The Empty part is downtown, which as of now has a 38.5% office vacancy rate. Yes, that's 38.5%!!! Office buildings for sale have sold for 20-30% of their assessed value; restaurants are closing every day; entire chains of stores have been closed due to high theft and vandalism risks. That "high-cost" part? Well, on January …
Continue reading *Welcome to the Empty, High-Cost, City of Seattle. Parking downtown? Think again!
All day, every day now, more and more information comes to light regarding what our "elected" officials are raining down on the law-abiding, tax-paying citizens of Washington State. They are getting us coming and going, literally. Washington State has one of the only Death Taxes in America, and it is the highest of any state. …
Continue reading *SMASH! BANG!! OW!! BOOM! OOF!! And the blows just keep coming for Washingtonians.
Here is the text of the ballot measure on the primary ballot in King County, Washington, that includes Seattle and surrounding suburbs. King County Proposition No. 1 Sales Tax for Cultural Access Program The King County Council passed Ordinance No. 18513 to establish and fund a cultural access program. The program would expand access to …
As usual, the latest session of the Washington State Legislature (third "special" session) has found ways to forcibly extract more of their hard-earned money from taxpayers. Yes, to your ostensible "representatives", all you are is a bottomless source of funds for them to spend (waste?). And when a small tax reduction was attached to the …
Continue reading State of Washington to Taxpayers: All your money are belong to us.
