Seattle voters are being asked to dig even deeper to replace the expiring Families, Education, Preschool, and Promise (FEPP) Levy. The new levy would cost homeowners a staggering $1.3 billion — double the size of the current levy of $619 million.
The owner of a $1.08 million Seattle home would pay around $656 a year, up $400. KIRO host Ursula Reutin said that while she normally votes yes, this is too much.
“My issue is, and I am typically a yes voter. My kids are out of the school-age thing, they’re done, and I have shared that, even though my kids were in private school, I always voted yes for school levies, because I believe in investing in our kids and in our schools. The thing that just irks me is that the costs keep going higher and higher,” she said on “The Gee and Ursula Show” on KIRO Newsradio…