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Seattle voters approve largest tax package in city history
« on: November 06, 2024, 07:10:34 am »

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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Re: Seattle voters approve largest tax package in city history
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2024, 07:12:01 am »
Liberals must get a warm, fuzzy feeling when they can give their hard-earned income to a government to be squandered. :tongue2:
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Re: Seattle voters approve largest tax package in city history
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2024, 10:26:37 am »
You don't understand.  They're BETTER than you.  They CARE more than you.
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Re: Seattle voters approve largest tax package in city history
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2024, 11:20:23 am »
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.
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