Quote of the Day

A wry observation from the unanimous decision cited earlier.

Finally, eight of the parent and teacher respondents claim standing as taxpayers because they were unable to pay higher taxes in support of FederalWay School District due to limits on levy authority that are tied to the salary allocations. While taxpayers may have standing to protest high taxes or improper expenditures, this court has said it is doubtful there is taxpayer standing to protest lower taxes or limits on taxation... Moreover, the posture of the parent and teacher respondents' argument is misleading; they do not merely seek to support Federal Way School District. That could be accomplished by bypassing the tax system and voluntarily contributing to the school district directly.

Their complaint apparently is that the school district is unable to ask for more taxes from them (and others). A municipal corporation's inability to ask for voter approval of a levy for a specific dollar amount is not a justiciable harm to an individual taxpayer.

Yep.