me: "Marilyn Sltickland" 
Date: March 22, 2013 at 5:32:36 PM PDT

Subject: Keep up the pressure

I'm pleased to report more than 300 small businesses signed onto a letterto
Seattle City Council last week against the Council's proposal to tax jobs - a
proposal with few specifics that does not connect to a regional strategy to get
more people into stable housing.

We aren't stopping: this aftemoon, The Seattle Times published an opred co-
authored by me, Downtown Seattle Association President Scholes,
Greater Seattle Business Association President CEO Louise Chernin. In it, we
urge the Council to pursue a fiscally sustainable, regional solution to our
homelessness crisis, not a tax on the very employers that already generate $700
million for our city's general fund.

We can't let up now. It Is we continue building on this momentum
and ensure Council hears from you.

Here's how you can get Involved:

- Sign on to this followrup letter which will be delivered to Council in advance of
their March 28 hearing. Please let us know if you'd like to sign on by 10:00 am.
on Monday, March 26. Click HERE to add your name.

- Use our convenient letter writing tool to contact your Councilmembers and urge
them to considerthe ramifications of this proposal on the business community.

- Call City Council at (206) 684-8888 to express your concerns.

- Set up meetings with your Councilmembers by calling the number above. There
is no substitute for face-to-face conversations with them.

- Share our ogred with your contacts and on social media.

It is absolutely critical that businesses of all sizes tell City Council that a citywide
tax on Jobs Is the wrong approach to address our region's homelessness
crisis.

We continue to urge the Council to carefully examine the $63 million the City now
spends on homelessness, the $30 million housing bond they approved in 2016.
the $290 million affordable housing levy approved by voters, and to take a
regional approach to this regional problem, as the One Table effort does. This will
create an action plan with specifics to effectively house those who need
assistance.

Please write or call your City Councilmembers today.
Best,
Marilyn
Marilyn Strickland
President & CEO
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce