The Seattle City Council voted unanimously Monday to put progressive revenue on the ballot in the general election this November. Don’t get too excited—we didn’t jump into some sort of alternate universe where we have a progressive city council and mayor (though, that could happen in this reality depending on if you vote how we tell you today). Our electeds just finally decided to do something about the hundreds of millions of dollar city budget deficit we’re facing.

Enter: The Shield Tax Initiative. Originally proposed by Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck and an election-wary Mayor Bruce Harrell, the legislation was billed as a defense against federal government-induced cutbacks in key service areas. These included housing vouchers, shelters, food access, resources for survivors of gen

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