It’s worth noting, especially with the latest regionalism for Sound Transit, that Seattle basically always picks up the tab for the region and gets zero thanks about it
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Seattle taxpayers should not be subsidizing roads in wealthy suburbs like Yarrow Point and Medina!
Councilmember Eddie Lin
NEW STORY// Seattle Leaders Push Back on Plan to Shortchange City in New Countywide Tax
By Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org
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A 0.1% countywide sales tax hike is on deck for later this week, largely to fund road improvements outside cities and towns. Seattle city leaders are arguing that a proposed cap diverting several million dollars per year to other cities and towns is unfair.