AARP Opposes Initiatives 1053 and 1107.
The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) is opposing Tim Eyman and British Petroleum’s Initiative 1053 and the American Beverage Industry’s Initiative 1107. Both measures are based on greed,...
View ArticleWashington State Anti-Tax Initiatives and the Shrinking of Public Services
Conservative anti-tax proponents pushing initiatives like I-1053 and I-1107 on this year’s Washington State ballot are pushing lies about our ever-expanding state government. The fact is that the...
View ArticleIt’s Time to Take Back the Legislature!
With the passage of Tim Eyman’s Initiative 1053 last year requiring 2/3 votes of the Legislature to raise revenue, Wall Street interests and their friends were the big winners. Citizens in Washington...
View ArticleWhy Initiative 1053 needs to be Overturned by the Courts
The 2/3 vote requirement rule for the Washington State Legislature to act on revenue measures imposed by Tim Eyman’s Initiative 1053 needs to be overturned. Everyone acts as if it is law, including...
View ArticleFeedback Wanted on Proposed WA Legislative Bill on Tax Expenditure Reform
Changes are needed in the ability of the Washington State Legislature to fund basic services like education and healthcare. The current state budget problems are made more difficult by the lack of...
View ArticleEyman’s Initiative 1185 is Road to Nowhere
Tim Eyman is out getting signatures on his latest initiative for gridlock in Washington State. It is nothing new but a recycling of a failed experiment – namely that blocking the Legislature’s ability...
View ArticleBig Oil Loves Tim Eyman
Big Oil loves Tim Eyman. They love him so much they’re have given him $200,000 this year to protect their corporate profits and tax loopholes from the Washington State Legislature. They love it that...
View ArticleCorporate Oil and Beer Profits Fuel Eyman’s I-1185 Signature Drive
It’s a strange combination but corporate oil and beer profits fuel the signature drive for Eyman’s current initiative. Oil and water may not mix but it looks like oil and beer profits do. Latest...
View ArticleWashington State Supreme Court Rules Eyman Supermajority Votes...
In a 6 to 3 decision this last week the Washington State Supreme Court ruled that that Tim Eyman’s Initiative 1053′s supermajority provisions for passage of revenue measures by the State Legislature...
View ArticleSupermajority Vote Allows for Minority Interests to Trump Majority
The following letter to the editor of the Seattle Times was posted on their website yesterday. I wrote the letter in response to their editorial on Sunday entitled, “State lawmakers should listen to...
View ArticleUpdating Washington State RCW’s to remove 2/3 vote to raise taxes
Dear Representative Javier Valdez, Thanks for agreeing to look into this and push to update the current RCW’s to reflect the Washington State Supreme Court’s decision in 2013 that it is...
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