‘Show of force’: Business-backed opponents of Seattle head tax outspent supporters 2 to 1
Campaigns for and against the levy spent more than $600,000 combined, contesting a referendum that likely will not take place.
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Seattle offers $4,001 to settle lawsuit claiming head-tax vote broke open-meetings law
The offer by City Attorney Pete Holmes would cover any civil fines for breaking the law, but the city wouldn’t admit that it actually did...
With Seattle’s head tax dead, business lobbyists set sights on City Council elections
The tax was supposed to raise $47 million per year for low-income housing and homeless services. The lobbyists who helped kill the measure want to...
Task force on homelessness looks to restart after Seattle head-tax debate
A stalled King County committee on homelessness looks to a post head-tax world.
Seattle City Council is responsible for the head tax fiasco | David Horsey cartoon
The Seattle City Council repealed the $275 per worker head tax after the referendum campaign received enough signatures for the November ballot.
10 take-aways from the head-tax debacle | Editorial
It was an uprising of fed-up citizens, not Amazon strong-arming City Hall. Now it’s time to keep up the pressure.
Repealing head tax, Seattle avoids walking into the propeller | Jon Talton
Amazon didn't bully the city into rescinding this destructive policy. The City Council prompted a popular revolt — but not the one its most extreme...
Lawsuit accuses Seattle of violating open-meetings law before head-tax repeal vote; anti-tax campaign turns in signatures just in case
Three attorneys contend each of the named city officials be fined and that the city bear their legal costs; city attorney says council complied with...
Lots of blame for Seattle's head-tax debacle. Except where it belongs | Danny Westneat
The City Council implicitly acknowledged its head-tax plan was a loser when members voted to repeal it. But they couldn't admit it, instead blaming about...