It looks like I-912 (the gas tax repeal) is forcing the issue on the Urban Archipelago strategy we laid out in November:

“If, as every poll and instinct predict, voters will not hesitate to pass the initiative repealing the added tax on gasoline, the next logical step would be an effort for counties to keep all the tax revenue they raise within the county and not spread it around the state…” James Vesely, Seattle Times Editorial Page Editor, August 7, 2005

Vesely is referring to an idea that’s been floated by State Rep. Ed Murray (D-43, Capitol Hill, U. District, First Hill).