I-884 information forum

The Downtown Seattle Republican Club, in conjunction with the Evergreen Freedom Foundation will host a public forum next Monday evening to discuss I-884, the statewide initiative to raise the state sales tax by a billion dollars a year to boost education spending.

Guest experts will include:

Marsha Richards, Director of the Evergreen Freedom Foundation's Education Reform Center

Charles Hoff, Vice President of the Federal Way School Board

Paul Guppy, Vice President of Research for the Washington Policy Center

WHEN: Monday, August 23; 5pm - 7pm
WHERE: The College Club, 505 Madison St in downtown Seattle; parking is free in the College Club garage, entrance on 5th St.
COST: no charge; no-host bar available at the College Club

Portions of the event will be broadcast on the show "Republican Perspective", Thursday, August 26 at 6-6:30pm on SCAN-TV, Comcast cable channel 77 in Seattle and most of King County.

More details and directions to the College Club are available here

Background information on I-884:
I've written about I-884, here. The EFF has commentary here; The Washington Policy Center has a policy note here (and an op/ed here)

Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at August 18, 2004 11:20 AM