Article: Port of Kennewick, Wash., Fights Lawsuit over Tax.(Originated from Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.)

Sep. 27--Port of Kennewick officials say they followed the letter of the law when they voted last fall for a port tax to develop the Columbia River shoreline.

For that reason and others, the port this week asked a Benton County Superior Court judge to throw out the lawsuit of a Kennewick businessman who says the tax should have gone to a public vote. The documents were filed this week, but no hearing is set.

"The commissioners are voted into office by the public to do a job," Port Manager John Givens said Friday. "It's a representative form of government. (In that type of government) decisions are made every day that have to do with taxation and ...

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