The cost of living in King County has pushed many public employees, including teachers, to commute from outside the communities they serve. That trend has fueled ongoing debates about public-sector compensation, housing affordability, and the gap between what taxpayers fund and what workers receive in return.
Jake Skorheim and Spike O’Neill, co-hosts of “The Jake and Spike Show” on KIRO Newsradio, took opposite positions on whether living near your workplace is a reasonable expectation or an unrealistic demand on taxpayers.
Jake says public workers shouldn’t get benefits private workers don’t
Jake pointed out that neither he nor Spike lives in the community where they work, and that nobody subsidizes their housing decisions.
“I work in Seattle. I don’t live in King County,” Jake said. “You don’t live in the community where you work. Why?”…