For the second time in less than a year, the King County Council is calling on embattled County Assessor John Arthur Wilson to step down.
Wilson, whom the Council cannot remove from office, oversees the department responsible for appraising property values in the county. The three-term tax assessor has been at the center of an ongoing case of alleged stalking and harassment that ended his bid for higher office last year.
On Tuesday, the nine-member Council unanimously approved a motion to review and sign a letter asking Wilson to resign from his elected duties “effective immediately.”…