Seattle and King County taxpayers deserve a more thoughtful distribution of proposed sales tax for roads
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Under the current proposal, Seattle would receive less funding, and its share would be distributed among other cities including very wealthy cities. See more in this PDF. A proposed spending plan for a 0.1% sales tax across King County would artificially limit the share of the funding that the City of Seattle would receive, distributing Seattle's share to other cities including some of the wealthiest suburban cities in the nation. Ryan Packer at the The Urbanist has reported extensively on this sales tax measure, which has yet to make it into the Seattle Times despite…
