>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. THE
MAY 20th 2005 MEETING OF THE
CITY COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER.
I AM SARAH NELSON, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROW?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> I'M HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> PRESENT.
>> NINE PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THERE
ARE NO PRESENTATIONS TODAY.
HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME
SPECIAL GUESTS IN THE ROOM. WE
HAD TO DATE WITH US THE STUDENTS
AND THE CHAPERONES IN THE
TEACHER OF THE DOWNTOWN SCHOOL
WHERE I'M THE PROUD PARENT OF
TWO ALUMNI. THIS IS AN ENGLISH
CLASS. THIS IS A CLASS A
FRESHMAN. WELCOME. THE TEACHER
IN THE ROOM IS BRIAN CRAWFORD. I
HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL JOIN ME
IN WELCOMING THE STUDENTS. WE
ARE EXCITED TO HAVE THEM HERE
WATCHING OUR DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.
WELCOME. YEAH. CLAP. I LOVED
FIELD TRIPS BEFORE. OKAY. MOVING
ON. COLLEAGUES, AT THIS TIME, WE
WILL OPEN THE HYBRID PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD. THE INTRODUCTION
AND REFERRAL CALENDAR AND THE
REFERRAL PROGRAM. HOW MANY
PEOPLE ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK
TODAY?
>> 25 IN PERSON AND 11 REMOTE.
>> WE WILL GIVE PEOPLE ONE
MINUTE TO SPEAK AND WE WILL
START WITH SPEAKERS IN COUNCIL
CHAMBERS IN BLOCKS OF 10. TODAY,
THE SPEAKER WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE
AND THE SPEAKERS WILL BE
PROVIDED A SPEAKER NUMBER IF YOU
HAVEN'T ALREADY. AND WE WILL
CALL ON SPEAKERS IN GROUPS OF
10. PLEASE LINE UP IN NUMERICAL
ORDER, ALTERNATING BETWEEN THE
TWO PODIUMS. THERE IS A PUTTING
IN HERE AND THEY PUT THEM THERE.
THE TIMER WILL START IMMEDIATELY
AFTER THE END OF EACH SPEAKER TO
ALLOWS TO GET TO AS MANY
SPEAKERS AS POSSIBLE TODAY. WE
HAVE ITEMS AND OTHER BUSINESS
THAT WE HAVE TO GET THROUGH AT
THE END OF OUR AGENDA, AS WELL.
ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR
COMMENTS, PLEASE STEP AWAY FROM
THE MICROPHONE TO ENSURE EACH
SPEAKER IS PROVIDED WITH THE
SAME OPPORTUNITIES AND ALLOTTED
TIME. CLERK, I WILL HAND THIS
OVER TO YOU TO PRESENT THE
INSTRUCTIONS.
>> THE PUBLIC COMMENT -- THE
PUBLIC COMMENTERS WILL BE CALLED
IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE
REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A
CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT
OF THEIR TIME. SPEAKERS MAKES
WILL BE NEEDED IF THEY DON'T
AND THEIR COMMENTS WITHIN THE
ALLOTTED TIME TO ALLOW US TO
CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER.
>> SPEAKERS 1 TO 10, YOU CAN
LINE UP ON ALTERNATING
MICROPHONES. ONCE WE GET THE
FIRST 10 SPEAKERS, WE WILL GO
AHEAD AND BEGIN. VICTORIA AND
JONATHAN -- SPEAKER NUMBER
THREE, I CAN'T PRONOUNCE YOUR
NAME. THEN WE HAVE JONATHAN,
BENNETT, RACHEL, BRANDON, AND
LILA. THERE ARE TWO SETS OF
MICROPHONES, AGAIN. THERE IS NOT
JUST THE CENTER, BUT ONE ON THE
SIDE. WE HAVE SPEAKER NUMBER ONE
HERE ALREADY, WHICH IS VICTORIA,
AND TWO, THREE, FOUR. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. VICTORIA. THANK YOU.
>> HELLO. MY NAME IS VICTORIA
PALMER. I'M A SEATTLE RESIDENT
IN DISTRICT 6. AND AN EXECUTIVE
BOARD MEMBER OF THE KING COUNTY
REPUBLICAN PARTY. I CAME TODAY
TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE
APPRECIATION FOR THE DEMOCRATS
ON THE COUNCIL THAT ARE WORKING
TO BRING BACK THE LIVABILITY OF
OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY OF SEATTLE
AND TO REVERSE THE EXTREMIST
POLICIES ENACTED UNDER THE
INFLUENCE OF FORMER
COUNCILMEMBER KSHAMA SAWANT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> SPEAKER TWO.
>> HI. I HAPPEN TO BE ALSO THE
LEGISLATIVE CHAIR OF DISTRICT 36
GOP HERE IN SEATTLE. I'M A
LONGTIME RESIDENT. A LONG TIME
LISTENER TO THE COUNCIL. THANK
YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND
PURSUING ELECTED OFFICE. WE
APPRECIATE IT. SOME 37% OF
SEATTLEITES RENT THE PLACE THEY
CALL HOME. SO ARE TENANTS
ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT. THE
MEDIAN INCOME OF OUR MENTORS IS
OVER $79,000. 61% ABOVE THE
MEDIAN INCOME OF RENTERS IN THE
U.S. THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT CONSIDERS
HOUSEHOLDS WHOSE SPENDING IS 30%
OF INCOME ON RENT AND UTILITIES
TO BE BURDENED. SEATTLE, AMONG
THE CITIES WITH THE HIGHEST
RENTAL HAZARDS RANKS THIRD
LOWEST. BETWEEN THE ALLOWANCE OF
THE CITY OF SEATTLE ALREADY FOR
RENT CONTROL, --
>> THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. WE
ONLY HAVE ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK. I
KNOW IT GOES FAST, BUT PLEASE
SEND IN YOUR COMMENTS. YOU ARE
WELCOME TO DO SO.
>> HELLO. I'M DR. MICHAEL CARBO
SKI. I'M A RETIRED
ANESTHESIOLOGIST PHYSICIAN.
PERHAPS I TOOK CARE OF YOU OR
SOMEONE YOU KNEW. ANYWAY, I'M
HERE TO BASICALLY TELL YOU HOW
MUCH WE SUPPORT YOU GUYS. YOU
KNOW. IN THE PAST, I THINK CITY
COUNCIL WAS -- TOO MANY
PROGRESSIVE IDEAS DESTROYING THE
CITY. I THINK YOU GUYS KNOW MORE
ABOUT COMMON SENSE, SO, IN MY
PAST HISTORY, I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH
TO MARCH WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING
BACK IN THE 60s WHEN I WAS IN
MEMPHIS, SO, ANYWAY, I JUST WANT
TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU
DO.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, FOR THE
NEW SPEAKERS HERE, WHEN YOU HEAR
THAT CHIME, THAT MEANS YOU HAVE
10 SECONDS LEFT TO SPEAK.
>> HONORABLE CITY COUNCILMEMBER
SCOTT MY NAME IS JONATHAN BLUNT.
THIS IS MY 22nd YEAR WORKING FOR
THE CITY OF SEATTLE IN THE
FLEETS DIVISION. I'M HERE WITH
MY FELLOW SHOP OPERATION
SUPERVISORS. WE ARE THE STUFF
THAT RUN THE VEHICLE MAINTENANCE
SHOPS FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
WE HAVE RECEIVED 97 SEVEN REPAIR
APPROXIMATELY $350 MILLION WORTH
OF EQUIPMENT. INCLUDING EVERY
FIRETRUCK, POLICE CAR AND
SNOWPLOW. LAST YEAR, WHEN THE
REPRESENTED STAFF RECEIVED A
BUMP IN BASE PAY CUT THOSE OF US
IN SOME POSITIONS WERE TOLD THAT
DUE TO WHICH COMPRESSION, WE
SHOULD EXPECT A BUMP IN BASE PAY
SOON. CREW CHIEFS WERE MAKING
MORE THAN THEIR SUPERVISORS AND
I WOULD HAVE TO BE FIXED, THEY
SAID. THAT WAS MORE THAN A YEAR
AGO. WE WERE TOLD -- WE ARE
ASKING YOU TO PLEASE FINISH DROP
ORDINANCE 12174 STARTED. WE
FOSTER AN ENVIRONMENT OF
FAIRNESS AND EQUALITY ENTRANCE
FRENZY. ASKING YOU TO DO THE
SAME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
>> SPEAKER.
>> SPEAKER FIVE.
>> HI. MY NAME IS BENNETT. I'M
NOT HERE WITH A GROUP BUT I
WANTED TO OFFER MY THOUGHTS ON
THE PROPOSED ETHICS ROLE. [
INAUDIBLE ] SOME OF YOU ARE JUST
DOING THIS TO LINE YOUR POCKETS,
PLAYING THE LONG GAME. [
INAUDIBLE ] I DON'T THINK
THAT'S TRUE. WHATEVER ELSE HAS
BEEN SAID YOU GUYS, I THINK MOST
OF YOU COULD MAKE A DECENT
LIVING IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR,
NOT DOING THIS. HE WOULDN'T
HAVE TO LISTEN TO ME SHOW UP
EVERY WEEK. I THINK IT IS MORE
THAT IF YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE
ROLE OF A LANDLORD OR BUSINESS
OWNER, YOU WILL SEE PROBLEMS
THROUGH THAT LENS SO MUCH THAT
IT WILL BIAS THE WAY THAT YOU
APPROACH THINGS. I MEAN, IT IS
KIND OF LIKE VOTING. DEMOGRAPHIC
GROUPS VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE
POLICIES THAT SUPPORT THEIR
GROUP. THEY CAN'T DO THAT FOR
SELF-SERVING REASONS. IT BIASES
THE WAY THAT PEOPLE SEE THINGS.
THAT IS WHY THEY HAVE ETHICS
RULES.
>> NO.
>> NUMBER FIVE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. PRESIDENT
NELSON AND MEMBERS OF SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL . MY NAME IS SIERRA
SNELL. [ INAUDIBLE ] DURING THE
THURSDAY GOVERNANCE MEETING I
WANT YOU THAT IF YOU DISREGARDED
THE VOICES OF THE MAJORITY THAT
THERE WOULD BE PROTESTING, WELL,
A FEW MINUTES LATER AFTER I SAID
THAT, PROTESTING STARTED
HAPPENING. HISTORY REPEATS
ITSELF. IN 19 AND NINE MORE THAN
35,000 PROTESTERS GATHERED RIGHT
HERE IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE TO
PROTEST THE WTO DURING THE
MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE AGAINST
GLOBALIZATION. WHAT CAN WE LEARN
ABOUT THIS FROM THIS PIECE OF
HISTORY? IF U.S. ELECTED
OFFICIALS DISREGARD THE NEEDS OF
CONSTITUENTS, THE VOICES WILL
BECOME LOUDER BEYOND THESE
CHAMBERS. YOU MUST LISTEN TO
MORE OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS. [
INAUDIBLE ]
>> THANK YOU.
>> HELLO, FOLKS. I'M HERE TODAY
TO SPEAK ON ETHICS RULES. [
INAUDIBLE ] CHEERING ON THE DEMS
ON THE CURRENT COUNCIL. WHEN I
WAS HERE, A WOMAN BROKE DOWN IN
TEARS SHOWING UP AT THE PASSING
OF HER FATHER. THEY WERE
DEMANDING BACK RENT WHILE SHE
CLEANED UP THE BLOODSOAKED FLOOR
OF HER FATHER'S PASSING. THIS
CRYING WOMAN -- COUNCIL
PRESIDENT NELSON SCOLDED THE
COUNCIL ROOM FOR CLAPPING. IF
YOU KNOW WHAT SHE DOES THIS? SHE
NEEDS ABSOLUTE POWER. SHE SHOWS
THIS BY ATTACKING COUNCILMEMBERS
LIKE FORMER MEMBER MORALES OR
HOW SHE TREATS COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS. SHE MOVES AROUND THE
COMMISSION TO DO WHAT SHE HAS TO
DO TO GET POLICY PAST. SHE SPITS
IN THE FACE OF ETHICS TO THROW
US OUT IN THE COLD AND MOST OF
ALL BY ATTACKING OUR FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO SHOW
SUPPORT. SHE TRIES TO SILENCE US
BECAUSE WE SHOW THERE IS A GROUP
OF PEOPLE WILLING TO FIGHT. SHE
NEEDS OUR VOTES. TO KEEP POWER.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE IT TO
HER.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOUR
TIME IS UP. YOUR TIME IS UP.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS
ALEX. I'M A RENTER IN
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS. IT IS NO
SURPRISE THE REPUBLICANS ARE
HERE IN SUPPORT. MYSELF AND MANY
OTHERS RELY ON RENTERS RIGHTS
PROTECTIONS. I KNOW MANY PEOPLE
THAT WOULD BE IN A FAR WORSE
SITUATION RIGHT NOW WITHOUT
THEM. THESE PREDICTIONS HELP LOW
INCOME RENTERS WHO ARE ONE OF
THE MOST VULNERABLE GROUPS IN
THE CITY. WITHOUT THESE
PROTECTIONS, POOR, WORKING-CLASS
AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES WILL
BE HIT THE HARDEST, GIVEN THE
STATE OF THE ECONOMY. LIVING
THEN AND SIDING WITH THE BIG
LANDLORDS WOULD BE
UNCONSCIONABLE, BUT THIS IS WHAT
THE COUNCIL IS THREATENING TO
DO. THE FACT THEY NEED TO REPEAL
PARTS OF THE ETHICS CODE TO
ALLOW THE STEP AND TELLS THE
PEOPLE OF SEATTLE EVERYTHING WE
NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR MOTIVES.
THE WORKING CLASS OF THE CITY
ARE HURTING AND WE NEED A CITY
COUNCIL THAT HAS OUR BACKS, NOT
ONE THAT TRIES TO SHRINK THE
PROTECTIONS WE HAVE. YOU ARE
MISTAKEN IF YOU THINK PEOPLE
WON'T REMEMBER THIS WHEN YOU'RE
UP FOR REELECTION.
>> PAUSE. PAUSE.
>> PLEASE PAUSE.
>> I THOUGHT I DIDN'T HAVE TO
GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN. COME ON.
YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE.
YOU KNOW THE RULES. THIS IS --
WE -- YOU ARE ENGAGING IN
DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR. DISRUPTIVE
BEHAVIOR IS -- STOP. YOU WILL BE
ASKED -- I REALLY DON'T WANT TO
GO THIS ROUTE. PERHAPS YOU WANT
TO GO THIS ROUTE, BUT I WANT TO
GET TO THIS MEETING. THIS IS OUR
JOB. WE NEED TO GET THROUGH THE
ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA. THE
DEFINITIONS -- THE DEFINITIONS
-- I'M JUST GOING TO READ A FEW
EXAMPLES SO IT'S ALL IN THE
BOOKS SO I CAN SAY THAT I READ
IT OUT. FAILURE OF A SPEAKER TO
COMPLY WITH THE ALLOTTED TIME.
OUTBURSTS. COMMENTS THAT ARE NOT
IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 11C2A OR
11C3A DELAYING PROGRESS OF THE
PUBLIC, TO BP. USE OF THE
INDIVIDUAL, TO BE BEFORE
PURPOSEFUL DELAY. ET CETERA. IT
GOES ON AND ON. BEHAVIOR SUCH AS
THREATS, PERSONAL ATTACKS, USE
OF RACIAL, MISOGYNISTIC OR
ABUSIVE LINKAGE, FAILURE TO
FOLLOW THE DIRECTION OF A
PRESIDING OFFICER. AND THEN, I
AM JUST --
>> HEY. THEY ARE UNRULY TODAY.
EXCELLENT. PLEASE GO AHEAD WITH
YOUR COMMENTS.
>> TREND -- [ INAUDIBLE ] [
INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] THE
LANDLORDS WANT TO UNDERMINE WE
WILL BE HERE AND WE WILL MAKE
SURE [ INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ]
>> START THE TIMER.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS [
INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] I FIND
THIS ATTEMPT TO REPEAL THE [
INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] RENTERS
AND WORKING PEOPLE AS A WHOLE
WILL NOT FORGET THAT BETRAYAL.
THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE ARE
SUFFERING. MANY SEATTLEITES ARE
HOMELESS AND STRUGGLING TO PAY
RENT. BUT THE CITY COUNCIL
SHOULD BE DOING IS EXPANDING
RENTERS RIGHTS. NOT SLASHING
THEM. IF THIS CITY COUNCIL CARED
ABOUT THE PEOPLE THEY REPRESENT,
THEY TAKE OUR'S SIDE INSTEAD OF
THROWING THEM UNDER THE BUS FOR
BIG BUSINESS AND BIG LANDLORDS.
THANK YOU.
>> WE BEGIN WITH REMOTE
SPEAKERS. REMINDER TO REMOTE
SPEAKERS, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX
AFTER YOU HEAR THE MESSAGE THAT
YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED. WE HAVE
HOWARD GALE FOLLOWED BY MADDY.
>> ON ASSIGNED IN CITY HALL
LOBBY AND INSCRIBED OUTSIDE ON
THE SIDEWALK ARE BLACK LIVES
MATTER. FIVE YEARS AGO YESTERDAY
THE CITY DEMONSTRATED HOW LITTLE
THEY CARE FOR BLACK LIVES WHEN
THE SEATTLE POLICE MURDERED [
INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] . HE
WAS CHASED BY SIX COUNCILMEMBER
WOO OFFICERS. THIS WAS SIX DAYS
BEFORE THE MURDER OF GEORGE
FLOYD. ONE OF THE TWO OFFICERS
THAT SHOT HIM, HAVING CORNERED
OVER 18 KNOWN PLANTS WITHIN
EIGHT YEARS HAS BEEN FOUND TO
VIOLATE SPD POLICY AND WAS GIVEN
A 20 DAY SUSPENSION. THAT
OFFICER REMAINS ON THE FORCE.
ALL PARTS OF SEATTLE'S POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM DETERMINED
THIS MURDER TO BE PROPER. DOES
THE CITY COUNT -- CARE ABOUT
BLACK LIVES? AS THE FILMS OF
RYAN SMITH AND TERRY KEEVER.
THAT IS.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MADDIE
FOLLOWED BY JOHNNY TOWNSEND.
>> HI. MY NAME IS MADDIE. I'M A
RENTER IN SEATTLE AND I WORK AT
A PUBLIC HOSPITAL. I THINK IT IS
INCREDIBLY DISGUSTING TO HEAR
BUREAUCRACY LEVERAGED AGAINST
PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO DEFEND
IT IN CITY COUNCIL. IT IS
DISGUSTING TO HAVE TO SIT
THROUGH ANOTHER ATTACK ON
MENTORS. ANOTHER ATTACK ON
WORKING PEOPLE. PEOPLE ARE UPSET
AND DEFENDING THE -- OURSELVES
AGAINST THE INTERESTS OF
CORPORATE LANDLORDS THAT ARE
SITTING ON CITY COUNCIL. IT IS
TRULY SHAMEFUL. YOU ARE TRYING
TO ROLL BACK THE ETHICS OF A
CITY SO THAT YOU CAN BENEFIT .
AND THAT IS DISGUSTING. YOU
SHOULD BE VOTED OUT. WORKING
PEOPLE ARE WATCHING. WE ARE
PAYING ATTENTION, AND WE WILL BE
KEEPING TABS ON WHO IS GIVING
LIP SERVICE BUT NOT DEFENDING
RECORD -- RENTERS. AND WHO IS
DEFENDING US. THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHNNY
TOWNSEND FOLLOWED BY ELEANOR.
>> I AM NOT HEARING THE PERSON.
I BELIEVE THEY ARE ON MUTE
STILL. CAN WE MOVE ON TO THE
NEXT PERSON?
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ELEANOR
FOLLOWED BY ACACIA. ELEANOR.
>> LAST WEEK, I SAW THIS
COUNCIL, ALL DEMOCRATIC PARTY
POLITICIANS WAX POETIC ABOUT
SUPPORTING OTHERS, FOSTERING
KIDS AND FAMILIES AND WORKING
PEOPLE. AT THE SAME TIME, YOU
PREPARE TO ATTACK RENTERS ON
BEHALF OF MILLIONAIRE AND THE
LEADER LANDLORDS STARTING BY
TEARING UP THE ETHICS CODE THAT
REQUIRES YOU TO REPEAT
YOURSELVES VOTING ON MATTERS
WHERE YOU HAVE A FINANCIAL
INTEREST. NEXT ON YOUR AGENDA IS
STOPPING THE VAN WITH A $10 CAP
ON LATE FEES. EIGHT MOVE THAT
COULD COME FROM THE TRUMP
PLAYBOOK. A 30% INCREASE FROM
LAST YEAR'S RATE AND MORE THAN
DOUBLE THE TO THOSE 19 RIGHT.
INSTEAD OF CURBING OR HALTING
THESE, YOU ARE LOOKING TO MAKE
AN EXTRA BUCK FOR YOURSELF AND
CORPORATE LIMITS. THIS ATTEMPT
TO REPEAL THE ETHICS LAWS AND
UNDO OUR RIGHTS AS WORKING-CLASS
WORKERS, EXPOSES THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY FOR WHAT IT IS. A
MONEYGRUBBING PARTY FOR THE
RICH.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ACACIA.
>> MY NAME IS ACACIA AND I'M A
RESIDENT IN DISTRICT 4. I WANT
TO VOICE MY DISCIPLINED FOR DISH
WITH A NUMBER OF ACTIONS THE
CATALYST AGAIN AND TO
SHAMELESSLY GET HER TO THE
INTERESTS OF CORPORATE LANDLORDS
AT A TIME WHEN CRONYISM HAS
BECOME THE DE FACTO POLICY OF
OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. IT IS
SICKENING TO ME THAT OUR COUNCIL
IS PRIVATIZING THE CORPORATE
LANDLORDS. I KNOW BETTER THAN TO
APPEAL TO THE CONSCIENCE OF THIS
COUNCIL SO I'M CALLING IN TODAY
TO SAY THAT ROLLING BACK RENTERS
PRODUCTIONS IS A SUREFIRE WAY
FOR COUNCILMEMBERS TO JEOPARDIZE
THEIR INCUMBENCY. THE FACT THAT
THE -- IS GIVING POSITIVE ON IN
THE CITY. THEY TURN AROUND AND
ACT LIKE -- WITH THE SAME
DISREGARD FOR ANYONE OUTSIDE OF
THEIR DINNERS.
>> ALBERTA ALVAREZ.
>> ROLLBACK RULES OF ETHICS TO
ALLOW FOR SELF-INTEREST IS SUCH
A DESTRUCTIVE IDEA THAT MANY OF
YOU NEED TO STEP UP AND VOTE
DOWN THIS BILL. POLITICIANS --
SELF-RIGHTEOUS -- THE MOST
SUSCEPTIBLE TO SELF-DEALING.
CALLING OUT COUNCILMEMBERS
HOLLINGSWORTH, SAKA , AND
CATTLE. THIS LEGISLATION ONLY
SERVES A SMALL GROUP OF
CORPORATE LANDLORDS THAT WANT TO
BLEED EVERY CENT OUT OF SEATTLE
RESIDENCE. A COUNCIL GIVEN FREE
REIGN TO ENRICH THEMSELVES WILL
ONLY BRING MORE CHAOS, HARM, AND
CORRUPTION. COUNCILMEMBER MOORE,
THIS IS YOUR BILL.
>> HOLLY FOLLOWED BY DAVID.
>> HI. I'M HOLLY. DISTRICT 4. I
WANT TO SPEAK AGAINST THE REPEAL
OF ETHICS LAWS REGARDING
RENTERS. I THINK IT IS SHAMEFUL
AND DISGUSTING THAT A CITY IS
WEALTHY AS SEATTLE -- SOME
PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS OR HOUSING
INSECURE. I'M APPALLED TO LEARN
THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS EVEN
CONSIDERING REPEALING THIS
ETHICS CODE THAT PROTECTS THE
INTERESTS OF RENTERS AGAINST
LANDLORDS. I PERSONALLY KNOW
SOMEONE WHO WAS LITERALLY ON THE
VERGE OF HOMELESSNESS. MOST
PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY HAVE
ENOUGH TROUBLE FINDING STABLE
HOUSING. WE NEED MORE RENTERS
PROTECTIONS. THE JURY IS
CONSIDERING VOTING AGAINST THE
REPEAL -- OR VOTING FOR THE
REPEAL OF THE ETHICS CODE OR ANY
OTHER RENTERS PROTECTIONS --
WOULD YOU EVEN STAND FOR?
>> DAVID HAYNES, FOLLOWED BY
JOHNNY TOWNSEND.
>> HI. THANK YOU. DAVID HAYNES.
RENTERS REVOLT. IT IS OBVIOUS
THAT THEY ARE, CITY COUNCIL, AND
THE POLICE CHIEF HAVEN'T DONE
ANYTHING TO IMPROVE PUBLIC
SAFETY. YOU ALL IS THE MEDIA TO
DECEIVE THE PUBLIC AND [
INAUDIBLE - MUFFLED ] UPON YOUR
SQUARE, FEELING VIOLENCE, SOME
OF WHICH IS WITH [ INAUDIBLE -
MUFFLED ] IN THE JAIL IN THE
PAST BY CITY GOVERNMENT AND THE
PRESENT CITY COUNCIL. COUNCIL
CONTINUES VIRTUE SIGNALING . IS
IT BY DESIGN? THEY'RE ALWAYS
FOCUSING ON DESIGN. JUST GET RID
OF THE GRAFFITI AND PEOPLE WILL
STOP EMITTING CRIMES. WITH THAT
LOGIC, ALL OF THE --
>> ARE WE AT THE END OF OUR
AGREEMENT?
>> JUST A CLARIFICATION -- ARE
WE EXPECTING ANOTHER REMOTE
SPEAKER AT THIS POINT?
>> THIS IS JOHNNY TOWNSEND. THAT
WAS MY FATHER EARLIER.
>> YOUR TIME IS RUNNING IF YOU
CAN PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> MY NAME IS JOHNNY TOWNSEND.
I'M A HOMEOWNER BUT NOT A
RENTER. I'VE BEEN A RENTER
BEFORE. ONE APARTMENT HAD A
WEEKS ABOUT THAT WATER POURED
DOWN THE KITCHEN WALL EVERY TIME
IT RAINED. I CONTACTED THE
AGENCY THAT RAN THE -- AND GOT
NO RESPONSE. THE NEXT TIME IT
RAINED, THE KITCHEN HAD [
INAUDIBLE - MUFFLED ] THERE IS
NOTHING THE LANDLORD COULD DO.
WHEN I MOVED OUT, THE LANDLORD
KEPT MY SECURITY DEPOSIT. EVERY
RENTER CAN TELL A SIMILAR STORY.
WE ARE HUMANS, NOT SUB HUMANS.
WE MUST PROTECT THEIR RIGHTS
BECAUSE EVERYONE WITH ENOUGH
MONEY TO BE A LANDLORD WILL
ALWAYS WANT MORE MONEY. WE MUST
WENT WITH THEM HERE. THAT IS
YOUR DUTY AS COUNCILMEMBERS.
THANKS. THANK YOU.
>> CAN YOU PLEASE STOP SHARING
AND OUTRUN THE TIMER HERE? WE
ARE GOING TO NOW GO ONTO THE
NEXT 10 SPEAKERS. 11 320, IF YOU
COULD PLEASE START LINING UP. 11
TO 20. YOUR TIME WILL BEGIN AS
SOON AS THE NEXT PERSON'S
COMMENTS AND TO ALLOW US TO HEAR
ALL SPEAKERS. THANK YOU. WE ARE
GOING TO START WITH NUMBER 11.
>> ESTHER BEEN THERE PUBLIC AND
CERTAINLY A FEDERAL WORKERS TO
SLASH FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS LIKE
MEDICARE AND MEDICAID, WHAT ARE
THE TEMPLATES HERE IN WASHINGTON
AND SEATTLE DOING? THEY ARE
SHAMEFULLY CUTTING $7 MILLION
FROM THE STATE BUDGET AND
SLASHING PROGRAMS. THEY ARE
ATTACKING RENTERS RIGHTS IN
SEATTLE THAT WERE WORKING CLASS
MOVEMENTS. THEY DECRY TRUMP AS
EVIL AND ATTACK WORKING AND POOR
PEOPLE. THE WINNING OF THESE
INTEREST RATES INDICATE A
SEIZING OF PROFITS. IT KEEPS
POOR PEOPLE FROM ENDING UP ON
THE STREET. THESE CORPORATE
LIMITS CANNOT COLLECT THROUGH
EVICTIONS AND RAISING RENT AS
EASILY. FOR THIS SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL TO BE REPEALING ETHICS
LAWS TO ATTACK RENTERS RIGHTS IS
A DIRECT ATTACK ON WORKING
PEOPLE IN THE NAME OF CORPORATE
LANDLORDS AND BIG BUSINESSES.
THE THREE BIGGEST CORPORATE
LANDLORDS IN SEATTLE RAKED IN
THE LAND DOLLARS LAST YEAR
ALONE. THERE WAS A 37% INCREASE
LESTER. I HAVE HEARD COUNCIL
MEMBERS GO ON ABOUT HOW THEY
CARE ABOUT RENTERS, THE ELDERLY,
THE FOSTER CHILDREN TO PRISON
PIPELINE. THIS IS A LIE, AND A
LIE THAT IS NOT UNIQUE TO THESE
PARTICULAR DEMOCRATS. WE CAN SEE
IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF US AS THEY
ATTACK RENT.
>> TIME. TIME.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOUR
TIME IS UP.
>> YOUR TIME IS UP.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> JODY, CAN YOU SHARE SCREEN
AGAIN? I CAN'T SHARE THE SUN.
THERE IS NO 10 SECOND TIMER ON
THIS ONE.
>> APOLOGIES. WE ARE TRYING TO
GET THE TIMER UP. IF YOU CAN
SHARE THE SCREEN AGAIN. THANK
YOU.
>> JUST A SECOND. YOUR TIME
HASN'T STARTED. HAS BEEN A WHIL
HAVE BEEN HERE. MY NAME IS
JUSTIN. YOU'RE MAKING THE LOCAL
REPUBLICANS HAPPY AGAIN BY
CUTTING RENTERS RIGHTS. [
INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ]
STUDENTS. YOU'RE GETTING A
RAISE FOR THREE DOLLARS PER
HOUR. YOU NEED TO DO THE SAME
THING AGAIN.
>> THE BAN ON WINTER EVICTIONS
THAT SETS PEOPLE FROM BECOMING
HOMELESS IN THE COLDEST MONTHS.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO JOIN WORKERS
STRIKE BACK. WHEN WORKERS RIGHTS
ARE UNDER ATTACK, WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK.
>> THE RENTERS RIGHTS ARE A
MOVEMENT WON WHILE 11C2A WAS IN
OFFICE. STUDIES SHOW A DIRECT
CAN'T DISH CONSISTENT LINK
BETWEEN HOMELESSNESS. THESE
RENTERS PROTECTIONS ARE BARELY
HOLDING THINGS TOGETHER FOR MANY
WORKING PEOPLE. HAVE THEM --
DONATED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO
THESE DEMOCRATS. WE SHOULD BE
CLEAR. THE WAY FOR US TO BE THIS
ATTACK IS WITH PRESSURE FROM
WORKING PEOPLE. FOR THESE
DEMOCRATS OUT OF OFFICE.
>> MY NAME IS OSCAR. I'M A
MEMBER AND STUDENT WITH WORKERS
STRIKE BACK. THERE ARE NO
EXCUSES FOR DOING SO. HALF OF
SEATTLE'S CITIZENS ARE RENTERS
AND REPEALING RENTERS RIGHTS
WILL ONLY HURT WORKERS IN ORDER
TO LINE THE POCKETS OF CORPORATE
LANDLORDS. WE CANNOT LET THIS GO
UNSTOPPED. EVERY SINGLE COMES
MEMBER THAT VOTES IN FAVOR OF
REPEALING ETHICS LAWS, SHAME ON
YOU. THIS IS SHAMEFUL. WHEN
RENTERS RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK,
WHAT WE DO? SENATE. FIGHT BACK.
WHEN RENTERS RIGHTS ARE UNDER
ATTACK, WHAT WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK.
>> WHEN RENTERS RIGHTS ARE UNDER
ATTACK, WHAT WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YOU ARE ALREADY RUNNING MY
TIMER? I HAVEN'T STARTED.
>> PLEASE RESTART THE TIMER.
THEY START THE TIMER.
>> RESTART THE TIMER.
>> RESTART THE TIME.
>> RESTART THE TIME. RESTART THE
TIME.
>> THIS IS ACTUAL DISRUPTIVE
BEHAVIOR.
>> RESTART THE TIME. RESTART THE
TIME. RESTART THE TIME! RESTART
THE TIME! RESTART THE TIME!
RESTART THE TIME! RESTART THE
TIME! RESTART THE TIME! RESTART
THE TIME! RESTART THE TIME!
>> WE WILL GO ON A FIVE MINUTE
RECESS. WE WILL HAVE A FIVE
MINUTE RECESS. THE THE
>> SHAME ON CITY COUNCIL.
WORKING PEOPLE [ INAUDIBLE -
MUFFLED ] ALL THESE
COUNCILMEMBERS ARE DEMOCRATS.
THEY ARE SERVING THE INTERESTS
OF BLOODSUCKING CORPORATE
LANDLORDS. BUSINESSES LIKE
AMAZON. THEY ARE HAVING TO HELP
REPUBLICANS COME HERE AND
SUPPORT THEM. IT IS EMBARRASSING
AND DISGUSTING. SHAME. SHAME ON
THE MLK LABOR COUNCIL LEADERS.
SHAME ON THEM FOR ENDORSING
BRUCE HARRELL, WHO WITH HIS
FELLOW DEMOCRATS HAVE ATTACKED
WORKING PEOPLE FOR OVER FOUR
YEARS. WE DEMAND THAT THE MLK
LABOR LEADERS PRESENT THAT
ENDORSEMENT. IT IS NOT THE ONLY
ENDORSING -- EMBARRASSING
ENDORSEMENT. THEY ALSO ENDORSE
JOY HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOUR
TIME IS EXPIRED. WE ARE STARTING
THE TIMER FOR THE NEXT PERSON.
YOUR TIME IS UP. YOU ARE TAKING
THE TIME OF YOUR COMPATRIOTS.
YOU WILL NOT START THE TIME OF
HER. YOU ARE ONLY -- HEY. ALEX
TSIMERMAN, SIT DOWN.
>> NUMBER 16. HERE IS HOW THE
TIMER WORKS. YOU GET ONE MINUTE.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO BREAK INTO
YOUR COLLEAGUE'S TIME BY
CHANTING IN BETWEEN SPEAKING,
THAT IS GOING TO TAKE TIME AWAY.
>> RESTART THE TIMER. RESTART
THE TIMER! RESTART THE TIMER!
RESTART THE TIMER!
>> RESTART THE TIMER! RESTART
THE TIMER! RESTART THE TIMER!
RESTART THE TIMER! RESTART THE
TIMER!
>> ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE GIVING UP
YOUR TIME. RESTART THE TIMER!
RESTART THE TIMER! RESTART THE
TIMER! RESTART THE TIMER!
>> GO AHEAD.
>> HELLO. I'M ASHTON HOPE, A
PESSIMIST FROM CAPITOL HILL TO
SPEAK ON ETHICS AND YOUR SAFETY.
THIS COMES AT GREAT COST TO THE
MAJORITY OF SEATTLE'S ABLATION.
TO HELP YOU, I WILL GIVE A
CONSERVATIVE HYPOTHESIS OF 100
PEOPLE BECOMING HOMELESS BECAUSE
OF YOU. NOW IS THE TIME I ASKED
YOU DO NOT SHOOT THE MESSENGER
BECAUSE THOSE 100 PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO BECOME THE ROWDY
PACIFISTS LIKE ME THAT MAKE YOU
QUIVER ON THE DAIS. NO. THOSE
ARE 100 PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW NOT
ONLY SUFFERING, BUT NO KNOW
EXACTLY WHO CAUSED THEIR
SUFFERING AND HAVE NOTHING LEFT
TO LOSE. I WONDER HOW MUCH MONEY
BRIAN THOMPSON SPENT CONVINCING
HIMSELF HE COULD JUST KILL KARMA
EVERY TIME IT CAME KNOCKING.
>> MY NAME IS SYDNEY. I AM HERE
TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE BILL TO
REPEAL THE ETHICS RULES CUP
PREVENTING MEMBERS WITH
INTERESTS TO VOTE. IT IS A STEP
TOWARD REMOVING PROTECTIONS FOR
WORKING-CLASS RENTERS OF THE
CITY. IN THE MIDST OF AN ONGOING
HOUSING CRISIS, THIS IS A
BALD-FACED AND REPREHENSIBLE
ATTACK ON THE WORKING CLASS
PEOPLE OF THE CITY FOR ENRICHING
CORPORATE LANDLORDS AND ANYONE
WHO VOTES IN FAVOR OF REPEALING
THESE PRODUCTIONS SHOULD LOSE
THEIR COUNCIL SEAT. YOU DO WELL
TO REMEMBER YOU WERE ELECTED TO
SERVE THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY,
NOT TO SELL THEM OUT TO
PREDATORY LENDERS. WHEN RENTER S
RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK WHAT DO
WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK!
>> WHEN RENTER S RIGHTS ARE
UNDER ATTACK WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK!
>> THANK YOU.
>> [ INAUDIBLE ]
>> IN CITY COUNCIL AS THE FIRST
SOCIALIST IN DECADES WON THESE
PRODUCTIONS AND YOU ARE TRYING
TO TEAR THEM DOWN. THESE ARE THE
CAP LATE RENT FEE IS AT $10 PER
MONTH. REQUIRING ECONOMIC
ASSISTANCE. BANNING WINTER
EVICTIONS AND EVICTIONS OF
WORKERS, CLOSING THE LOOPHOLE IN
THE JUST CAUSE PROTECTIONS RIGHT
-- RIGHTS TO A LAWYER FOR
EVICTIONS. ALLOWING PAYMENT
PLANS PROHIBITING RENT [
INAUDIBLE ] AND REQUIRING VOTER
REGISTRATION INFORMATION TO NEW
TENANTS. IT IS DESPICABLE THAT
SEATTLE'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY
POLITICIANS ARE ATTEMPTING TO
UNDO THESE BASIC WORKERS
PRODUCTIONS AND RENTERS
PROTECTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK! WHEN
RENTER S RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK
WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK!
>> RESTART THE TIMER! RESTART
THE TIMER! RESTART THE TIMER!
RESTART THE TIMER! RESTART THE
TIMER! RESTART THE TIMER!
RESTART THE TIMER!
>> PLEASE RESTART IT.
>> I'M DOMINIC WOLFGANG
WALLACE, A WORKER WITH WORKERS
STRIKE BACK. THE CITY COUNCIL
ATTENDED TO KEEP MY WHICH $10
LOWER AND THE SHAMEFUL ATTACK ON
ME AND MY COWORKERS FAILED
BECAUSE WORKERS STRIKE BACK CAME
TO OUR DEFENSE. WE ARE SEEING
THAT SAME CITY CANCER -- COUNCIL
PUT ON A POWER GRAB FOR THE CITY
ETHICS CODE AND MAKING IT EASIER
FOR THE DOMESTIC SOLICIT. THAT
IS WHAT THE DEMOCRATS DO. IT IS
NO SURPRISE TO SEE CITY COUNCIL
ACT THIS WAY. WE DON'T NEED
BETTER TEMPLATES. WE KNEW
INDEPENDENT PARTY TO GET ALL OF
THEM OUT OF THEIR SEATS AND
ANYONE HERE OR LISTENING IN
SHOULD JOIN WORKERS STRIKE BACK
TO BUILD A MOVEMENT THAT WILL
TAKE ON BOTH CORPORATE PARTIES
BECAUSE WHEN WE FIGHT -- WHERE
PEOPLE SPEAK AGAINST THIS REPEAL
AND IF THE DEMOCRATS TRULY CARED
ABOUT WHAT THEIR CONSTITUENTS
THINK, THEY WOULD'VE ALREADY
BACKED OFF FROM THIS ATTACK.
WHAT WE SEE INSTEAD IS THIS CITY
COUNCIL DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN
TO SHUT US DOWN AND SHUT US UP
SO THEY CAN GET ON WITH TAKING
OUR RIGHTS AWAY. WHEN RENTERS'
RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK WHAT DO
WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK!
>> WHEN RENTERS' RIGHTS ARE
UNDER ATTACK WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK!
>> WHEN RENTERS' RIGHTS ARE
UNDER ATTACK WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK!
>> CAN WE PLEASE HAVE SPEAKERS
NUMBER 21 THROUGH 24 ALSO LINED
UP. WE ARE AT NUMBER 20.
SPEAKERS NUMBER 21 THROUGH 24.
SPEAKERS NUMBER 20.
>> MY NAME IS KAREN. I'M A
MEMBER OF WORKERS STRIKE BACK.
I'M SO GLAD THAT THESE STUDENTS
WERE HERE TODAY TO SEE WHAT TRUE
DEMOCRACY IN ACTION LOOKS LIKE.
THIS IS WHAT YOU COUNCILMEMBERS
NEED TO KNOW. THOSE OF YOU THAT
SUPPORT THE ROLLBACK OF THE
ETHICS CODE ARE LYING TO
YOURSELVES AND YOU ARE LYING TO
US. YOU WANT US TO BELIEVE THAT
YOU ARE SOMEHOW BETTER THAN WE
ARE, AND THAT YOU SOMEHOW HAVE
BEEN GIVEN SOME KIND OF
GOD-GIVEN ABILITY TO KNOW WHAT
YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS -- HOW
TO SEPARATE THEM FROM YOUR SWORN
DUTY TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE IN
THIS CITY. YOU WANT US TO
BELIEVE THAT THIS -- THAT YOUR
DISTRICTS WON'T HAVE
REPRESENTATION BECAUSE OF THESE
PROTECTIONS OF THE ETHICS CODE.
THE CURRENT ONES. THIS IS UTTER
FOLLY. UTTER NONSENSE. AND YOU
SHOULD BE VERY AFRAID. BE AFRAID
NOW, BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO
CONTINUE UNTIL THIS NONCE THAT
-- NONSENSE STOPS. WE GUARANTEE
THAT.
>> THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS
LIKE!
>> THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS
LIKE!
>> SIEG HEIL, MY DIRTY NAZI JUST
STOP OH -- [ INAUDIBLE - MUFFLED
] YOU PROSECUTED ME FIVE TIMES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. SORRY FOR
MY PRONUNCIATION. YOU HAD A
PROPOSITION. SOME PEOPLE CAN
SPEAK MORE. MY QUESTION TO YOU
-- YOU CAN OPEN THE ROOM FOR
PEOPLE LIKE ME. YOU ARE DOING
THIS ALONE. YOU DON'T NEED
NOBODY TO APPROVE OF THIS.
PEOPLE CANNOT GO AND SPEAK. THIS
BS MAKES ME SICK.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOUR
TIME IS UP.
>> IS THERE ANYONE HERE TODAY
THAT WANTS TO SUPPORT THE
RENTERS RIGHTS. I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT WHY THE CITY COUNCIL HAS
BEEN TAKING A LONG TIME TO PASS
THIS ATTACK ON RENTERS RIGHTS
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY ARE
TRYING TO FIND A COMPROMISE.
KATHY MOORE WANTS A FULL ON
ATTACK. THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE
THAT WANT A COMPROMISE. THEY
WANT TO STRANGLE SEATTLE RENTERS
MORE SLOWLY. THAT IS WHY IT HAS
TAKEN SO LONG TO MOVE THIS
LEGISLATION. THEY HAVE A
DISAGREEMENT ABOUT HOW QUICKLY
AND HOW TRANSPARENTLY TO CARRY
OUT THESE ATTACKS ON WORKING
PEOPLE. THAT SHOWS WHY BACKROOM
DEALS DON'T WORK. IT SHOWS
WHITE WE NEED TO BUILD BUSINESS
THAT THE PRESSURE ON POLITICIANS
UNTIL THEY ARE FORCED TO GIVE
IN. WHICH IS WHY WE NEED A NEW
POLITICAL PARTY FOR WORKING
PEOPLE BECAUSE THE BILLIONAIRES
AND CORPORATE PEOPLE HAVE TWO.
WE HAVE ONE OF OUR OWN. WHEN
RENTERS' RIGHTS ARE UNDER
ATTACK WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK!
>> WHEN RENTERS' RIGHTS ARE
UNDER ATTACK WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK!
>> WHEN RENTERS' RIGHTS ARE
UNDER ATTACK WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK! WHAT DO
WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK!
>> WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK!
>> THE DISREGARD FOR RENTERS AND
WORKING PEOPLE BY THE DEMOCRATS
ON THIS COUNCIL IS DESPICABLE.
THREE LANDLORDS, ESSEX, EQUITY,
AND AVALON BAY, BLEW UP 13,000
UNITS. THEY MADE $3 BILLION IN
PROFITS. THEIR PROFITS INCREASED
BY $700 MILLION LAST YEAR
COMPARED TO 2023. THE PROPHETS
OF ESSEX PROPERTY INCREASED BY A
STUNNING 88%, AND YET, WE ARE
SEEING A CRUSH OF EVICTIONS
RIGHT NOW. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE
IS REPORTING A 30% INCREASE FROM
LAST YEAR'S RATE. AND THE RATE
OF EVICTIONS SINCE 2019 HAS MORE
THAN DOUBLED AND YET, DEMOCRATS
ON THIS COUNCIL ARE TRYING TO
TAKE RIGHTS AWAY FROM RENTERS
THAT WERE WON THROUGH STRUGGLE
THROUGH THOUSANDS OF WORKING
PEOPLE AND THROUGH FOR SIX
SOCIALIST CITY COUNCIL OFFICE.
ANYTHING THAT BUT FOR THIS OR
ANY DEMOCRAT THAT DOESN'T'S
AND FIGHTING BACK AGAINST THIS
SHOULD BE THROWN OUT OF OFFICE
AND IT IS SHAMEFUL ABOUT THE MLK
LABOR COUNCIL HAS VOTED TO
ENDORSE BRUCE HARRELL. THE
LEADERSHIP HAS ENDORSED BRUCE
HARRELL. WORKERS SHOULD FIGHT TO
RESCIND THAT ENDORSEMENT. DRIVE
AT ANY DEMOCRAT THAT WHAT'S
WITH THIS. WE NEED A NEW PARTY
AND I URGE ANYONE HERE [
INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ]
>> WHEN RENTERS' RIGHTS ARE
UNDER ATTACK WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK!
>> WHEN RENTERS' RIGHTS ARE
UNDER ATTACK WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK!
>> THE CITY COUNCIL IS DOING THE
DIRTY WORK OF CORPORATE ALERTS,
TRYING TO STRIP AWAY RENTERS
RIGHTS.
>> RESTART THE TIMER! RESTART
THE TIMER! RESTART THE TIMER!
RESTART THE TIMER!
>> I JUST WANT TO GET THROUGH
THIS MEETING, SO GO AHEAD AND
RESTART THE TIMER.
>> THE CITY COUNCIL DEMOCRATS
ARE DOING THE DIRTY WORK OF
CORPORATE LIMITS, DRIPPING AWAY
RENTERS RIGHTS. THEY ARE TRYING
TO GET OUR $15 PER HOUR MINIMUM
WAGE VICTORY AND ARE ATTACKING
PREDICTIONS FOR RENTERS. KSHAMA
SAWANT ORGANIZATION, WORKERS
STRIKE BACK, ARE FIGHTING BACK.
WE ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. WE
NEED YOU WITH US. THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY DOESN'T REPRESENT US
ANYMORE THAN THE REPUBLICAN. WE
REPRESENT THE SAME GLEANERS AND
CORPORATE LIMITS AND REPUBLICANS
ARE HERE. TO SUPPORT
COUNCILMEMBERS. JOIN WORKERS
STRIKE BACK. BECAUSE WHEN WE
ORGANIZE, WHEN WE FIGHT, WE CAN
WIN. EVERY ATTACK LIKE THIS IS
YOUR MATTER THAT WE NEED TO
THROW THESE CORPORATE
POLITICIANS AT AND BUILD A NEW
PARTY FOR WORKING PEOPLE. THE
LEADERSHIP OF THE McKAY LABOR
COUNCIL ENDORSED BRUCE HARRELL A
MAYOR WHO SIDED WITH THE RICH
AND POWERFUL AT EVERY TURN. THAT
ENDORSEMENT GIVES POLITICAL
COVER TO AN ANTIWORKER
ORGANIZATION NOW SEEKING [
INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ]
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOUR
TIME IS UP.
>> YOU ARE INTERRUPTING YOUR
CHANCE.
>> SPEAKERS 31 AND 32, OUR LAST
TWO SPEAKERS.
>> I HAVE TAUGHT STUDENTS WHO
ARE HOUSING PRECARIOUS AND
STUDENTS WHO ARE HOMELESS. I GOT
TO SAY, WHAT YOU'RE DOING TODAY
IS JUST DESPICABLE. IT IS NOT
JUST REPEALING THE ETHICS CODE.
THAT SHOULD GIVE YOU SOME PAUSE.
IT IS WHY YOU ARE DOING IT.
EVICTING KIDS DURING THE SCHOOL
YEAR? JACKING UP LATE FEES?
ENTER EVICTIONS, RENT HIKES WITH
NO NOTICE. THIS IS YOUR
PLATFORM? THESE ARE YOUR
PRIORITIES? I HOPE YOUR ACTIONS
TODAY FOLLOW YOU FOR THE REST OF
YOUR CAREER. GOD FORBID, IF YOU
EVER RUN AGAIN, I HOPE YOUR
OPPONENTS USE THIS AS EASY
POLITICAL FODDER. YOU GUYS ARE
THE LANDLORD POLITICIANS WHO
ERASED ETHICS LAWS TO KICK KIDS
OUT ON THE STREETS. INSTEAD, YOU
SHOULD BE SIDING WITH US. YOU
SHOULD BE SIDING WITH FAMILIES.
YOU SHOULD BE SIDING WITH THE
POOREST. INSTEAD, YOU ARE SIDING
WITH THE LANDLORDS. WHEN RENTERS
ARE UNDER ATTACK, WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK!
>> WHEN RENTERS' RIGHTS ARE
UNDER ATTACK WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK!
>> I'M GLENN. I'M A MEMBER OF
WORKERS STRIKE BACK. THIS
COUNCIL HAS BEEN HEARING FROM
WORKING PEOPLE FOR WEEKS. HAVE
YOU DONE ANYTHING? HAVE YOU
LISTENED TO US? NO. YOU INSIST
ON THESE DRACONIAN MEASURES.
MEETING US IN BETWEEN REMOTE
SPEAKERS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HEAR
US. APPARENTLY WHILE YOU SELL
OUT OUR LIVES TO THE
BILLIONAIRES, THE TIME TO LISTEN
TO US IS A BRIDGE TOO FAR FOR
YOU. SHAME ON MLK LABOR COUNCIL
FOR ENDORSING BRUCE HARRELL AND
SHAME ON THE PARTY. THIS IS THE
ONE MILLIONTH EXAMPLE OF WHY
THEY WILL NEVER WORK FOR US. IF
YOU AGREE, JOIN WORKERS STRIKE
BACK BECAUSE WE NEED A NEW PARTY
OF WORKING PEOPLE IF WE WANT TO
TAX THE RICH TO PAY FOR MEDICARE
FOR ALL AND ALL THE THINGS WE
NEED TO LIVE -- WE NEED TO FIGHT
FOR IT AS WORKERS. INDEPENDENTLY
IN OUR OWN MASS MOVEMENTS,
UNTIED FROM THIS HORRIFIC,
TOXIC, RUN BIG BUSINESS PARTY.
WHEN RENTERS' RIGHTS ARE UNDER
ATTACK, WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK!
>> WHEN RENTERS' RIGHTS ARE
UNDER ATTACK WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK!
>> ONE MORE REMOTE SPEAKER.
>> WE HAVE ONE REMOTE SPEAKER.
>> YOU ARE SHARING YOUR ENTIRE
SCREEN. JUST A HEADS UP.
>> IS THE SPEAKER UNMUTED?
>> YES. I AM UNMUTED.
>> PLEASE BEGIN. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. SO, TO THE RENTERS
GROUP, I UNDERSTAND. I
UNDERSTAND. YOUR RENT IS HIGH. I
OWN A HOME IN FLORIDA, AS WILL.
WE HAVE IT LOOKS LIKE GENERATION
ALPHA AND GENERATION Z IN THE
ROOM WITH US AND AS ADULTS, IF
WE CAN JUST BE RESPECTFUL SO WE
CAN GET THROUGH THE MEETING -- I
AM HERE JUST AS A RESIDENT AND
WANTED TO HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON,
AND IT IS SO MUCH SCREAMING THAT
MY HEAD IS STARTING TO HURT, SO
I JUST ASK THAT WE ALL BE ADULTS
HERE. WE HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE IN
THE ROOM WATCHING US. AND IF WE
CAN JUST SAY OUR POINT BUT BE
RESPECTFUL. THAT IS RIDICULOUS
AND EMBARRASSING TO WATCH. ON
CAMERA. JUST SEEING WHAT IS
HAPPENING WITH CITY COUNCIL
OFFSCREEN. I CAN BARELY WATCH
IT. THANK YOU.
>> THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER.
>> WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF
THE LIST OF REGISTERED SPEAKERS.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW
CLOSED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
COMMENTS TODAY.
>> WHEN RENTERS' RIGHTS ARE
UNDER ATTACK WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK!
>> WHAT DO WE DO?
>> STAND UP, FIGHT BACK!
>> I MOVED TO ADOPT --
>> WE'LL BE BACK! WE'LL BE
BACK! WE'LL BE BACK! WE'LL BE
BACK!
>> PLEASE LEAVE THE CHAMBER SO
WE CAN CONTINUE OUR MEETING. WE
CAN'T HEAR EACH OTHER.
>> WE'LL BE BACK! WE'LL BE
BACK! WE'LL BE BACK! WE'LL BE
BACK!
>> I MOVED TO ADOPT THE ADOPTION
OF THE CALENDAR.
>> WE'LL BE BACK!
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED FOR THE
ADOPTION OF THE REFERRAL
CALENDAR. OKAY, FOLKS. I MOVED
TO AMEND THE INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL COUNTER BY REMOVING
ITEM 1. COUNCIL BUILT 120983. IS
THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO
AMEND THE INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR TO REMOVE ITEM
1. COUNCIL BUILT 120983. AS A
SPONSOR OF THIS MOTION, I WAS
ALERTED BY CITY FINANCE THAT
THERE IS A PENDING CORRECTION IN
ANOTHER BILL THAT WILL BE
SUBMITTED FOR OUR CONSIDERATION
NEXT WEEK. THERE IS A TECHNICAL
PROBLEM IN THE BILL. AND SO, WE
ARE PULLING IT SO WE CAN VOTE
FOR IT NEXT WEEK. ARE THERE ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE
AMENDMENT?
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> HERE.
>> SORRY.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MERCEDES RINCK.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> NINE IN FAVOR. NONE A POST.
>> I WASN'T CALLED, BUT I WILL
VOTE YES. BUT YES. THERMIC
>> CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE TOTAL
AGAIN?
>> NINE IN FAVOR NOW AND NOT
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE ADOPTION OF THE AMENDED
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR BEFORE US.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> [ INAUDIBLE ]
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> AYE. THE REFERRAL CALENDAR IS
ADOPTED AS AMENDED. IF THERE'S
NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE
ADOPTED. HEARING NONE, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED. NOW, WE WILL
GO ON TO THE PROPOSED CONSENT
CALENDAR. THE ITEMS ON THE
CONSENT CALENDAR INCLUDE
SENSIBILITY ZERO 93 WHICH IS
PAYMENT OF THE BILLS FROM
BEFORE. APPOINTMENTS FROM THE
GOVERNANCE AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. TWO
OPPONENTS FROM THE HOUSING AND
HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE. ARE
THERE ANY ITEMS THAT
COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR COTTON
UNOPPOSED.
>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX
MY SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTES AND
LEGISLATION ON THE CONSENT
CALENDAR ON MY BEHALF? MOVING
ON, THERE ARE NO COMMITTEE
REPORTS FOR CONSIDERATION TODAY.
THERE WERE NO ITEMS REMOVED FROM
THE CONSENT CALENDAR EXCEPT FOR
THIS ONE ITEM THAT WE WILL GO TO
AT THE END OF THE MEETING.
>> MY APOLOGIES. WE SHOULD'VE
REMOVED IT FROM THE AGENDA
COMPLETELY. THIS IS THE
LAST-MINUTE CORRECTION AND
LAST-MINUTE NOTICE THAT NEEDED
TO BE DONE. IF THERE'S NO
OBJECTION, I RECOMMEND THAT THE
AGENDA BE ADMITTED TO REMOVE
COUNCIL BUILT 120983.
>> I MOVED TO REMOVE COUNCIL
BUILT NUMBER 120983.
>> THE AGENDA WILL BE AMENDED AS
STATED.
>> IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA WILL BE AMENDED AS
STATED. WAIT. THERE IS NOT A
RESOLUTION FOR INTRODUCTION AND
ADOPTION TODAY. TODAY, WE HAVE
FOUR PROCLAMATIONS, WHICH WILL
BE DISCUSSED AND SIGNED TODAY
FOR PRESENTATION LATER IN THE
COMMUNITY. I WILL ASK EACH
COUNCIL MEMBER TO INTRODUCE THE
PROCLAMATION AND SEEK ANY FINAL
FEEDBACK ON THE PROCLAMATION
WITH ROLL CALL FOR ITS MEMBERS
TO AFFIX SIGNATURES TO THE
PROCLAMATION. OKAY. WE ARE
STARTING WITH THE FIRST PICO
MISSION. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO PRESENT
THE PROGRESSION HONORING
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
PRESIDENT ANA MARI CAUCE. SHE
HAS BEEN WORKING AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SINCE
1986 IN VARIOUS ROLES INCLUDING
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, CHAIR,
DEAN, PROVOST, EXECUTIVE VICE
PRESIDENT AND THEN TO PRESIDENT
SERVING TWO FIVE-YEAR TERMS AS
PRESIDENT. PRESIDENT CAUCE IS A
GROUNDBREAKER, BECOMING THE
FIRST WOMAN, THE FIRST LaTINA
AND THE FIRST OPENLY LGBTQ+
PERSON TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT OF
THE UNIVERSITY. I WILL PRESENT
THIS TO PRESIDENT CAUCE .
COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT IN SIGNING ONTO THIS
RECOGNITION OF PRESIDENT CAUCE
FOR HER MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO
THE UNIVERSITY AND TO OUR CITY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ARE
THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM MY
COLLEAGUES ON THIS? I WILL
SIMPLY SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD, AND I
ALMOST WISH SHE WOULD BE HERE TO
RECEIVE IT SO WE COULD SEE --
HEAR HER COMMENTS AND THANK HER,
BUT I BELIEVE I WILL BE
ATTENDING, AS WELL. I JUST
REALLY APPRECIATE THE
RECOGNITION FROM SOMEONE WHO IS
LEADING -- I BELIEVE IT WAS THE
LARGEST EMPLOYER OF SEATTLE. IT
IS DEFINITELY AN INSTITUTION
THAT I BELIEVE CITY HALL SHOULD
BE CLOSER TO BECAUSE THERE IS SO
MUCH KNOWLEDGE COMING OUT OF
THERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
BRINGING IT FORWARD.
>> AGREED, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
AND WE DID INVITE PRESIDENT
CAUCE, BUT SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO
ATTEND , AND IT IS
UNDERSTANDABLE GIVEN HER MANY
RESPONSE ABILITIES AT THE
UNIVERSITY, BUT SHE KNOWS THAT
WE WERE WELCOMING AND INVITING
HER TO BE HERE AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO BEING WITH HER ON
THURSDAY AND WITH YOU IF YOU ARE
GOING TO BE THERE, SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO
FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS,
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL TO DETERMINE WHICH COUNCIL
MEMBERS WOULD LIKE THEIR
SIGNATURE AFFIXED TO THE --
HONORING PRESIDENT ANA MARI
CAUCE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> NINE SIGNATURES WILL BE
AFFIXED. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO PRESENT ON
AIRTRAN INDEPENDENCE DAY.
>> I'M BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO
CELEBRATE AND RECOGNIZE
INDEPENDENT STATE OF ERITREA. IT
IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
DAYS OF THE ERITREAN DIASPORA,
PARTICULARLY HERE IN SEATTLE,
AND WE HAVE BEEN PROUD TO WORK
WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN
DEVELOPING THIS PROCLAMATION. WE
RECOGNIZE THAT THE INCREDIBLE
ERITREAN COMMUNITY HERE IN
SEATTLE AND THEIR
CONTRIBUTION'S TO OUR
COMMUNITY. WE WOULD LIKE TO
PRESENT THIS ON INDEPENDENCE DAY
FOR ERITREAN INDEPENDENCE DAY ON
MAY 24th, WHERE THEY WILL BE
HAVING A CELEBRATION AT SIEWERT
PARK AMPHITHEATER. I WENT LAST
YEAR. IT WAS A BLAST, AND I
WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO JOIN
ALONG IN CELEBRATING THIS
INCREDIBLE DAY AND ALSO SEE THE
RECITATION OF THE SPARKLE
MISSION TO THE COMMUNITY. AND I
ASK FOR YOUR SIGNATURES. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL
RIGHT. SEEING NONE, WITH THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO
DETERMINE WHICH COUNCIL MEMBERS
WANT THEIR SIGNATURES ON THE
PICO MISSION RECOGNIZING MAY
24th AS ERITREAN INDEPENDENCE
DAY?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> [ INAUDIBLE ]
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> [ INAUDIBLE ]
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> NINE SIGNATURES WILL BE
AFFIXED.
>> ON THE THIRD AND FOURTH
COMMISSIONS, COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH HAS TWO
COMMISSIONS FOR DISCUSSION AND
SIGNATURE WHICH WILL BE
DISCUSSED TOGETHER AND WITH ONE
ROLL CALL TO AFFIX SIGNATURES TO
BOTH. COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED TO PRESENT TWO
PROCLAMATIONS ON PRIDE ASIA DAY
AND PRIDE MONTH.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
MY FAVORITE MONTH AFTER BLACK
HISTORY MONTH. I THINK THEY BOTH
WEIGH TOGETHER. SO, THIS YEAR, I
THINK THE ONE THING THAT IS
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE
RECOGNIZING -- GAY PRIDE MONTH
IN LIGHT OF SOME OF THE
UNFORTUNATE ATTACKS THAT HAVE
BEEN ON THE GAY COMMUNITY --
EIGHT SUBVERSION OF RESIGNS.
LAST YEAR, SEATTLE SUBMITTED
THEIR 50th ANNIVERSARY OF GAY
PRIDE, WHICH WAS PRETTY AMAZING.
WE TALKED ABOUT KNOWING YOUR
HISTORY REVEALS YOUR POTENTIAL
GREATNESS, AND FOR THIS YEAR, IT
IS RESILIENCE -- STANDING UP --
JUST PRIED OUT LOUD AND BEING
PRIDEFUL IN OUR CITY. I KNOW
THAT RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A LOT
OF COMMUNITIES THAT WANT TO SHOW
-- AND I THINK WE HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY HERE IN SEATTLE
PARTICULARLY, TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE CAN BE A LEADER IN THE
COMMUNITY. THERE'S A LOT OF
TRANS COMMUNITY COMING TO
SEATTLE AND REFUGE OF HAVING A
SAFE SPACE AND A STATUARY CITY.
I REALLY CONNECTED TO WHEN YOU
HAVE A LOT OF BLACK PEOPLE THAT
CAME TO SEATTLE DURING THE GREAT
MIGRATION, LEAVING THE SOUTH AND
COMING HERE TO SEATTLE TO FIND A
NEW HOME. THERE'S A LOT OF
CROSSOVER HERE FOR ME. FOR THIS
PRIDE PROCLAMATION THAT WILL BE
PRESENTED ON THE 31st OF MAY OF
THIS YEAR. THAT IS A SATURDAY.
IT WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE FLAG
RAISING FOR BOTH OF THESE BY
COMMISSIONS. I REALLY
APPRECIATED EVERYONE'S SUPPORT
LAST YEAR. I'M LOOKING FOR TO
EVERYONE'S SUPPORT THIS YEAR.
THANK YOU.
>> ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS? I'M LOOKING AT THE
SCREEN. NOT SEEING ANY HANDS UP.
WELL, COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH, I WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR BRINGING THESE IMPORTANT
PRECONDITIONS FORWARD. AS MANY
OF YOU KNOW, THE SEATTLE
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IS
TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW. MY
STAFFER AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT
SOME OF THE FILMS INCLUDING A
DOCUMENTARY ON THE ATTACK ON
BOOKS AND LIBRARIES AND ANOTHER
DOCUMENTARY ABOUT STATES BANNING
GENDER AFFIRMING CARE FOR MINORS
AND IT JUST MAKES ME, FRANKLY,
-- WELL, IT JUST MAKES ME SICK
THAT THIS IS WHERE WE ARE AT
RIGHT NOW. WHAT TRUMP AND HIS
ALLIES ARE TRYING TO DO RIGHT
NOW IS ROB THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY
OF THEIR STORIES, IDENTITY, AND
DIGNITY. IT IS MORE CRITICAL
THAN EVER THAT WE AS A CITY
LOUDLY AND PROUDLY PROCLAIM JUNE
AS PRIDE MONTH AND THAT WE STAND
WITH THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY TODAY
AND EVERY DAY. THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING IT FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU. IF I CAN SAY ONE
MORE THING. I APOLOGIZE. I
DON'T MEAN TO BE A DEBBIE
DOWNER. WE ARE EXCITED TO BE THE
CITY WE ARE TO BE THE CITY WE
ARE AND TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY
. THE GAY PARADE IS ONE OF THE
MOST PHENOMENAL THAT WE HAVE IN
THE CITY TO SEE ALL THE SMILING
FACES, THE PEOPLE, THE JOY, THE
LOVE. THAT IS WHAT OUR COMMUNITY
IS ABOUT. I JUST WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT THAT. I KNOW WE CAN
TALK ABOUT STUFF ON THE FEDERAL
LEVEL AND I MET WITH THAT. I
APOLOGIZE. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
THE CELEBRATION THAT WE HAVE FOR
THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JUNE AND
HAVE THEM A NOMINAL IT IS TO BE
IN COMMUNITY AND CONNECTED WITH
FOLKS. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT
THAT.
>> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU.
>> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO
FURTHER COMMENTS, WITH LECLERC,
THE ROLL TO DETERMINE WHICH
COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL BE AFFIXING
THEIR SIGNATURE TO THE
PROCLAMATION?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE.
>> [ INAUDIBLE ] MAYOR BRUCE
HARRELL FIVE
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON.
>> AYE. PRESIDENT CAUCE
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON. TO
EXISTING
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
EVERYONE. I WOULD LIKE TO
RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE,
WHO WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW
WORDS ABOUT MEMORIAL DAY.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. I APPRECIATE IT. THIS
TIME LAST YEAR, I SENT OUT A
SPEECH I HAD GIVEN IN MY
HOMETOWN ON MEMORIAL DAY TO
COLLEAGUES HERE ON THE DAIS. I
KNOW WE HAVE TWO NEW ONES. I
HAVE A COPY FOR YOU BOTH. IT WAS
ALSO PUT OUT IN OUR NEWSLETTER
AND SO FORTH. GIVEN THE FACT
THAT MEMORIAL DAY IS COMING UP,
BEFORE THE NEXT FULL COUNCIL
MEETING, I JUST WANTED TO READ A
COUPLE OF EXCERPTS FROM THE
SPEECH I HAD GIVEN THAT I SENT
OUT AS A DOCUMENT LAST YEAR. SO,
COLLEAGUES, I WANTED TO NOTE
THAT MEMORIAL DAY, AS WE KNOW IT
TODAY REALLY STARTS FROM WORLD
WAR I, SINCE BEFORE THAT, IT WAS
CELEBRATED ON DIFFERENT DAYS AND
SOMETIMES EVEN CALL TO
DIFFERENTLY AS DECORATION DAY.
AS AN AMERICAN, AND I THINK ALL
OF US AS AMERICANS CAN BE QUITE
PROUD THAT OUR COUNTRY HONORS
THIS DATE WITH PARADES AND
CEREMONIES, WHICH IS IN KEEPING
WITH THE GENERAL ORDER NUMBER 11
OF HEADQUARTERS OF THE GRAND
ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC SIGNED IN
1868. THE ORDER STATED NO FORM
OF CEREMONIES PRESCRIBED [
INAUDIBLE ] SUCH FITTING
SERVICES AND TESTIMONIALS OF
RESPECT AS CIRCUMSTANCES MAY
PERMIT. THE INTENT OF THE ORDERS
WAS TO INAUGURATE THIS
OBSERVANCE WITH THE HOPE THAT IT
WOULD BE KEPT UP FROM YEAR TO
YEAR, WHILE THE SURVIVOR OF THE
WORK REMAINS TO HONOR THE MEMORY
OF DEPARTED COMRADES. IN MY
SPEECH, I TALK ABOUT 9/11. THOSE
I KNEW THAT PAST, AND THEN ALSO,
IN IRAQ, FOUR MEMBERS OF MY UNIT
WERE KILLED IN IRAQ. ALSO, THE
IDEA CAME OUT THAT SOMETIMES
FAMILIES FEEL THAT THEY ARE
SOMETIMES FORGOTTEN AND THEY
MADE THE POINT THAT THEY ARE
NEVER FORGOTTEN. IT'S IMPORTANT
TO STATE THAT. I DID STATED IN
MY LETTER TO A FAMILY IN THIS
SPEECH. BUT TO CONCLUDE, YOU
KNOW, ON MEMORIAL DAY, WE ALL
PAY TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO HAVE
GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN SERVICE OF
OUR NATION. OUR FATHERS,
BROTHERS, SONS COTTONELLE, ALSO,
MOTHERS, SISTERS, DAUGHTERS,
NEIGHBORS, AND FRIENDS.
SEPARATELY, MEMORIAL DAY IS
ABOUT THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN LOST
AND HAVE BEEN KILLED. IT IS NOT
VETERANS DAY. VETERANS DAY IS IN
NOVEMBER. I DID IN MY SPEECH
ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
VETERANS THAT HAD BEEN WOUNDED
IN BATTLE ALONGSIDE THOSE THAT
HAD BEEN KILLED. WE OFTEN, AS I
SAID,, THE NAMES WHO DIED BUT
RARELY THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN
WOUNDED. THE TWO INSTANCES IN MY
UNIT THAT WERE KILLED, THERE
WERE MANY MORE INJURED AT THE
SAME TIME, AND THEY LIVE WITH
THOSE INJURIES TODAY. SO I THINK
-- AS A SLIGHT DETOUR -- TO
RECOGNIZE THEM AND THOSE INJURED
IN THAT WAY. IN THE END, I WOULD
LIKE TO THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SPEAK ABOUT MEMORIAL DAY, AND
ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN
MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONIES
THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO PLACES
LIKE THE WALL OF REMEMBRANCE. [
INAUDIBLE ] HALL, WHICH IS
SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL -- I AND
COLLEAGUES -- ARE LOOKING TO
VENTURE IS IN GREAT SHAPE. ALSO
OTHER AREAS, TOO, THROUGH VFW
POSTS LIKE OURS. VFW POST 362.
ALL THOSE ACROSS THE STATE
INCLUDE WEST SEATTLE, WHERE I
KNOW THERE ARE SOME AMERICAN
LEGION FOLKS. AT THE END OF THE
DAY, FOR SOME, MEMORIAL DAY IS
ABOUT A DAY OFF AT THE START OF
THE SUMMER SEASON, BUT
PARTICIPATION IN EVENTS LIKE
THOSE, HOWEVER, PROVIDES A
FITTING TESTIMONY OF RESPECT TO
THOSE THAT GAVE THE ULTIMATE
SACRIFICE IN DEFENSE OF OUR
NATION. SO, THANK YOU. CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THOSE
COMMENTS. I REMEMBER LAST YEAR,
YOU DID A PROCLAMATION FOR
MEMORIAL DAY. AND WHEN HE
PRESENTED IT, I REMEMBER THE
COMMENTS OF PEOPLE IN THE
AUDIENCE. I BELIEVE SOME FOLKS
THAT -- SOME -- SOME OFFICERS.
SOME FIREFIGHTERS. PEOPLE THAT
HAD BEEN IN THE SERVICES. AND I
REMEMBER SOMEONE REMARKING THAT
THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME EVER
THAT A COUNCILMEMBER HAD EVEN
RECOGNIZED MEMORIAL DAY, AND IT
WAS MUCH APPRECIATED. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR KEEPING ON A
LITTLE BIT OF THAT TRADITION BY
MAKING YOUR COMMENTS TODAY. I
THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
>> ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER
BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE
COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE,