Siphoning nearly $3 million of regressive sales tax from Seattleites to subsidize building roads in wealthy suburbs like Medina, Bellevue, Yarrow Point, and Beaux Arts is unacceptable.” —Seattle Street Alliance
Furious agreement.
Tracy Banaszynski
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.
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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 mill...
