I am not especially well versed in local political stuff. however, I did hear a while back, when the PPM improvements were first being discussed, that a lot of the vendors there were really dismayed because the ensuing increased rents on the spaces would drive them out of business. Basically the concern was that the improvements would wind up equalling a gentrification/yuppification of PPM, which is currently such a wonderful, community oriented place. So, based on that alone I'd be unlikely to vote for a tax increase for improvements.

Part of the reason I don't pay a lot of attention to local politics is because it seems like there's a whole lot of dithering and not a whole lot gets done. money for transit vs. money for roads, no one willing to compromise, voters voting 3x for a monorail and having it shot down over and over again..... it irritates the crap out of me!! Perhaps it's a childish POV but I only have so much attention span for something so maddening as Seattle's hemming and hawing.