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What Joe Mallahan Won't Tell the Voters as He Runs for Mayor of Seattle

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Friends of Seattle has issued the following press release.

CONTACT: Sean Howell (206) XXX-XXXX

At the same time that Joe Mallahan tells voters that he will fight "special interests" to build more sidewalks in neighborhoods[1]...

1. Mallahan doesn't tell voters that he is in favor of cutting corporate taxes by over $30 million---money that would have gone to neighborhood sidewalks, street maintenance, and bike lanes.[2]

2. Mallahan doesn't tell voters that he wants to raise their utility rates, property taxes, and fees to spend almost a $1 billion in city money on the state's $4.2 billion waterfront tunnel project.[3]

“Joe Mallahan needs to be more honest with the voters,” said Friends of Seattle co-founder Sean Howell. “The voters deserve to know that he is in favor of cutting corporate taxes at the same time he favors the largest tax increase in city history for the rest of us.”  

For more Friends of Seattle analysis of Mallahan and the other candidates for mayor:

Mallahan: http://friendsofseattle.org/2009-voters-guide-primary-election/mayor-seattle/joe-mallahan

Donaldson: http://friendsofseattle.org/2009-voters-guide-primary-election/mayor-seattle/james-donaldson

Drago: http://friendsofseattle.org/2009-voters-guide-primary-election/mayor-seattle/jan-drago

McGinn: http://friendsofseattle.org/2009-voters-guide-primary-election/mayor-seattle/michael-mcginn

Nickels: http://friendsofseattle.org/2009-voters-guide-primary-election/mayor-seattle/greg-nickels

Footnotes:

[1] See www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=13695

[2] The 2006 Bridging the Gap tax package was a nine-year plan (intended to run through the end of 2015), and the “Employee Hours Tax” (aka “head tax” or “commuter tax”) was to bring in $51.5 million for roads, sidewalks, and bicycle infrastructure. See http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/bridgingthegap.htm. Mallahan wants to cut that corporate tax, which will take away over $30 million from the city’s transportation budget over the next six years---through the life of the Bridging the Gap package.

[3] Mallahan supports the state’s tunnel project, which requires that the City of Seattle contribute $930 million. See http://www.seattle.gov/mayor/issues/viaduct/docs/090225Final_BoredTunnel_folio.pdf.