Mayor Durkan's Proposal For Smaller Head Tax Fails

by Steven HsiehMayor Jenny Durkan’s preferred head tax plan, which would cut the City Council’s initial proposal in half, failed to garner enough votes in a committee to move forward.
Council members voted 5 to 4 against the plan.Bruce Harrell, Sally Bagshaw, Rob Johnson and Deborah Johnson voted for the plan. Lisa Herbold, Lorena González, Mike O’Brien, Kshama Sawant and Teresa Mosqueda voted against the proposal.
Durkan's plan would have taxed large businesses $250 per