Taxes

Status of Jail Project Causes Concerns

When do our taxes, voted in 2023, go to work on our "Justice Center"? Skagit Jail Are any of you as tired as I am paying taxes for projects that get postponed continually? What does it take to get that Jail built?! In 2023, voters approved a 0.2% tax to pay for a new jail by 63%. "Total cost to build the jail, on land that Whatcom County owns on LaBounty Drive ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2025-04-27T15:11:50-07:00April 27, 2025|Fourth Corner News|2 Comments

WHY DOESNT THE NEW GAS TAX PAY FOR ROADS AS THE CONSTITUTION REQUIRES?

Lewis County Reader explains how and why new "carbon" policies will cost each consumer and what the state will do with the dollars... By Lewis County Reader Ruth Peterson Almost everyone by now has probably heard about what a lot of people are calling a gas tax that has now taken effect. I have had issue with the way this has been presented, because it is not a gas tax. It will likely ...

By Charlie Crabtree|2023-01-09T11:17:58-08:00January 9, 2023|Beyond the Fourth Corner, Elections, Government & Politics, Fourth Corner News, The Fourth Corner|1 Comment