Edmonds facing potential layoffs, furloughs and tax hikes

The city is grappling with a $13 million budget deficit.

EDMONDS, Wash. — It was a gloomy fall day on the Edmonds waterfront, Friday, with the clouds of a multi-million-dollar budget deficit hanging over the city.

It’s a hole that is $13 million deep.

When Mayor Mike Rosen showed up to break the news at a community meeting this week, he started by telling the crowd he had purchased a new shirt. It wasn’t the one he was wearing, but a t-shirt with a bullseye on it.

“I told them it wasn’t going to be good news,” said Rosen.

Rosen

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