Seattle voters approve largest tax package in city history

[rangerrebew]

Seattle voters approve largest tax package in city history
Story by Spencer Pauley • 7h


(The Center Square) – Seattle voters have approved the largest tax proposal in city history, with revenue going toward transportation needs.

Tuesday night results show the levy receiving 67% of collected votes.

The eight-year levy package totals $1.55 billion. It is expected to cost a median homeowner in Seattle approximately $546 a year.
 
The biggest portion of generated funding – $330 million – would go toward arterial roadway maintenance. Approximately 15 major corridors are planned to be repaved.

Another $115 million would go toward transit improvements on streets with high ridership bus routes and create better access to Sound Transit light rail stations.

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[rangerrebew]

Liberals must get a warm, fuzzy feeling when they can give their hard-earned income to a government to be squandered.

[ChemEngrMBA]

You don't understand.  They're BETTER than you.  They CARE more than you.
And Big Oil is greedy and mean.
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[The_Reader_David]

Actually, that is the level at which most taxation should take place.  I often vote for local tax increases when they are justified by projects I'd like to see accomplished in the town (city under Kansas law) where I live, even though I abhor most state and all Federal tax increases.