Seattle’s new economic development director, Beto Yarce, recently said the city may need to look beyond taxes as it seeks to revive the local economy.
While city officials are exploring options other than expanding the JumpStart payroll tax, KIRO hosts Angela Poe Russell and Ursula Reutin found the pledge to be refreshing to hear, as Seattle looks to build with Bellevue, finding that it is not a competition between the two.
“I was going to say that didn’t seem to mesh with what I believe the mayor initially said, but this is actually potentially refreshing,” Ursula said on “The Gee and Ursula Show” on KIRO Newsradio. “I get it to say we’re not in competition with Bellevue, but you need to be worried if Seattle right now is sitting at a downtown vacancy rate of 36% and Bellevue is not…