Seattle Officials Knowingly Lowballed Streetcar Costs by 50 Percent
Another transit project's costs go off the rails.
Another transit project's costs go off the rails.
Unfortunately, that's not all it's doing.
Similar taxes in other cities have led to lost jobs and without bringing in the expected revenue.
The city council's desire to 'tax the rich' collided with the plain text of Washington state law.
Seattle's vouchers, passed to give outsiders a leg up, instead act as campaign welfare for well-established candidates.
That is the definition of throwing the baby out with the bath water.
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