My wife and I recently returned from a trip through seven states. Of those, our state, Washington, had the highest fuel costs. That is unacceptable. The Legislature has raised our gas taxes numerous times. They have increased our vehicle registration taxes (they may call them by different names to get around the initiative we as citizens approved). They have initiated tolls on I-405.
Snohomish County wanted a large tax increase to further fund law enforcement in spite of the fact that, as I understand it, is already some 75 percent of the budget. Yet they are also giving significant raises to some key executives.
Our cities want more of the pie for their various reasons.
Our school districts keep coming back to us for more money. And the Supreme Court wants to give even more of our money to schools.
Sound Transit is asking for a large increase in taxes to fund transportation that many cities in Snohomish County will never see till 2030, or so they say.
We as citizens are tired of all this burden being put on us. We want our share of the pie in the form of lower taxes. But we can’t have it since these government entities keep taking it from us. When we establish budgets as families we cannot spend more than we take in without going into debt. We cannot go to another entity and ask for money as they can. We must live within our budgets. They must do the same! If we don’t have the money we can’t go out and spend what we don’t have. They need to stop coming to our trough. They must live within their means as we must do!
Vote “no” on all tax and fee presentations by these government entities whenever they come up.
Sherwood Sage
Mukilteo
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