Latino business owners say they didn't give permission for ad opposing carbon fee
YAKIMA, Wash. – Nestor Hernandez filled out his ballot the moment he received it last week. When he got to Initiative 1631, which would lead to a carbon fee in Washington state, he voted yes.
For Hernandez, owner of local real estate firm Nestor Homes, there was no question which way he would vote.
“I want to tax the polluters,” he said.
That’s why friends were surprised to see Nestor Homes among about 100 Latino-owned businesses in Washington state mentioned in a Spanish-language print flyer as opposing the tax. Many of them called Hernandez earlier in the week asking whether his position had changed. It didn’t.
“They’re misleading the public,” he said about the No on 1631 organization, which sent out the advertisement last weekend.
Hernandez is among several business owners who expressed concern over being included in the advertisement without their permission. Hernandez said he hasn’t been in contact with anyone in the organization to his knowledge.
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