The City B&O tax is one of the lowest of the sizeable cities in Washington and, in view of our very poor street condition due to heavy truck traffic, must certainly be raised to cover the cost of maintaining them. Source: Association of Washington Cities, B&O Tax rates.  This city touts being a major distribution center which is all well and good but citizens cannot bear the high cost of truck damage to our roads via property or sales taxes which are extremely regressive schemes.
A case in point on our dilapidated streets is the broken pavement and large potholes on Central / 84th, a huge one at the base of the on ramp from Southbound 84th (Central) to Southbound 167 that has gone un-repaired for months.
Neither can we afford to squander the funds from sale of the 3-hole golf course on the 18 hole course that is also doomed to be a stone around our neck due to golf being a dying sport.....many, many articles about equipment manufacturers getting out of golf and course closures galore.