Article: INITIATIVE POLITICS BREWS HERE, TOO.(Business)(Column)

Article: LATTE TAX STIRS UP COFFEE LOVERS
United Press International;  July 24, 2003 ;     284 words ...United Press International 07-24-2003 Latte tax stirs up coffee lovers SEATTLE, Jul 24, 2003 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Seattle voters must decide soon whether ...

Article: `LATTE TAX' FOR CHILD CARE NOT LIKELY ON FALL ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  September 17, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... so far. Members of the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce have contributed about $12,000 to JOLT - Joined to Oppose the Latte Tax. Councilman Nick Licata yesterday proposed a resolution whisking the initiative onto the November ballot, without needing ...

Article: Latte tax rejected.(Update: education news from ...
District Administration;  November 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Seattle's Initiative 77--to put a 10-cent-a-cup tax on espresso drinks sold in Seattle to pay for day care and preschool--was recently rejected by voters. By more than 2-to-1, voters rejected the idea in September. Supporters said the tax on espresso drinks appeared bizarre, but it would make day

Latte Tax Initiative Aims To Fund Preschools
Getty Images;  September 2, 2003 ;     219 words ...Ron Wurzer Getty Images 09-02-2003 SEATTLE, WA - SEPTEMBER 2: Christina Merwin delivers a latte to a customer at the B&O Espresso Cafe September 2, 2003 in Seattle, Washington. Seattle has a dime-a-cup espresso-tax initiative on the ballot for a September 16 election that would fund preschool

Article: Latte tax stirs up coffee lovers.
United Press International;  July 24, 2003 ;     367 words ...SEATTLE, Jul 24, 2003 (United Press International via COMTEX) Seattle voters must decide soon whether to allow a 10-cent tax on their beloved "designer" coffee to fund early childhood education. The proposal is on the Sept. 16 ballot and it's causing a lot of extra stirring along coffee row. Some

Article: JUDGE'S RULING MEANS LATTE-TAX VOTE DELAYED.(News)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  September 21, 2002 ;     425 words ...Byline: P-I staff and news services SEATTLE -- The espresso-tax initiative apparently won't make it onto the ballot until next year, after a judge yesterday ruled against the group sponsoring it. King County Superior Court Judge Jim Doerty ruled that the Seattle City Council had met its obligation

Article: Kids Count launches statewide award program
Charleston Gazette;  July 8, 2009 ;     700+ words ...The West Virginia Kids Count has launched an annual, statewide ... area around the state's capital, Kids Count Community of Boone, Clay, Kanawha and Putnam Counties will serve as the "Kids Count Leader." The group will enlist the ...