‘Did they deliberately stall?’: Ursula questions Tacoma’s minimum wage initiative delay
Sep 28, 2025, 5:02 AM
Activists in Tacoma have collected 10,000 signatures to raise the minimum wage in Tacoma to $20 for big employers, among other things. The deadline for submission was Aug. 5, but the city council did not send it to the ballot until Aug. 8.
KIRO host Ursula Reutin alluded to the possible mishandling of the popular minimum wage increase initiative amongst voters, and whether city representatives stalled on purpose to leave it off the ballot altogether.
“Did the city council deliberately stall this initiative to keep voters from weighing in?” Ursula asked on “The Gee and Ursula Show” on KIRO Newsradio. “The fight isn’t even about whether raising the wage is good or bad policy. It’s about whether Tacoma leaders are playing fair with their own rules, or blocking an initiative that they don’t like.”
Watch the full discussion in the video above.
Listen to Gee and Ursula on “The Gee and Ursula Show” weekday mornings from 9 am to 12 pm on KIRO Newsradio.
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