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Article: King County, Wash., to vote on stadium for Mariners today.(Seattle Mariners)

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October 23, 1995
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With an Oct. 30 deadline looming, the Metropolitan King County Council is set to vote today in Seattle on its share of a $319.9 million bond financing plan for a new stadium for the Mariners baseball team.

The state-endorsed package calls for the county to raise taxes on restaurant and bar tabs 0.5%, car rentals by 2%, and to tax admissions to the new stadium.

Some King County officials have criticized the package, which was passed on Oct. 14 in a three-day special session of the Washington Legislature.

Still, there are indications that the county's share of the plan will get at least seven votes from the 13-member council.

Some council members ...

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