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A fight is brewing at the King County Council tomorrow over whether a new 0.1% sales tax measure will arbitrarily limit the amount of funding that gets sent to Seattle, diverting it elsewhere. This week city leaders started pushing back.
www.theurbanist.org/seattle-lead...
The whole series is so informative for local voters. And I appreciate @finchfrii.bsky.social for moderating the @theurbanist.org housing forum last night.
Seattle taxpayers should not be subsidizing roads in wealthy suburbs like Yarrow Point and Medina!
NEW STORY// Seattle Leaders Push Back on Plan to Shortchange City in New Countywide Tax
By Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org
On transit, Zahilay is announcing "Metro's next stop", a name being given to an update of King County Metro's long range plan through 2038.
He says it will include: 9 new routes, 4 new RapidRide routes, and an increase in the number of routes running at least every 15 minutes.
He's also announcing a "permit advisory panel" that is focused on reducing permit timelines in order to accelerate housing production.
Forum with King County District 2 candidates starting in 10! www.youtube.com/live/RtyffbN...
In his state of the county address, Girmay Zahilay just announced that King County will advance plans for an 80 unit tiny house village on county land in Seattle.
Have a question for King County Assessor Candidates Chris Roberts or Rob Foxcurran? Reply, and we'll try to squeeze it into the Q+A section at the forum we're livestreaming tonight. Starts at 6 PM.
