With about half the ballots counted in the all-mail vote, the bag fee was failing 58 percent to 42 percent in Tuesdays primary.
City leaders had passed an ordinance to charge the bag fee, which was to start in January. But the plastics industry bankrolled a referendum to put the question to voters in Tuesdays election.
Plastic bag makers have lobbied hard to defeat the fee, outspending opponents about 15 to 1.
Adam Parmer, a spokesman for the Coalition to Stop the Seattle Bag Tax, said the results show the bag fee was “a costly, unnecessary tax” and the wrong approach to changing - - - - >

The concept of flexible light that does not generate heat is interesting, as it could render interior design changed forever. Screens of plastic with led printing can be placed on walls and wrapped around arches. A company along the Mohawk River is pioneering this product.
The size of a semitrailer, it coats an 8-inch wide plastic film with chemicals, then seals them with a layer of metal foil. Apply electric current to the resulting sheet, and it lights up with a blue-white glow.
You could tack that sheet to a wall, wrap it around a pillar or even take a translucent - - - - >