On Aug. 7, the Revenue Stabilization Workgroup offered its findings of potential new progressive revenue for the city of Seattle. The group, founded by the Seattle City Council and Mayor Harrell in 2022, was charged with identifing equitable solutions to fill the growing gap in revenue needed for the City’s General Fund. The group screened 63 potential ideas against evaluation criteria and came up with nine possible new sources of revenue.
There are a lot of politics swirling around this, and below is my take.
TL;DR version: Go get that money! ...