SEATTLE, Wash. (AP) —Â Seattle is filing a lawsuit to block the $30 car tab initiative.
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan said in a news conference that “if fully implemented, Initiative 976 would force the city to cut more than 100,000 bus hours and would hamper her program to provide free bus access for high school students and low-income residents.”
She also emphasized that voters in King County firmly voted against the measure sponsored by Tim Eyman.
I-976 was passed by Washington voters in Tuesday’s general election, endorsing an idea that has been around for decades.
Eyman showed up at City Hall before the scheduled news conference, saying Seattle and King County are defying the will of the voters.