The Seattle Times
Seattle City Council passes ‘JumpStart’ tax on high salaries paid by big businesses
The Seattle City Council passed a new tax on big businesses Monday that’s expected to fund economic relief and core services during the coronavirus crisis and raise more than $200 million per year for housing, local business assistance and community development in the long term. … Read More
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Health, housing, union & workers’ rights advocate. Policy wonk. Coalition builder. Newly elected King County D8 Councilmember. Official KC posts at @CMTMosqueda
Fun Fact: Youth crime actually is about on par with pre pandemic numbers, at least according to case referral numbers to King County prosecutors. @finchfrii asked me about this last week after the @KCCouncil vote. https://kingcounty.gov/en/dept/pao/about-king-county/about-pao/data-reports/dashboard#:~:text=The%20sections%20of%20the%20dashboard,explained%20in%20the%20dashboard%20itself.
For those who have asked what small businesses DONT want to permanently enshrine CM Hollingsworth's subminimum wage, they signed this op-ed.
So excited to see the community across WA State supporting @BobFergusonAG so he can TURN OUT THE VOTE and win his race to be the next Governor of the Great State of WA! ❤️💪🏾