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[Duda for King County @Duda4KingCounty]

In light of the recent news about KCRHA, it’s worth stepping back and looking at the bigger pattern:
More money.
More bureaucracy.
Worse outcomes.
Seattle and King County have spent years promising that the next program, agency, or tax would finally turn things around.
It hasn’t.
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[Duda for King County @Duda4KingCounty]

There is really no winner here.

Seattle gets less housing.

Affordable providers have less revenue coming in.

Private developers feel burned and will be less likely to push for new projects.

Investors will be less apt to fund them when they do.

Residents see government not solving problems, and in this case, actively stopping common sense approaches.

[Duda for King County @Duda4KingCounty]

https://t.co/mRDaxZRPdk

[Duda for King County @Duda4KingCounty]

Robert, it’s true that many have criticized Seattle in bad faith.

BUT, many more who have critiqued the way our region has been operating have done so precisely because they want us to be better and know what amazing potential we have here if we do what we’ve done for the World Cup.
Things like :
-clean orderly and vibrant public spaces without open drug use
-innovative efforts to fill and activate vacant and neglected spaces
-and ensuring our transit system is operating smoothly easily and frequently.

The World Cup has shown that we can operate like world class city. Too many citizens have been frustrated we don’t do the things listed above every day for those who live here.

Let’s acknowledge what this really tells us. Our city can be consistently incredible, but we need to make these types of changes permanent in the way we operate.

This is an incredible moment for our region; let’s build on it in a unifying way.

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@lucas_nivon @skaushik100 @skubly @SeaTimesOpinion Using 2nd Ave subway as a benchmark is the wrong benchmark. That’s the most expensive one period. Your point about these types of issues being national is fair, but this is whitewashing how much worse ST is than anywhere else except NY

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@engele @VijayInWA @GovBobFerguson Genuine question, how much of the budget is tied to direct collective bargains like this as well as indirect (ie through cost increases for partner organizations). Just curious how much of the budget in full as well as the increase is labor related.

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@DavidCable13 @SaraENelson Definitely some, and I’m sure Sara would acknowledge that too. Not the point

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@BBallSchoILL Genuinely have always thought a really tall guy on a college roster would be worth a roster spot to block/influence kicks alone. NFL rosters are too small to justify it tho

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@KromanDavid @daeshikjr I’ve always been shocked at the lack of good soup places. Cold rainy and dark half the year says soup to me and the options for non-pho soup are way too limited

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@DzambhalaHODL @brenorb Did you ask about this once you had your data or did it raise it to you?

Curious how much is “discovered” vs “enquired about”

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@GovBobFerguson You should make it revenue neutral by offsetting state sales tax. This would be an idea MOST can get behind.

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@MitchMerz @slmandel Their loss was also a thorough beat down. They were down 26-0 in the 4th

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@BoilerMuse Nd fan here who thought this was hilarious.

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@future42org It’s the worst take I’ve seen from @future42org since following

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@future42org This tax has a high floor when it kicks in, it literally doesn’t affect the people who earned the money, and it has 0 incremental benefit towards the happiness of those who receive it above a certain point.

I’m against a lot of taxes but this one is mostly good

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@pittsburghfan25 @BowTied_Golfer Declining form and a bad personality.

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@KrissBergTweets @moseskagan How do you see the different messages? I have only read fountainhead and have had differing feelings on it over the years.

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@cpstalions @JoshPateCFB The flippant nature of this response shows how just how horribly bad your judgment is

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@ronpdavis @SukritGanesh @asher_971 But that’s entirely different. An open parking lot provides 0 utility aside from parking. This is a huge housing complex, with added, paid for, benefits for the residents.

More broadly though, adding fees like these make housing more expensive, regardless of the type. That’s bad

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@ronpdavis @SukritGanesh @asher_971 What’s the justification for adding linkage fees for this?

The developers / owners of the condo paid to have the parking underground built. They’re nothing the land poorly for surface lots eg

Seems the the above is just adding taxes based on your preference