Hey everyone: Our next meeting is this Thursday, Feb 5, 12-1pm, at the usual downtown location: 1402 3rd Ave, 5th floor conference room. In case of disaster call me: 206-351-5719.
Agenda:
12:00-12:10: Introductions and updates on the Western Climate Initative and other things (including Bruce's research on property tax limits). Just for the record, there are likely to be folks at the meeting who support WCI and folks at the meeting who oppose WCI. My preference is to continue to sidestep that question and instead focus our meeting on the possibility of carbon tax legislation in the event that WCI does not pass.
12:10-12:30: Policy details concerning this spreadsheet (now updated to include inflation-adjusted numbers!). In a nutshell, the current proposal is a carbon tax of $50 per ton of CO2 [$0.50 per gallon of gasoline], rising by $10 per ton per year from 2015 on, with revenue going to (1) eliminate the state property tax, (2) offset impacts on low-income households, (3) fund clean energy R&D, and (4) reduce the B&O [business] tax.
12:30-12:50: Discuss strategy, e.g., at what point to try to publish an op-ed piece and how and when to reach out to social justice folks, enviros, business folks, and education folks.
12:50-12:55: Next steps and next downtown meetings Th March 5, Th April 2, Th May 7.
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