Open-government advocates raised concerns Tuesday about Seattle officials’ abruptly scheduled special meeting to consider repealing the city’s head tax on large businesses, questioning whether the process involved secret-dealing that runs afoul of Washington’s law aimed to give the public a seat at the decision-making table.
“I find all of this very disturbing,” Seattle attorney Michele Earl-Hubbard said Tuesday about the circumstances surrounding the City Council’s special meeting on Tuesday. “Not only does it appear that the mayor and a majority
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