Posts for August, 2020

Letter sent from Downtown Seattle Association on “Reconsidering” the Amazon Tax

August 21st, 2020

August 14, 2020Dear Council President González and Budget Chair Mosqueda,Prior to your adoption of Seattle’s tax on jobs, we expressed grave concern over the economic disadvantage this tax would create for Seattle and the likelihood that the policy would push jobs outside of the city. Yesterday, Bloomberg News reported that Amazon is considering office locations […]

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Councilmember Sawant’s Response to Chief Best Resignation

August 13th, 2020

SEATTLE – Councilmember Kshama Sawant (District 3, Central Seattle), chair of the Council’s Sustainability and Renters Rights Committee, released the following statement in response to the resignation announcement by Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best: When Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best announced her pending retirement earlier this week, she joined more than half a dozen police […]

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