Tax plan finds opposition from businesses
By
John Dodge
The Olympian
February 18, 2010
Article in The Olympian.
"OLYMPIA - A tax increase on hazardous materials to pay for stormwater pollution cleanup and help bail out the state budget drew a divisive, partisan response Wednesday in the state House Budget Committee.
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A coalition of environmental groups, local governments, labor representatives and Democrats hailed the Clean Water Act of 2010 as a first and important step in tackling the No. 1 pollution source in Puget Sound.
“If we don’t deal with stormwater, we won’t be able to rescue Puget Sound,” said David Dicks, executive director of the Puget Sound Partnership, the state agency that oversees Puget Sound cleanup..."
