City
Extra Fizz: Ferguson to Support $20 Metro Fee
King County Council member Bob Ferguson now says he'll support a proposed $20 vehicle license fee to help stave off a $60 million annual revenue shortfall at Metro.
In a voice mail to PubliCola this morning, Ferguson said he "will be supporting the fee." That brings the number of Democrats on the council who definitely support the fee to four, with only Julia Patterson's vote in doubt. (We have a call out to Patterson's office inquiring about her current position on the fee, and to Ferguson for more details about his decision to support it).
The county council can put the two-year fee, which would provide $25 million a year for bus service, on a countywide ballot with a five-member majority. In practical terms, that means that all of the county's five Democrats would have to support it; the four Republicans on the council have all said they do not support the fee.
In a voice mail to PubliCola this morning, Ferguson said he "will be supporting the fee." That brings the number of Democrats on the council who definitely support the fee to four, with only Julia Patterson's vote in doubt. (We have a call out to Patterson's office inquiring about her current position on the fee, and to Ferguson for more details about his decision to support it).
The county council can put the two-year fee, which would provide $25 million a year for bus service, on a countywide ballot with a five-member majority. In practical terms, that means that all of the county's five Democrats would have to support it; the four Republicans on the council have all said they do not support the fee.
