Snohomish County

Nearly $1,000 property tax hike on the April ballot for Edmonds residents

Nearly $1,000 property tax hike on the April ballot for Edmonds residents

City of Edmonds leaders have placed Proposition 1 on the April 22nd Special Election ballot which, if approved, would annex the city into the South Snohomish County Regional Fire Authority (RFA). The ordinance to put this on the ballot was proposed by Mayor Mike Rosen and approved on a 6-1 vote by the City Council....

Everett Transit pulling the plug on electric buses after finding they don’t work

Everett Transit pulling the plug on electric buses after finding they don’t work

The City of Everett recently announced it is pulling the plug on nearly half the fleet of electric buses which it paid over $9 million in taxpayer dollars for in 2017 and 2019 (these purchases were unanimously approved by the City Council.) Several of these buses are exhibiting issues and lack of support from the...

Lynnwood Times: Who is voting for what? Future 42 releases its scorecard for local governments

Lynnwood Times: Who is voting for what? Future 42 releases its scorecard for local governments

The Lynnwood Times has covered Future 42 Snohomish County’s scorecards: Future 42 Snohomish County has analyzed key 2024 votes in the Snohomish County Council, and the city councils of Edmond, Everett, and Lynnwood into a custom scorecard for each to help inform residents if local council members are reflecting their values with their votes. Links to the...

Property taxes are going up—here’s what’s changing in Snohomish County

Property taxes are going up—here’s what’s changing in Snohomish County

As we enter into tax season, the high cost of living and taxes have been a significant topic of discussion in our community and throughout the state. Local governments throughout Snohomish County adopted different strategies to address their planned expenditures in their final budgets for 2025. We can anticipate slight tax increases from time to time for essential services...

Announcing Future 42 Snohomish County’s 2024 Scorecard for the Everett City Council

Announcing Future 42 Snohomish County’s 2024 Scorecard for the Everett City Council

Future 42 Snohomish County is a local county project dedicated to advocating key issues such as public safety and tax relief. We are a grassroots effort mobilizing Snohomish County citizens to make their voices heard at the local level. We have recently completed our first set of local scorecards which highlight key votes taken by...

Announcing Future 42’s 2024 Scorecard for the Edmonds City Council

Announcing Future 42’s 2024 Scorecard for the Edmonds City Council

Future 42 Snohomish County is a local county project dedicated to advocating for key issues such as public safety and tax relief. We are a grassroots effort mobilizing Snohomish County citizens to make their voices heard at the local level. We have recently completed our first set of local scorecards which highlight key votes taken...

Announcing Future 42 Snohomish County’s 2024 Scorecard for the Lynnwood City Council!

Announcing Future 42 Snohomish County’s 2024 Scorecard for the Lynnwood City Council!

Future 42 Snohomish County is a local county project dedicated to advocating for key issues such as public safety and tax relief. We are a grassroots effort mobilizing Snohomish County citizens to make their voices heard at the local level. We have recently completed our first set of local scorecards which highlight key votes taken...

Check out Future 42 Snohomish County’s 2024 Scorecard for the Snohomish County Council

Check out Future 42 Snohomish County’s 2024 Scorecard for the Snohomish County Council

Future 42 Snohomish County is a local county project dedicated to advocating for key issues such as public safety and tax relief. We are building a grassroots effort to mobilize Snohomish County citizens and make their voices heard at the local level. We have recently completed our first set of local scorecards which highlight key votes taken...

Edmonds RFA proposal would add new property tax burden on residents

Edmonds RFA proposal would add new property tax burden on residents

City of Edmonds finances are currently in dire straits. City leaders are looking at a $13 million budget deficit in their 2025 budget. Without spending cuts or additional tax revenue, the city is projected to be insolvent by as soon as 2027. One way city leaders are considering raising additional tax revenue is by annexing...

Washingtonians in Seattle and two counties rise up to oppose tax hikes

Washingtonians in Seattle and two counties rise up to oppose tax hikes

Seemingly emboldened by the recent election results, some local elected officials in Seattle and in two of the largest counties in the state have been eager to propose and vote on various tax hikes before the end of the year. But they didn’t count on the response from constituents they’ve been seeing thanks to your...

Nehring: County exec’s property tax proposal poorly timed

Nehring: County exec’s property tax proposal poorly timed

This article was originally published in the Everett Daily Herald.   Last week’s election saw voters soundly reject tax increases proposed by the county and municipal governments throughout Snohomish County. With one exception, all local tax increases were rejected by voters. These are in addition to Everett voters’ rejection of a levy lid lift property...

2024 Election Recap: The fight continues on

2024 Election Recap: The fight continues on

Despite facing a billionaire and public sector union-funded opposition campaign that spent nearly 5 times as much as the YES campaign, the repeal on Washington’s natural gas ban appears on track for success, with 51.43% support as of votes reported by Nov. 7. This hard-won success joins three other powerful citizen-led initiatives passed into law...

Make your voice heard on critical ballot measures to be decided by Everett voters in Nov. 5th General Election

Make your voice heard on critical ballot measures to be decided by Everett voters in Nov. 5th General Election

This year’s General Election presents an opportunity for Everett voters to weigh in on three important ballot measures. Ballots will be hitting your mailbox now, and the last day to return your ballot is November 5th. Initiatives 24-01 & 24-02 are competing proposals which would both establish an increased minimum wage and other labor standards. Both initiatives would raise...

Snohomish County voters to decide on local Public Safety Sales Tax measure in Nov. 5th general election

Snohomish County voters to decide on local Public Safety Sales Tax measure in Nov. 5th general election

This year’s General Election on November 5th presents an opportunity for Snohomish County voters to weigh in on Proposition 1, a public safety sales tax. Ballots will be hitting your mailbox now, and the last day to return your ballot is November 5th. Proposition 1 would increase the sales tax rate throughout Snohomish County by 0.2%,...