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May 24, 2018

Seattle companies pledge $350K to repeal head tax

  • Backers will have to gather 17,632 signatures by June 14 to get the measure on the ballot.

    • SEATTLE (AP) — Amazon, Starbucks, Vulcan and other companies have pledged a total of more than $350,000 toward an effort to repeal Seattle's newly passed tax on large employers intended to combat homelessness.

    Just days after the Seattle City Council approved the levy, the No Tax On Jobs campaign, a coalition of businesses, announced it would gather signatures to put a referendum on the November ballot to repeal it.


     
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