By The Tim on February 12, 2010
[Note: This is an opinion piece on a political matter. If that sort of thing offends you, it is recommended that you skip this post.]
Christine Gregoire, January 2008:
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” Gregoire said, quoting former President Franklin Roosevelt and referring to national recession fears. “It is a very [...]
Posted in Economy, News, Opinion | Tagged Economy, Gregoire, legislation, Local Economy, Olympia, Opinion, politics, tax revenues
By The Tim on April 14, 2009
According to a pair of reports released yesterday, the real estate slowdown is still a serious drag on state and local revenues, thanks to significant sagging in real estate excise tax collections.
From the latest state revenue collection report (pdf):
Collections [for the March 11, 2009 – April 10, 2009 collection period] were $8.7 million (17.8%) below [...]
Posted in News | Tagged Olympia, Seattle, tax revenues
By The Tim on March 11, 2009
Dramatically slumping real estate sales across Washington State continue to drag down State revenues, adding to an already bleak budget picture.
From the latest state revenue collection report (pdf):
Taxable real estate activity remained weak in February. Real estate tax activity reported by the counties was 56.4 percent below their year-ago level. January receipts had declined 47.1 [...]
Posted in News | Tagged sales, tax revenues
By The Tim on March 1, 2009
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By The Tim on October 14, 2008
As the far-reaching economic consequences of the popping of the housing/credit bubble unfold, local governments are feeling the pain. Snohomish County faces a $9 million shortfall for 2009, forcing a hiring freeze. While down in King County, Ron Sims just announced that 255 jobs will be cut.
Financially ailing King County will send layoff [...]
Posted in News | Tagged Ervin, home equity, Jobs, King_County, Local Economy, Seattle_is_special, Seattle_Times, Snohomish, Talton, tax revenues
By The Tim on October 13, 2008
I usually try to avoid getting into political issues on here, but something has come up that I simply cannot ignore. A few days ago the Seattle P-I posted videos from Christine Gregoire and Dino Rossi where each candidate makes the case on why you should vote for them. As I was watching [...]
Posted in Features | Tagged Economy, Gregoire, politics, Sohn, tax revenues
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