State clears Edmonds officials of illegal advocacy in failed $14.5M property tax levy

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The Washington State Public Disclosure Commission (PDC) has dismissed the complaint filed last September by Edmonds resident Lee Reeves alleging the City violated state law when presenting information about a proposed $14.5 million levy lid lift.

In its April 16 decision, the PDC said it found that there was no evidence of the alleged wrongdoing.

The decision concludes a months-long dispute over the “tone and tenor” of the City’s communications in the months leading up to last November’s vote on Proposition 1, which was intended to address the City’s budget shortfall…

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