2025 Snohomish County State Legislative Scorecard
2025 Snohomish County State Legislative Scorecard
Future 42 is releasing a first-of-its-kind, comprehensive scorecard highlighting key votes taken by the 24 legislators representing areas of Snohomish County during the 2025 legislative session. This information is critical in order to ensure that Washingtonians are informed on bills which were passed, how those bills will impact their lives, and who voted for/against those...
Edmonds City Council to consider putting $6 million property tax hike on November ballot
Edmonds City Council to consider putting $6 million property tax hike on November ballot
Edmonds City Council is putting plans together to place a $6 million property tax increase on the November General Election ballot for voters to consider. In order to meet the deadline for placing this measure on the ballot, the City Council must adopt a resolution by July 8th. Due to a history of financial mismanagement and...
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...