the haircutting event at Town Square Park, I volunteered for the fourth time. And the non-haircutting volunteers, we had way more than we needed this year, but that was good. And it's not just Bella Red Salon, but it's Castaway Beauty Salon too. So there's the two women who started it. And there was one little boy who was in line for a while. With his sister, he was a little shy about getting his hair cut. He was so cute. Oh my gosh, he was going into preschool. And he got his hair cut, and he walked by me, and he was going like this. And oh, he was just adorable. Anyway, it's…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Awesome. I know the city has a team, and the city's team's been very good in the past. So, yeah. So, okay. Anyway, I hope you all turn out. We still are looking for people to golf, and the money that we raise goes towards children here in Federal Way and around the region. So I would encourage you to come. I have been working with Jan Barber on the sharps container issue. And this is a public health issue and an environmental issue. But I do have a new idea I'd like to throw to you, Mayor. And I will do that maybe tomorrow if we have time to talk. It does not. have the lobby involved. But I…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you very much, Mike. We appreciate you being here. Now we have Kiko Raber.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Well, you're doing fine. Don't worry about it. You're doing great. Does anyone have any questions? Go ahead.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Akiko, can you attend evening meetings? Huh? Can you attend meetings in the evening? You didn't check off a box, yes or no? I did what? So we have two boxes. If you could attend daytime meetings or evening meetings.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Okay. Thank you. All right, are there any other questions? All right, thank you very much for being here. We appreciate it. All righty, we have Vitaly. And Vitaly, can you pronounce your last name? Because I don't want to mess it up. See, I would have said it wrong. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you. Vitaly, have you served on a commission before?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. Great. Thank you very much for being here. Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't see you.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Any other questions? No? Thank you so much. Vicky. Vicky Chenoweth. And she's currently on the commission and applied for reappointment.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“No problem. Here I am. So go ahead. We have five minutes or so for each interview, and so you can talk about whatever you'd like to talk about, what you want to be on the commission, what you want to see the commission do, and then we'll ask you questions if we have any.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Joseph Santana? Hi. Thank you for being here. Does anybody need an extra minute to read the application? You're okay? All right, so you're okay? One minute? Okay, we're going to wait just a minute or two.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“So we are, for those in the audience, we had a miscommunication and we just got Joseph's application a couple of minutes ago. So we're taking time to read it. Are we ready? We're all ready? Okay. So I'll let you go ahead and start, and you can tell us a little bit about yourself, and we will ask you some questions.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you. Questions? So I have a question for you. You said you were on the Walla Walla Community Truancy Board.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“So I was back in the early 2000s on the Federal Way Community Truancy Board.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“And the school district eventually did away with it.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“But it was a fascinating board to serve on. We had a year's worth of training.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“And it was very, very interesting. So, I've never met anyone else who has .”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Our goal was to get kids to stay in school and graduate.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you very much. We appreciate your thoughts. All right. So what we're going to do now is have a discussion. And then we'll have a discussion at the 6.30 general council meeting is when we actually make the appointments. So you can go ahead and sit down if you want. And thank you so much for being here. I'm glad you're here. So let's start with the senior commission. I would highly suggest a party both Ian and Larry to the voting positions We just have to decide who wants what so I Would suggest Larry position five and in position seven that works it is”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“You guys all good with that? So these are just suggestions because we are not voting right now. We're just making suggestions.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“So position five would be upon appointment. But we actually don't have another meeting until September. We just had our August meeting last week. Yeah, last week.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“No, so the alternate position is still open. Is that what you're asking?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Great. All right. And moving on to the Logitech's advisory committee.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Does that give you a balanced committee?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026