🌱 Patch AM: Why a Redmond financier is battling the governor’s new millionaire tax

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• Why a Redmond financier is battling the governor’s new millionaire tax

Today's riddle: What did the little needle say to the mother needle when it brought home a failing report card? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: An afternoon shower or two, with a high of 44 and low of 35 degrees.
• Friday: A passing shower or two, temps: high: 44, low: 31.
• Saturday: An a.m. shower; mostly cloudy, with a high of 42 and low of 28 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Ferguson backs WA income tax on millionaires (bellinghamherald.com) — A proposed Washington income tax on people earning over $1 million could reshape the state’s tax system, and a Redmond hedge fund manager is already at the center of the fight. Gov. Bob Ferguson now backs the measure, while Redmond’s Brian Heywood, who helped pass a recent income-tax ban initiative, is sharply criticizing the plan and its political motives.
   

📸 Around Redmond

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Redmond

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Friday December 26

• Community Coffee Hour with REACH Renton
  Renton Library , 100 Mill Avenue South , Renton
  11:00 am
• Talk Time: English Conversation Practice
  Renton Library , 100 Mill Avenue South , Renton
  1:00 pm

Saturday December 27

• El Centro de Bienvenida / The Welcoming Center
  Redmond Library , 15990 NE 85th Street , Redmond
  11:00 am

Monday December 29

• Tech Help Mondays
  Renton Library , 100 Mill Avenue South , Renton
  1:00 pm

Tuesday December 30

• The Friendship Club
  Renton Library , 100 Mill Avenue South , Renton
  12:00 pm
• Stuffed Animal Sleepover
  Renton Library , 100 Mill Avenue South , Renton
  6:00 pm

Wednesday December 31

• New Year’s Eve Crafternoon
  Renton Library , 100 Mill Avenue South , Renton
  1:00 pm

Friday January 2

• Talk Time: English Conversation Practice
  Renton Library , 100 Mill Avenue South , Renton
  1:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 25

• 10 AM Christmas Morning Service
  Providence Classical Christsian School , 18943 120th Ave NE , Bothell
  10:00 am

Friday December 26

• SALSA & BACHATA DANCE SOCIAL
  LaVida Dance Studio , Totem Square Plaza , 11961 124th Ave NE , Kirkland
  8:00 pm

Saturday December 27

• Lindberg Trunk Show
  Urban Eyes , 400 Urban Plz E-110 , Kirkland
  1:00 pm
• Crafternoon
  Woodinville Library , 17105 Avondale Road NE , Woodinville
  1:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hugs matter.
  This woman will likely remember this hug for the rest of her life. Merry Christmas everybody. (Nextdoor Education Hill)

• Gecko Hospitality posted a job opening for Restaurant General Manager - Redmond, WA in Redmond. Apply here.
• BJ's Restaurants, Inc. posted a job opening for Server in Redmond. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Redmond here.

🗞 Nearby News

Kirkland

• VIDEO: Elderly couple robbed, attacked in Lynnwood, WA parking lot (fox13seattle.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I guess I’m not as sharp as I thought.
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