In the February 15th edition, I wrote a letter about Swinomish taxation of Shelter Bay and Pull & Be Damned in which I estimated the tax at $2,304,266.

I apologize. The actual tax levied for 2017 by the Swinomish is $1,840,574. I confused the taxes levied for levy code 1580 with those levied by the Swinomish.

The levy rate calculated by the Skagit County Assessor for schools is $5.0471 per thousand. That produces $749,619. The Swinomish contribution is $400,000 plus half the cost of a school bus, $70,271. That leaves a shortfall of $279,348.

To make up for that, the average taxpayer in La C...