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Public voices split on proposed 0.1% public-safety sales tax; council continues review
Summary
Dozens of speakers and hundreds of written comments surfaced during community forum as residents weighed a proposed 0.1% sales-tax ordinance for public-safety/justice services. The council continued consideration and scheduled additional public comment for Feb. 18 at a Committee of the Whole meeting.
During community forum at the Feb. 10 Pierce County Council meeting, multiple residents expressed strong opposition to a proposed ordinance referenced in public remarks (spoken as ordinance 2026-501) that would raise local sales taxes to fund public-safety or justice-related services.
Ken Paulson, speaking in chambers, said he had reviewed roughly 475 written comments on the measure and read representative objections:…
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