As Seattle voters ponder whether to boost car-tab fees another $60, they can't peruse a simple list of projects and decide if they want to pay to have them done.
Instead, if they agree to pay an estimated $204 million over 10 years, the City Council would later make decisions about how to spend it.
The measure on the Nov. 8 ballot is different from a typical school or parks construction levy.
There's only a general plan for the money, but most of it would support transit, cycling and pedestrian projects. About one-fifth is earmarked for pavement repair or replacement.
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Seattle Times Newspaper, Seattle's $60 car-tab fee: where it could go
When you can write a headline as an open question in reference to $200 million dollars, you have to wonder just how much effort will have to be made to get this tax to pass.
