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Sara Nelson Backed Into a Corner: Seattle Shield Initiative Forces a Choice Between Her Small Biz Rhetoric and Her Big Biz Donors

Council Member Alexis Mercedes Rinck is making Council President Sara Nelson sweat.Rinck and Mayor Bruce Harrell’s Seattle Shield Initiative would temporarily cut Business & Occupation taxes for 90% of Seattle businesses while hiking the rate for the city’s largest corporations. The policy is projected to raise $90 million for essential services. And it’s doing more than raising revenue — it’s breaking the spell. The usual business coalition is …
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theburnerseattle.com broke the news in on Thursday, July 3, 2025.
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