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The County collects about 70% of its revenues from residents of the urbanized area of the County, but spends about 70% of its budget on services to the unincorporated area.

The County gets a share of every dollar of sales tax collected in the Cities of Olympia, Lacey, Tumwater, Yelm, Rainier, Tenino, and Bucoda. I pay County property tax on my residence in Olympia.

The County should be funding a portion of police services in the cities, a portion of road repair costs in the cities, and a portion of the cost of parks in the cities. Why should City residents pay for a big part of the cost of the Sheriff's Department, when we ALSO pay for ALL of the costs of the City Police?

I'm frankly tired to the argument made by some that the County Commissioners should only serve the unincorporated area. We all elect them, we all pay taxes to them, and we should all receive services.

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