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King County Council: Use public money for public priorities

As early as Monday, September 17th, the King County Council will vote on a proposal to allocate $165 million additional hotel/motel tax dollars to affordable housing. This proposal is the result of advocacy from many people all around King County but the hard work isn't over yet!

The proposal before Council still allocates significant public resources to subsidize stadium maintenance and improvements, but lacks meaningful oversight or accountability. In addition, as many Councilmembers noted last week, the proposal shortchanges investment of Lodging Tax revenues in small businesses and regional tourism activities.

Urge your councilmember to commit to doing both: ensure at least $165M investment in additional resources for critically needed affordable housing, and support regional tourism by reducing the public subsidy for a private, for-profit major league baseball organization.

Our county's unprecedented need for affordable homes requires us to respond boldly and compassionately. In this moment, let's be confident that there is no need more pressing than ensuring everyone in King County has a safe, healthy, and affordable home.

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King County Council: do more than the minimum!
Lodging tax dollars should fund affordable homes, not subsidize stadium maintenance.

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CMs McDermott, Dunn, Lambert, Balducci, PvR, and Executive Constantine

Subject: Thank you, and keep working to prioritize public dollars for public benefits

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Thank you for listening to the many members of the public who urged you and your colleagues to expand the lodging tax allocation for affordable housing. Your vote let constituents like me know that you heard our concerns, and recognize your job is to develop budgets and spending plans that prioritize our community's most pressing needs. For this reason, I urge you to protect the commitment you and your colleagues have made to help build more homes that working people in King County can afford to live in. I also urge you to take another step before your final vote on September 17. The proposal before council still allocates significant public resources to subsidize stadium maintenance and improvements, but lacks meaningful oversight or accountability. In addition, as many Councilmembers noted last week, the proposal shortchanges investment of Lodging Tax revenues in small businesses and regional tourism activities. Please commit to doing both: ensure at least $165M investment in additional resources for critically needed affordable housing, and support regional tourism by reducing the public subsidy for the Mariners organization. People who work in restaurants, entertainment, and hotels, just like people in schools, medical clinics, and domestic violence shelters, need to be able to afford to live in our community. Thank you,

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Thank You for supportive councilmembers

Subject: Thank you! Keep championing your principled stance on the lodging tax!

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I applaud you for championing a principled position that public dollars should be allocated to our community's greatest needs- more housing that working people can afford - and not to subsidize a profitable major league baseball corporation. Thank you for supporting Councilmember Kohl-Welles' proposal, a plan to increase King County's affordable housing investment and support tourism promotion for projects like an international market in SeaTac, while still offering a reasonable compromise to the Mariners' owners. As you approach the full council vote on the 17th, I urge you to protect the investment you championed in affordable homes. Please ensure that public interests are not pitted against one another, and find a balance with your colleagues between the need for regional tourism promotion and support for the Mariners organization. People who work in restaurants, entertainment, and hotels, just like people in schools, medical clinics, and domestic violence shelters, need to be able to afford to live in our community.

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