Taxing stabilizes general fund, cleans Puget Sound
By
Eric De Place
The Seattle Times
February 22, 2010
Letter to the Editor in The Seattle Times.
"The editorial opposing a modest increase to the state’s hazardous-substance tax is misguided [“Cleanup tax is toxic,” Opinion, Feb. 18]. The revenue would go miles to help clean up local pollution.
The polluters who manufacture hazardous substances in Washington do real harm to our air and water. In fact, The Times’ darling, the Anacortes refinery — owned by the Texas oil giant Tesoro — is a case in point. It’s facing a new federal lawsuit for failing to test for important air pollutants like sulfur and benzene..."
