As layoffs mount, office towers sit half-empty, and high earners increasingly look for the exits, Socialist Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is signaling she may pursue even more taxes on large businesses and wealthy residents.
Speaking at a community forum Friday night, Wilson said her administration is exploring new “progressive revenue options” to help close a projected $140 million city budget gap in 2027.
“My team is very hard at work looking for progressive revenue options, taxing the rich, taxing big business in a way that we think will be politically viable and practical,” Wilson said…