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Article: Sorting claims about fee for bags; Q&A; Election 2009; Seattle Referendum 1.(NWWednesday)
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- The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)
- Article date:
- August 12, 2009
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Published-correction date: 08/15/2009. Two new city employees who would administer the 20-cent bag fee if Referendum 1 passes would be hired by the Department of Executive Administration. This story said they would be hired by Seattle Public Utilities.
In the final days before the Aug. 18 election, as voters consider whether Seattle should require certain stores to charge 20 cents at checkout counters for each disposable plastic or paper shopping bag supplied to customers, claims on each side are intensifying.
As a result, confusion surrounds key issues -- from which stores would have to impose the charge to who supports it and how much revenue it would ...