The City of Seattle had a key hearing in front of the state Court of Appeals today as it tries to rescue its income tax ordinance, and it didn’t go well.
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The City Council paid a lobbyist $50,000 for the income tax ordinance, and other revelations
Last year Jason Mercier, Director of the Center for Government Reform at the conservative Washington Policy Center, submitted an expansive public document request for documents and communications from Seattle officials related to the development of the city’s income tax ordinance. He’s been kind enough to share and discuss the resulting information-dumps with me, and the results are a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at how the City Council operates. I should state up-front: Jason and I disagree on the merits of an income tax (I’m for it), but we have a shared interest in government transparency and accountability, independent of government officials’ …
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