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A compromise on Seattle's head tax, but how will the money be spent?

caption: Seattleites packed a City Hall meeting on Monday, where a vote on the contentious head tax was expected.
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Seattleites packed a City Hall meeting on Monday, where a vote on the contentious head tax was expected.
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A compromise has been struck over the controversial proposed Head Tax by the Seattle City Council. Over the weekend Councilmember Lorena Gonzalez worked with Mayor Jenny Durkan to come up with a plan they could both support. The new plan would raise an estimated $50 million a year instead of the original $75 million.

And the tax would expire after 5 years.

So will the compromise be enough to please both sides? Crosscut's David Kroman explains.

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