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Guys, I bought a truck.
(that's actually a bike)
Seattle is about to get screwed. King County Council is proposing to increase our sales tax and send it to wealthy suburbs that don’t want to pay for their own road building. It will soak Seattle for $3 million a year, in perpetuity, to maintain roads in Medina and Bellevue. Ask for a fair deal 👇🏻
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Gordon Padelford
Seattle taxpayers should not be subsidizing roads in wealthy suburbs like Yarrow Point and Medina!
Since that 2022 session, Tirana’s cycling network has grown to 72 kilometres of protected lanes. With a renewed emphasis on quality and not just quantity, these corridors feel welcoming to everyone—not only confident adults, but children, the elderly, and those who’ve never considered biking before.
It is very disappointing that neither the Stranger nor the Seattle Times has covered this story so far.
Yet another example of why you should become a member of The Urbanist: www.theurbanist.org/membership/
“Regionalism” is when Seattle sales tax $ is taken to subsidize suburbs that don’t want to raise their own property taxes to pay for their own roads, dontcha know?
Warren Wells, AICP
Should Seattle sales tax be increased to subsidize wealthy suburban road building? No! But that's what the King County Council is proposing to do this Friday. Tell them to treat Seattle fairly, and not siphon $3 million sales tax for Bellevue etc.
Take action now! actionnetwork.org/letters/8415...
Gordon Padelford
Gordon Padelford
Councilmember Eddie Lin
Gordon Padelford
Gordon Padelford
Dear King County Council, 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 un...
Should Seattle sales tax be increased to subsidize wealthy suburban road building? No! But that's what the King County Council is proposing to do this Friday. Tell them to treat Seattle fairly, and not siphon $3 million sales tax for Bellevue etc.
Take action now! actionnetwork.org/letters/8415...
Seattle Streets Alliance
NEW STORY// Seattle Leaders Push Back on Plan to Shortchange City in New Countywide Tax
By Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org
Should Seattle sales tax be increased to subsidize wealthy suburban road building? No! But that's what the King County Council is proposing to do this Friday. Tell them to treat Seattle fairly, and not siphon $3 million sales tax for Bellevue etc.
Take action now! actionnetwork.org/letters/8415...
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.
Dear King County Council, 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 un...
actionnetwork.org
A new tax measure intended to bolster unincorporated King County could also boost city budgets...but significantly shortchange Seattle with an arbitrary cap.
www.theurbanist.org/new-county-t...
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...
Seattle Streets Alliance
Dear King County Council, 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 un...
A new tax measure intended to bolster unincorporated King County could also boost city budgets...but significantly shortchange Seattle with an arbitrary cap.
www.theurbanist.org/new-county-t...
The Urbanist
An amendment put forward by King County Councilmember Steffanie Fain would cap Seattle's participation in a new pass-through funding program to well below the city's proportional share, resulting in m...
www.theurbanist.org
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...
A new tax measure intended to bolster unincorporated King County could also boost city budgets...but significantly shortchange Seattle with an arbitrary cap.
www.theurbanist.org/new-county-t...
An amendment put forward by King County Councilmember Steffanie Fain would cap Seattle's participation in a new pass-through funding program to well below the city's proportional share, resulting in m...
www.theurbanist.org
An amendment put forward by King County Councilmember Steffanie Fain would cap Seattle's participation in a new pass-through funding program to well below the city's proportional share, resulting in m...
