Record $930 million Move Seattle levy tests the limits of voters’ generosity

Voters in Seattle are legendary for generosity. They approve property tax levies for worthy causes, let City Hall double levies at renewal time and believe warnings from the political class that the sky will fall in if (fill in name of levy) is not renewed and that (name of levy) will set you back only a latte or two each week. The record, nine-year $930 million Move Seattle levy on November’s ballot, a “replacement levy” for the 2006 Bridging the Gap levy, poses a questio