| Submit your comments on this article |
| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Amazon loses a bet |
| 2019-11-11 |
| [Seattle Times] More than a year ago, Seattle City Councilmember Lisa Herbold teared up as she voted to repeal a per-employee tax on high-grossing businesses that would have raised money for homeless housing and services. "This is not a winnable battle at this time," Herbold said, referring to a referendum on the so-called head tax bankrolled by Amazon and other large companies. "The opposition has unlimited resources" to spend on turning voters against the tax. Fast forward to this year’s council elections, and that picture may have changed. An attempt by the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce to remake the council and ensure policies like the head tax would never return has been soundly rejected by a progressive-minded electorate, despite Amazon pouring nearly $1.5 million into seven district races through the chamber’s no-limit political-action committee (PAC). |
| Posted by:M. Murcek |
| #9 Funny ballot activity? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-11-11 14:17 |
| #8 Notso fast Frank; according to SecState number, looks like she won. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2019-11-11 13:14 |
| #7 Not wild about (any) corporations buying elections anyway. |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2019-11-11 12:31 |
| #6 Commie Kshama Sawant got the boot |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-11-11 11:24 |
| #5 Sheep making friends with wolves. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2019-11-11 11:02 |
| #4 Being taxed to death by socialist politicians? Make a big contribution to their campaign it's cheaper in the long run. |
| Posted by: jpal 2019-11-11 10:33 |
| #3 Red on red. We need popcorn for this one. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2019-11-11 10:28 |
| #2 Sleep with socialist/commies Bezos and it gets you shit like this in return. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2019-11-11 06:21 |
| #1 $1.5 million? So how much to relocate to a business friendly city? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-11-11 06:11 |