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Residents urge Pierce County Council to rethink proposed sales tax, call for more school mental-health staff
Summary
During community forum on Feb. 3, residents criticized automated camera ticketing and a proposed tax (referenced as 2026-5001.501) as a revenue generator, urged action on visible homelessness and sanitation near courthouse areas, and a social worker urged the council to press legislators to revise House Bill 1637 to increase school mental-health professionals rather than defaulting to resource officers.
Public commenters at the Pierce County Council’s community forum on Feb. 3 raised sharp concerns about a proposed sales tax and local public-safety and mental-health issues.
Ken Paulson told the council automated traffic-camera tickets feel like a "revenue generator" and said he opposed the proposed tax he referenced as 2026-5001.501, estimating it could raise about "$20,000,000 approximately" if his reading was correct. "I think it's gonna raise $20,000,000 approximately, if I read…
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